1,260 Articles 3 Followers
28 Jan 2026 2 minute read 2 comments rah
Several years ago, I embarked on writing a novel, but before I did that, I spent the best part of four years developing the four main characters. One of the things I wanted to do was to discover their real voices so I created social media profiles fo...
6 Jan 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Krisz Rokk
A knock on the door wakes me up, and I hit the floor for a quick rendezvous with my glasses. It knocks again; this time a bit stronger. I get up, straighten my back after a lousy sleep, and walk towards the door. “Who’s there?” “Your twin.” “I don’t...
28 Dec 2025 2 minute read 0 comments rah
Today I am presenting you my readers with another fragment of my work in progress, which am hoping will become my fourth full novel. Enjoy! ‘Out! Out! Out!’ Disorientated and lost as she was, Nina immediately realised that the minibus had pulled to...
19 Dec 2025 2 minute read 3 comments rah
For today I have decided to publish something I wrote a few years ago that has long since been (traditionally) published. I like to mix up what i share to keep my readers interested. I woke up angry. I am aware now in hindsight that I was being com...
17 Dec 2025 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Our antics have us feeling bulletproof. With only the landline that we have a policy of never answering, forcing someone to leave a message — or else call and call and call and then leave a message. On our old school machine with the volume...
17 Dec 2025 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Our promising stay here at the ever unpredictable Triads is cut short, however, before we’ve even really begun, this despite a capacity clientele, plenty of attractive options roaming the room, and even the joke slinging talents of Jeff beh...
13 Dec 2025 14 minute read 0 comments RickyShadows
Episode 6 — Convergence The AI-designed lightships afforded a few precious moments for the defenses of Mars to take positions. Mars and its assembled defenses were the only thing standing between the swarm and Earth. The Devourer came harder here tha...
10 Dec 2025 4 minute read 1 comment rah
Following the generally positive reception to the last snippet I posted a couple of days ago. Here is a little something else from earlier in the same novel. Just a bit of fun with "pointless" coding, but that is exactly the point. Don't try to figu...
8 Dec 2025 9 minute read 0 comments RickyShadows
Hunger ached in the bellies of billions connected to a single mind. The great devourer not only saw what all their eyes could see and felt what they all could feel, from the masses of worm like recyclers that consumed and redistributed proteins, fat...
1 Dec 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Krisz Rokk
“Did you hear the loud banging last night?” “It came from Sierra. They were attacked by a Draconian species onboard 3I Atlas.” “Well, that’s only one part of the story. The other bang that followed up shortly thereafter came from the back of the moon...
