To read the story first please click here: Novices Warning; Spoiler Alert. This story was written as a response to the challenge ‘Write 1500 words for: ‘It hurts to be in love’. My story for that was ‘Abandoned, and Toria wrote her very successful ‘His Last Desire’, both stories dealing with adult love. ‘Novices’ however is a very different approach. If by any chance you haven’t read it, then…
After reading Loopstagirl’s fascinating and very informative article on ‘Why Write Thunderbirds’ I decided to take a long hard look at the reasons why I started to write UFO fanfic back in 2009. It’s certainly not for the kudos, or the reviews. It’s not as if there are that many writers either. The number of UFO writers has decreased over the years, and many of them have moved on to…
TAGS: torture, violence WARNINGS: contains realistically described torture scenes and considerable violence Vodka Nineteenth century word from Russian, diminutive of voda … water Chapter 1 His hip was sore. It was a jagged pain that gnawed him, made him grit his teeth against the ache, the unaccustomed bite of razor-sharpness. He lay still, very very still, trying to focus, to recall. And as his head cleared, as the memories sorted…
Well, I had the paints at work, so I thought I would continue with the Moonbase theme. This was much harder to do, because I didn’t have a good picture of an Interceptor to work from. I took a scan of the picture when I had been working on it for a few hours, and then the finished picture. It’s not one that I think I will keep though, as…
Chapter 3 Straker lay still once Shroeder had finished his tests, too weary to do anything other than observe through half-closed eyes as the doctor moved around the small room, talking in a quiet voice to the nurse. He was aware of the weight of blankets on his body, a somewhat familiar sensation and he roused himself to look for Rebecca, wondering where she was, why she had not spoken…
I do a considerable amount of art work with the different pupils that I teach and I like to work on something at the same time as they are drawing or whatever ( it makes the atmosphere in my classroom much more relaxed). For the last few weeks I have been working on a picture of Moonbase. I like the geometry of Moonbase and the contrasts between light and shade….
Hmm. I am not an anime fan … don’t really know much about it (well, I can’t know EVERYTHING can I!). So an anime/UFO crossover poses some problems with me. I don’t mind crossovers as long as they are well written and the characters are believable ( Oh, and the situation is believable – I simply couldn’t read – without hysterical laughter, a crossover such as UFO/Murder She Wrote or…
Prologue ‘Alec?’ The voice was hesitant, and held a dark note of fear but it was enough to make Alec Freeman turn with joy to the man sitting beside him. Just that one word, that one name was sufficient to crack the shield that had safeguarded Straker from the events that had precipitated his nightmare. He leaned forward, head in his hands as he remembered the underground garage space, and…
The Shuttle from Kill Straker! I was teaching a pupil about using pastels and chalks and started doing this piece to explain how I use them. I think that I should have done it on a smoother piece of black paper instead of A4 black card, which has a rough texture and therefore doesn’t ‘hold’ the chalk as well as I would have liked. But, as with all my ‘drawings’…
For your Hallowe’en Pumpkin! Prepare your pumpkin as usual… hollowing out the interior to about 2 cms thickness. Print off the outline of Straker’s face, (this is the same one I used for the cake!) It is best at A5 size or smaller…depending on the size of your pumpkin. Then hold the paper firmly against the pumpkin, and, using a long needle, perforate around the outline so that you end…