Story Summaries
I'm writing this for anyone who cares, but mostly for phantomreviewer , because she asked. Enjoy!
WARNING: Cliche alert! I tend to get very over-dramatic when summarizing the premises of my stories. :P
Unit 39: Unit 39 is currently my baby. It is my attempt at science fiction, although it’s really more like fantasy in space! than true sci-fi. Still, it is love because of some of the characters.
Unit 39 takes place in the far-flung future (yay! Alliteration!) when the Earth has been blown up because humans are idiots, and all that remains of humanity live on the Planetship, a spaceship roughly the size of Earth’s moon. The ship is on a mission (technically) to find an Earth-like planet for the remainder of humanity to settle on, but their mission is impeded by the fact that they are at war with the Aliens.
Nobody really knows what started the war, all they know is that it’s been going on for a very long time. And the only humans able to fight the Aliens are the Users. The Users are humans born with the ability to control some aspect of one of the elements - earth, air, fire, water, light or darkness. Our story follows Unit 39, one of the 250 Units of Users that protect the Planetship from destruction by Alien. Unit 39 is made up of Kevin Uzley, a light User (an illusionist, and our protagonist!), Jonathon Blake, a water User, Kara Walker, a Healer, and Lydia Rekk, a darkness User. Our story begins on the two thousandth anniversary of the Planetship, when Unit 39 is assigned extra patrol duty...
Nightwing: Nightwing is one of the first stories I ever thought of, and strangely enough it is also one of the ones I have written the least on. Nightwing takes place in a world which is basically our own, but next to it lies the Underworld, home of the Nobin (vampires), Kugin (werewolves) and Rashin ('Nightwings'). The Rashin are the "ruling class" of this world, and resemble tall humans with large, black, bat-like wings; red, catlike eyes; and hair that is either black, brown or crimson.
Jamie Rockfort is a normal high school student; quiet, loves to draw, not too many friends, but what can you do? However, her world is turned on its head when she is saved from a mugger by a strange man with wings. Due to a misunderstanding, Jamie finds herself trapped in the Underworld with both her form and perspectives changed irreparably. Now the question is, how can she change back? How can she get home? And does she even want to?
Field Day: Field Day is one of the stories I am actually closest to completing. Its premise is a bit cliche, but the main characters are a few of my favorites I have ever written. It's yet another story set in an almost-this-world, but in it exists the Agency - an organization dedicated to keeping humanity completely and blissfully unaware of the existance of anything supernatural or magical.
Leila Young is a sharp-tongued and violent secretary who is suddenly promoted to Field Agent. Ryan Hunt, the son of a famed wizard but a weak magic-user in his own right, is her partner. Predictably, Leila is not impressed. However, when the Agency comes under attack by agents of the mysterious Ice King, Leila and Ryan are the only ones left able to solve the mystery and save the Agency that has saved them. Their journey will take them through the forests of British Columbia, over the Pacific to the ancient magic sites of Europe, but the only way this unlikely partnership will succeed is if they can get over the darkness in their pasts and learn to trust each other.
Shift: Shift is still in the conceptual stage, but it will be YET ANOTHER story set in a world almost like this one. The difference this time is that a small percentage of the population (about 1%) have the ability to turn into an animal. These people are called Shifters, and are (understandably, really) feared and mistrusted by the rest of the human population. The story would follow four young Shifters; Peter (osprey), Cath (fox), Amber (panther) and Raker[this name is changing] (wolf) after laws are passed pronouncing the Shifters a completely different species from 'regular' humans, meaning that they don't really have Human Rights anymore... All known city-Shifters in the US under the age of 18 are found and forcefully moved to special "preserves" in the more wild parts of the States, usually close to where there are existing bands of feral Shifters.
Yeah, not sure what kind of plot that would have, but it's a fun idea, so I'm keeping it on the backburner.
[Untitled shameless ripoff of Heroes]: As the description suggests, this story is kind of a shameless Heroes rip-off. People have been being born, in increasing numbers, with some sort of power. These powers are showing up in twos, with one being a 'main' and one being a 'secondary'. Of course, the regular, unpowered people are scared. It's nearly impossible for a powered person to find a job, let alone have a social life, if they tell anyone about their powers. Fortunately for some, there are those who are able to control their powers well enough to pass for 'normal', or whose powers are so unobtrusive that they are easy to keep hidden. Unfortunately, those whose powers don't fit into these categories (i.e. have physical deformities related to their power, can't control it very well or whose powers are just always on) tend to have to go underground. And they don't like this. There is a growing underground resistance of the mindset that powered people should be the ones, well, in power - not the regular humans.
The problem with this story (while a cool idea) is that I have so many characters I could follow. I have a group of young recruits to the 'revolutionary' cause (a boy who can change his physical appearance and telelport short distances, a girl who is basically covered with static electricity all the time so she can use lightning as well as fly, and a boy who sees the past of any objext he touches and can run really fast), and I have a powered brother and sister trying to make their lives as normal as possible (although this is really difficult, seeing as the brother has telepathy he can't turn off and so has gone a little nuts).
[Untitled]: This idea came to me very recently, in a dream (if you can believe that). Again, not very fleshed out, but here goes.
The war between good and evil has been going on since the beginning of time, most cultures agree on that. What they don't know, however, is that good hasn't been doing very well, recently. They've been losing soldiers like crazy, and since they don't believe in conscription, it's been tough to replace them. But then, somebody had a wonderful idea: Purgatory. Instead of fighting internal demons, newly dead souls (those who have died violently, and in the peak of their life) are given the option to fight external ones. If they decide to fight, their accomplishments will count towards absolution of their sins, and once they are cleansed (or die) they will go straight to whichever paradise their belief system advocates.
For Erin Lott (part-time sales clerk, small-time criminal and long-time agnotic), it's not a hard choice. She decides to fight, but can she survive long enough to cleanse herself? And where do good agnostics go when they die, anyway?
That's all for now! :D Comments are love.
WARNING: Cliche alert! I tend to get very over-dramatic when summarizing the premises of my stories. :P
Unit 39: Unit 39 is currently my baby. It is my attempt at science fiction, although it’s really more like fantasy in space! than true sci-fi. Still, it is love because of some of the characters.
Unit 39 takes place in the far-flung future (yay! Alliteration!) when the Earth has been blown up because humans are idiots, and all that remains of humanity live on the Planetship, a spaceship roughly the size of Earth’s moon. The ship is on a mission (technically) to find an Earth-like planet for the remainder of humanity to settle on, but their mission is impeded by the fact that they are at war with the Aliens.
Nobody really knows what started the war, all they know is that it’s been going on for a very long time. And the only humans able to fight the Aliens are the Users. The Users are humans born with the ability to control some aspect of one of the elements - earth, air, fire, water, light or darkness. Our story follows Unit 39, one of the 250 Units of Users that protect the Planetship from destruction by Alien. Unit 39 is made up of Kevin Uzley, a light User (an illusionist, and our protagonist!), Jonathon Blake, a water User, Kara Walker, a Healer, and Lydia Rekk, a darkness User. Our story begins on the two thousandth anniversary of the Planetship, when Unit 39 is assigned extra patrol duty...
Nightwing: Nightwing is one of the first stories I ever thought of, and strangely enough it is also one of the ones I have written the least on. Nightwing takes place in a world which is basically our own, but next to it lies the Underworld, home of the Nobin (vampires), Kugin (werewolves) and Rashin ('Nightwings'). The Rashin are the "ruling class" of this world, and resemble tall humans with large, black, bat-like wings; red, catlike eyes; and hair that is either black, brown or crimson.
Jamie Rockfort is a normal high school student; quiet, loves to draw, not too many friends, but what can you do? However, her world is turned on its head when she is saved from a mugger by a strange man with wings. Due to a misunderstanding, Jamie finds herself trapped in the Underworld with both her form and perspectives changed irreparably. Now the question is, how can she change back? How can she get home? And does she even want to?
Field Day: Field Day is one of the stories I am actually closest to completing. Its premise is a bit cliche, but the main characters are a few of my favorites I have ever written. It's yet another story set in an almost-this-world, but in it exists the Agency - an organization dedicated to keeping humanity completely and blissfully unaware of the existance of anything supernatural or magical.
Leila Young is a sharp-tongued and violent secretary who is suddenly promoted to Field Agent. Ryan Hunt, the son of a famed wizard but a weak magic-user in his own right, is her partner. Predictably, Leila is not impressed. However, when the Agency comes under attack by agents of the mysterious Ice King, Leila and Ryan are the only ones left able to solve the mystery and save the Agency that has saved them. Their journey will take them through the forests of British Columbia, over the Pacific to the ancient magic sites of Europe, but the only way this unlikely partnership will succeed is if they can get over the darkness in their pasts and learn to trust each other.
Shift: Shift is still in the conceptual stage, but it will be YET ANOTHER story set in a world almost like this one. The difference this time is that a small percentage of the population (about 1%) have the ability to turn into an animal. These people are called Shifters, and are (understandably, really) feared and mistrusted by the rest of the human population. The story would follow four young Shifters; Peter (osprey), Cath (fox), Amber (panther) and Raker[this name is changing] (wolf) after laws are passed pronouncing the Shifters a completely different species from 'regular' humans, meaning that they don't really have Human Rights anymore... All known city-Shifters in the US under the age of 18 are found and forcefully moved to special "preserves" in the more wild parts of the States, usually close to where there are existing bands of feral Shifters.
Yeah, not sure what kind of plot that would have, but it's a fun idea, so I'm keeping it on the backburner.
[Untitled shameless ripoff of Heroes]: As the description suggests, this story is kind of a shameless Heroes rip-off. People have been being born, in increasing numbers, with some sort of power. These powers are showing up in twos, with one being a 'main' and one being a 'secondary'. Of course, the regular, unpowered people are scared. It's nearly impossible for a powered person to find a job, let alone have a social life, if they tell anyone about their powers. Fortunately for some, there are those who are able to control their powers well enough to pass for 'normal', or whose powers are so unobtrusive that they are easy to keep hidden. Unfortunately, those whose powers don't fit into these categories (i.e. have physical deformities related to their power, can't control it very well or whose powers are just always on) tend to have to go underground. And they don't like this. There is a growing underground resistance of the mindset that powered people should be the ones, well, in power - not the regular humans.
The problem with this story (while a cool idea) is that I have so many characters I could follow. I have a group of young recruits to the 'revolutionary' cause (a boy who can change his physical appearance and telelport short distances, a girl who is basically covered with static electricity all the time so she can use lightning as well as fly, and a boy who sees the past of any objext he touches and can run really fast), and I have a powered brother and sister trying to make their lives as normal as possible (although this is really difficult, seeing as the brother has telepathy he can't turn off and so has gone a little nuts).
[Untitled]: This idea came to me very recently, in a dream (if you can believe that). Again, not very fleshed out, but here goes.
The war between good and evil has been going on since the beginning of time, most cultures agree on that. What they don't know, however, is that good hasn't been doing very well, recently. They've been losing soldiers like crazy, and since they don't believe in conscription, it's been tough to replace them. But then, somebody had a wonderful idea: Purgatory. Instead of fighting internal demons, newly dead souls (those who have died violently, and in the peak of their life) are given the option to fight external ones. If they decide to fight, their accomplishments will count towards absolution of their sins, and once they are cleansed (or die) they will go straight to whichever paradise their belief system advocates.
For Erin Lott (part-time sales clerk, small-time criminal and long-time agnotic), it's not a hard choice. She decides to fight, but can she survive long enough to cleanse herself? And where do good agnostics go when they die, anyway?
That's all for now! :D Comments are love.