Links to Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3 Chapter 4 We paused for a moment outside the SCIF that had become Xav’s home away from home and Becca said, “Are you all right?” I realized we’d been standing there as my mouth opened and closed like a fish gasping for air on a dock. And …
Links to Parts 1 and 2 Chapter 3 After I recovered from the shock of Xav’s announcement. I blurted out, “Invasion!?” “I am afraid so, Robert. A race known as the Arvenoid are preparing their forces as we speak.” “But why us?” I said. “Why Earth?” Xav thought for a moment. “We, both the Llesote …
Link to Chapter 1 Chapter 2 As I tried to get my head around the fact that I was talking to a living, breathing alien, Xav spoke. “We would like you, Robert Burchmann, to be our liaison to the governments of Earth.” Things got a little crazy after that. So much so, that Chuck had …
Chapter 1 The stupidest invasion in the history of the world, maybe even the galaxy, started in a remarkably low-key way. Air defense systems all over the world began noticing an uptick in unidentified flying objects, many of them skirting U. S. airspace. Eventually, several were downed and examined. An odd mix of both advanced …
The apocalypse wasn’t going the way anyone expected. I mean, we were sitting around in our pajamas, binging Netflix, and trying to find toilet paper instead of sporting leather and chains while wandering the barren wastes searching for water/gas/food. Calling the current situation “dystopian” might not have been the most accurate description, but it felt …
I don’t know where you folks fall on the “Die Hard is a Christmas Movie” debate, but I have long maintained that it isn’t. Mostly because you could remove the few Christmas elements from the film and it wouldn’t make a difference. At best, it’s an action film set at Christmas. But a few months …
Oh shit, my head hurts. This may be the worst hangover I’ve ever had. Why the fuck am I hungover? I remember going to work yesterday, taking my lunch break, and pretty much everything else. Until I left the office, anyway. Must have gone out drinking, but who did I go with? And, where did …
I did my best to keep to the shadows as I moved through the graveyard. Fortunately, this was an old cemetery with graves dating back to the 1700s. I say “fortunate” because that meant it had decent-sized gravestones, crypts, and even a few large monuments, all of which provided the cover my partner and I …
“What the fuck, man? How did we go from being the most feared motherfuckers in the state to the guys people call when their fucking cat’s up a goddamn tree?” Skinner rolled his eyes at Junior’s questions. The boy set way too much store on his reputation as a “bad guy”, he thought as he …
[Going live in 3, 2 …] “Let’s get ready to MUURR-DDERRR!!!” [Cue theme: (music plays and graphics flash on screen) Cut to booth in 3, 2 …] “Good evening, folks, and welcome to the Murderdome! I’m Damiyen Glaz, here with my favorite color commentator, Argun Zandr. Say hi, Argun! “Hi, folks. You’re in for a …