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  • Old Man Young (2020 Annual) – Issue 3 – 

    The summer term at the local community college was well attended and Sandra was surprised at how easily she made friends with the other students who could have been her children. She signed up for a remedial math class because it had been years since she had to solve a word problem, and she also…

  • Old Man Young and the Con Man’s Daughter – Issue 13 – The Girl and the Woman

    “You know what they do at this place? Yuri tell you that?” Paul asks as he drives through rural Durham, North Carolina.  Falon is in the passenger’s seat and she nods while she looks at the scenery passing by through the window. Adam and Manuel are asleep in the backseat.  “They make monsters,” she says…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…