Science fiction

Cherry

Balthasar's Bar

Notes: First part of a novella. John is a once-successful, now-failing author on the verge of discovering a story ripe for publishing - so long as he...

The End’s Beginning

Everyone was there. Varkral, Charrlene and Crait, The Clones. There were more recognisable faces than Lore was expecting but what they couldn’t see...

Moments Long Awaited

Nauseous was right. Lore and Rhy’fel had merged five times already and they still couldn’t keep their stomach settled. Piper couldn’t help but laugh...

The Lore Won

They rapidly accelerated. Lagging behind their tendril, Lore flew across the arena. Rhy’fel’s staff had barely left their hand and was travelling...

I Fought Lore

It was quiet. Something queer was afoot. Lore poked their head over the trenches’ lip. Nothing. Their enemy had seemingly taken the day off...

A Counterintuitive Attack

Leaving was easy. Getting into the enemies camp was the hard part. They made full use of their five minutes of grace time. Char’s grip on Piper had...

Time After Time

It was strange. It was like visiting their first school after years away. Familiar, yet there were constant reminders that they had changed and...

Almost like home

Instant regret reigned. Orange sands whirled around them, finding its way into their every exposed crevice. Lore sighed. They checked their Breacher...