Swimming in Estrogen C’ – Chapter Eight
“Please, CJ. Just wait until we’re back at the main bar,” Budo said patiently as the trio walked down the hall. CJ frowned impatiently, but kept her pace. When she…
Swimming in Estrogen C’ – Chapter Seven
Lippy found CJ in the Barscape Prime’s private training and exercise room. She had changed into her workout clothes and was busily beating a heavy punching bag into submission. Around…
Swimming in Estrogen C’ – Chapter Six
Even in a controlled, sterile environment, the sight of a sentient being attached to a med-station was unnerving. The image of all those wires and tubes and fluids connecting with…
Swimming in Estrogen C’ – Chapter Five
The showers were essentially one large tiled room with four shower heads, two on the left wall and two on the right. There were no partitions of any kind. Feld…
Swimming in Estrogen C’ – Chapter Four
After a few furtive glances to see if Sondra was anywhere nearby, Feld looked beyond the blaster’s muzzle to see who his captor was. She was approximately 140 cm tall…
Swimming in Estrogen-C’ – Chapter Three
Several explosions of various sizes could be heard in the distance in the few moments it took for Feld and Sondra to take action. As Feld and Sondra stuffed clothes…
My Colonial Ancestors
The following table contains a manifest of my ancestors who emigrated from Europe to settle in North America, specifically, Nouvelle-France. Church names are in (). Current-day names are in .…
Swimming in Estrogen C’ – Chapter Two
The cool, night air outside of Sondra’s apartment building helped Feld regain some sense. As clarity fought its way into his consciousness, he saw Sondra hailing an airtaxi. “Sondra,” he…
Grief, Interrupted
Karen van Nordstrom awoke to a brand new day, as she had everyday since the day she died, consumed by grief. As a wind rider’s wife, she had lived with…
Give Them Rest – Epilogue
She woke up alone in the cramped room above her bakery, bed-ridden, feverish, sweat-soaked. Her windows were open, but the weather on this hot August night was of little comfort.…