Nowhere to Run
A black market auction is about to take place on a high speed train, but when things go terribly wrong and people start dying, everyone quickly learns that on a train, there is nowhere to run.
A black market auction is about to take place on a high speed train, but when things go terribly wrong and people start dying, everyone quickly learns that on a train, there is nowhere to run.
Here is where I'll be putting my science fiction challenges and short story pieces. Enjoy.
Garuk is one of the Free Folk of the north the southerns call Wildlings. His observations of the White Walkers led to a face to face encounter with the Night King, setting in motion a chain of events that will not only affect the Seven Kingdoms but the entire world. Winner (one of several) of the Game of Thrones cont...
Darien is a thief. After stealing the deceptively ordinary Book of Passages, Darien is pulled through a magical portal and dumped into a different world, his violent arrival accidentally killing a wizard. Learning he's become trapped in a fictional tale he once read, Darien must take upon himself the role of the dec...
The gears of civilization have ground to a halt. The undead are everywhere. In the midst of this crisis, Melanie Parkhurst survives. A zombie hunter like no other, she thrives where others struggle to survive to the next day. Having seen more than her share of misery, Melanie has shut off the human side of her bra...
A collection of short stories made for the 2017 Smack Down challenge. Came in 6th place.
The Enterprise and crew respond to a distress call from a Federation colony only to find the planet devoid of human life. After a shuttle crash traps Kirk, Spock, and McCoy on the surface of the dead world, they soon discover they are not alone. Received honorable mention with INFERIUS by viiv-xvii for the Wattzombie...
The mining and sale of spice is heavily restricted by the Galactic Empire, but a high credit value makes it frequently worth the risk for smugglers. Retrieving the illegal cargo is easy enough, but getting away in once piece is the real challenge for a spice runner. Tied for 1st with Thirteen Parsecs to Kessel by Arv...
It has been said time heals all wounds, or in this case, time prevents them from ever happening. In the bleak future of a century long cybernetic war, a young soldier must rescue his true love from his own clan and escape to a time before the conflict even started. Took second place in the Wattpunk Punk Romance Chall...
Stranded in a world of zombies, the worst has happened - I've been bitten. With life dwindling drop by drop from my wound, I've decided to make the most of my Last Hours. 1st place in the AwwhManIGotBit challenge for Wattzombie.
Gerald tells his grandchildren a bedtime story about the great dragons and how the changing seasons started with a dragon named Wynter.
Toxic clouds cover the Earth, and the remnants of humanity survive in domed cities, but when the clouds become corrosive, Peter McKinnon is charged with building an escape ship and leading humanity to safety on another world. Tied for 1st place in ScienceFiction 's challenge ProjectConstellations with "The Note in the...
Mrs. Mouse is traveling home during the final hours of the day. As darkness closes in around her, she soon realizes she isn't alone.
Cyberpunk and Steampunk collide as a scientist tries to prevent his corporate masters from invading the past. 1st place in PunkWars challenge by Adventure, Wattpunk, Steampunk, military-fiction, Fantasy, and Urban Fantasy. 2nd place was Iron Mask {a Joseonpunk/Steampunk story} by Alatary 3rd place was Childhood Beads...
A huntsman goes looking for a swan, but finds there are some sanctuaries that should never be disturbed. Winner of the _Once_Upon September 2018 contest along with the chapter Windbound in the book "Competitions" by RenaFreefall
This is a book containing contest entries and short stories relating to things that are only mostly dead.
Making an emergency landing on a lifeless asteroid, an exploration team begins to suffer an unknown affliction that threatens to turn them against each other and ensure none will survive their crash on Kessel.
A one chapter short story about an entire culture living upon the water in constructed islands. Written for Wattpunk's Tales of Oceanpunk Challenge.
Written for a Fantasy prompt: In a kingdom littered with mysterious, impenetrable, towers - centuries go by without so much as a crack in the foundation of these abandoned fortresses. Until one day...walls burst from the ground, connecting the towers and sealing everything within.