A Different Kind of Trainer - Chapter 4
"Come on, Shrewie! It's just through here!" Trey heard something heavy moving through the underbrush. Thud, thud, heavy footfalls loud enough to wake the growlithe from his nap. Interspersed between the footfalls he heard the "slsh-slsh"ing sound...
A Different Kind of Trainer - Chapter 3
The flames of my camp fire flickered brightly in its ring of wood smoke stained stones. Little tongues of fire licked skywards, crackling like a cascade of pebbles down a cliff side. I sat facing the fire, enjoying its warm glow, while Razz and Lusu...
A Different Kind of Trainer - Chapter 2
"Bui! Bui!" The call came from off to the left, where Lusu had scampered off to just moments ago. I carefully clawed my way through the thick undergrowth, and after a moment of struggling in the dark foliage, my hand broke through the sharp...
In Service Of...
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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...
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...
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...