[RFO-PhX] The Gift

21 March 2009, 14:41:12 Lebiscuri Continent Planet Verne Novus System, NE XX The sun rarely shines on Lebiscuri. Overhead, the eternal pall of a storm swirls in what might be described by the Bellato Romantics as “majestic grays and whites.” Accretian scientists would simply say that the freakish weather on Lebiscuri was caused by the [...]

Inheritance

“I’m hooooooooome!!!” The sing-song shout of the young girl that just entered the inn, schoolbooks in one hand, ribbon-tied braids trailing behind her as she didn’t miss a beat rushing in, most certainly made Tanya look up from the persistent piece of smudge on the floor that she was cleaning. Normally, the young tavern assistant [...]

The Coming of the Ten Plagues of DECEM: The Hounds

And their heralds come, three. The scent of the Great Evil leads them here, found on the rotting carcasses of the ones clothed in steel. They will know of our sins. They will know of our taint. To the stars they howl of the prey found, calling their masters to the kill. Thus, shall the [...]

[RFO-PhX] Tales of the Negatios: The Plagues and the Orchestra

Eltania Elis saw the end of the universe as she knew it. A largely devout woman – she was born just before the Unity Crusade, and grew up in D.A.’s shadow, basking in the myth and power of the Sattva – her Faith kept her listening to DECEM’s anguished, delirious ramblings, even as the same [...]

The Coming of Sorrow

The spear’s serrated, single-edged blade made a sickening sound as the Knight pulled it free from the body of the Horror he’d just killed. The old warrior had done his share of fighting even before he went on this sorry crusade, but it was the first time he’d heard such a sound. It was as [...]

[RFO-PhX] The Dreams of Harvey and Phaera

I dreamt of you. I remember saying those words as I looked on your face, a smile on it as you slept, your arms around me. Even in the complete darkness of the room, you glowed with the power that was your birthright, a soft light that reminded me of the illumination I once steered [...]

[RFO-PhX Fiction] Tales of the Negatios: The Angel of Light and the Revelation of Endtimes

Note: the original of this used Zanyuki’s Book of Zan, the original Book of Heresy. In my personal, revised RF, Catherine Luminus instead receives a copy of the Negatios, first penned by Eltania Elis and kept and studied by no less than her grandfather, Alestar Edian. This happens way before the Fourth Battle of Niven, [...]

Fate and Destiny

I hear Fate’s laughter ringing loudly in my ears. Have you heard anything like it? Sometimes, in my long association with beings such as her, I wonder how they could… pervert the things that define Humanity. Look at laughter. If an alien were to land here and now and asked you what laughter was, the [...]

[RFO-PhX Fiction]: The Coming of the Ten Plagues of DECEM

Overture: Visions of Death and Madness In the years leading to the Era of Quietism, when the Holy Numbered could not hear DECEM’s Voice in their souls anymore and the Sattva departed to search for their god, Eltania Kivana Elis, youngest daughter of Lord Kronos himself, called the All Seeing One for her ability to [...]

Fiction: My first completed sci-fi short story

Note: to my knowledge, this is the very first short story I ever completed. EVER. I’ve had several attempts over the years, but this is the one I saw to completion. Its based on one of the very first “Worlds” I made, too. Maybe I should post that here one of these days. As with [...]