Riva Darva

“Strawberry Milk” by Riva Darva

Submitted to Contest #72

She was sitting on the steps of the empty school grounds looking for all the world as if there would never rise another sun. She sniffled and her shoulders heaved on a heavy sigh. For someone so young, it was upsetting that she would feel so low... at least that was what it felt like to him. She couldn't have been a day over sixteen, surely. The gardening tools he'd been using all day were stacked and finished and now, he held a box of his favourite strawberry milk in hand, ready to indulge in the favourite treat of his childhood as a rewa...

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“A Spot of Trouble - Part 5” by Riva Darva

Submitted to Contest #67

Having survived a strange market day, a grizzly murder, a hunt for treasure and a dangerous game show, Yrmenise is faced with her greatest challenge yet - fighting against her own family for her true love..."Yrma, my darling girl..."Dad met me on the dock after I exited the decontamination chamber. I was flanked by two guards who eyed me suspiciously even as one of the highest authorities in the five systems of that made up the Ariad Sector of the Yaris Galaxy wrapped me up in a giant bear hug."Daaad..." I said a little embarrassed."I missed...

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“A Spot of Trouble - Part 4” by Riva Darva

It's time to play "Truly Mine," the game show where you prove your love or lose your life! Tonight, guest-starring our Darin guest and her Trengese lover; talk about a forbidden romance! What thrills await our couple here? Let's find out in this time zone's episode of "Truly Mine!" (Applause)I blinked and rose slowly with a groan, my muscles protesting every movement. The light around me dimmed and revealed that I was sitting on the floor of a glass case on a stage surrounded by an audience of beings of every kind. I lifted my hand to my ach...

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“A Spot of Trouble - Part 3” by Riva Darva

Yrenisé is out of her depth, running away with a stranger to save her life after a murder occurs. Secrets emerge that change the entire course of her plan and could put her in even more danger than before...It was dark and a little damp on the way down from the shop to the bowels of the earth. Running from potential murderers who could maybe want me dead was not going to be pretty, I knew that, but the slime I had touched on the walls of the cave could be from water or were the leavings of some cavern creature.My guide, Tilo, a handsome Tren...

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“A Spot of Trouble - Part 2” by Riva Darva

A successful market day later, Yrenisé is tinkering with her buy. However, it seems that trouble is brewing in town and, for some reason, she's right in the middle of all of it...The inn I had chosen to settle in for the night was fairly decent. The lady at the front had led me to a small clean room with a comfortable bed. The meal was a bit bland but warm and filling - more than I had expected to get by coming on this foolhardy journey. And anyway, one does not expect too much from what is, essentially, grass soup.I put down my pack and set...

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“A Spot of Trouble - Part 1” by Riva Darva

Submitted to Contest #67

The market is not without its charms and distractions - but one lone Darin is on a specific mission to find a unique part for a very special device...Being blue has its advantages. I can fit right in with most races if you don't count the lack of extra limbs or eyes sometimes. In most cases, blue is the colour people also tend to avoid.On Darin, the distant planet of the Yaris galaxy, the Darins have pale blue skin that shifts in the gathering darkness of dusk to a deep maroon, settling into the crisp blackness of night. I have no such featu...

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“Solar Storms and Starlight” by Riva Darva

Submitted to Contest #58

Delivery Operative 3478 ID: Vita Tharran Space Bucket Log: Day 12 Delivery to planet Jeggan complete. One Thermal Radiator with Plasmatic Regulators received by a rather nice Yegganite with long golden hair - no wonder they are featured in the latest fashion and beauty treatment magazines. Thermal protection suit works well. Deputy Dex did not sabotage. Pleased with myself for seeing through his scheme this time. Hope he doesn't make my life worse. Ran into a spot of trouble with the capacitor but it should hold at least until I can get to...

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