The Mission is not Going Well “Log entry, stardate 2/11/2521, Captain Richard ‘Dick’ Coxwell. Following my primary mission I’ve moved the ship into a new sector known to harbor biomes suitable for human life. Last contact with sentient life suggested that odds for achieving the prime objective would be higher in this sector of the …
AI Encounters: The Massage Chair
Author’s note: Have you ever wanted to experience an immersive sex toy controlled by an artificial intelligence? I recently came across a writing tool called Novel AI. It’s basically a machine learning algorithm that can write stories, sort of. It definitely has its limitations, especially when it comes to creating a coherent narrative. Here’s the …
Abyss Pt. 01
Abyss This is a rewrite of a story I won the Halloween Contest here at Lit many, many moons ago. It’s expanded quite a bit and the characters are more fully drawn. Enjoy. __________ It’s a very good thing that the sun goes down so early in winter time. Otherwise the night classes I teach …
A Witch’s Night In
Thunder rumbled outside the stone hut deep inside the forest. Within, the young witch Guinevere– or Gwen as she prefers to be called–was putting the finishing touches on her makeup: a layer of sparkling gloss atop a coating of deep violet lip stain. She set down the gloss and picked up the inky pencil used …
A Stone Cut without Hands Ch. 08
Is Willing-Slave an Oxymoron? Chapter 8 Report from the Nest Gamete A5CD2 worked tirelessly, taking signals from its mitochondria, processing them and sending them on with its Nucleolus. Although it wasn’t capable of forming nest thoughts independently, it was aware of them. The nest had known for cycles that the central processor was approaching a …
A Veil of Love
I know, I know, what on EARTH am I doing starting ANOTHER story when I should be working on my other ones? I can’t help it, I honestly can’t. I got this idea the other day and before I could grab it and lock it in my already bursting at the seams mental closet, it …
A Slave to the Servants Ch. 07
Once the tears dried I looked around. This area once had been bustling, there were the foundations of innumerable buildings. A crumbling wall surrounded the entire area. I wandered toward the only building with a roof. There was no door, just an opening in the wall. I reached out and touched the pink brown stone …
A Queen in Need – A Halloween Story
This short story takes place around Halloween, or as it was called in the old days, All Hallows Eve. Many people, especially those who lived in the Emerald Isles, believed that on that night witches gathered to dance around their bonfires and worship the old gods. Because of the significance of the day and the …
A Paladin’s Journey Ch. 02
*all characters are over the age of eighteen* *Hey guys, I know this chapter was a long time coming, but I’ve been focusing on revising the first volume, A Paladin’s Training. The first half of this chapter is largely story-based, but there’s plenty of action towards the end, I assure you!* *** ***ARAN — The …
A New Beginning
Tanara stared at the sea of pale faces gazing up at her. Nervously she gulped heavily and took another step up towards the makeshift podium. The stone walls curving overhead were giving her a bit of claustrophobia. Tanara was used to the trees swaying above her, their leaves shielding her small body, and the sky …