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Phasmatta -ch 16-

Having spent the entirety of the morning and most of lunch wandering around the woods, Ryan was exhausted.

Several police had shown up and Ryan had begun walking them around to make sure ever...

Phasmatta -ch 15-

Ryan made a groggy groaning sound as his brain spun up and tried to put together all that’d happened.

He’d spent most of yesterday filling out reports, giving statements, being interviewe...

Phasmatta -ch 14-

Ryan was hiding under a rocky outcropping.

Mostly from the rain and wind.

Yet also from Mirella.

There’d been a brief moment where he’d seen flashlights searching about throug...

Phasmatta -ch 13-

Ryan blinked, staring at the darkness all around him.

He genuinely didn’t know if he was alive or dead. His mind wandering and losing focus and cohesion.

“Ryan, stop moving,” Vern...

Phasmatta -ch 12-

“Nobody said anything while I was in there,” Vern offered as he and Ryan walked back to the car. “Whatever the sergeant sent to Murphy was electronic and… and that was it. He himself just s...

Phasmatta - ch 11-

Unable to help himself, Ryan adjusted his light coat. Pulling at the hem of it and forcing it tight across his back and shoulders.

Crowley, much like Daisy, and apparently the Mullins family,...

Phasmatta - ch 10-

Ryan ran a hand through his hair and put the cell-phone down.

The coroner hadn’t been helpful at all.

If anything, Ryan felt more certain that there was far more going on here than he...

Phasmatta -ch 9-

Ryan groaned, ran his fingers back and forth through his hair, then threw his head back. Leaning back in his chair he stared at the ceiling.

“Mullins, whatever happened to you, no one wants...

Phasmatta -ch 8-

Chapter 8 - Forked -

Driving along the road back into town after dropping off Daisy, Ryan was leaning back in the drivers seat and moving down the winding hilly road.

With trees on both...

Phasmatta -ch 7-

Chapter 7 - Faith -

Ryan glanced to Daisy who was currently looking over a laptop. All of the equipment she’d purchased could be directly plugged into a computer, or have it’s data downlo...

Phasmatta - Ch 6-

Chapter 6 - Foundations -

Ryan looked around the furnished two-bedroom apartment he’d rented.

It was within the price range that he could afford based on the salary Misha was paying h...

Phasmatta -ch 5-

Chapter 5 - Road Test -

Ryan looked at the interior of the home and found it more or less a standard four-square interior. Each of the two floors divided into four sections.

Here on the...

Phasmatta -ch 4-

Chapter 4 - Baptism -

Ryan looked over the mass of information laid out on the hotel room’s dining table.

A great deal of information that looked as if it’d been gathered over a per...

Phasmatta: -ch 3-

Chapter 3 - Planning -

Ryan drummed his fingertips along the diner’s table.

Staring out the window as he did so, he watched as people went about their normal morning routine. He’d s...

Phasmatta - ch 2-

Chapter 2 - Counter -

Ryan unlocked his phone, stuck it down in the center console, angled it toward Carl, and threw the transmission into reverse.

And damn near backed right up into an...

Phasmata: Ch-1

Chapter 1 - The Call -

Lurching up out of his bed, Ryan then rolled out of it. Landing beside it on the ground his brain was already getting him ready to take cover.

To grab his wea...

Privateer's Commission 2 - OUT NOW-

Privateer's Commission 2 has been dropped!

It's another round of pirating, smuggling, and generlaly truly unlawful behavior.

... Unless you're a Privateer, then it's just Tuesday.
...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 18-

Chapter 18

Taking in several quick breaths Ralph took the corner quickly, his pistols upright, and ready for whatever was ahead of him.

As he cleared the corner, he found two soldiers i...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 17-

Chapter 17

“I can’t find the flag ship,” Marionette reported in finally. “I’ve grabbed as many laser comms as I can, I’ve routed it all through Xas, thank you by the way dear, tha...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 16-

Chapter 16

“Ralphy, the shuttles are all moving toward the fleet and will dock soon. We caeran’t wait any longer,” Xas concluded. Putting a cap to his fears and the looming fear of leav...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 15-

Chapter 15

Ralph groaned at the repeated soft beeps.

“Xas,” Ralph grunted out while shifting in his sheets. “What is it?”

“A high level communication,” answered Xas in...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 14-

Chapter 14

Ralph sat down into his seat.

He felt pretty great.

It’d been brief.

Quick.

Lacking in the time he and Marionette normally took with one another.

Bu...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 13-

Chapter 13

Ralph wrote down that yet another cargo ship had been taken, turned into a prize, all occupants aboard the ship stuffed on life-boats, and launched toward the nearest location that...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 12-

Chapter 12

Ralph sat at the large table in the quarters they’d dubbed the ‘war room’.

He lightly drummed his fingers across the table and felt somewhat sick over his situation. 2025-08-09 19:27:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 11-

Chapter 11

Ralph poked at his left hand with his right. Pressing at the palm, then the tip of each finger, Ralph found that he could feel the pressure through it quite cleanly. It wasn’t wh...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 10-

Chapter 10

Ralph adjusted the glove on his left hand, fidgeted with it, then put his hand down in his lap. On his left was Liseth, on his right, Delilah.

He’d wanted Winnie and Marion...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 9-

Chapter 9

Ralph clicked his tongue and rubbed a hand against his face.

“Ralph,” Xas said quickly over his headset. “We’ve got a problem. I think the idea that someone already ha...

Privateer's Commission 2 - ch8-

Chapter 8

Ralph checked his personal hold-out blaster and found it was ready. There were several energy cells he’d packed along with it just in case it needed to be reloaded. Then he lifted...

Privateer's Commission 2 -ch 7-

Chapter 7

Ralph had gone back and forth, over and over, dropping off materials where Rhea had told him to put it. A small airlock that would be accessible to Delilah once she started in on th...

Privateers Commission 2 -ch 6-

Chapter 6

“That was a ridiculously slow response,” Delilah muttered with a shake of her head.

Ralph couldn’t disagree with her.

It’d taken the prison three days to request...