Category Fiction
Serial Friday ~ Arcadian Journey
Chapter Six The sun seemed to slow, inching toward the horizon till it set, revealing a glory of stars which no-one cared to mark. Anxious and antsy with a need to be doing something, Eni and other stouts souls volunteered to clear the fallen from the field. It proved a long, difficult task which left […]
Serial Tuesday ~ Toliver
Chapter Six (cont.) Toliver found the walk back in the dark unremarkable, the sky shrouded beneath dark clouds. Joad showed him his domicile, how to key the DiNAlock® and left him. Toliver didn’t see where he went. At this point, he didn’t care. As Toliver entered his new home, the lights came on, nearly blinding […]
Serial Friday ~ Arcadian Journey
Chapter Five Stento and his companions gathered food and weapons and hurried into the night. He, or one of the others would return at intervals for essentials they couldn’t make or trap, and to see their loved ones. The settlers thought their capture would be simple. With their communications satellite’s scan of the planet, they […]
Serial Tuesday ~ Toliver
Chapter Six Toliver studied the room as he followed Joad to the front of the hall. As he suspected he might, he saw wood on display everywhere. Wood skirting ran around the room, as did ornate crown molding. Fluted wooden columns ran up both sides of the six, large windows on each side of the […]
Serial Friday ~ Arcadian Journey
Chapter Four When Eni awakened, Stavo had a lavish breakfast ready and they sat and enjoyed it and each other, ignoring a buzzing tension in the air. When Eni returned to the station house, it was quiet as a grave. Bill Condry manned the day desk and sent her out on patrol. She checked on […]
Serial Tuesday ~ Toliver
Chapter Five What was the matter with this sub-human idiot, Joad wondered? Had he been living alone on a remote asteroid? His internal queries gave him no clue. “Are you trying to tell me you don’t know about the sabotage to the weather satellite,” he asked? Toliver turned from the disarrayed pile of lumber […]
Serial Friday ~ Arcadian Journey
Chapter Three The Arcadian wind blustered as Eni walked Stento up the main street. He strode boldly, proudly, is if he saw no reason for the restraints she was compelled to place around his legs. He ignored those who had come to watch, gawk or taunt him, as if they were the dregs of creation. […]
Serial Tuesday ~ Toliver
Chapter Four Toliver followed quietly behind the man who had purchased him. Joe, no Joad, had made him aware of the shock stick he carried on his belt. Toliver’s muscles had been released from their neural block and his hands had been uncuffed. He still wore shackles around his ankles, joined by a chain. It […]
Serial Friday ~ Arcadian Journey
Chapter Two Eni no longer stood by Stavo and Brother Dom. She marched up to North and pinned him with her stare. Joy Hardiway, looking distraught, came up as well. Eni made North begin again, though it made him swear. He spoke more slowly under her prodding glare and his tone was not so fraught […]
Serial Tuesday ~ Toliver
Chapter Three The light proved more forgiving the next time Toliver awoke, and the pain in his head was merely a dull, persistent throb. He felt somehow younger, stronger with the sense of an idea or revelation on the tip of his mind. Whatever it was, he lost it quickly. He found himself strapped to […]
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