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ST:HMB Naked Impulse, Part 6
The first thing Ellie did upon entering her quarters was to turn the temperature down five degrees. Then she downloaded the bridge logs into her computer and started to play them, but sitting in the chair made her think of the times she’d been sitting there with Todd...
ST:HMB Naked Impulse, Part 5
Acting Captain’s Log, Intergalactic Date 677001.33 We’ve completed our mission of downloading logs and accounting for all the crewmen. As Lieutenant Doall suspected, we did find a couple in the back seats of a shuttle, but they were obviously not hiding. We also...
ST:HMB Naked Impulse, Part 4
Ensign Becca screamed again and started to run, but Enigo held her fast. “Don’t move!” When she had calmed, he tapped his communicator. “LaFuentes to away teams. The ship is booby-trapped. I repeat, there are lethal traps set on the ship. Watch for tripwires, pause...
ST:HMB Naked Impulse, Part 3
“Ellie! Commander!” Leslie called out as an avalanche of bodies fell on her friend and their first officer. Without thinking, she dug into the pile of bodies, caught Ellie by the arm and pulled her out. She moved to go after the commander, but he’d already managed to...
ST:HMB Naked Impulse, Part 2
Ellie felt a tad bit guilty about feeling glad to be on the away team. True, they were walking around a virtual graveyard, but at least everyone seemed to have died happy. She glanced at the couple in the Jeffries tube. Some died very happy, indeed. She missed Todd....
Review of The Haunted Cathedral by Antony Barone Kolenc
Tony is a good friend and a great writer of middle-grade books. He was kind enough to let me review his latest, The Haunted Cathedral. I enjoyed it greatly. Read on for a review. An ill-fated journey, a long-lost uncle, and a mysterious cathedral mark the next chapter...
ST:HMB Naked Impulse, Part 1
All right, people! It's time to Get Naked and Get Looney! Star Trek fans know and love the episodes ST:TOS "The Naked Time" and ST:TNG "Naked Now." It's time for the HMB Impulsive to have its own wacky infection. If you don't remember these episodes, you might want to...
Doall’s Do-Over now a book
If you enjoyed this story, then get it as a novella. If you haven't been following Ellie's adventure in time or if Google led you here, then read on about this new Space Traipse novella. https://www.amazon.com/Doalls-Do-Over-Space-Traipse-Story-ebook/dp/B08VM7NKFQ...
ST:HMB Doall’s Do-Over, Part 20
Captain’s Log, Intergalactic Date 676593.54 I’m going to have some words with the Living History Society about their instructions when working with the Big Rock Donut of Time. We were having a grand time in the Wild West when my ops officer, Ensign Ellie Doall, got...
ST:HMB Doall’s Do-Over, Part 19
Regency Romance Ellie shrieked as a beam of light struck Jirek and he plopped to the ground at her feet. She shrieked again as two figures in grey, one armed, rushed toward her. “It’s okay! It’s me!” Shree said. She embraced Ellie, then pulled back and scanned her...
“They Also Serve”: The Love Story Behind the Story in The Planetary Anthologies: Saturn
There are so many ways my husband, Rob, and I are perfect for each other. Writing was one of them. We were both lieutenants in the Air Force when we met, and on a date, Rob told me about this wonderful story idea he’d been toying with about a young officer who did his...
ST:HMB Doall’s Do-Over, Part 18
Ellie younger needn’t have worried about blending in. Everyone was wearing an asaya flower on their person, and many were wearing masks. She snuck in through a side entrance usually used by the staff, snatched a glass of something fruity from the table, and sauntered...