Rules of Economics-Chapter 2
Chapter 2 As soon as his foot touched the floor inside, the room lit up. The room was circular, with one part of the wall devoted to a screen, like the projector screen he had watched educational films on in his science class. In the middle of the...
Magic Mirror
It started with a blue light. After four weeks of sleeping in what was essentially a massive metal coffin, the blue light hurt her eyes. She blinked multiple times, shut her eyes, then tried opening them again. It still hurt. She had been kept asleep...
Lisa Lynx-Teacher's Assistant
Wolf let his head hit the desk. It was probably the most interesting sound anyone in the class had heard for the past thirty minutes as their professor droned on and on about this style of artwork that was used in the 1940's. God, this class was just...
Cadet Sahshir Katje
"Cadet Sahshir Katje! What do you think you're doing?" The voice rang out across the open bay. Everyone froze, even though it wasn't their name that was called. Slowly, all eyes rolled to the black-furred Lupari in the very last bunk of the bay. All...
Rules of Economics-Chapter 1
Chapter 1 "Did you do your math homework?" "Yes, mom." "Did you finish that essay that's due next week? I want to review it this weekend so we can figure out ways to improve on it." A sigh, "Of course, mom." "How're your grades going in...
Rules of Economics-Prologue
Prologue A single, solitary dirt road ran through the woods. A stream followed beside the road, the sound cascading through the darkness of the night. Above, the sky was overcast, letting only a fraction of the moon's light to touch the earth. A few...
"Colo"
The sun was up, the cool breeze was coming inland from the ocean, and there was not a cloud in the sky. It was beautiful. It was perfect. It was absolutely miserable. While many a tourist walked past Micah on the boardwalk pier, enjoying themselves...
A Day at the Beach
It was a scorching hot day at the beach. The day had started off with the sun behind a thin veneer of clouds, giving the impression that it could be a nice day, but that had quickly burned off as the sun rose to its apex. Now, the air was thick and...
Macro Beach Volleyball
It had been an online contest. Win tickets to see "world-famous beach volleyball match". The advertisement banner had some cool looking graphics, so you clicked on it and entered. Honestly, it wasn't like you expected to win or anything, it just sorta...
Luxury Space Liner
You signed up to ride the interstellar Class 6 Luxury Space Liner after scrimping and saving for months and months. The advertisements had caught your attention from the time you first saw them aired. Two weeks in space, everything your heart could...
Water Park
You're at the new water park, eying the "Tsunami Black Hole," an over-the-top tube ride that required two people to sit together in order to go down it. Problem was that you came to the park by yourself. Giving up, you turn to walk away and bump right...
The Gateway
Jonathon took a deep breath of the crisp mountain air and pulled his jacket a bit tighter. The air was thinner here due to the altitude, but it also felt 'cleaner'. More -alive- somehow. Like every step he had taken for the past two days had included a...