Bilen is in the New World, looking for a poisoned star. Molina is with her, looking for decent beer. Saltha just wants to get home. Then the three of them wake something terrible...Guidance: mild horror, swearing, violence.…
'Death is coming in the Autumn.' That's what Tira tells Verity. But Verity is stuck in her life, and doesn't understand just what's at stake, until it's much too late...A novella written for ONC23. Guidance: mild horror, sex references.…
Sure, you can sit with me! I have a story I would love to tell you, about a knight errant and the river ghasts of Lid...Immerse yourself in a growing set of fantasy stories set in strange and wonderful lands.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Guidance - swearing(C) CC BY-SA. To credit, please link this Wattpad story…
Dr Arnold Samiad-Jones has a terrible case of unrequited love, and a hangover. Kesla Station has a terrible case of... well no one is quite sure what, but Arnold has to figure that out...--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Guidance - drinkingCC BY-SA. To credit, please link to this wattpad story.Cover credit - the incomparable S.Clark - https://www.wattpad.com/user/Sclark71517…
My entry into the Ooorah SF smack down! A set of stories from prompts. Some of them are really good! I got all the way to the final, so there's one last story to write.Cover art credit - FunctionalNeighbour -- https://functionalneighbour.tumblr.com/…
Abigail is a crowmouth, a scout who wanders the streets and lanes of the endless city. When she meets the stranger named Wren, everything that she believes is thrown into turmoil...…
It's 1987, thirty eight years after the train crash that killed the Pevensies. Susan still lives in Finchley, haunted by the losses that she has experienced, both then and later.Then, out of the blue, she receives an unsigned letter, promising her the information about the crash that she desperately craves. So, she sets off to Camden, starting a chain of events that will finally bring her story to an end. Characters created by C S Lewis. Cover photo by Cristina Gottardi from Unsplash.…
Look, I don't want to be here. You don't want me to be here. So. Why don't I explain why I'm in your stupid trap thing, and you can let me out and we can all get on with our lives? Guidance: language, mild sex references.…
Schoolteacher Fiona is on a mission for grandpa - find a missing Zimbabwean artefact, the precious soapstone "Bird of the Gods". Conrad - dodgy archaeologist contracted to the stunning influencer Amanda aka #mandalove - has the same job. When Fiona and Conrad's paths cross, what was supposed to be a straightforward quest turns into a crazy race around the world. With antagonists popping up at every corner - a lot of them underground in Serbian caves, frozen Canadian crypts, Egyptian tombs, and the silver mines of the old West, Fiona and Conrad have to work together to catch their bird.Mutual respect grows into something more intimate. But not everything is quite as it seems, and they had better watch their backs lest they too end up underground, this time permanently...This is my chapter in the Writer's Relay. It won't make any sense if you read it without reading all the rest! So go to @basketballdemon and read Chapter 1!…
The Freetowners burnt alive every human at Anu. Umo's home could be next, and he has to do something about it...Image credit: ceninan. My entry for the SF year end compo.…
Marcus is happy because Leona seems to like him, and they are going to a space alien landing! They know it's a space alien landing, because they read it on the internet, which is always right. Everything is going to be great, and nothing horrible will happen, right? Right?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Copyright - CC BY-SA 4.0 (even though it says all rights reserved on wattpad)Guidance notes - some swearing, gore, ironyCover credit - S. Clark, https://www.wattpad.com/user/Sclark71517…
A prisoner of war finds himself held in a hospital orbiting a remote planet. When Clara accidentally visits him, a chain of events is set off that will change the course of history...-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(C) theidiotmachine. CC BY-SA 4.0. For attribution, please include a link to this story.Guidance notes - Some swearing. Cover credit - https://www.deviantart.com/era7/art/10-FREE-FUTURISTIC-ANIME-BACKGROUNDS-PACK-39-793456242…
A team of three is sent to dig a second colony on another planet in their system. As they near the end of their job, their construction robots start to malfunction in strange ways.Cover credit - https://www.deviantart.com/era7/art/10-FREE-FUTURISTIC-ANIME-BACKGROUNDS-PACK-39-793456242…