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New Transhuman Congress story: “Cultivating Progress”
I finished up the Transhuman Congress arc of Ted with the story “Cultivating Progress“: “I guess it’s my turn now,” drawled Baud Scoli of the mid-Atlantic region. I paid more attention. A stocky, bare-headed woman of middle years, Scoli was notoriously blunt but generally fair, in my opinion. “I don’t know why the hell we’re all on parade, honestly,” she started. “Conscript the artificials and leave the real people out of it. Done.” There should be a lot of fun tidbits for folks frustrated with a lack of answers thus far in the series. If you – like I – don’t remember what was going on in the plot, check…
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New Witches story: “Blackout”
After entirely too long a hiatus, I have a new Witches story/chapter ready. There’s no good excuse for the lapse aside from the heartbreak of leaving my job of two years and the stress of starting in a new position. An amicable departure and happy beginning, but stressful nonetheless. Hardi and Robert’s journey continues in “Blackout“: “There will be some changes to your travel plans,” Captain Relburn stated. “Given the incident with Ms. Bran, commercial travel obviously isn’t going to work.” He continued, “To that end, we’re putting you on the J.M.S. Merriweather, bound for Beta. It boards in three quarters of an hour and should get you to Beta…
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“Ensuring Safety” posted
It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted a story. No good excuse other than “what in the hell happened to my life?”. “Ensuring Safety” follows the Transhuman Congress story “Expanding Borders“. It’s probably a good idea to (re)read the first part before jumping into the second part. Enjoy: I took a deep breath and dialed the number. “Theodore Sbili?” said a soft voice that — I’d have sworn — chittered. There was something insectoid about the voice, a little click under the words. “That’s me,” I said slowly.
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“Breached defenses” posted
Back to Witches this week for “Breached defenses“: Hardi blinked. “I think I’m done here,” she muttered as she stood with her tray. “Have a good day, Dr. Yuk.” “Robert,” he said around another mouthful of food, “and it really helps if you soften the ‘u’. Make it just a bit more like ‘yook’ than ‘yuck’.” Hardi looked down at him. “Yuk,” she said, trying it out as he suggested. “Yup,” he said with a nod. “See, it’s much less interesting that way. You’ll be bored with ‘Yuk’ and onto ‘Robert’ soon.” He grinned impishly. This is part three of the Witches series.
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“The welcome goodbye” posted
Well, it’s not quite still Saturday, but as promised, here’s a new Witches story, called “The welcome goodbye“: “Harding.” Hardi stopped pacing. “Why are you so hot under the collar for this project?” Jim asked quietly. Hardi opened and closed her mouth. “I just… I want to do something about this.” Now I’m going to bed. Zzz.