Two Local Standard Hours later, Project Leader Alicechild sat in the Main ConMod Seat overlooking her two researchers as they stood before the Main Hardlight Console and the forward bulkhead in viewing mode.
The Engineer chose the researcher
Read more…Heaven beneath the surface was an entirely different world from the urban milieu up top. It comprised a jumble of floral accented groves and stone walls that curved, paralleled, and intersected like a madman’s idea of a maze. Were it not for Try
Read more…Dark God’s Gift: Desires of Gods and Mortals
By Ronald T. Jones
Power. So delectable. Delectable as the spherical food product I hold in my grasping appendage…hand. The product’s outer coating is roughly textured, yet soft to the bite. Sweet juice
Read more…A hammer, flung from afar, plowed into the Dark God’s side before he could block it. The impact knocked him and Trynaught off the mountaintop. Both tumbled down its craggy slope.
Thor retrieved Mjolnir and then went after the Dark God, inte
Read more… A billion Trynaught replicas, armed with Ogun-forged portable plasma cannons, flew toward a massive pearl-covered gate adrift in the void. The opalescent pearls layering the gate, however, were not merely decorative. Each pearl contained a gener
The archangel Michael sat in the chamber which once belonged to his deceased master. His hands and feet were bound by links of enchanted iron forged by Ogun. The self proclaimed ‘Judgment of God’ looked sullen, defeated and small despite being
Alicechild awoke in an explosion of ‘white pain’. Her eyes opened and the only light available inside the Control Module came from smoldering fires!
The forward bulkhead display was gone and only the blackened surface remained. Looking for
Read more…Season 2 is over, but the journey will continue!
I just wanted to give a special thanks to this season's Authors K. Ceres Wright, William Hayashi and Ronald T. Jones for their highly entertaining and imaginative contributions this season. They gave m
Read more…Director Shasta, his personal Manu assistant and two of the Researchers assigned to monitor the Test Chamber recovery stood outside Supervisor Ono’s Work Compartment Door as a Security Officer tried to open it. Annoyed with the failed attempts,
Read more…The Engineer’s Wardroom was filled with exotic smells which caused Alicechild 88130’s salivary glands to involuntarily react as she entered. Normally, she took her sleep intervals in her rented dwelling in the Industrial City of New Sparta. Alwa
Read more…Dark God's Gift: The E.R.O.S. Device
By H. Wolfgang Porter
ARES Armament Corporation, Experimental Weapons Facility, EREBUS-Class Corporate Deep Space Planetary Station - ARES 04
There were no standard viewports to be found on ARES 04. It wouldn’t
Read more…Dark God’s Gift: A Tangled Web
By K. Ceres Wright
Thia Wayan stared at the people eating dumplings at eight o’clock in the morning. Yes, she was in China, and when in Rome, yadda yadda. But still… Dumplings?
Others ate sweet potatoes, sticky
Read more…Dark God's Gift: A Great Uncle's Legacy
By William Hayashi
Sybil knew setting off for Reno in the middle of the night probably wasn’t the best of ideas, but the daylight-bright lights of Las Vegas left visitors and residents alike with the impress
Read more…“This place doesn’t have a name, ma’am. We’re just a shell of a town, a representation of middle America. Come on into the office, there’s chairs there where we can sit,” invited Earl.
Once they were settled, Earl said, “Why don’t you let me tel
Read more…Sybil started the car and drove off the end of the road. The ground was packed hard enough so she didn’t worry about getting stuck. However, she still drove carefully.
As they got closer, Sybil began to feel a strong wave of nausea.
“You’re
Read more…Sybil awoke to streams of light through the dusty windows. She rose and wiped away the dust from the panes to see if anyone else was around but found it deserted outside. While standing at the window sill, Sybil noticed there were no sounds comi
Read more…“The People’s Liberation Army?”
“That’s the client. Take it or leave it, as you Americans say, although I doubt you’ll find anyone else willing to accede to your terms,” Wu said.
The 'garden' was an underground conference room in a hotel owned by
Read more…“Wha..? What are you talking about? What’s going on here?” Sybil asked, the specter of danger suddenly became very real.
“I can’t tell you. It would take too long, and you wouldn’t understand it even if I did tell you.”
Patricia stopped talking
Read more…Dark God’s Gift: Introduction - Existence
By H. Wolfgang Porter
Existence. What does it truly mean to ‘exist’? It is the question mortal creatures take for granted. Those incapable of conceiving of such a question carry on with their time doing on
Chimes sounded in Thia's head while purple blinked in her periphery. A cog from Dran. At 4:30 in the morning? She winked, answering the cog.
“I’ve got your damned analysis,” he said.
Even through her grogginess, Thia grinned. “Pay back for
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