Small Pleasures

1st June 2015

(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…

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The Shepherd – Grafted (10, 11 & 12)

1st June 2015

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…

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Vodka 4

1st June 2015

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…

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The Visit

1st June 2015

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…

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UFO Film

1st June 2015

Last year, Film Bridge International updated their webpage confirming that the much awaited UFO  film was ‘in development’ (which meant very little really). In 2012 they posted: FBI recently announced a relationship with New Deal Studios, the company responsible for the extraordinary visual effects in many of Hollywood’s biggest films including “Inception,” “Hugo,” and “The Dark Knight.” Together, the companies have announced the production of two major motion pictures. The…

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My Mate

1st June 2015

 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…

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Citizen Soldiers

1st June 2015

Saturday Night Unit leader Carleton pulled another Dunhill from the pack, lit it and inhaled deeply, practically feeling the crystallization of her lungs as she did so. She knew smoking was bad, but she needed something to make sure her hands weren’t shaking. “Citizen Soldiers,” she hummed under her breath. Damn. That she didn’t jump out of her skin as the pale man approached owed more to her training than…

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Dolores Mantez: The quiet star of UFO

1st June 2015

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…

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Flat Tyre 1: Break Down

1st June 2015

He had a flat tyre. Today of all days; a flat tyre. He stood and looked at the car, hoping that he was mistaken, that it was a trick of the light, or soft ground or anything other than the obvious. But no. A flat tyre is a flat tyre, no matter how you look at it. Paul Foster sighed and gave it a kick. After his two-hour workout along…

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Gerry Anderson: a legacy.

1st June 2015

This is my personal tribute to a man who moulded my childhood and perhaps even more importantly, the most recent years of my life. There are plenty of detailed and informative accounts of his life and career for fans to read, and I think we are all aware of his background, of his early years and his difficult childhood, the loss of his brother in the war. But one sentence from…

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