And the Ants Go Marching On
Prelude We'd laughed. Government propaganda meant scare the population, but was too out there to even contemplate. We mocked those who believed, those who let fear rule them. Monsters on the moon. Creatures from outer space. They didn't tell us the...
For The Greater Good
We all knew what the aliens wanted of us. Their war machine depended on human seedbeds, soldiers born from human flesh, fed upon our lives. We were compatible, that made us valuable, that gave us leverage. They uplifted us from techno-savages to near...
And The Ants Go Marching On (Cleaner)
Prelude We'd laughed. Government propaganda meant scare the population, but was too out there to even contemplate. We mocked those who believed, those who let fear rule them. Monsters on the moon. Creatures from outer space. They didn't tell us the...
Xenophilia
“Are you certain? You will not live through this experience. The rest of your short life will be little more than terror, trauma, and pain. There is no turning back either." He told me as he laid the paper on the desk. I looked up at him, jaw set,...
Kuthalti's Lament 0 — The Summoning (Prequel)
**1 – Sacrifice** We chose carefully of the locals. Those who would not be noticed, not missed, not mourned. My first victim was a man I'd found homeless and alone, sheltered under an old oak in the forest. He fought and bled, bled for our God, then...
That Which Also Lurks Below
## Ch. 1 I reached into the cooler for another can, swished my arm around through the ice a few times, and came up empty. “Damn it Jim, yuh—hic you drank the last one!" “Oh shut it Mindy, you had more than me!" Jim complained The pinch in my...