Author: Lightcudder
A Drop Too Many (Captain Scarlet)
Scarlet. I hadn’t intended it to end that way. It hurt. As always. That’s always the worst part, knowing that, whatever happens, it’s going to hurt. This was no different. Searing pain. And I couldn’t stop myself from screaming. Falling hundreds of feet isn’t much fun, especially when you aren’t wearing a parachute and you know how it’s going to end. The horror shrieks in my mind, the implacable truth…
Pop Apostle
Article written by Clayton Barr, author and creator of Pop Apostle Having been born a nerd in 1967, when the series was in its second season, I’ve been watching Star Trek for as long as I can remember. People use that term, “as long I can remember” a lot, but I literally can not remember a time before I had watched that show. It helps that my parents watched it…
The Needs of the Many
This is an AU Crossover story (UFO/Star Trek Pre ‘Kirk’ era). Chapter 1 Ochio Straehk reached the end of the path and turned to look back. This season’s crop promised to excel even his expectations, the fields full, the plants weighty with enough seed to keep the colony provided for next year and beyond. He had done his last walk-through just an hour before, trailing fingers though the heavy-headed ears…
Small Pleasures
(This takes place sometime after the events in ‘Survival’) No one ever locked the doors to the tiny guest cubicles on Moonbase. In fact, for safety reasons the doors wouldn’t lock although privacy was always respected. The unwritten rule was to knock on a door and wait for a moment before entering. It would have been easy to just walk in, but he respected the rules, and the man, too much…
The Shepherd – Grafted (10, 11 & 12)
Chapter 10 The rattle of china startled him from dreams. Blinking, he rubbed his face to stretch and awaken skin dulled by deep sleep, then pushed himself upright before remembering where he was. ‘Morning. You slept well.’ He looked around. Rebecca, hair tousled and still charmingly half-asleep herself was puttering in the kitchen, scooping coffee into mugs while the kettle boiled. He wrapped the throw around his shoulders, and sat…
Vodka 4
6 ‘What’s this one?’ Alec Freeman said. He pressed his finger against the monitor. ‘Observation Platform 23, Colonel.’ Nina said. She pointed to the screen. ‘We’ve been trying to move it into a better position, but it takes time. They don’t have the power to do much more than change angles. But we’re getting there ’ Freeman was silent. ‘Anything else we can try?’ He slammed his fist on the…
The Visit
The small sign had a greenish patina, fading into the background as if trying to go unnoticed. A typical English eccentricity in this typical English village and I would have missed it on any other occasion, but I had researched my destination. The lane was only wide enough for one vehicle – with the occasional passing place – but there was no other traffic and the car park at the…
My Mate
A UFO ‘very’short story By Lightcudder Straker put the phone down, sighing. Another problem sorted and yet another late night. He pushed his chair back, allowing himself the luxury of a lengthy stretch and a yawn, then checked his watch. Eighteen hours behind him and a full shift ahead. The problems involving Skydiver’s resupply schedule had taken hours to rectify and he was simply too weary to go home, not…
Dolores Mantez: The quiet star of UFO
There are very few facts available on the internet regarding Dolores Mantez and her personal life and I have no intention of trawling through obscure, and probably erroneous sites, to find any scraps of information simply to pad out this article. That would be a mark of disrespect to an actor who clearly wished her private life to remain just that; private. Suffice it to say that I thought her…