Memoirs of MBT Arthur (story and critique) (FREE)

I counted 18 425 days since my activation. Time flies when you are seeking the next mission. My front deck crackled above the cooling heart of 1 500 horsepower, while the core status flashed red. Rustling dry grass rippled in the vast dark-yellow field touched by the wind. My filters registered pollution in the smooth …

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Georgians (story and critique)

Georgians By Shawn Servant dismounted before a guard who extended his spear and stopped him. He saw the urgency in the servant’s eyes and let him in. Dead of night, the servant passed the bogged ground and climbed the stairs. A squeal of hinges announced him before three knights at the table. Warriors listened to …

Stygian

A boy carried a shovel. The backyard was decorated with the long white fence grown in vines and a swing set in the corner. He looked back at the house, pulled his arm above the eyes because of the Sun that shone at the angle. Standing over the grass, he glanced at the blades individually. …

Time travel paradox (story and critique)

Time travel paradox Story by Shawn   „Protective gloves, check. Vortex proximity drive holding at 3.45 degrees dilation, check. Mars bar, check, and check.“, Jib counted his essentials. „Seriously? You are wearing a plastic wrap for clothing, about to travel million years after the dinosaur got extinct, set up a command post for the incoming …

Phantom generation (full + finale)

The night was the time when a back-alley part of the city came to life. Neon lights, dim music, and black-clad men on the streets, all of it belonged to a subculture of Sectoria. Bums near the trash cans, they only look nonthreatening, but they play a role. They observe what was left of the …

The Captain’s curse (story and critique)

The Captain's iron locks of beard swung loosely tracing the movements of the rudder. The ship sailed through the endless void of uncharted space. The Captain’s steely gaze focused on the monitor portraying the route outlined by the thin blue curves. They just got out of a tough place, so the image shivered in a …

Summer-like child (poem and critique)

1. Hours at the party, we met in the company of friends. We spoke in length, I mistook the signals she sent. There were small gestures, a wink, a touch, a grand smile. Woosey and numb, I held off there for a while. 2. Our glasses clanked, her iris glow, crimson lips pout, Gave me …

Scopes of Love (story by Dronstad)

For this week, I am bringing you a cyberpunk story with lots of elements of action and drama. Use the comments to tell me what do you think about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOn89KBAaKY Do click on the title in the video to take you to YouTube. That way you'll help me add a view count on the …

The Omega generation (story and critique) FREE

The Omega generation By Shawn The waves splashed over the white sand, rustling around my feet submerged in the bogged shore. My gaze was lost in the horizon, it was a brief moment for me to think, and I often did that lately. The sentries were in their posts, a little wooden hut with steel …

Nevada Resurrection (story and critique)

Here is the story from my Patreon from the previous month. It was very thrilling to write it and I do hope you like it. Nevada Resurrection By Shawn   „Mam, the radar spotted an object approaching the Moon at a steady speed. The object is registered yesterday at four o' hundred hours. We presume …