Sean Fenlon
Stories (6/0)
The Colour of the Void
The jump drive started acting up just off the Argus Cluster, about a third of the way to the colony. We had to drop out of warp, but Dewey said he could fix it. He said there was nothing to worry about, so we started limping the rest of the way to the sixth moon of Tanis.
By Sean Fenlon3 years ago in Fiction
Politics
It is the Sengoku or “Warring States” period in medieval Japan (c. 1450 - c. 1600). The emperor in Kyoto continues to wield nominal power through his military commander the shogun, but real, day-to-day authority more often rests with the local lords. These daimyo, men like Chosokabe Kunichika, rule clans like the Chosokabe, from the island of Shikoku, and vie for influence over their rivals with armies of samurai and ashigaru. Open warfare, however, is not the only means by which dominance is achieved. The daimyo also employ secretive shinobi like Narisada in campaigns of espionage, sabotage, and assassination, accomplishing with stealth and deception what they cannot with brute force alone.
By Sean Fenlon3 years ago in Fiction
The Voice on the Intercom
The buzzing that dragged Mark from sleep was loud and insistent, like an insect flying around far too close to his ear. The noise came in pulses, punctuated by silences that grew fewer and briefer the longer he lay there letting sleep fall away from him.
By Sean Fenlon3 years ago in Fiction