AMPK: Prologue
# Prologue Our first contact with a species we didn't know about was an experience that we first revered. We picked up a signal in the middle of summer which signal we couldn't translate in the beginning. We started to translate the signal as days...
Bury the Dead Chapter Six
Chapter 6 I'm always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I'm listening to it. -George Carlin Tony's footsteps echoed down the alleyway as a pair of soft pads kept up closely behind him. The steps would blend in and...
The block to end all blocks?
Burying the dead has become a block in my experience. I've had very little experience in dating this type of character. I want to give kumbukani a lot of time and even end the first book with something that makes the MC move out into space. Her death...
Commission for night_spore426
# Some ideas are best left as ideas [Closing Narration] A word to the wise, now, to the garbage collectors of the world, to the curio seekers, to the antique buffs, to everyone who would try to coax out a miracle from unlikely places. Check that...
Bury the Dead Chapter Four
# Chapter 4 "Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do?" --Epicurus A pen bounced several times against the wooden desk while the noise echoed throughout the room. A...
Necromancer
Jon rolled the small glass jar in his hands as he sighed deep in thought. The jar read "Ecto-Remover" and depicted a colorful cartoonish ghost floating hastily away from a cloud. The ingredients were household items, except for "Uranium Dust". He...