I’ve posted a world-building essay for Patrons on my Patreon site. Here’s a teaser: “Just a hec.” Wait, how long is that? A hectoSecond is 100 seconds. That’s nearly two minutes. Did you know that a “moment” is 90 seconds? The people of the System Compact use a metric time in which the basic time…
The bulk of humanity had lived beyond the pull of Earth’s gravity for generations now. Taking advantage of asteroid mining, they concocted and constructed village ships orbiting the sun hidden among the asteroids. Inside these village ships, rarely seeing the sun themselves, they created spaces for life to continue after the collapse and quarantine of…
Friste decided to use his personal time this Cycle to go through Mother’s things. He took the lift inward four levels and found his way to stowage. He entered his credentials via the comm panel next to the door, indicating his purpose for entering and his implicit authorization for doing so as a family member….
Ory checked his last answer and touched the “submit” button. He smiled as he leaned back in his chair, stretching after the long exam. Assuming he passed, he had completed the last of the competencies to be a ship’s captain, all before he was eight kilo-cycles old. He furrowed his thick brows and closed his…
