The battle against the Noknuxo had been raging for months.  The space-faring aliens had clearly superior tech - weapons that were huge and completely incomprehensible that made noises that could not be predicted and left swaths of damage in their wake.  Their lasers were precision-targeted and le

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The worst thing you can say about an enemy is “Aw, how cute.”

Not because you risk offending them - we’re talking someone who is already an enemy, for one, and in this particular case, we’re talking about things that would have to go through a whole translation process to sort that out, beca

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The Invasion of the Kaa-Tah
The Kaa-tah arrived in early Spring, as the snow was melting. They came down in unsettled areas, their small landing craft hiding easily in forests, in deep grass, in rolling hills. They were picked up on radar, but even so, falling a few a day, all over the globe, it took the world’s authorities too long to recognize the ( Read more... )

Stories for which I have no extant Setting

Utterly Random
The Snow War ( LJ)
Being First( LJ)
On the Water ( LJ)
Thought Experiments, a story of Impossible Situations ( LJ)
After the Fire ( LJ)

Non-Modern Second World
No Parades ( LJ)

Day Twin, Night Twin ( LJ)
The Dark and Light Mirrors ( LJ)
The Light World and its Shadows ( LJ)

Space
The Tuesday Map ( Read more... )

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Written to @ShingetsuMoon's prompt ( here but spoilers-ish) for Friday Flash

The machines started small on Earth, as they had on every planet so far ( Read more... )

One year ago today.... well, I wasn't writing, or at least not posting anything, so I went back a few more days.

Captain Fuze has appeared in a couple stories, including this one and one on an Alder by Post.
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For EllenMillion's prompt. Captain Fuze, who appeared in the Alder by Post, is my new favorite character.They were having trouble with the Senedacht ( Read more... )

Continuing flash series! I'm going to write one flash for every Icon I have, over 4 LJ accounts, 1 DW, and a whole bunch of not-currently-in-use, until I get bored or run out of icons.

Today's icon:

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