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  In Flanders Fields

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  My family is a military family. My grandfather fought in WWII and died in Korea. Dad was in the Air Force during Vietnam, and even if he’s a civilian now, he still taught me stuff, like what most of the badges and ribbons on Uncle Will’s dress uniform meant, the slang of the Air Force, and tha...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  Summer Attack

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  “Tiger Three, this is Falcon Two. I have a question.” “What is it, Falcon?” “Why do you yell, ‘Fire in the hole’ when you toss a water balloon? Wouldn’t it make more sense to yell ‘Water in the hole?’” “Brian, shut up and get moving. I called for an airstrike five...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Team Dex

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  The quadruple suns of Solarii IV burned on the tarmac outside the starship. I used the starship’s external security devices to run surveillance on the team leader, Dex, and the new team member. “I don’t want another partner,” Dex growled to the young woman with the bag in one hand. “L...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  SOCN: Career Fair

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  The principle behind SOCN is that, to put it mathematically, if one misfit can inflict M amount of chaos on the school, then two can inflict M2, three can inflict M3, and so on. The seventeenth meeting of the Society of Chaotic Neutrals (SOCN) took place in Lyle Cooper’s house. We sat on the pat...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  When Stereotypes Meet--Satie's Point of View

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  Everyone should have a hobby. Some people collect stamps or coins. Kat collects paintball bruises. I collect boys. I figure somewhere Mr. Right is walking around, but how do I find him if I don’t search? Besides, the others provide amusement. I knocked on Kat’s door and she opened it. She...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  When Stereotypes Meet--Kat's Point of View

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  “You want me to do what?!” All of a sudden, a perfectly average Saturday went sour. “I want you to teach me how to play chess so that I can join the chess club,” Satie repeated. She stood on my front doorstep, looking every inch the anorexic socialite she was. Pink tank top, khaki shorts ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I am Darkness

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  I am darkness Fear me, for I represent darkness and death and the unknown The swift cannot outrun me The strong cannot overpower me The clever cannot elude me A thousand warriors do not give me pause For I have swallowed an infinity Someday, I will catch you, also. *** I am...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Jump Calculations

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  “Ready, Kal?” I asked, glancing around. No guards. Kal was already at the computer terminal, inserting the flash drive with the virus on it. I was supposed to be his lookout, but I’d never seen the CX2596T44 computer virus (we call it the Crasher) in action. File CX2496T44 ready to d...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  SAT vs ACT

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  Almost all high school students know that most colleges require you to take at least one standardized test. The two major standardized tests are the SAT and the ACT. They are fundamentally the same but have several major differences. The SAT is the more well-known of the two. It had ten sect...
• Fiction > Historical Fiction
  The Innkeeper's Nephew

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  It is a dark time for Israel. We have been invaded by the Roman Empire, and despite several unsuccessful uprisings, the Romans continue to subjugate us. But there is hope, for the Scriptures say that a messiah will come and help us throw off the yoke of oppression. The only person who’s happy...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  Snow Ambush

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  “Delta Six, this Delta Twelve, and I’ve got a question.” “What is it, Twelve?” “Why are our callsigns Delta Six and Twelve, when there are only two of us?” “Shh, Brian, you nimwit, it’s so that anyone trying to intercept our radio calls will think there’s twelve of us.�...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  The Interquartile Rangers

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  “The Inkil’s world was destroyed in a vicious war about three hundred years ago. The Inkil now live on four starships: the Interstellar, the Interplanetary, the Intergalactic (their military ship that protects the other ships from space pirates), and the ship the leaders live in, the Ship Of S...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Pursuit

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  About six glowing white figures chased me along a narrow path above a gorge with a raging river at the bottom. I ran, but they were gaining on me. Then I saw the bridge. Narrow, made of wood that looked rotten, wet, and slick, it crossed the gorge right before the river became a waterfall that pl...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  Rogue Knight, Part 2

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  From: DawnWarrior15@tds.net To: ChessKing111@yahoo.com Sent: 5:00 18 December 2020 Subject: useful information Look up lab records from before and on 15 July 2001. You may be interested in them. Passwords are 679x, 79x6, 9x67. DawnWarrior PS: Think about the missing ches...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  Rogue Knight, Part 1

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  “Are you sure you want to do that?” inquired Howards. King stared at the chessboard and nodded. “Very well,” Howards moved a bishop into place to threaten King’s queen. King gave a wicked grin as he moved one last piece. “Checkmate.” Howards’ eyes grew large as he survey...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  The Fall of Daskan

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  Skar was playing dice with several other officers when the messenger came up. “Thorin’s horde is preparing to attack,” he gasped. Skar grabbed his wineglass. “A toast before we go. To the fair city of Daskan,” he said before draining his glass. *** Rankar, the troop commander o...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  The Assasin

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  Varsh’s contact had gotten him a ticket for the next shuttle to leave Paka City, which was in two days. He had snipered one of their senior lieutenants and the Gralas were after him. He registered under a false name and stuck a tiny transmitter under the check-in desk before walking to his eight...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  The Assasin's Apprentice

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  Asha was tempted to stick to the back ways, the shadowy alleys, but she remembered that at night alleys in Paka City were not safe for young women and she had no desire to have to use the knife tucked up her sleeve. Tonight’s work was for the long-range rifle she carried in one of her packs. She...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Emperor

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  I can command the eagles of the sky I can tell them where to fly See those ships upon the sands? At my wish, they go to faraway lands. When they return from their sails The sailors tell me exotic tales. Beside my quarters is a room full of gold And gems and coins that I can hold. My room is...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Tales from the Aldebaran Part 7 Heading Home

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  This is the day we’ve all been waiting for for years sixteen long years. The day that K’wan’si is taken and the remaining K’sw’i forces have fled into the Galactic Core. We’ve been told that only half of our forces are going after them. The rest can return home to Earth. Every man in...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Tales from the Aldebaran Part 6 The Final Battle

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  “How does the kid feel about the coming battle?” “Are you kidding? We’ve finally reached K’wan’si. He’s eager for battle.” “The fighting is going to be fierce. The K’sw’i will throw everything they’ve got at us. I want Sentrai Aldebaran to live through this. He’s...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  Slipstream 2

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  The missile exploded, rocking the starfighter violently. Captain Alik tried to turn it, to get it away from the missile fire, but it wouldn’t respond to the controls. Gravity was taking over, pulling the starfighter towards the surface of the planet Tievos. “Ranth, I can’t control it. ...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  Keep Moving

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  I darted into the woods. There was a path through the trees, running parallel to the field. I followed it, with Rick running beside me. As the sunlight filtered through the trees, it threw dappled patterns of light and dark. My active imagination saw Them everywhere, but nobody was shooting. Th...
• Fiction > Action-Adventure
  The Flight In

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  When Lieutenant Verix and his platoon were deployed to the frontlines of the conflict, he would get adventure, suspense, and terror. And that was just on the trip to the battlefield. The transport was old. It was so old that it still had a fission-fusion reactor. If someone added up the ages...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Tales from the Aldebaran Part 5 K'sw'i Attack

  

  By Strike_Eagle, Warm Springs, VA

  For once I wasn’t sleeping when the alarm went off. I was in the shower. The alarm went off and seconds later, the ship was ripped out of hyperspace. I’d grown up on the starship Aldebaran and had lost count of how many times I had been in and out of hyperspace. But this felt different. It ...