A Pretty Rotten Bastard by Castor (Special thanks to Dru for Editing and proofreading.) The gunman smirked as he suddenly raised his weapon and fired it at the woman. Bang. The shot had been to cover his escape by shooting into the crowd. To get the police on the defensive, holding it off, a random target. He was fleeing a robbery gone bad, he didn't bother to see any detail of it other than he ...

A Royal Visit by Musclebound One cold night on the east coast of the United States a radar tracking station located two small but fast moving objects passing over the City of New York. The objects were plotted as moving at 25 000 miles per hour. The ‘Star Wars’ missile batteries engaged the fast moving objects and were easily evaded. After out manoeuvring several dozen missiles the objects ...

A Shared Gift by Furlough MONDAY It was early in the afternoon, and I headed off to the café with a mixture of excitement and dread in the pit of my stomach. That’s where I’d meet with them again, as I did a few times every week. I didn’t have an awful lot of friends I met up with regularly, so it always made me happy to have someone to spend time with. But every single time we got together like ...

Superman landed next to Lisa without saying a word at first. Nor did Lisa, who was still lying on her back seemingly staring into the air. In reality it was Superman she was staring at. She liked what she saw, as far as she could recognize it through his suit. She wondered, however, why he did not say a word. It became clear to her that she had to be careful: She had not found out so far if he ...

Hey folks. So I've waffled for a long time about whether to post my work on this site. On another thread, I got a bit of encouragement from Shadar so I'm going to share this. It's my first ever story. It's fairly short, although there is a second story that continues on from where this one ends. Obviously, any feedback is more than welcome. I'll let the reaction to this one determine if I post ...