Brendan Parker

Joined July 2022

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Runner-Up in The Runaway Train Challenge

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Sharks and Minnows
We were running out of food, and I was running out of patience. It felt like weeks since I’d gotten the late-night text from my boss, ordering me down to his private dock for a spur-of-the-moment yacht trip. From any other employer, it would’ve been a ridiculous request, but I was personal assistant to famed billionaire Ivar Tsarukyan, and he was not like other employers.
By Brendan Parkerabout a year ago in Criminal
Evangeline. Top Story - December 2023.
“Seventeen minutes to final boarding,” The app on my holo-device alerted me. Seventeen minutes. That was how long I had to save Evangeline.
By Brendan Parker2 years ago in Futurism
Take to the Heir
Syridax was badly wounded. Her wing membranes were torn on both sides, with gaping holes dotted between the metacarpals. Heat had blackened most of her emerald scales, with many more scraped away during a bad fall. Three long claw marks, still oozing blood, wove up the right side of her ribcage. Her pelvis was fractured, and she walked with a heavy limp, carrying as much weight on her front legs as she could.
By Brendan Parker3 years ago in Fiction
The Castle at the End of Time
Ivy creeps along the parapet, Vines shift with a passing breeze. The sky cries stars at sunset, Windy songs cross cloudy seas.
By Brendan Parker3 years ago in Poets
Eye of the Titan. Runner-Up in The Runaway Train Challenge.
Dr. Henry Walden once said: “Gravity can be a real letdown.” Prophetic words from a man who inhaled oxygen and exhaled bad puns.
By Brendan Parker4 years ago in Futurism