Science fiction is a re-imagining of ideas and technologies that we haven't seen yet, but still fit within our understanding of the universe.
Themes can include space travel, time travel, robots, cyborgs, cyberpunk, parallel realities, etc.
The fantasy genre does not necessarily have any grounding in reality, and is more concerned with magic and myth. This can encompass everything from historical Arthurian tales of court intrigue, to epic battles for empires and crusades against the forces of darkness.
"Hi Dave." Charmaine was on the phone. "Hey, you," I said, intrigued already. "Is something going on in Fairy Land again?" "Yes, there is." She didn't hold back anymore. I'd done several 'jobs' for her over there already. "Do you know Rapunzel?" I thought...
The next day, with the crew well rested and cruising, Nancy received a priority message. Everyone was curious what that was about, but they didn't have to wait long. "Girls, there's a sighting of a Thegonii ship," Nancy said. Jolene's jaw dropped. Thegoni...
Charmaine's caller ID appeared on my phone. "Hi," I said. "Hey, Dave. I hope I'm not calling at an inappropriate time," she apologized in advance. "Not at all." I was already curious what this call was about. "I'm so glad to hear that. Something's going w...
The potter down by the river was a doddering old man, his arms smeared with clay to the elbows but his clothes somehow pristine. He took my order for a collection of differently-sized beads scaled from a quarter inch all the way up to three inches without...
I woke up late the next day. Lira was gone from the bed. I thought she had fled back to Tamara, at least until I rolled over and saw breakfast waiting on the table for me. It wasn’t much, just tea, a fried egg, and a slice of toast, but it was the first t...
Earlier in the day My boy and I are lying in a meadow that overlooks a forest. "That forest gives me the creeps," I say. "It's too dark and crowded." He laughs at me, knowing that while I can change form, my human self is a sweet scared girl. "Frankie mig...
I spent the rest of the day working on my house. Getting four walls up was an accomplishment, but now I knew what I was doing. I wanted to expand my little home and turn it into a proper place to live. A few hours spent breaking rocks for the new foundati...
Chapter 6 – Giving a Helping Hand The next day, I woke to find Ethel knocking. I opened the door and leaned against the jamb, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. “This is a bit early for a wakeup call, Ethel. How can I help you?” The stately elf sniffed her d...
The giant slept on her futon mattress, his feet hanging off the end onto the bamboo floor. He’d slept all through the night while Zarafa perched on a shipping crate, studying his face and body in the moonlight for hours. He had not used the blanket to cov...
"Do you remember Cinderella?" Charmaine asked. We were in her house again; she'd called and asked me to come over. It was still an odd thing to know the Fairy Queen was living in our modern world, in a small but mostly modern house, driving a car. "Ehm. I...
The day after Tina helped me build the bench, I decided to stretch my legs and explore the valley some. I couldn’t help but dwell on the words I had heard when I had first arrived in my new home. Find the truth, if I can. What did that mean? What truth? I...
Chapter 4 – Lunch Break I startled as my door banged open. Kitana stood in the doorway, her face flushed and an excited smile on her face. She had a bundle of carrots clutched in her hand. “Master Jack! I’m on my lunch break, and I thought we could…” she...
Zarafa Rio sprawled on her belly on a futon, her Titian red hair spilling off the top of the mattress onto a woven grass tatami mat. Sunset bathed the room in a carmine glow that rouged her skin like petals of a dusky rose. A few thousand yards from her o...
Now that my house was a home, I found I had a lot of free time on my hands. I tracked down Auni, the kid obsessed with bugs, and got a dissertation on how to catch them using his homemade smoke bombs. Halfway through his breathless description of the vari...
I was beginning to think I wasn’t dreaming after all. Two weeks had gone by since my sudden arrival in this strange place, and I was still here. Every time I went to bed for the night, I expected to wake up back in the real world, but every morning I was...
"Hi Dave." Charmaine was on the phone. "Hey, you," I said, intrigued already. "Is something going on in Fairy Land again?" "Yes, there is." She didn't hold back anymore. I'd done several 'jobs' for her over there already. "Do you know Rapunzel?" I thought...
