Peter Normal leaves California and moves into his grandfather’s house with his mother and sister. Upon arriving he discovers that his grandfather’s house looks like something out of a horror movie, that his grandfather forbids him to go into the garden, and that the neighbor boy is a bit off the wall. He also discovers that the undead thing . . .
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Josh wakes up one morning to find his ten-year-old brother filling in a grave in the backyard. From there, the day just gets worse. . . .
Sam is my kind of reluctant hero. He is overweight, self-absorbed, and teetering on the edge of suicide after loneliness and fear have worn him down. Sam feels Life’s whip more keenly than most people. A cynical slob with no delusions of grandeur, he wonders ‘why me’ at every step. As a bewildered non-combatant he is spared, by . . .
Legend has it the Darkness gem holds all the evil of a long-dead alien race, and that whoever possesses the stone will discover the secrets hidden within. Jayden Pearce, famed fortune hunter and galactic adventurer, braved the Dark Forest and ancient temples that kept the stone hidden for centuries. Never one to buy in to curses or dark energy, he . . .
An artist walks through a line of trees and finds himself in another world. New chapters are posted Tuesday, and a podcast of each chapter (read by the author) is posted Wednesday. . . .
A story of three lower-level spies who find themselves mixed up in a nefarious plot with consequences that change their lives forever. . . .
In 1944, Willy Horvitz was a brilliant young physicist. Fervently anti-Nazi, he was coerced into leading a research and development effort to design and build a revolutionary new aircraft to turn the tide of the war. Adopted as an orphaned American boy by a wealthy German industrialist, Willy was haunted throughout his life by the tragic loss of his mother. . . .
Magestic is the story of a time traveller, sent back from the future to 1985 to try and fix the world. A calamity awaits in 2025, the world needing to take a different course. Wars need to be avoided, certain politicians disgraced before taking office. But the traveller spends most of his time and energy building up a medical rescue . . .
Science fiction story set on Mars, why has no-one thought of this before? Pipeline is the first complete story arc on my science fiction site, “This is not Science Fiction.”. . . .
The Zatvian Cooperative has conquered all of known space, destroying the world of Harvest in the process. For Neva Whitestone, a native of Harvest who was injured in the final battle, those years have been spent in a hospital, recovering from her wounds. Now Neva has received a mysterious summons from the captain of a ship called the Exile. Neva’s . . .
In an era of bygone anachronisms and steam-powered ambulatory engines, a sharp-witted street-thief with a heart of semi-precious metal finds herself locked in a battle of wits against a secret plot to bring the city she loves to its knees. Arcadia will need to enlist the help of a reformed mad scientist, a stern suffragette, and a persnickety pigeon to . . .
The journal of the griffin, Angharad Godkin: it was her plan to retire peaceably from the army when her sovereign, the Godson, sends her to a barely pacificed province, there to replace its unloved governor. But the journey to Shraeven’s capital may make a traitor, heretic and messiah out of her, if she’s not careful . . . . . .
Every Friday morning, a new installment of a short story will be available on this blog. Each story will take 1-2 months to be posted from start to finish. . . .
At least that’s what it kept reminding me of: kids without parents trying to survive on their own, managing "tribes" and themselves, trying to fight a feral instinct that is constantly creeping up and threatening their survival.
This is definitely a very interesting story. I would have liked to know more [more . . .]
Starwalker is the AI of a new ship, and the story starts with her waking up. However, even before she’s done booting up, she’s already got a fully loaded snark program running.
This is a light, fun scifi tale that I am breezing through. The posts are short, although updated frequently, [more . . .]