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Further Ascension – Issue 10 – Proper Function
Maria’s head is pounding and she sits in the food preparation and dining area of the large room where she and her friends are staying to await the reopen of the IP-area warpways. She’s never been a heavy drinker and hangovers were the stuff of TV shows on Earth, but now, every loud noise she…
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When the Dead Die – Issue 22 – Lose Some
As Wendy flew the distance from the CZS in Durham, North Carolina, to her home in Georgia, her heart was figuratively breaking and she felt a sadness, an enormous loss. She hadn’t actually flown, she was flung from the area by Isheanesu’s incantation, and she moved through the air with her back to her destination…
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Old Man Young and the Con Man’s Daughter – Issue 12 – Confirmation
“You trust him?” Sandra asks. She and Paul sit on the covered front porch of Paul’s house; Sandra at a square card table with an open book and notebook that she takes notes into as she reads, and Paul slowly rocking back and forth in a rocking chair. It is early and Sandra is reviewing…
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Further Ascension – Issue 9 – The Short Night
Before Maria and her friends can leave Wiis, Sevi retrieves communication from the IP universal messaging system. It is a general alert, almost like a newscast that everyone, including Kal, watches aboard Whadgaf’s ship. “Aircraft are advised to avoid use of warpways in the vicinity of the Interstellar Panel in advance of the first ever…
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When the Dead Die – Issue 21 – Stunner
The Consortium of Human History is a research organization. It existed first as a fraternal order of intellects from many disciplines who sought an understanding of the origins and the purpose of humanity in the universe, and over many centuries, as its members gained power and influence, the COHH emerged as a multinational organization that…
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Old Man Young and the Con Man’s Daughter – Issue 11 – Civilian Young
Detective Paul Young isn’t a detective anymore. He was sad at first and he spent his first full day as a civilian drinking in his garage and blasting music that reminded him of his youth. He spent the second full day recovering from the hangover, and on the third day, he went to talk with…
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Further Ascension – Issue 8 – The Long Night
Sevi stayed behind on the ship while the others went in search of whatever information they could gather about First Captain Nuren’s plans. She prayed to the Center alot, asking for the safety of her friends as they traversed the planet that was hostile toward their guide Kal. She also monitored the vital signs of…
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When the Dead Die – Issue 20 – Into the Trap
Wendy is on the road with Great uncle after a fall out with the ancestors. “You are headed right into a trap,” Anesuishe said furiously at Wendy’s home. Isheanesu and Great uncle were there, Aile was there with her sister Stephanie and their ancestor Fang. Wendy was pacing the living room and Aile sat on…
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Old Man Young and the Con Man’s Daughter – Issue 10 – A Sit Down
Previously on Old Man Young and the Con Man’s Daughter… Falon is lethal on the streets and she is good at peaceful sit downs. She met with a man named Rebel in Memphis who connected her to a larger web of biker clubs that also sold drugs supplied by the east coast trafficker. Rebel wasn’t…
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Further Ascension – Issue 7 – Old Friends
The canopy city of Waquis is spectacular and Maria never wants to leave. It’s hard for her to believe that the city is constructed hundreds of feet over the surface; there are elaborate wooden walkways large enough for pedestrian and motor vehicle travel that connect to wooden residential and commercial buildings constructed among the leaves…