A Meeting in Africa

© 2014 (*)

by

Jordan S. Bassior

Chapter 1:  "I Presume?"

The woman rode her horse along the riverbank.

She was tall and lean, her hair graying-blonde, worn in a single long ponytail at back under her Stetson.  Muscles like whipcords worked under her khaki shirt, her jeans tucked into her high riding boots.  Holstered to her ( Read more... )

I wrote a fairly unusual fanfic, posted here.  The concept's not entirely original.  What is unusual about it, though, is that there's a lot of genre and mood whiplash, to the point that I don't exactly know as what to classify it.  Gothic horror?  Warm and fuzzy?  Slice of life?  Adventure?  Dark?  Comic ( Read more... )

"Sun Atoms"

© 2013 (*)

by

Jordan S. BassiorSweetie Finemare had packed her three-year-old twin daughters into her big green car to take a trip into town for shopping.  There was a promise of ice cream involved if her daughters could be good ( Read more... )

"A Meeting by Moonlight"

©2013 (*)

by

Jordan S. Bassior

Spike yawned and opened his eyes.  Something had roused him.  It was still before sunrise, but the night-light was still on in the library loft.  He glanced at the bed:  it was empty, and the door to the balcony was half-opened.

The small dragon stepped into the gap.  As he expected, ( Read more... )

"Audio Review
of the
My Little Pony - Friendship Is Magic Fansongs
'The Moon Rises' and 'Lullaby for a Princess'
both
© 2012
by  Ponyphonic"
© 2013
by
Jordan S. Bassior
Background:
Earlier this year, I discovered the joys of My Little Pony:  Friendship Is Magic.  It's an unusual show -- essentially, it's both epic high steampunk fantasy (1) about a ( Read more... )

"Nibiru,  My Name Is"

©2013

by

Jordan S. BassiorNo, it isn’t ( Read more... )

I've almost finished reading John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost (a fanfic based on the first parts of Genesis) and have been utterly blown away by its excellence.  The basic plot, of course, comes directly from the Bible.  What Milton does is to describe in detail what is merely hinted at in Genesis, and combine it with myths from Classical ( Read more... )

Reposted my short-short fanfic "The Fall of Oz" on Fantastic Worlds.

http://fantasticworlds-jordan179.blogspot.com/2011/02/fall-of-oz.html

Comments are welcome, especially at the Fantastic Worlds website.