Blog Battle – The Brian Incident

This was the Blog Battle Entry for June 2021 and the prompt was Abstract.Brian was a man on nearly the wrong side of 40. He wasn't anyone particularly special, he wasn't rich, powerful or famous and neither had he wanted to be. His life consisted of a bacon sandwich for breakfast, cycling the 2.64 miles …

Eridanus IV – Blog Battle

This was the Blog Battle Entry for April 2021 and the prompt was Owl. Eridanus IV The setting sun was nothing unusual to any person who had lived on Earth and taken the time to watch it go down. Golden flames gave way to purple and blue hues as the day gave way to night. …

Death Diamonds – Blog Battle

This was the Blog Battle Entry for July 2020 and the prompt was Conceal. Death Diamonds Darrant hated these busy city bars, so many people crammed in to one place to be together and drink until they either couldn't walk or couldn't stand each other any more. This is what these people called fun or …

Tenya’s Awakening

This was the Blog Battle Entry for July 2020 and the prompt was Wretched. Tenya's Awakening Tenya clamped her already closed eyes tightly shut, morning light is unbearable after a heavy night out on the town. She rolled over onto her side away from the window. Promptly falling out of bed flat onto her face. …

Larissa’s Stone

This was the Blog Battle Entry for April 2020 and the prompt was Brooch. Larissa's Stone Larissa rested against the bulkhead of the access way, she was allowed this far but no further. She had no money and none of the captains would take her where she wanted. The bulkhead was cold against her skin, …

Poseidon

Drip.Drip.Drip."Oh here's another leak." The young woman pointed, stopping and looking back."Dammit." The deep voice of a man replied. "Have we got any buckets left?""Just the one." The young woman replied, she help it up to the man. Both of them looked disheveled and tired. Their white pressure suits looking far from white with dirt …

The Clone Soldier

This is my entry for October's Blog Battle - the theme or word for this month is Clone. Awake. Consciousness returning to her. A flood a memories invading their thoughts as if for the first time. Time ebbed on and the light came and went, the room, the bed all familiar. The smell of the …

The Perseus Incident

This is my entry for September's Blog Battle - the theme or word for this month is Shield. Rogan looked over a panel, checking the readout he looked up the manual. Flicking though a few pages he finally stopped. "Panel E7." He looked around, found panel E7 and flicked several of the switches. He looked …

Blue Siren

This is my entry for August's Blog Battle - the theme or word for this month is Intercept. Jenna knew she was pushing it, vibrations that normally could never be felt reverberated around the console, shaking through her body. The small Ranger's engines were pushed to beyond their operating limits, the smell of hot metal …

Invader

This is my entry for June's Blog Battle - the theme or word for this month is Corona. Andit stopped for a moment, the mid morning sun sun forcing him to take off his jacket and tie it round his waist. Even with the forest as some shelter the heat would soon become too much …

Capsule Echo

This is my entry for May's Blog Battle - the theme or word for this month is Airtight. There was no light, just the darkness of the space around him. The only sensation that Mitchell knew was his breath. In... out... in... out. Thank God I'm breathing his mind started coming around. Then there were …

Phase Shift

This is my entry for April's Blog Battle - the theme or word for this month is Heart. Professor Rakseth stood back and looked through the huge glass panels with pride at the great metal circle. All this life his work had led to this, the theories he came up with as a young man …