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Submitted to Contest #293
The Schrikemans were hurrying. They had about three hours to get to an evacuation train and get off the planet. The planet, St. Alprecious, was set to be absolutely decimated by the intergalactic Schrook Syndicate. They were a semi-autonomous criminal syndicate, that ran a small empire in this sector of space, and they kicked up dues to the larger Scree Empire. The Scree were a ruthless Insectoid Species, who devoured entire star systems in large waves, unless those systems were clients of one of their clients. The Schrook Syndicate, while a...
Submitted to Contest #291
Brian was a 5’9”, dark-haired, lightly muscled human janitor at the local university. He cleaned the university for a significant sum, plus free tuition to earn his advanced physics and chemistry degrees. He was a registered Genius and was close to getting his degrees and getting advanced to the science bureau, where he could help advance society as he wished. He had been cleaning the building for fifteen years, working hard to get his certifications in his field and advance to the Science Bureau. He had a wife and 7 kids, whom each were gro...
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