Literary Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and What Moves Me
The personal logs of expired midshipman Gregory Samuels.
Chief Warrant Officer Edward Michelsson February the 27th 1253 CNS Blind Hercules En-Route from Autumn Breeze My name is Edward Michelsson, Chief Warrant Officer assigned as supporting investigator to the loss—possible scuttling—of the heavy transport Blind Hercules bound for Wolf Tertius from home-port of Autumn Breeze bearing a cargo largely consisting of vacuum-sealed rations, machining parts,…
Midshipman’s Log Part 92 Gregory Samuels September 9, 1252 CNS I can’t reiterate enough how lucky I was to get this job. I can’t say it enough, and I’m not trying to kiss anyone’s ass. But these opportunities don’t just swing around once in a lifetime; they don’t swing around at all. I really need…
Midshipman’s Log Part 93 Gregory Samuels September 11, 1252 CNS I’ll skip the usual pleasantries. I’m unhappy, more than a little unhappy, and that’s enough; you’ll find out why very shortly. We were making for the XV2308B transit buoy when—surprise surprise—something showed up on the sensor suite difficult in appearance and producing—what they said—a regular…
Midshipman’s Log Part 94 Gregory Samuels September 14, 1252 CNS I can’t believe this! I can’t believe this! I must be out of my head! I mean! I mean! I mean, come on! How! What what what?! Shoot shoot. I should calm down. Really must calm down. For posterity, right? What else am I to…
Midshipman’s Log Part 95 Gregory Samuels September 20, 1252 CNS I can’t really deny it. It’s getting to me. It’s been a some time since everything’s gone quiet. I spent the first few days stalking through the corridors painstakingly in search of unwanted passengers and some sign or signal of the whereabouts or final destination…
All twenty-eight chapters of the Gregory Samuels series have been released. There’s no more, but there will be sequels in the future. For the time being, there will be about a week and a half of unreleased though essential content–that I just never got around to posting–to be followed with a forty-four part series about…