Through the Night
_Through the Night_ "Shit." Matt huddled in the corner of the supply carriage while the conflagration before him crept closer to his legs. He wished he hadn't taken this stupid job. He was tasked with transporting a bunch of contained fire...
A Promise
_A Promise_ _ _ The tenth day of their training mission passed and the captain of the _Flameseeker_ had elected not to travel further south. Instead, the airship approached the valley of the folbats to within five miles, marked its location, and then...
Greenhouse
_Greenhouse_ _ _ "So now that the loop is finished, how do I get it to display the result?" Mary couldn't occupy the display while Anthony was trying to code a program on it, so she responded only with her voice. "Erm, first, in this language you...
Dreams of the Moon
_Dreams of the Moon_ _ _ I shut the door behind me as I finally finished the day. I was tired, too tired to even take a shower before going to bed. Instead, I sauntered over to the bathroom like a zombie and looked at myself in the mirror. I looked...
Superiority Complex
_Superiority Complex_ _ _ "Mmm, that's good." "Gods, I wish I had a tongue like that." "You're perfect the way you are." Anthony licked up and down the spire of flesh presented to him, his tongue working its way all around the dragon's dark shaft....
Powerless
_Powerless_ _ _ Zack was sitting in the cockpit of his RV-styled spaceship. The grey scaled dragon was programming a new destination into the ship's computer while his best friend, Anthony, was fiddling around with an electronic encyclopedia of the...
The Weathering of the World
_The Weathering of the World_ _ _ “And that’s it for this chapter. Don’t forget, homework is due at midnight, tonight! Class dismissed.” Matthew watched his students clamor for the exits. ...
Omnimart
_Omnimart_ _ _ Anthony stood absolutely bewildered by the planet-sized superstore. It had begun with the parking lot. Spindles of metal arms and tubes extended out from the planet sized superstore, the docking and transportation railways spread...
Learning to Soar
_Learning to Soar_ _ _ The scene was picturesque, a beautiful swirl of violet tone painted over the majestic landscape. The sky was a soft lavender shade, the air on this world containing a strange mixture of inert gases which made the day appear...
Temeraire: In the Service of the Enemy
_Temeraire: In the Service of the Enemy_ _ _ Lien sneered as she saw the black Celestial approach her shaded pavilion. Her eerily red eyes glared at him as she shook her head in disapproval at his manner. "I will not have it," Temeraire said, "I...
Imagination
_Imagination_ The sun had long dropped beneath the horizon by the time I'd parked my car on the street. It had been another long day at work, and I was more than ready for my bit of rest before the routine began again tomorrow morning. The street...
Procession
_Procession_ _ _ Anthony was peering outside the ship's windshield. There was a sight he could relate to. There were starships everywhere. Big ones, small ones, starfighters to great leviathans--it was a giant metallic mass (with some organic...