The noise grew deafening in Nicholas’ ears as he climbed to the fifth level. From the deep metallic groans, he guessed that the swarm had finished with the surface and started cutting into the tower’s main support beams. It would take them time to get through those, but Nicholas had no desire to find out … Continue reading The Techne’s Apprentice Ch.5
The Techne’s Apprentice Ch.4
Leaving the mess where it lay, Nicholas turned and sprinted back to his room. Kicking the door open, he descended on his desk and began frantically digging through its messy contents. Zephyr followed lazily at his heel, seemingly unconcerned about their very recent brush with a killer robot. “Whatcha looking for?” the little sprite asked. … Continue reading The Techne’s Apprentice Ch.4
The Techne’s Apprentice Ch.3
The door hissed quietly as it opened. A dark room sat beyond, illuminated by only the pathetic flickering of the overhead lights. They made the shadows dance like water, ripples hiding all manner of terrible things within their depths. Watching. Waiting. With a steadying breath Nicholas activated his weapon, the staff in his hands beginning … Continue reading The Techne’s Apprentice Ch.3
The Techne’s Apprentice Ch.2
“This is a bad idea.” “Are you going to stop me?” “No, but it’s still a bad idea.” Nicholas snorted in amusement. Zephyr was an honest creature if nothing else. Waving the sprite away, the young apprentice turned back to continue working on his “bad idea”. An array of computer equipment sat on the workshop … Continue reading The Techne’s Apprentice Ch.2
The Techne’s Apprentice Ch.1
When he’d begun his training as a Techne, Nicholas had possessed great expectations. How could he not, as a student to one of the great masters of new science and old magic. It had conjured certain images in the young boy’s mind, ideas of the kind of activities he would be engaged with. Long hours … Continue reading The Techne’s Apprentice Ch.1
Thank You
Well, here we are at last. Nine months later and Kay's story is finally told to its end. Would you believe once upon a time I thought this was only going to be ten chapters long? Watched that one fly right on past sometime back in summer. Oops. Was about that time that I realized … Continue reading Thank You
Trashland Ch.20 – END
Harbourmaster King was accustomed to dealing with problems. His entire job was dealing with them, juggling them, alleviating them, occasionally even solving them once in a blue moon. It was a job that required dedication, focus and the ability to find satisfaction in the little things. Most importantly, it required the ability to let things … Continue reading Trashland Ch.20 – END
Trashland Ch.19
The world returned to Kay in pieces. Jagged fragments of reality intruding on her comfortable darkness one after the other like a broken mosaic. Colors, shapes, sounds, lights, and textures, all of it spinning and crashing around as it slowly knit itself back together to form a coherent whole. Instantly pain bloomed behind her eyes … Continue reading Trashland Ch.19
Trashland Ch.18
The shadow erupted from the Sea like a geyser, throwing up trash in all directions. It rained down on the Pacific, showering the deck and pilothouse with debris like giant hailstones. Kay flinched away as something flew past her head but managed to keep her eye fixed forward. Ahead, the shadow had fully emerged to … Continue reading Trashland Ch.18
Trashland Ch.17
For an eternity, everything stopped. The noise, the chaos, even the Sea itself faded away. For what may as well have been forever, there was nothing in all the world save her and everything she had lost. The Atlantic looked just as she remembered it. A long, sleek wedge of metal, bulging slightly at the … Continue reading Trashland Ch.17
Bleeding Quill 