The creatures fur was fully gone and in it’s stead a strange shiny scaliness. It was bigger and tougher looking. I didn’t have time to think as I dashed forward but my weapon just glanced off of the armour and I skittered wide, I turned back in time to see it closing in on the […]
I am here, I AM here, can you not hear? Few do, explorers come and go, not realising that when they rest on the ice bed – they rest above my bones. I am old now but my face is locked in youth, pale skin, translucent, tinged with the cold that surrounds me. I am […]
We came eventually to the Cavern proper, sobs escaped more than half of us as we shone light with acrid flame upon the devastation. Retching was more prevalent. We were all tired and I wanted to set up somewhere safe for us to rest that was not the damn bubble. I found the freezers and […]
I cracked the seals again, this time I had a climbing knife in my hand, just in case, what I had seen going past our little bubble, did not fill me with confidence. I did not mentioned it to the others. We were all awake now and huddled in a sorry little group, we had […]
Trembling I realised I was once again panting, and stood to break the seal on our little bubble. The water was down to just over half way but it was still a mighty river thundering past. Cracking the seals was nerve racking, they structures were still untested and no one had been really sure if […]
It all started when I went on a caving exploration to some small Eastern European country, I can’t even recall the name now but if was a fun trip. If I recall rightly I had been trying to pull the guy who was running the expedition, as in sleep with him, it never happened of […]
Friend Jupiter (first published on Turquoise Monster) Jupiter Sitting there Protector Shielding us from rocky storms Or Sinister betrayer Sling-shoting armageddon Towards us A Projectile wraith For your rocky brethren Nestled near the sun What will the maths show Which way will the simulation swing Gaseous Giants – Benevolent gods Or Destroyers of Worlds Wrapped […]
I slept fitfully, the cold of the bare stone floor partially moderated by my lecturers warmth eating into me. None of us three dared take the sedative as we would most likely come around after the group in general and that would be dangerous. Panicking people do not think properly. The medic had stimmed herself […]
The area was out of bounds, it was more than that, it was a death zone but Andrea no longer had a choice, she could hear the dogs barking behind her. There was no where else left to go. The fence metal was cold and rusted, chunks of paint cut into her fingers but she […]
I was in the second inflatable airlock thinking about how I needed more Stim, I had set them all going and was about to head back to sort out a rota, one that would involve most people in some fashion, the big dig had started, we would get out! But then I heard it, a […]