FollowThis multi-part story is set in the same universe as “The Things We Do For Family Link to earlier chapter Disembarkation from the ship went as smoothly as it always did, despite more scans and inspections to ensure that no one was attempting to get any contraband through. These last, and in the miners’ view, …
David Chambers lay in his bed in the nursing home, as the aides chatted away, unaware he could hear them. One was his favorite, Amelia. Jamaican by birth, just hearing her accent could cheer him up. She was also the most encouraging of them all, able to get him out of bed when no one …
Bolts punched through the composite walls like they were paper, making me hunker even lower behind the ferrocrete foundation. Not for the first time since this standoff began, I wished I could burrow into the floor but there was a granite-like rock under the thin layer of regolith that covered this planet. So far, I’d …
Today’s entry is a retelling of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”. This began almost ten years ago in a college creative writing class and I’ve been kicking it around ever since. I hope you enjoy it. Babcock E. Bare sat fidgeting, barely able to contain his nervousness. He knew therapy was the only way he …
Link to Pts. 1 and 2 Charlie was sitting in the school office when his mother arrived. She took one look at his puffy, just-beginning-to-swell eye and cheek and snapped, “What have you done?” “I got in a fight,” Charlie mumbled. “A fight,” she said, shaking her head. “We send you to this school to …
Link to previous chapters It had been a couple of days since I’d seen the LT. I knew some shit was going on because she was spending a lot of time with Powell and that intel guy, Burchmann. Then, without any warning, she popped up during PT, joining in with the platoon. Afterward, she pulled …
Link to previous chapters The next morning, I eased out of the tent after what might have been the most amazing night of my life. My mind was reeling and I needed some alone time to process everything. I hoped to make it back to my tent without seeing anyone. Maybe it was stupid, but …
Chapter 8 Link to previous chapters Things didn’t end with Powell’s psyop. The brass wasn’t about to let the Skinnies get away and as we cleaned up and caught our breath, they launched a counterattack. Artillery started pounding them again as the armored forces streamed toward the ridgeline. And, while we learned a lot in …
Link to previous chapters Chapter 7 Hang ‘Em High I walked the line, making sure my troops were dug in and ready in case the Arvenoid assault came early. It was a formality, really, as my platoon sergeant, César Hurtado, had already seen to the deployment. But they had hammered it into us in OCS …