A young boy, Adam, discovers a gold medallion in a lump of coal. He keeps it as a curious good luck piece for the next twenty years, until as a scientist, he discovers it contains a message and is clearly alien. Join Adam and his colleague, Linda, as they embark upon an adventure of revelation, ultimately giving up all they hold dear to discover who we are and who put us here.

The Reso star system haunts Captain Aliyn Flynn's dreams. Sent on a high-risk mission to uncover its secrets, she and the enigmatic Tyr Logan must find the truth before it's too late for the galaxy. *** Across the Milky Way, the Reso system is feared. Its gas giant, Plenare, destroys any ship that ventures too close. After a narrow escape from Reso, Aliyn Flynn and her crew draw the attention of Earth's government---and are thrust into a mission to uncover what lies within it. Complicating everything is Tyr Logan, her newly assigned executive officer-brilliant, guarded, and impossible to ignore. To uncover the truth, they must decipher a secret buried deep in the past---one that could reshape everything they know--and determine the fate of everything they hold dear. [[Word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Content warning: Violence Watty Winner 2017

What crazy predicaments happen when a weaboo with a $50 katana gets robbed? Find out in this one-shot.

An extraordinarily lucky man is blasted into space and killed in a freak accident, only to be revived nine apocalypses later to find himself one half of the last remnants of humanity. Now he and a woman from this strange future must travel through time in order to escape from an intergalactic zoo run by shapeshifting bugs, passing through all the really good ends-of-the-world along the way. Now a featured story!

It was supposed to be just another cargo run, but for Ken Mallory and the three-person crew of the Raven, an anomaly in deep space changes everything. An unexplained turbulence shakes the small ship like never before, allowing a deadly virus aboard. One by one the infected crew is thrown back in time to relive a near-death experience, only this time death may be closer than they remember. *** Add CHRONO VIRUS on GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16135280-chrono-virus FINISHED THIS STORY AND WANT **MORE**? Read CHRONO VIRUS: FALL OF THE HORIZON for **FREE** at my website www.AaronCrocco.com. Want to own a copy of Chrono Virus? Pick it up here: Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Chrono-Virus-Aaron-Crocco-ebook/dp/B00A67U070/ Is AUDIO more your speed? Get CHRONO VIRUS on audio now from: Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Chrono-Virus-Audiobook/B00P6SM2NE InEar Entertainment: https://www.inearentertainment.com/shop/chrono-virus

"I never loved you. I swear." Some people never realize the true value of something they have until they lose it for good.

What lies beyond the cold walls of the Valkyrie Institution? Jessica was soon going to find out that the world that awaited her was not as heavenly as she had expected it to be.

"if i write poems to you, will you finally understand me for who i am? for can you not see that the way i love is the way that shouldn't be?" ✦ lovely cover by @klexos c: {#19 in poetry on 9/8/16} ✦ © lusterless (galena t.) 2016 all rights reserved.

Just something that's been sitting in my "Edit" list for around three years. Don't bother reading. ;^)