My journal of big words and pretty pictures
Thousands of revelers filled the city square. High above the crowd, a crystal sphere was suspended. At the stroke of midnight, it would make its descent to the street below, bringing with it a promise of a new millennium. Jocular and inebriated, the party-goers were on the brink of mayhem, saved only by their expectation … Continue reading Auld Lang Syne
Capt. Poppy Spector carefully guided her craft toward shore, focusing on finding any kind of shelter from the building storm. After so long adrift, finally nearing solid ground left her shifting between joy and panic. Her legs and arms, the muscles atrophied from disuse, trembled in anticipation. The ship’s hull scraped against the sandy shore, … Continue reading A salt life
“We have determined the radiant point of the Anguseid meteor shower.” Dr. Bayer’s announcement was drowned out by the cheers of the other observatory astronomers, save for Ish Echlin, who sat away from the crowd watching a recording of the moment of discovery on continuous loop. Ish was convinced they were missing something crucial. With … Continue reading Deep space
From the ship’s observation deck, Capt. Messina scanned the hydroponic fields, as lush as the fertile Delta basin on home Earth. The only difference was the plants were vivid shades of red, orange and yellow, not the viridescence a white star would create. He feigned agreement to the revisionist faction’s mercurial demands to indoctrinate the … Continue reading Solvent green
The place was dead for a Saturday night. All the old regulars were there, but the younger crowd was conspicuously absent. The Cosmic Lighthouse was about to go dark. Back in the day, the Lighthouse was the place to be and be seen. The lone club on Aoede, a cold rock in the middle of … Continue reading Lighting up
Thin spiral notebook 