IMPORTANT UPDATE
IMPORTANT UPDATE: I've finally begun the process of ground-up rewriting Silver Lining, a task to be ongoing with uploads on a bi-weekly basis and continuing into new story at that rate when the rewrite is covered. The new story folder can...
Silver Lining - 1
1 It's barely first light when you step into the lounge. The air is crisp. It tastes of mist and diesel, and not as strange or frightening as you thought it would. Hell, close your eyes and it could'a been any old Sunday. Could'a finished rubbing out...
Letters from Akira: Blue Shift
It's perched on a bluff just low enough to taste a hint of sea spray. There's a clearing there. Pale grass sprouts in tufts from the seams of porous boulders and spreads like wheat in the soil. Cotton clouds, built and carried by the last of the sea...
Silver Lining - 2
2 The jackscrew should have been easy: Loosen the cable turnbuckle, pop out the screw, clean and oil, and reinstall. That's how it would have gone, too, only the turnbuckle had gotten itself wedged up against the aft cabin bulkhead and jammed the...
Degeneracy Pressure (Chapter 3)
1. \>Chapter 3, The Day Anon Stood Still 2. 3. \>R U OK 4. \>41°16'52.6" N 81°33'21.6" W. 12/15 @ 2400. C U. 5. \>Careful. Not late. Quantum Favor. -KR G7X 6. 7. \>There were no two ways about this, were there? 8. \>No pretending that it...
Degeneracy Pressure (Chapter 2)
1. \>Chapter 2, Lake Effect 2. 3. \>The radio has been dead for a few minutes. 4. \>You acknowledged her transmission, but no reply came. Earlier that evening that would have had you biting your nails, but now you're thankful for the respite. You...
Degeneracy Pressure (Chapter 1)
1. Degeneracy Pressure 2. 3. \>Chapter 1, Midnight in Sandusky 4. 5. \>You don't care for coffee, which is unfortunate, because the energy drinks probably aren't doing your health any favors. 6. \>They generally don't send you to space unless you're...
Silver Lining (Chapter 8)
1. Chapter VIII, Fight's On 2. 3. \>You're out ahead now. 4. \>He hasn't shot you yet, which you suppose is probably best, but you're already starting to wish he would. 5. \>Trouble is, now you can't see him. You can't see anything, or know anything...
Silver Lining (Chapter 7)
Chapter VII, Mountain Dew \> "Uh, Cap'n?" \>You wake slowly, your mind's eye stumbling over the last few images of a pleasant dream. \>Where the fuck were you again? \>In bed, yeah, but something's different. \>Your nose is stuffed. So goddamn...
Silver Lining (Chapter 6)
Chapter VI, Midnight Feature \> "Anon?" \>Whitney's right eye blinks open and flickers like a kerosene lamp in the darkness. \> "Anon, you awake?" \> You might have been half-way to sleep, but you doubt it would have paid off anyway. You've all...
Silver Lining (Chapter 5)
Chapter V, Donkey Riding \>The two of you slip through the door without catching any sideways glances. A quick dodge behind the cover of a metal counter shelters you through the rest of the kitchen, and you stumble out into the corridor. \>The door...
Silver Lining (Chapter 4)
Chapter IV, There is No Stopping in the Red Zone \> "Hey, Anon." \>You're jolted out of an unpleasant dream about the asshole emu your uncle had kept back in the day by a frantic shake to the shoulder. Your consciousness skips a few beats as it...