Da Vinci Colony Installment 7: Rebel
“Saint preserve me,” Olympia Nucci grumbled as she switched off the vid. She turned to glower at Portent Calhoun. “Now my nephew’s going rebel.” Her attache...
January 30, 2021
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Da Vinci Colony Installment 6: True Believer
The true believer had doubts. Vidalia Bessler had joined the exploration service because she firmly believed in the organization’s mission to expand the colony’s horizons beyond...
January 22, 2021
Junction 54: Y2K 2021
I’ve heard people compare today’s mood to Christmas Eve. That’s sweet, I suppose. What’s not to love about the idea of a magical old man bringing...
January 19, 2021
Da Vinci Colony Installment 5: Tested
Pontifax paced a circuit around the holotable in the strategic observatory dome of the Abat Voix, hands clasped behind his back, as the symbol representing the...
January 10, 2021
Da Vinci Colony Installment 4: Follett Station
The general’s mind was set. Olympia Nucci, forty-eight years into her service to the Da Vinci fleet, watched the Medici’s shuttle transit from the planet toward...
January 1, 2021
Junction 54: Life in the Time of Curfew
Life under the curfew in Durham, for me, hasn’t been all that different from life without the curfew. Recently, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper mandated that...
December 21, 2020
National Novel Writing Month: Installment 6
“YAH!” Cinna heard the wagon driver shout before the whip cracked. The coach started rumbling forward. She counted herself lucky on one hand, not so much...
November 14, 2020
Sample Fiction
Eyes of the Stars The result of my third #bookstorewindow fiction writing exercise, inspired by the late Harlan Ellison, based on writing prompts supplied by Colchek,...
March 22, 2019
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