Sol Survivors Chapter 9: The Quiet
Link to all the chapters – click here Rand pushes through the hatch from the infirmary. The corridor is narrow, lit by the same flickering strips that seem to run on borrowed power. His...
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Sol Survivors Chapter 8 (Interlude): Toku – Little Shadow
Link to all the chapters – click here Toku steps out of the Solvo’s makeshift infirmary where Rand still recovers. The girl Lila still attending to the battered marine, her talents seeming to blossom...
Sol Survivors Chapter 7 (Interlude): Lila – Shared Static
Link to all the chapters – click here Lila slips into the makeshift infirmary on the Solvo, the first spaceship she’s ever been on. The converted crew cabin hums low with the ship’s heartbeat....
Sol Survivors Chapter 6 (Interlude): Rand – The Chrome Ceiling
Link to all the chapters – click here Rand lies on the narrow bunk in the Solvo’s makeshift infirmary. The converted crew cabin feels more like a coffin than a med bay. Bulkheads scarred...
We Are Providence Redux
I had a friend of mine read this a little while back and he noted the writing style and tone shift near the end of the story (as well as giving me some other...
Sol Survivors Chapter 5: Processed
Link to all the chapters – click here Chapter 5: Processed A sharp metallic hiss. The unmistakable whine of a rocket motor igniting. It cuts through the ringing in Rand’s ears just long enough...
Sol Survivors Chapter 4: Purge
Chapter 4: Purge The spoke corridor stretches ahead, wide enough for two lanes of traffic for cargo haulers but feeling narrower with every step. Red emergency lights pulse overhead, throwing long shadows that make...
Sol Survivors Chapter 3: Blood and Alloy
Link to all the chapters – click here Chapter 3: Blood and Alloy The MOSHUUS stamp on the robot torso lingers in Rand’s mind like a bad taste. He doesn’t say it out loud. You were right… pig-faced...
Sol Survivors Chapter 2: Descent
Link to previous chapters – click here Chapter 2: Descent Rand stands over Marcus’s body; the young soldier’s blood still pooling on the platform’s deck. The AK2K grip tight in his hand, the rifle’s weight a small anchor against...
Sol Survivors: Chapter 1 – Awakening
Chapter 1: Awakening A dull whine begins to infiltrate Randall Andersen’s cold consciousness. The noise slowly increases intensity as the lid to his cryogenic chamber prison cell hisses open until the sound becomes an...
We Are Providence
Short story time, this is one I started a while ago that ended up being very autobiographical. Write what you know as they say. We Are Providence: I’ll start this with a quote: “Life...
