"I bet you thought you"d never see another Bug."

"Nope," said Mona Bastogne, a veteran of the seventy-year Human-Vermi war. "Humans lost that war when Bugs launched killer asteroids against the major planets in all twelve settled systems.

An electric thrill couched in unexplainable dread assailed Rowan Voigt as he waited for the attendants of the Ba'Droone to finish their work. Rowan had watched along with the crowd of faithful Vespertilians as their Ba'Droone entered dramatically through the rough-hewn stone doorway from the rain-drenched castle balcony moments earlier with a look in his small black eyes that Rowan interpreted as madness. The Ba'Droone had been gone for weeks. His body was emaciated and his normally brown skin looked washed out and almost gray. His naked body was slick with rain, and dark puddles formed like shadows on the worn stone floor beneath him. For a long time the Ba'Droone held out his large bat-like wings while his attendants rubbed them down ceremoniously.

Theodore Spencer was the mysterious sort, and had not many friends. Oh, he had friends that would use him when they needed something , but a true friend was not in his possession. He would do his school work, and each day he would run home to his computer, and type into the search engine, "I am Theodore. Can I be your friend." And every day he was disappointed. Not even the computer wanted to be Theodore's friend, until one fateful day he typed in the same message, and got a response.

The long dry season was putting really to the test the survival of their own people. Deep inside the Mesoamerican jungles, isolated from all the other major tribes, their community had always been relying on field cultivations and hunting/fishing for everyday food.

But things went worse and worse with the passing of days - really a bad sign - so they had to do something soon. And finally they tried.

The topic for March thru April 2010 is Mystic visions

Who is the Mystic and who is getting the visions is up to you.


1000 word limit.
Contest ends April 15th 2010
As always, good luck and have fun!


This contest has closed. A new one will start on May 1 2010.
Stay tuned for details...