2160 AD ૨૧૨૪ MA “These are dark times, Poron Cesil. Dark times indeed.” “No question about it, Councilor Rimosi. Bad enough we added the bluefaces. Worse that we added the fish and the lizards and the gorram shaars. But the frakking bhatwani? You’ve gotta be frakking kidding me. The Empire won’t survive it.” Jori Rimosi …
Chapter One The Debate by D.X. Machina
2157 AD ૨૧૨૪ MA The cabinet meeting was nearing adjournment when Pane Segdi’s pad chirruped. She looked down, and her eyes widened. It wasn’t that she hadn’t known this was coming. They all had. Still, not even four months had passed since First Contact, and at that point, they’d been told it would be a …
Part 4 Vignettes: Alex's Odyssey by JohnnyScribe
Rixie’s eyes fluttered open and she stared at the ceiling for a long moment. Today she had resolved herself to do something that she had been procrastinating on- though not without reason. With a sigh Rixie hauled herself out of bed and threw a bathrobe over herself, cinching it tight as she padded down the …
Liberated by D.X. Machina
Lessy knocked on the door of the small house, and found she was a bit more nervous than she’d expected. It was silly – but still, it had been a while, and she felt more than a bit self-conscious about that fact. It wasn’t that she’d been avoiding it – far from it, she’d very …
Chapter 18 Heart to Heart Titan: Sovereign by Johnny Scribe
Pierce’s eyes narrowed as he watched Daz retreat up the stairs. A tight ball of frustration sank in the middle of his chest. He couldn’t believe how frustrating the titan woman was being. Pierce could see that she had something weighing heavily on her. Hell, anybody could see it. And yet, Daz stubbornly kept them …
Epilogue Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina
A few weeks later…. “So anything else I need to know before I meet with the leadership group?” “Yeah,” Ammer said, flipping through his pad. “Titan Party’s numbers have spiked in my most recent models. 30-40 probably, 50 isn’t out of the question.” Loona leaned back in the chair. “Gorram, knew that was coming, but….” …
Chapter Six Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina
“You don’t mean that,” Danae said. “What, that we’re awful? We are, Day. Ammer didn’t say it, but I know why he didn’t want to press charges against mom. Not because he was forgiving – though he is, Day, he is – but because he couldn’t. I could press charges against mom, for damaging my …
Chapter Five Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina
A few weeks later…. Thio Smit watched his son carefully. Ammer was so very like him in so many ways. Oh, he had his mother’s book smarts – not that Thio was a fool, but Ammer had Jaya’s love of learning. True, his was focused on politics, but he had been quite successful in his …
Chapter 6: Reunion Titan: Pursuit by JohnnyScribe
“Molly? Are you okay?” A voice whispered. It sounded faint and far-off. “Can you hear me?” The voice seemed muffled, and for a moment Molly couldn’t quite understand the words that were being spoken. With a herculean effort, she managed to pry her own eyes open. Above her a face slowly came into focus. Long …
Chapter Four Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? by D.X. Machina
He had gone unconscious, limp in her hand. She needed just one more good, hard squeeze, and the greatest threat to her daughter’s future would be eliminated. Inna would hate her. She knew that. But in time, perhaps, she’d realize she’d done right. She’d find a good Titan boy or girl, and have a child …