Hell, what a night to have yet another interminable meeting. October 31st. And she would be going home to an empty house, the rooms dark and cold, no one to welcome her, to open the door to make her a drink. He was working late. The last day on the month was always a late night for him. Still, she could get some writing done. Or drawing. Continue reading
Category Archives: UFO Stand Alone
First Assignment
SHADO control was quieter than normal, due to the fact that alien activity had noticeably decreased during the past couple of weeks, but an air of unease permeated the vast complex. Continue reading
Brief Encounters
Chapter 1
23rd June 2000
My nineteenth birthday tomorrow. And I have to work. As usual. Well, I suppose it’s better than being out of work, although I never intended to be a uni student here in London studying a combination of Languages and History of Warfare and have a job as well. Although a part-time waitressing isn’t really what I would call a job. It keeps me in beer money, and pays the rent. Most of the time anyway.
Lines of Communication
Straker sat up on the examination table and swung his legs over the edge. Grimly, silently he picked up his shirt and slipped it on. His face unfathomable, expressionless as he began to button it up, only the slightest tremble in his fingers betraying his emotional state. Continue reading
Nightmare Scenario
I owe it to him. At least I think I do. It’s hard to recall everything now, to remember what happened, to see things as they must have been, then. But he was my friend. I remember that much. And so I owe him something. Continue reading
Conversation Piece
I do not own one of the characters in this conversation.
I do however, totally own the other.
Read into this what you will… Continue reading
New Beginning
Early January
Straker sat in the chair behind the desk. The only chair, the only desk that mattered now. Continue reading
Last Post
Keith,
By the time you read this I should, hopefully, no longer be around. If my calculations are correct you now have about four hours before the world media frenzy begins. Continue reading