Savage Rites - Prelude
Our seed world spun slowly beneath me. It was strangely peaceful this far from the surface. I knew what it was like down there. Everyone still in the wilds lived day to day in a desperate cycle of survival. It was those tribes that had called me back...
Endangered Space
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Her
I couldn't concentrate with her scent in my nose. The smell slinked past and stood at the lights in a low-cut red dress. Every time I attempted to drag my attention back to the computer screen before me like a wayward teenager, her scent would beckon...
The Trap
Nothing says attitude like black. Jonas the otter was equipped with black jeans (faded), black t-shirt (band logo included), and black shades (slightly mirrored.) He hadn't intended it, really, but even his socks and shoes were black today. Nothing...
A Bad Day
* * * Warning! Warning! Warning! This story contains all those things your mom and dad said they'd tell you about when you grew up, in hopes you'd never ask again. Avert your eyes, lest this missage burns itself into your retinas, for I can't be...
And Beyond
A distorted reflection of Hudson stared back at him in the lens of camera C-3. It lay embedded in the cockpit console, staring up at him conjoined with the piercing glare of a blue LED informing him that the camera was indeed functional and...
Deep Learning
Lean to the front and I won't lose my handhold. Right, then let my knees go limp for a moment as the rail car bucked. I was so familiar with the journey that I could anticipate every bump before it happened. Myself and fourteen other passengers all did...
The Dog Star Miracle
The first solar shift began with a single pure tone, piped over the intercom. Almost as one, my brothers and I stopped in our travels and turned our heads skyward. The great shields--massive constructions of steel and lead and carbon--slid silently...
Bodyjack
"I have a game for you to play, my precious pet--my pretty girl." His voice was in my head through the open connection, as clear as if he were standing next to me. It was deep and commanding, the type of baritone belonging only to the greatest of...
Better
The echoes of an explosion reverberated around Alyssa's apartment. It rocked the dining room table and set the pictures rattling in their frames on the walls. Grandmother teetered in her urn on the mantle. She'd fallen off last week, and Alyssa had...
Seducing the Sky
_Ease up on the controls, let the acceleration push your head back against the restraints. There's no force but what you create, and since it's yours, you can master it. Let the lights dim, let your shoulders and back go limp, but breathe deeply and...
Repaid in Silver
Repaid in Silver It was love at first sight. You were a work of art, as if an ancient marble statue had stepped down from the pedestal and was cast again in chrome. Your metallic edges were harsh and unforgiving, but in motion the straight lines...