For those of you who know me, I tend to overthink things. (For those of you who don’t know me- trust me on this, I overthink things.) The only reason “A Year Among Stars” saw the light of day was because it had been several years since I’d challenged myself to write a story in […]
Read More An adventure in accidental publishingWow. This year has really vanished . Things have been interesting lately. I’ve been working on multiple projects – First, there was the Christmas Anthology that was– then there was the Anthology that wasn’t. Communications kinda fell apart and I was writing and working but I got forgotten. Yeah- that happens. So, I ended up […]
Read More A Year Among The Stars – UpdateDecember 31st, 2552 – Forming a more perfect union Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting One year ago, I was in a holding cell, contemplating what the coming year would bring. Today I find myself on the observation deck of the Valkyrie’s View, looking out across the horizon. I have seen things I could never have […]
Read More 366-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsDecember 30th, 2552 – Reintegration. Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting I can see why the Fates said we’re dangerous, I can see why the Parataph said were children playing with guns. I can see where we really, really need someone to watch over us. Because if we do this on our own. There are going […]
Read More 365-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsDecember 29th, 2552 – Piecing things together. Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting Fipps spent the better part of the day trying to explain things to me. All I really know is that I was close to the void when the supernova hit. I tried to jump out of the way but there was no place […]
Read More 364-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsDecember 28th, 2552 – Lather, Rinse, Explode. Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting Well, my little escapades did draw a lot of attention to the void and put a great big spot of normal space in the middle of it. There was no way the Lasatiea could miss the flare, and being who they are, they […]
Read More 363-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsDecember 27th, 2552 – Green Light; Red Light. Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting Oh man, where do I begin? Yesterday – The others stayed with the Askmiri while I went over the ship to make sure I was ready for what could be a giant step for us – or one of those agonizing moments […]
Read More 362-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsDecember 26th, 2552 – That was… Interesting? Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting Well, there were some very, very unexpected results of opening up the well when and where I did. I was halfway through the transit pathway for the second time – proving that the paths are semi-standardized I timed it so that I was […]
Read More 361-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsDecember 25th, 2552 – A Brief Briefing. Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting Once more into the breach, at least that was the plan. Today was a day for resynchronizing the fleet and making sure everyone is on the same clock. I’m heading out early in the morning after another rest period. I’ll be alone, which […]
Read More 360-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsDecember 24th, 2552 – Do not open till Christmas Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting We’ve been prepping for the mission, as much as anyone can prepare to do something so monumentally stupid that it should have a warning label, and as many safeties as you can put on it. The interesting thing was, without meaning […]
Read More 359-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the Stars