Where No Yeoman Has Gone Before by JulieVelor (a.k.a. AK) WRITTEN FOR SGI WORKSHOP 1.11 Prologue On the bridge of the Constellation-class starship Enterprise, James Kirk prevented himself by force of will from tapping his fingers on the armrest of the captains chair. The last thing he wanted was to let everyone else know just how nervous, aggravated, and upset he felt. This morning he had bid ...

Wish Me Well by Jay Manus The night wasn't young. In fact it was getting old, really old. I had twice tried to strike up conversations in this unremarkable hotel bar with apparently single women, and they both went nowhere. I was on my first ever business trip, as a fairly new employee of a large tech company. I was in engineering, and engineers didn't typically go out on customer visits, but I ...

World of Opportunity: Party of One by Caveman Ninja Joe In the depths of space a small, lonely station floated through the void. This was Karmal Outpost, perched at the furthest edges of the Ranaa Empire, the last civilisation between there and the unexplored Outer Territories. It was home to few, but a frequent refuge for those who didnt wish to be found. Inside the stations only bar, the Blue ...

Worth a Shot By Dru The gunman smirked as he suddenly raised his weapon and fired at the woman. She was so confident, so sure of her power … and he as certain this would be her undoing. Everything had gone according to plan. So often had she been the target of a new experimental weapon she had absolutely no fear of his strange gun. In fact, though she could have stopped him in countless ways, ...

XIV. Temperance (A Quantum Tarot Part III) By Au Goose A work of erotic fiction (safe absolutely nowhere). Any resemblance to anything or in the real world is too much to hope for. Mmmm— Nachos. Why is it -I- never get invited to these parties? He stood beside the cold steel table. The stench of the morgue was frightening. They’d brought 73 bodies into the cold rooms under NYU Langone that day. ...