Short stories

  1. Airships and Escapes

    This was meant to be submitted to a contest. But I misread the deadline and missed it by 12 hours! *The prompt was 'steampunk romance' and the suggested length was less than 1,000 words. I have a much longer version, a 'director's cut' if you will, that needs some polishing but I'll get it posted here eventually too. And yes, it is steampunk, its supposed to be full of cliche' and corniness. Enjoy I implore you for comments and critiques. With a powerful shove Andrea Cunningham was hurled...
  2. Heart of Star Snippet 1.5

    She found Tak’s shuttle near the edge of the camp. Tak was a plump man with knobby features and unkempt hair. His eyes widened above his puffy cheeked smile as he saw Andromeda approach. “Ande’ my dear! I’m so glad you made it, how has that lattice I made for you been working?” Ande’, as she was called by her friends, smiled but said nothing as she approached. She ducked under the canopy and proceeded behind counter littered with various tools of the man’s trade. She plopped a...
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  3. Heart of Star Snippet 3

    Andromeda looked above her. The subspace currents were outlined in her goggles, revealing one saving opportunity. “There's a stray current four meters above us,” she shouted to Daniel, even though he could have heard her whisper, “It'll carry us right at Hawkens if we can catch it. On my mark I want you to cut defensive shielding and put all the fields from my suit into catching that current!” Andromeda couldn’t afford to lose this match. She didn't wait for Daniel to reply. She...
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  4. Heart of Star Snippet 2

    “How’s the weather Daniel,” Andromeda spoke into the air as she continued on. “The space currents are strong today, and blustery, you can probably generate a de-atomizing field of fifteen percent before you start to get pulled by the tachyon currents,” came the reply of her A.I. that only she could hear. “It must be very blustery; I’ve notice you’ve been having trouble maintaining a steady gravity sim’. This is going to make flying and fighting at the same time tricky,” she commented...
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  5. Heart of Star Snippet

    These still need a lot of work but I'll make some edit them up soon: Ande streaked over a mountain range surfing through the air at breakneck speed as she was propelled by the currents that billowed against her two tachyon fields. She spotted her target as she rounded a tall spire of stone that stood above the ridge like a watchtower. Down on a level field on the planets surface a flurry of activity was taking place. As she approached she could make out the shapes of a variety of...
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  6. In response to GlassMan

    A million bits of shattered glass lay strewn on the street. Glittering in the sun they refracted a million more stars of every color imaginable onto the cold grey concrete. The bits of glass watched the shadow pass, as a dark bird landed among them. The raven was ugly and misshapen, but had an affinity for shiny objects. It picked up one of the glittering pieces in its beak, but dropped it quickly as the shards began to shift and move in concert. The bird flitted away several paces...
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  7. Beyond Battle - 'Epic Battle' Contest Entry

    Metal collided against metal and a spark flashed into existence within the dark confines of the metal lined space. It reached out to its surroundings and unleashed the burning anger of yet more fiery sparks. The cascade continued and within an instant an explosion was pressing outward on the confines of its cell. The heavy barrier surged forward. Compelled by the fire behind it the lump of lead quickly accelerated ahead of the flame. Crushed and conformed by spiraling steel tracks...
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