Rear Wheel Drive-Chapter 1-New Year's Day
The laughter filled the nearly full dorm room. Jamie's music filled the air and forced my head and mind to move with it, it so deeply penetrated my soul. "There's no way you can chug a liter of coke in under a minute Nathan", Tessa laughed. I laughed,...
Wastelands-Chapter 26-Drought
_Water isn't the easiest thing to find in the Southern parts of the US Post War. Due to the nature of the Biomass and Scourged, the chances are high that any water that is found is badly contaminated._ Oh god how I wish I could have seen what the...
Wastelands-Chapter 27-The Cult
_Every surviving Animal in the Southern US knows the name Shadow Company. A militarized gang of psychotic survivors who believe that their leader has right to fill the power vacuum left by world governments and that they, and they alone, have sole...
Wastelands-Chapter 20-The Desert's Hands
_Not much is known about Demons. They primarily exist in the sun baked hell of the Southern US, though they can emerge anywhere that Reptiles, in particular Southern Dragons, have succumbed to the Rabies Virus. It is not known what makes a Demon so...
Isolation-Excerpt 1-Arrival
My ship creaked and rattled as it made the jump out of Hyperspace. Laying in front of me was the forest world of Ios. From my Recaro pilot seat I could see clouds swirling over the dark green surface. It's aquatic moon peacefully orbited the planet and...
Surface: Doomed Planet-Excerpt 1- Marooned
"Error in cryogenic containment array", The computer's staticy voice chirped as feeling began to return to my limbs, "primary and secondary Cyro Fluid pumps failed, Pods 1-3 damaged, releasing magnetic locks....done. Pods 4-10 undamaged Error, Systems...
Wastelands-Chapter 1
The barren, dead landscape was home to nothing more than puddles of liquid sunlight and rusted cars with the occasional blistered crow descending from the sky to pluck a piece of glass or chrome from the bleached sands. Dust stirred around with even...
Isolation-Excerpt 2-Quarantine
Sarah and Jacob started pounding at the door, screaming at no one or nothing in particular, their shouts echoed throughout the building, announcing our presence to every escaped creature in the lab. The little boy hid behind my leg, hiding his face in...
A Dragon's Tale-Chapter 1-In The Begining
Location: 5 miles north of Laos,Vietnam Operator:John Alex Mason Target:Wyatt Clarke Mission:Rescue Time:1220 hours "The barge matches intel,Issac said,Wyatt's probably on broad." "BRING US ALONGSIDE HUDSON",I shouted over the...
Surface: Doomed Planet-Excerpt 2-Chy
"They.....they shot you!", I said, tears coming to my eyes under my visor, "I watched them put a bullet in your head! I watched you die!?" Chy looked up at me, a smile on her face. She pointed to a huge crack scar in her visor, the exit wound. She...
Isolation-Excerpt 6-Survivors
I didn't get much sleep that night. I had several nightmares that I was back in captivity that almost made it seem like I'd never escaped in the first place. Add that in with the constant low moans and scratching of whatever creature happened to be...
Isolation-Excerpt 8-Vents
Mike laughed at my comment as I helped him up. "That was too close", Allen said, "there were at least four dozen of those things." "Seemed like there were more", Mike said wiping dirty, bloody sweat off his forehead, "is there a working shower...