Rachael’s Ascension By HikerAngel and Au Goose Rachael’s butt was cold. They’d given her an adult’s hospital gown and it didn’t fit at all. Not that the flimsy paper gowns ever did, but still. The nurse had measured her height: 4’10”. Still. Would she ever grow any taller? It was her senior year and her chances of making it to even five-foot-nuthin’ seemed bleak. Then came the scale. 81 lbs. ...

Randolph and Kim Chapters 5-8 by Conceptfan --------------------------------------------- WRITTEN FOR SGI WORKSHOP 1.5 --------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 5 A blur of colours streaks through the suburban streets, its supersonic passage displacing the air with such force that the resulting gusts of wind knock over trash cans, street signs and more than a few pedestrians. Those ...

Chapter 1 It was November, and I was unlucky enough to land on one of the old refueling outposts that are located halfway between wormhole jump-points. They called it Monk’s World. The PortsOfCall data on Monk’s was pretty thin, with most of the info describing the anti-matter plant for refueling ships, along with some info on the shore accommodations. The stats weren’t too bad: gravity at 1.3 ...

Chapter 6 “I turned to see the oldest man I’d ever witnessed. He was impossibly wrinkled and hairless, his limbs skeletal, his skin so thin that I could see every purplish vein in his arms. How long had these men been trapped here, kept alive by the bugs? “"I haven't fully checked her out yet, Frank," the guard said. "You know the rules. Cavity checks required.” ““Well, you don't get to perform ...

Chapter 8 I leaned closer to whisper to Danya, “You really need to tell me more about your father.” She turned to touch her lips to my ear: “And here I thought you had the hots for my mother.” I turned to stare at her. Could she read minds? I’d never told anyone about her. How she’d been in my dreams ever since that fateful day, and was never far from my thoughts when awake either. I’d never ...