Back to Our Roots
A submission or two for the 2019 Science Fiction Smackdown.Expect to see some prompted science fiction shorts!…
Nicæa
Three people with three different perspectives live through the First Crusade siege of Nicaea.Submission for Historical Fiction Spring 2013 Smackdown, Round 2. For this round, we had to write a story set during the Crusades, using 4 of 8 pictures and 3 of nine quotes.Words: 4291Time Period: First CrusadePictures: 4 (blond boy with a letter), 5 (Hobbits - I mean travellers - in a mountain pass), 8 (A young woman defending the walls of her city through the power of awesomeness), 11 (a fight in a square - specifically, that square down the street from Rick's Cafe Americain in 'Casablanca', the one Ugarte dies in)Quotes:2. “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”3. “A sure death, zero chance on success. What are we waiting for?”6. "You're afraid of what might happen, but I'm afraid of what is happening."…
It was a War, Bea
In the early 1920s, Beatrice wonders why her crush, a veteran of the Great War, does not always seem to return her affections.…
The Baby and the Battlefield
A baby? On a battlefield?Marcus is a clerk in the Imperial army. When he finds an abandoned baby on a battlefield, he has no idea what to do with her. His best friend is no help; he thinks Marcus is a sucker for taking the kid in. The slave who ends up babysitting the child is no better; she thinks Marcus has ulterior motives - bad ones. Not only that, but two mysterious female assassins appear on the scene. Whether they intend to harm the baby or protect her, Marcus isn't sure. It doesn't help that the assassins have magical cloaks that allow them to turn into birds at any time. Marcus and his friends soon find themselves caught up in things they doesn't understand: the child has some connection to an ancient prophecy, one that could have implications for fate of the Empire itself.…
Ste.-Menehould
Less than a year after the Storming of the Bastille, an ordinary man in a small French village finds himself caught up in extraordinary events.This is an entry for the Spring/Summer 2013 Historical Fiction SmackdownWords: 3787Quotations: Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil. - RobespierreThere is nothing new except what has been forgotten. – Marie Antoinette, Queen of FranceIt is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes. – Victor Hugo Revolution: French…
Chidori Learns about Loyalty
Chidori's duties are clear; what is not so clear is how she can fulfill her duty to her father as well as her duty to her new husband, when those duties conflict. Submission for the 2013 spring Historical Fiction SmackdownFor this round, we had to select three pictures out of a total of nine, and a quote from the "Tale of Genji"Words: 4017PIctures: # 3 (Post riders at the Village of Sekiya at the Sumida River), # 6 (boy viewing Mt Fuji), # 9 (Ejiri in the Suruga Province), all by Hokusai. Quotation: # 3. “So heavy the burden I bring with me from the past, I doubt that I should make these vows for the future.”…
Science Fiction Smackdown II Entry (Zombie-Fun-Excitement-Spectacular!!!!)
Entry for SFSD II, "a character-driven novel/novella writing contest." Prompts will vary from chapter to chapter, so until I have a better idea of what is going on, this story will have neither a proper title nor a proper description. Stay tuned!The smackdown entry thread may be found here: http://www.wattpad.com/forums/discussion/767408/SSFSD+II+-+Return+of+the+Super+Sci-Fi+SmackDown+-+Recruitment+Thread...…
Carolina's Book Club Discussion Questions
Because I belong to a book club that reads books other than those recommended by tv stars, we often have to make up our own discussion questions. Our rule is that whoever picked the book has to create the questions. My first time up at bat was this month. I figure that you do not have to be a sucker like me and reinvent the wheel - should you belong to a book club like mine, go ahead and steal my questions. Right now all that's up here are a set of questions for Lois McMaster Bujold's "Shards of Honour", but hey, I'll have a turn again in six months or so . . .…
How to Break the Prime Directive (and get away with it)
Four young Starfleet ensigns find themselves in a dilemma after bringing an alien from a pre-warp civilization onto their starship. They know they've broken the prime directive - is there any way they can manage to stay out of trouble?…
Yuletide: Prompted Fanfiction
Christmas fanfiction for all (or at least, some). Hurray!…
The "Daring" Dashwood Christmas Special
What's this? More radio-format fanfiction? Based on characters from Fallout 3? Yes, that's right - Daring Dashwood has a Christmas special. Because @CarolinaC likes to be self-indulgent.…