UTOverse: Surrender (part 1)
It took more than a beast to win a fight. The roar of the massive cat that bore down on her drew no reaction. Virtue one: Focus. For the third time, the ra'lai, a cream-furred, brown-maned ra'monaar, had charged after climbing back up to his paws. His...
UTOverse: Glamorous Alien Rock & Roll part 1
# **Part 1**** : All Hands on Deck** ** ** The moment that Toby Waugh peeked out from behind the curtain, he would never be able to forget the view. For miles he saw nothing but stalls, party favors and the enormous aliens who enjoyed them. He...
UTO Mini: Moving Out, Moving On
Toby wasn’t new to heavy lifting. Be it piles of bricks or six string basses, lugging things around was one of his scant few specialties. However, after six years of accruing additions and twelve months of hand rides from his beloved girlfriend, moving...
UTOverse: Surrender (Part 5)
Ken wasn't sure how long he'd been lying here, awake. There wasn't even a trickle of light creeping in from behind the blinds. The ceiling, as distant as the stars in the heavens, was so dark it might as well have been the night sky. He certainly...
UTOverse: Surrender (Part 3)
Rufu wasn't sure how long she'd laid in bed awake, unable to fall back asleep. Long enough for sunlight to start peeking through her blinds. Long enough, even, to know that staring at the ceiling and counting the little bumps in its...
UTOverse: Surrender (Part 4)
Rufu was sick of waiting. She thrummed her fingers on the dining room table, idly watching the door frame that led out into the hall. Time ticked on as her claws clacked against the wood, louder and louder, hard enough to add a few more ugly little...
UTOverse: Glamorous Alien Rock & Roll part 10 (Final)
# **Part 10: God Knows It's Been Fun** “I love you too, Toby!" Mae's mechanical frame held Toby in a vice like grip. The little man in her palm loved her back. It was the kind of thing that only happened in folk tales, yet here she was. Her...
UTOverse: Glamorous Alien Rock & Roll part 2
# **Part 2: House and Home** Mae was roused from her sleep by a sharp pain in her head. She couldn't open her eyes. Much as she tried, the pulsing and pounding against her skull forbade it. She knew what it was and knew it well. A headache....
UTOverse: Glamorous Alien Rock & Roll part 5
# **Part 5: Powerless** Cold. That was what struck Toby when they played Tebratta. Tebeish was a small planet with a small equator to match. So much so that non-human vehicles could pass between hemispheres with ease. Tebratta was a town on...
UTOverse: Surrender (Part 2)
Ken knew something was wrong. It didn’t take a genius to figure that out. Maybe Rufu was a bad liar, or maybe he just knew her well enough to tell she hadn’t been honest. Either way, the idea that her family kept her so busy all summer that the two of...
UTOverse: Glamorous Alien Rock & Roll part 9
# **Part 9: The Real You** ** ** Da-hwinn's performance hall wasn't a venue to kill for by any stretch. No bright lights. No decorative plant life. Just plain as day seating for the smallest crowd of the tour. For Mae, however, it was a place of...
UTOverse: Glamorous Alien Rock & Roll part 3
# **Part 3:** **Pet Human** 'Impossible' used to be one of Mae's favorite words. From adolescence to adulthood it was 'impossible' this and 'impossible' that. It always felt so final, the perfect excuse not to try anymore. Only recently had...