Uncharted Territory, Chapter 8
“You guys okay?” Kolya paused at the rover’s door and stared at Donovan and Lorkis as they sat in the passenger compartment. The rest of Ralissa’s team took up the other seats, all of them looking unsettled or morose. Donovan and the kid seemed to be...
Elsewhere, Chapter 16
"What've you found, Astra?" Roger stepped up to the central console and cocked his head at the terrestrial-looking planet in the holofield. The past three hours had zipped by once Astra had begun the series of educational vids to help Graham, the...
Uncharted Territory, Chapter 7
“Isn’t that a little extreme?” Grishnag put her hand on Dylan’s shoulder and steered him back to the door leading from the mess hall into the corridor. “Sure, it’s unpleasant, but as long as we’re careful, we’ll be okay.” “Sorry, honey,” Cora said,...
Freelancers: A Personal War
_Planet Bekenstein, Boltzmann System, Serpent Nebula_ "Almost there." Chula kept her voice low as Valeria entered the _Sulaco_'s cockpit. "Just a few more minutes. "Thanks for the lift." Valeria stared at he black windows and sank into the seat to...
Untitled Rough Draft, Part 2
"So," Corwin said as they walked across the docking bay floor, "where'd you learn to fight like that? Were you in the military?" "Nah. When I was growing up, some of my friends were learning martial arts for competitions, and I wanted to learn just...
Freelancers, Chapter 21
"Two more minutes." The girl tapped a control and a set of blast shields retracted, revealing the blackness of space outside the cockpit. She touched another glowing, holographic button, and the lights in the compartment dimmed until Chasca's night...
All Our Sin's Remembered
I'm in part of a writing group on TG, and the Writing Prompt was: You're having the most intense feeling of déjà vu, which means you feel like you know exactly what's about to happen. This is my 'take' on the prompt :) Penance Paid © Cederwyn...
Untitled Rough Draft, Part 4
"Hmm, what's this?" Kolya glanced around and took in the observation lounge - a long, curving sofa along the back wall, a row of tables across the middle, food and drink stations at the far end, a mini-bar at the near, and a huge window that would've...
Untitled Rough Draft, Part 6
"Still no luck?" Kolya leaned against the edge of a console and watched Ralissa's team poking at the controls and connecting instruments to interface ports. The flight deck had been illuminated only by everyone's helmet lights until Lorkis pulled a...
Untitled Rough Draft, Part 3
"Here's what we know so far," Ralissa said to everyone gathered around the circular console at the rear of the flight deck. "Thirty-one years ago, the Galactic Expeditions deep-space explorer ship EIS _George Vancouver_ vanished while surveying the the...
The Captain and I (I)
The story will be mostly the same, but with a big twist: rather than a steampunk, physics-lacking universe, this story's universe is your average space opera, although other than that the plot will follow the movie and the background lore is still there, just
Untitled Rough Draft, Part 5
"Okay, here we go." Ralissa pushed off gently and drifted through the open airlock door. Zadra and Lorkis joined them, followed by Kolya, Corwin, Dylan, Nishara, and Grishnag. Everyone tapped a quick burst from their thruster packs to accelerate them...