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Sunset

Posted by tanstaafl under Fiction, Fragments (No Respond)

Sunset was almost over when the first of the planes flew overhead. A chill had set into the air and a number of the abnormally large number of guests that had set the staff of the small cafe scrambling throughout the day had gone inside, but they came rushing back into the flagstoned courtyard at [...]

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Foundations

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I woke up in a cleared field. Somehow I wasn’t surprised. The three of them were there, watching as I sat up from the bed in which I found myself. The three of them sat around a banquet table which was loaded with food and drink. There was a fourth chair at the table, waiting. [...]

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At the Array

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The beacons and the sweeping beams of the Interdiction Array glittered ahead of me, an out-of-place brightness against the faint dusting of the Void. I sat in the command chair, eyes half-focused on the view outside and half on the image on the overhead monitor. There, the Sun hung faintly against the darkness. Out here, [...]

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The Road to Phaedra

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The sun had just gone down when I got to the town gates. Some places closed up tight at sunset but this one looked like it stayed open. There was almost no other traffic and the guard barely glanced in my direction as I passed, instead concentrating on using a torch to light the large [...]

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Nine Rings in Mordor

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Excerpt from: NINE RINGS IN MORDOR (with apologies to Roger Zelazny) The hot ashes dropping from my pipe jerked me back to wakefulness and I swore quietly to avoid waking the hobbits sharing the room with me. One of them, I think it was the one named Merry, stirred briefly but settled back down again. [...]

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The Feast of Departure

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It was the Day of Leaving and we were celebrating with the Feast of Departure. Everything we were taking with us had been packed or loaded into the wagons and carts, but there was even more that we would be leaving behind. We had therefore prepared as much of the food as we could and [...]

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Doc Strider: Ranger of Bronze

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Excerpted from DOC STRIDER: RANGER OF BRONZE – THE CZAR OF THE RINGS (with apologies to Kenneth Robeson/Lester Dent) It was dark in Rivendell, and only occasionally did the faint light of the moon break through the clouds to illuminate the shadows which lay across the elven city. One of the shadows seemed to move [...]

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The Amazing Wraiths

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THE AMAZING WRAITHS Episode 3: Why Don’t You Throw Yourself in Next Time? (Rivendell to Lothlorien) Video: Montage of shots showing an ornate palace and surrounding village nestled in a valley. Camera zooms in to show a figure standing at the top of one of the towers. Phil Keoghan: Rivendell. The latest Pit Stop in [...]

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