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Sparrow on a Plank Chapter 16: On Not Becoming a Shrimp's Dinner
Sal and Hajime were walking down the pier as a group of merchants were running the other way. Some of them were covered in stew. They looked at each other and shrugged. As they came closer to the Hell's Wrath they saw Rick putting away the catapult and a couple of boys from the mess rubbing the big pot down. Rick saw them, and bellowed, “Heave to!” They rushed up the gangplank, past splotches on the pier, and it was taken in just as they hit the deck. Hajime kept moving to his quarters, where he quickly secured the book and shucked off the more confining of his clothes. He was down to tunic and breeches and then up to the crow's nest to help guide the ship out.
By Jamais Jochima day ago in Chapters
Even If
Dark Memoirs - Index “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” — Philip K. Dick “There are grey spots in your memory. It will deteriorate over time.”
By Paul Stewarta day ago in Chapters
Blips
Dark Memoirs - Index Wait. The mushroom tattoo. Was that not an earlier victim? I am not sure. I have had blips in the early days of my vocational work. Blips when sanity checks afterwards forced me to close systems that should never have been open circuits in the first place.
By Paul Stewarta day ago in Chapters
That Was Different
If new to the series, you will find all chapters here: Dark Memoirs - Index “Nothing can last forever. There isn’t any memory, no matter how intense, that doesn’t fade out at last.”
By Paul Stewarta day ago in Chapters
Hobby Hobby Living Oh My
When we live our lives we do so in a way that works for us and gives us happiness or that is what we strive for, isn’t it? That is what I strive for happiness through my hobbies. When we live our lives through the hobbies that we do in life we get so much more out of life and the hobbies that we have in it. As we live the lives that we want to live, how do we go about doing this? What is that we do? We find the hobbies we enjoy and put them into our weekends or days off from work. Now if we have kids sometimes these hobbies change but hobbies change anyway because our interests change and I have a whole other post on that so that is all I am going to say on the matter. Hobbies have always been a part of our lives no matter how we look at it. They are the things that we do in life that help our minds and bodies relax. So the more we put our hobbies and lives together the better we feel at least that is what I think, what do you think?
By Louise Barracoa day ago in Chapters
The spell that turned land to darkness - Part 3. Content Warning.
I couldn’t escape. That much was clear. I was no longer bound, but I wasn’t free either. Blake had released me only to drag me toward — God knows what hellhole he came from.
By Minou J. Lindea day ago in Chapters
Kia Ford: The Hammer Girl's English Premiere Production
Sunshine could not be seen anywhere, since Saturday night darkness proclaimed only one thing, “Party,” Kia Ford exclaimed inside the bathroom, as the Peacock examined United States department escape relegation form, MLS 2027.
By Marc OBrien2 days ago in Chapters
The Small Aircraft Part That Changed How I See Engineering
I once stood quietly in a maintenance hangar watching technicians work on what looked like a basic aircraft accessory. At first glance, it didn’t seem impressive. There were no flashing cockpit displays, no roaring engines, and no dramatic machinery in motion. Just a small component being installed with steady hands and focused attention.
By Beckett Dowhan2 days ago in Chapters
Honey, I shrunk the bad guys.
our jails are filled to capacity, they are expensive to run, and even so, the inmates live a good life inside, color t.v. Weights, basket ball courts, food, medical facilities. Access to libraries, legal advice and lawyers. For a lot of criminals, it is like coming home. They are protected by their gangs, provided with drugs and anything they want while incarcerated. And for the real evil ones, the death penalty isn’t even much of a threat, liberals have pretty much taken that off the table. So a bunch of mad scientists got together and invented a device that could shrink a human down in size to the microbe level. ( they weren’t really mad scientists, but it was fun to describe them as such). In fact, they were respected scientists who had been working on this project for about ten years for different reasons to solve different problems, mostly medical applications. Nanotechnology.
By Guy lynn2 days ago in Chapters
Study of Revenge, Chapter Two
4-H-N hurried inside the communications concourse to which she’d been directed. The doors slid shut behind her. She didn’t even need to hear them seal straight after to know at once what this was.
By Doc Sherwood2 days ago in Chapters
Study of Revenge, Chapter One
4-H-N watched as Mini-Flash Juniper rested on the floor, Flashsatsumas in vest and pants did the same at the power-harness, and Flashbee carefully monitored the vital signs of both.
By Doc Sherwood2 days ago in Chapters
She Learned to Breathe Between Expectations. AI-Generated.
Story They never taught her how to live for herself. They taught her how to behave. From a young age, Aanya learned the unspoken rules of being a woman. Sit properly. Speak softly. Smile, even when you are uncomfortable. Help without being asked. Adjust without complaining. Sacrifice without expecting appreciation.
By Tom Shane2 days ago in Chapters