The Vein And The Vestment
The severed goat’s head stared at him from the hay-strewn floor, judgement in its clouding eyes.
From Ashes
The boy’s ruined sandals slapped against his cracked heel, each step a hollow echo of a life he had fled.
No-Win Situation
After the latest Alershian attack knocked out most of the planet’s communications network, it took almost three weeks for Lieutenant Williams to learn his brother was dead.
The Old Thing In The Woods
A warm wind rushed through the forest, stirring the trees and rousing the old thing that slept beneath them.
The Mine On Tartarus-9
Michael had never seen the pit so quiet. The guttural whirring of the excavator drills had finally ceased, their teeth no longer gnawing at the planet’s rocky skin.
The Magistrate
‘You will be tested’, the condemned convict said, voice low and accent thick as the Magistrate gave the final chance for redemption to the accused.
Last Vital Link
After the latest Alershian attack knocked out most of the planet’s communications network, it took almost three weeks for Lieutenant Williams to learn his brother was dead.
Wayfinder’s War
The lean figure of Major Sophia Villafana appeared from behind a towering blackish-red fern that was the color of drying blood. Despite her bulky white environmental suit, the biologist practically skipped a beat as she moved from one plant to another taking samples.
What She Did To The Moon
He is not mine, this boy. Not of my blood, at least. My sinewy arms cradle his round and tender form. The wind tries to pull him from me, but what can the wind do that even God cannot?
Where A Forest Grows
Tom Morestead stared through the plexiglass observation window and looked for it. It was out there amid the trees. For the last 20 years of his life on Mars, Tom had tended to those pines. That was a long time to spend with them. Long enough to learn when something was off.