A Flash Fic After the previous night's arrest, Petrosi and the others had dispersed so as not to be followed. Each had returned to the large safe house - except Y'ju, of course. Sounds of children playing outside did nothing to temper the somber mood in the upper room. “Where is my son?” “Your Majesty?” …
The Pursuit
A "Scions" Flash Fic The unarmed science vessel Tahul shuddered as another tungsten projectile slammed into her lightly armored hull. Two escort frigates had perished in her defense while attempting a delaying action. The captain weighed his options: make the Foldgate or die trying. Too much was at stake. A glancing blow shook the ship …
The Price, Part 2
The Forsaking It would have been easy to say the experience was worse than he imagined. The truth? The brutality was exactly as expected because it didn't involve imagination. His omniscience gave him the bitter details long before the horror inflicted upon his human body. The misery that had awaited him was so terrible that …
The Price, Part 1
The Betrayal He knew it was going to happen. He even knew how it was going to happen. One of his best friends betrayed him. The snake had been stealing from the group's treasury - money intended for buying necessities and helping others. But the treachery didn't end there. Last night, for a couple hundred …
A Charter Too Far
A "Scions" Flash Fic Captain Semplar's aversion to risk and his affinity for a simple life had limited the Occasio and her crew to the most mundane and, frankly, cheap contracts available. Mateo Slugart just couldn't stand it. The Occasio needed a real shot in the arm and it was his job, among others, to …
Patience & Acceptance
Okay, so the first few blog posts were intentional. I needed three posts to construct this WordPress site half a week ago. Now, as sit in my bed knowing I don't have to get up early and go to work (at least not conventionally, considering the COVID-19 social distancing protocols), I ask myself how I …
Who is Jack B Anthony?
Jack B Anthony is the pseudonym for a man who is older than he appears, cockier than he should be, and far richer than he is wealthy. He enjoys reading and writing (you don't say). Okay, aside from that, he spends his free time engaging in fitness, time with his beautifully opinionated bride, travel, and …
Scions Saga
The Scions saga of novels are a military science-fiction space opera set in a distant binary system in our not-too-distant future. Nine children, physiologically altered as experimental tools with extraordinary abilities, are pulled from cryostasis after being adrift, alone, for generations. Separated, they are placed in the care of men with differing agendas. Alecsandr Hamilton, …
Flash Fiction?
I recently discovered "flash fiction". Novelist and blogger, Joanna Smith, defines it as a short fiction story under 1,500 words, often fewer than 1,000 - some are as few as 100 (drabbles) or even six words (six-word stories)! Ms. Smith says in her blog that writing these short stories is fun. Writing faster, testing one's …
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