The Apocalypt's Front Door
The man who destroyed the world lives in a crooked clap-board house at the top of West Hill. Sometimes the neighborhood kids screw up enough courage to run up…
3-Word Prompt: president, vampire, "black hole" (Jason LIT1) 2/2
ii “Calm down, Mate,” Orp grated. “Panicking won’t help anything. Science Officer, any suggestions?” Sairus Pilch nodded sagely. “Yes, Captain. By deplicting…
3-Word Prompt: president, vampire, "black hole" (Jason LIT1) 1/2
Ship Out of Water by The Way i Captain Janet Orp leaned back in the command chair, aghast. On the com, *President* Kurmaph’s voice droned on, but the crew paid…
Damion's Dream State
His dreams became thicker, fuller and more substantial. The gentle rocking of the car transitioned smoothly into a wide, confident gait across a semi-crowded…
Quick! Before anyone notices the extra...
Richard, fire in his belly, stood tall and beheld what he had done. With a simple command, he had instantly duplicated an entire galaxy. “Computer. Is there no…
How do you know if reality is reality?
... And then I woke up. I woke up? But I wasn’t dreaming. No bed. No ... gravity? The misty surroundings chocked me. The shock of being in this ... well it’s…
Three Word Prompt Challenge: Cerulean, December, and Saccharine
*“Recorder Lessons”* You stare up, rapt in wonder, at the clear *cerulean* sky, Forgetting that I’m waiting for your crystalline reply You’re wide-eyed…
Traversal: Another Option
“Allow This One to summarize,” the AI said. “By all means,” Harking replied. He folded his arms across his chest and watched as glyphs spiraled around This…
Traversal: Detached and Incorporated
The Detached and the Incorporated were actually two off-shoots of the same race. The Technics were a bio-mechanical species that used fabricated implants to…
Traversal: Analysis
Harking explained the situation to the AI, describing the array they’d encountered, the message it had relayed, the subsequent choice to find a new jump point…
Traversal: This One
Thirty minutes later, Eidolon lay dark, 330000 klicks from the Abattoir ship. Harking sat in his command chair, the holographic projection of the ship’s…
Traversal: Evasion
“Evasive maneuvers!” Harking ordered. “Vent the plasma collectors and get me some distance from that fleshpot.” “Aye, sir.” Eidolon systems flared to life…
Traversal: Ingress
“Interlink ready, Sir” announced Comm, just as the tiny green speck of light on Harking’s console blinked on. “Hyperprotocol 773 Alpha” a barely audible beep…
Traversal: Hail
“There are only two other factions with the technology to plant an array this far out.” Harking mused. “Who do you think, sir? The Detached or the…
Universal Seed
It is the barest speck, a mere subatomic particle floating through the darkest reaches of space. And yet, it is the marker of certain and inevitable doom…
Traversal: Knock Knock
Harking looked at the RO, who shook his head. No additional radar contact. He cycled through his displays for a moment longer, assimilating the data they…
Traversal: Ghost
Seven minutes from the jump point, Harking spoke again. “Operations, any noise on radar?” he asked. So far the traversal had been uneventful, which was the way…
Waylaid
Ku-Rivalle stank like only a town populated by Mounts could. Thankfully there was no law against covering your face. Even though we were stained with sweat…
In Between Minds: A Moment of Emotional Mastery
Fear, hate, and mistrust, flocked around me like giant shrieking ravens and my mind struggled to recoil from them like a wild animal. In the instinct of fight…
Ashes to Ashes: On Patrol
Most people hated patrol duty but Lance didn’t. Even after five years, he still enjoyed the gentle bobbing motion of the giant machine around him. He always…