26th November 2023 Writings

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Excerpt from: Convergence on Lawndale
“I’ve heard of it,” the Doctor said.

“They make a variety of products, including various types of robots.”

“So, could Andrew Landon be involved in something nefarious?” the Doctor asked.

“I wouldn’t know,” Kealyn answered.

“But we could find out,” Kim said.

“But would it be something to do with the portal?” Ron asked.

“It’s almost certainly related,” the Doctor said. “I could get UNIT to check. But first we need to head to the High School.”

“Why?” Kim asked.

“There are a couple of sisters who were investigating the portal with me earlier,” the Doctor answered.

Words: 97


Excerpt from: Holonovel Speed Run
“Oh man!” Rutherford moaned.

“Tough!”

“I’ll try to find a free holodeck.”

“Good luck,” Mariner said as she entered the Holodeck.


Rutherford sighed and turned to the panel. “Now, Computer. are there any free holodecks?”

“None at present,” the computer answered.

“No biggie,” he considered. “Computer plot the most efficient route through the Cerritos past all the Holodecks.”

“Affirmative.”

Words: 59

Excerpt from: At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
“What’s wrong with the Inn?” Frodo asked. “Tom Bombadil recommended it. I expected it’s homelike enough inside.”

The Inn looked pleasant enough to Frodo’s eyes. Even so they all hesitated. Someone began singing a merry song inside and many cheerful voices joined in the chorus. They listened to this encouraging sound for a moment and then got off their ponies. The song ended and there was a burst of laughter and clapping. They lead their ponies under the arch, and leaving them standing in the yard they climbed up the steps. Frodo went forward and nearly bumped into a short fat man with a bald head and a red face. He had a white apron on, and was bustling out of one door and in through another, carrying a tray laden with full mugs.


It was a busy evening. Butterbur didn’t remember one quite so busy before. There was certainly something awry where those Southerners had come from.

Words: 158


Excerpt from: A Fellowship of 10
“Look! The Moon is rising: it must be getting late.”
The others looked up. Even as they did so, they saw on the top of the hill something small and dark against the glimmer of the moonrise. It was perhaps only a large stone or jutting rock shown up by the pale light. Sam and Merry got up and walked away from the fire. Frodo, Pippin and Hanna remained seated in silence. Strider was watching the moonlight on the hill intently. He huddled closer to the fire.
At that moment, Sam came running back from the edge of the dell. “I don’t know what it is, but I suddenly felt afraid. I durstn’t go outside this dell for any money. I felt that something was creeping up the slope.”

“Did you see anything?” Frodo asked as he sprang to his feet.

“No, sir. I saw nothing,” Sam answered. “But I didn’t stop to look.”

“I saw something, or thought I did, away westwards where the moonlight was falling on the on the flats beyond the shadow of the hill-tops, I thought there were two or three black shapes. They seemed to be moving this way,” Merry added.

Hanna shuddered. ‘No! Not those riders now!”

“Keep close to the fire, with your faces outward!” Strider cried. “Get some of the longer sticks in your hands!”

They sat there breathless for a time, alert and silent, as they gazed into the shadows that surrounded them. Nothing happened at first.

Words: 247


Excerpt from: Spider Quinn
And so, I found an isolated community in Montana near the border with Idaho.


“I see,” Helen said. There were many unanswered questions, but she didn’t see why Linda wasn’t telling the truth. “We do have a spare room you can stay in.”

“Really?” Linda asked.

“Yes. It’s the least we can do. I won’t even ask you to pay board, at first,” Helen said.

“Really?” Daria asked.

“Yes, Daria. As I said, it’s the least I can do, while Linda settles into Lawndale.”

“I’m not sure why she would want to stay here,” Quinn groused.

“The crime isn’t that bad,” Helen said.

“That wasn’t a concern,” Linda said. “Show me upstairs.”

“Sure.”


Helen then showed Linda the spare room, and the bathroom which she would be sharing with Daria and Quinn. “Their bedrooms are down the hall, mine is at the front of the house,” Helen said.

“Right.”


“I’m not sure what to make of it,” Daria said to Jane.

“You’re welcome to stay here if you’re concerned,” Jane suggested.

“Then who’d watch for Quinn.”

“Hasn’t Quinn hardly been there anyway?”

“She hasn’t been out that much.”

“I heard Stacy and Tiffany talking about Quinn’s habits,” Jane said.

“Jane Lane eavesdropping?” Daria teased.

“Don’t we do that anyway?” Jane asked. “And maybe you could do it with your mother’s friend if you’re staying there.”

“Probably,” Daria said.

“So, you’re just a little concerned.”

“Yes.”

“Other than what I suggested earlier, I’m not sure what to say.”

“You’re no help.”


Quinn too was concerned. “I need to talk to someone,” she told her self as she looked in her mirrors. She was just dressed in the SpiderGirl suit, with her face showing. She saw a girl who was still recovering from her father’s death. ‘I don’t want to have to worry about Mom and Daria, with a strange woman in the house,’ she thought. She made her decision, she would talk to Stacy, but it would be best to do so in person. She pulled the mask down, switched off the light and then swung out of her window, up onto the roof.

Words: 353

Total: 904