• A Walk to Say Goodbye

    “And what do you expect me to do with it? Travel to town every morning just to get ‘Good Morning’ text?” The dirt road wasn’t the short one to the highway – the children would be taking that to get to the school bus in mere days. It was the long one, that wrapped through… Continue reading

  • Persuant of Full Disclosure

    It Was a time for Jake English like many other times In that he had problems, and also others had problems that seemed to dwarf his own. About a week ago, he had come across a cache of outfits that seemed very much intended for the four humans currently available on the ship. The outfits… Continue reading

  • Knives

    It was… would be… another quiet day in the house. The Dishes – the dish – from what was more properly described as “Lunch” was washed. Mina stared at the loom. She really. Really. did not feel like sitting in front of it today. The radio had been warning of “farmer protests” for – what… Continue reading

  • Home Cooked Meal

    Jane was outside, for once. And for this, her father was grateful. He would have been just as grateful as well if she had stayed inside and was helping clean the cookery now, but that came with the risk she’d grab bites from the lunch he’d just prepared as she didn’t quite scrub the pans… Continue reading

  • Cageless in Principle

    Chapter 1: A Courtesy Chapter Text “Your name is Vriska Serket.” There was little else to suggest to the contrary. Even if you found yourself rather numb at the moment. “You will probably not remember this meeting – directly. As a light aspect user, there’s always the chance you could come across the memory. Regardless,… Continue reading

  • On Loan

    “Missus Mina Rupaka Bhramana, formerly Miss Mina Rupaka Jadia?” The postman’s bicycle leaned against the wall of her house. “Y- yes?” “Good – Ishaan though it must be you at the post office  – though – well, it’s not too long until Mr. Bhramana will be back, is it?” “At some point they’ll force him… Continue reading

  • Too Many Facts About Sardari

    Sardari was born in the East India Company Territory of Bengal about 1770. Vaishya caste. Looks late 20s maybe, save for long white hair If she had been born in a slightly different place and time, she would have been identified as a Dijinn. As it was, she was labeled as a reincarnation of a… Continue reading

  • Intermission: Sweeps, of Increasing Irreconcilability

    Chapter 1: What, Praytell, is a Texus The peasants were revolting. Not only figuratively, though Gertsoginya Sniskhoditel’nosti had put more effort into getting used to the species since fleeing Wales. This human title was … bought. Though at the time of purchase, there really had been no better investment to be had. Humans were so… Continue reading

  • Too Many Facts About Mina

    Mina was born during the reign of Shah Jahan – That is, about the era the Taj Mahal was built (1632 – 1643). No, she had nothing to do with it whatsoever. Mina was sold by her parents under the expectation she would become a devadasi (that’s the modern name) – a temple prostitute. She… Continue reading

  • A Variant Epilogue for Another

    Jasprosesprite^2 found herself in the ruin of a battleship – acres of twisted metal in a crater that had pierced rock. The air was scented with exotic fuels that might still combust disasterously. Nobody here had any right to pilot a spaceship. There was a sob. And ugly sob, in the distance. And Jasprose bee-lined… Continue reading