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A tale of two droids.

11 May 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Diomedes

  After we settled in, explored the grounds, our luxurious lodge, the numerous bedrooms, dens and conference rooms, a kitchen spanning the entire basement stocked with supplies and the outer buildings hidden in the trees encircling ours, it was time...

Beautiful Monster - The Exchange (Book One) Chapter 10

11 May 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Jeanne_writes

An hour later Lev walked through the door of his home; the pink residue of tears on his cheeks was a pale reminder of his anguish. Carly was gone now. Forever this time; vanishing into a ball of light, presumably the portal to the “other side”. Hight...

Presidential retreat

10 May 2023 3 minute read 2 comments Diomedes

  Bohemian Grove, presidential retreat. As we continued along the highway the women, including Dora, began chatting more and more excitedly about the prospects and details of raising an infant. But that was something nine months away to my mind whic...

Love

9 May 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes

  The women were shaken but unharmed. Amira was lying on a bed face up with her blouse ripped off. Beth was kneeling in what looked like a praying position between the bodies of two middle aged, rough looking, bearded men. “You can thank Dora for yo...

Jack and the Plum Tree

8 May 2023 4 minute read 0 comments MarkJ011

Once upon a time there was a poor boy named Jack, who lived with his poor alcoholic mother in a poor house near a poor town.  One day, Jack's mother was desperate, so she decided to sell the family cow, to raise money for her booze.  She called Jack....

A candid conversation with AI

7 May 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Diomedes

  Over this period of convalescence I formed an ever closer bond of friendship with Amira and Beth. Amira’s vision was almost as good as mine and Beth’s improving little by little each day. As her leg healed we took longer and longer walks, full of...

Two is One (Fiction)

7 May 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Krisz Rokk

A vast space. Emptiness all around me. I continue to follow the instructions sending energy upwards to lighten up the brain. The overflowing impulse of a heart full of love impacts the quantum field generating beautiful patterns in the ether calling...

Beautiful Monster - The Exchange (Book One) Chapter 9

4 May 2023 11 minute read 0 comments Jeanne_writes

Carly let out a shriek and took cover behind Lev. “Can he see me?” she asked, her voice shaky. Alexei answered for his brother, “Oh yes, my dear. I am sure of it.” A towering, barrel-chested figure started slowly down the front steps, but in the blin...

Journal Entry: 42300

2 May 2023 2 minute read 0 comments NukeAbe

Journal Entry. 42300. It's been roughly 115 solar rotations on this Terra. The locals have come to accept my presence in their habitat but the gestures to chase me and my company away are still ongoing.  Naturally, they are suspicious of our activiti...

The Roller Coaster (Fiction)

30 Apr 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Krisz Rokk

It was a beautiful afternoon when the three took a cab to the city. Without previously agreeing where exactly to be left off, Harry told the driver, “Take us to the roller coaster, please”. The cab driver nodded briefly and swiftly left the hotel par...