“It’s lucky the Gyfjon was diverted to the Tarsuss System. I would’ve hated for Izzy to miss this,” Junior Crewmate Gwenn said, as she walked through the halls of the compound, heading for the holosuites; her companion just laughed. “Luck? Sure. Just a lucky coincidence that Pryvani’s communications company just happened to specifically need the …
Category: Short Stories
The Continuing Adventures: The Prince by D.X. Machina
Izzy paced on the console in the linguistics lab, making the turn along the edge without even looking. She’d paced it off more than a few times; usually, when Lauryna was this busy, she’d leave her friend alone…well, okay, that was a lie, but Izzy would at least try to leave Lauryna alone. But they …
Tales of Avalon: Scar Tissue by D..X. Machina
I shot an arrow toward the sky, It hit a white cloud floating by. The clould fell dying to the shore, I don’t shoot arrows anymore. —Shel Silverstein, “Arrows” -1- “Sir, are you seeing this?” “You got the spyglass, Calamity. What’s ‘this?’ ” “Sorry, sir, ” Palemst Jain said. “The bandits aren’t retreating past that …
End of Discussion Titan Vignettes by Johnny Scribe
“Thyllia, I said ‘no’ and that’s final!” The little girl who was being thus addressed stamped her foot petulantly. “That’s not fair! You’re just being mean to me!” Pryvani sighed and rubbed her temples wearily. She did not need to have a fight with her younger sister at that moment. There were too many other …
Ryan’s Homecoming Titan Vignettes
Rixie sat in the pilot’s chair of the shuttle she was borrowing from Pryvani. She and Alex had concluded their business on Archavia and were now returning to Avalon- their newly adopted son in tow. The titan swallowed the lump in her throat and tried to keep her heart from hammering so loudly, knowing that …
Ryan Titan Vignettes
It was the final day of Alex and Rixie’s vacation/Business trip to Archavia. They were in the city of Aementos, the capital of Aement, to oversee the opening of Alex’s first Archavian location for Rixie’s. Or, that is to say, Rixie was there to oversee it- being the owner on paper- and Alex was there …
Aunt Thyllia Titan Vignettes
A/N: So this is the first of a set of vignettes and short scenes that take place between the end of Arena and he beginning of Contact, and are meant to fill in a few of the details of the intervening years. Other than that they won’t really have anything to do with each other, …
Chapter Seven Tales of Avalon - A City Broken by Openhighhat
Alex stood behind the bar gently wiping down a heavy glass stein that a patron had up until recently been using. That was until Lysis had arrived and ordered all soldiers back to their barracks. She’d implemented a new policy. No drinking after sundown. The soldiers were used to spending most of their nights in …
Chapter Six Tales of Avalon: A City Broken by Openhighhat
“Order up! Four portions of buffalo wings and a spiced rack of ribs.” Strella, Alex’s most recent hire, shouted through the door behind the bar into the kitchen. “Give me a chance here.” Alex yelled back, wiping sweat from his brow.“ The pans are all overflowing with the dozen orders you’ve already given me.” “Not my …
Chapter 5 A City Broken by Openhighhat
The wind flew through Lysis’ long brown hair as she rode as fast as her horse would carry her along the road east out of the city, a column of riders behind her. Despite her huge size Zara had long since disappeared from view. Her long, Titan legs allowed her to outrun even the fastest …