Pane Segdi looked out the window of the Floor Leader’s office, just outside the conference room, anger slowly building within her. The list of officers lost was being steadily filled in, and it was horrible. She had been out of the service over twenty years, but she still knew more than her share. One of …
Category: Short Stories
Chapter Nine: Attack of Titan(s) Tales of Avalon: Training Day, by Dann
Raymund finished his third round of the barbican, from the northwest tower, to the far northwest. The Lions gate was the grand gateway to the city, and since the conclusion of the Civil War, had remained ever open, symbolic of the fresh new future Atlantis had to look forward to. A future of hope, change, …
La Résistance (Part Four) Background Chatter by D.X. Machina
The Day of the Battle of Tau Ceti “You don’t need the restraints. I’m not running back out there.” Baeus Thalo smiled as she sat down next to her nephew’s bed. “I’m glad to hear it. You know I had to strip you of your commission, and that you’ll be in detention as soon as …
A Noble Heart Must Answer (Part 5) Background Chatter by D.X. Machina
Zhalem trepidatiously opened the door to the ornate office. She didn’t want to. She had to. What made it worse…he would understand that she had to. She hated that he would be understanding. It wasn’t fair. “Your Imperial Majesty,” she said, quietly, “we have received word from Gama Fleet. The…they….” “Antero is missing. I know, …
La Résistance (Part Three) Background Chatter by D.X. Machina
Four Imperial Days Later Jolu Ikno stumbled toward the cavern, hoping it wasn’t delirium that led him there. He was the last one. Of the twenty-one who’d gone into drift, four had deserted, six had been killed by something along the way (pick your poison – falling into a crevasse, being bit by a poisonous …
A Noble Heart Must Answer (Part 4) Background Chatter by D.X. Machina
Alex stared across the crowded room as people, as his family, waited for any sort of news on the unfolding events that would affect them all, regardless of the outcome. He watched as his daughter played with the twins, who were a few years older but not so much older that they didn’t want Asteria …
Chapter 8: Ghosts of the Past Tales of Avalon: Training Day by Dann
Kymie listened to the young Avalonian talk in detail about his cabal. He spoke with such passion and excitement, it was hard to find fault in the near-obsessive attention they paid to Zhan and his adventures, or the almost juvenile way they seemed to romanticize it. Zhan had been through the hells and back, he …
La Résistance (Part Two) Background Chatter by D.X. Machina
Six-and-a-Half Imperial Days Before the Battle of Tau Ceti…. “We need to kill Khora Perol,” Scylane said, pacing. “I thought we needed to kill Palsa Temis,” his top lieutenant, Abrylyar Kurusu, said. “We need to kill him too,” Rimosi said. “And what about those outside agitators?” another officer said. “We have a lot of people …
La Résistance (Part One) Background Chatter by D.X. Machina
Two days after the secession of the Federation…. Baeus Thalo felt bad for the men and women running for their lives toward the untamed wastes of Kembror, phase cannon fire scouring the ground at their heels. “Wing two, targets are heading into drift. Keep firing behind them until they’re beyond marker ten.” “Yes, ma’am.” She …
Part 3 Wedding of the Century by Johnny Scribe
Rixie and Pryvani waited in the hangar bay of the compound as the Empress’s sleek state-of-the-art shuttle, as well as her three escort craft, floated through the bay doors and onto their assigned berths. There was a loud clicking sound as the mooring clamps engaged and, after a moment, the doors to the four shuttlecrafts …