An anthology based on a mix of twelve short stories inspired by twelve monthly prompts, by Deadlines for Writers. (2022 Edition)

|ACT II · 7X FEATURED|

Daniel Matton wasn't ready for an adventure, not until 3023 sent him into space on a journey to prehistoric times. The prehistoric animals test his patience, but Dan must endure all the pain and suffering to return home safely.                                                                                                          ***

Seventeen-year-old Daniel Matton, still grieving after his mother's death five years ago, is given the adventure of a lifetime when he's selected as the Star of 3023's PPMC Project for a journey through a black hole, wormhole, and white hole to prehistoric times. Now, does Dan want to be the Star? Heck no, but he has loved paleontology ever since a bittersweet memory with his mom twelve years earlier.

Programmed to resemble Dan's mother's personality, PPMC vows to keep him safe on his journey, but it's difficult when the stubborn teen constantly gets in trouble, not just with himself but also prehistoric anomalies: volcanic eruptions, eight-foot-long millipedes, terrifying saber-toothed cats, and above all... disaster.

Now nearly trapped in time, Dan and PPMC must work together to escape the geologic time scale before Dan's love for paleontology and the mighty Quetzalcoatlus prevent him from learning how to truly trust PPMC and "let go" of the burden that's weighed him down for five years.

A teen, a starship, and Becca...

Have you ever wanted to see where life first began?                                                                                                          ***

*First Draft Written: 8th grade*

*The story behind the award-winning short story, Messummer!*

*Includes slow-burn world-building and epic adventure in prehistoric times!*

This is an original story with some Star Wars elements. Set on Earth in the year 2016, it has been 18 years since the U.S. declared a war on drugs in response to the invasion of El Paso conducted by the Grand Cartel Syndicate led by narco-terrorist, Alejandro DeSantos. A military task force called The Counter-Terrorism Task Force was created and are now locked in a war with them. On the frontlines, Counter-Terrorism Task Force 105, leads the fight against the DeSantos cartel. They're considered the best of the best in military efficiency and training, the fate of the world as we see it lies in their hands.

They came out of nowhere, by complete surprise. Within months, the Republic of the Milky Way, which had experienced great wealth and prosperity, was brought to its knees. However, in its darkest time, two recruits, along with their allies, helped achieve the impossible and helped repel the invaders, becoming galactic heroes in the process. However, they withdrew from public life and have gone into hiding, most people not knowing where they had gone.

Over twenty years later, at the same military academy the heroes had attended, a new class is formed, focusing on special operations. For what purpose was this class formed, and does it have any connection to the heroes of the past?

|ACT I · 7X FEATURED|

Daniel Matton wasn't ready for an adventure, not until 3023 sent him into space on a journey to prehistoric times. The prehistoric animals test his patience, but Dan must endure all the pain and suffering to return home safely.                                                                                                          ***

Seventeen-year-old Daniel Matton, still grieving after his mother's death five years ago, is given the adventure of a lifetime when he's selected as the Star of 3023's PPMC Project for a journey through a black hole, wormhole, and white hole to prehistoric times. Now, does Dan want to be the Star? Heck no, but he has loved paleontology ever since a bittersweet memory with his mom twelve years earlier.

Programmed to resemble Dan's mother's personality, PPMC vows to keep him safe on his journey, but it's difficult when the stubborn teen constantly gets in trouble, not just with himself but also prehistoric anomalies: volcanic eruptions, eight-foot-long millipedes, terrifying saber-toothed cats, and above all... disaster.

Now nearly trapped in time, Dan and PPMC must work together to escape the geologic time scale before Dan's love for paleontology and the mighty Quetzalcoatlus prevent him from learning how to truly trust PPMC and "let go" of the burden that's weighed him down for five years.

A teen, a starship, and Becca...

Have you ever wanted to see where life first began?                                                                                                          ***

*First Draft Written: 8th grade*

*The story behind the award-winning short story, Messummer!*

*Includes slow-burn world-building and epic adventure in prehistoric times!*

What else is there to do when the world is coming to an end?

For Larry, it's all in a day's work.

As alluded to in Jurassic Park, Raptors are too clever for their own good.

LOG_NAME: "CAZAMOTH EAST COAST INCIDENT"AUTHOR: SSG IVENSKYDATE: MAY2021 | APPROX <0040

"4th Special Forces Group is once again called upon to investigate a disturbance in Main. However, things go south, and it changes everything"

Larus stood up and yelled, "What in the Hell is going on!" And what do you want with me? Instantly the creature flew down and completely enveloped Larus in it's wings.

In silent horror, Larus watched his body start to shrivel and decay with frightening speed.

The woman looked up and gasped. She saw Johnny holding her duck by its neck, and Rocky sitting behind him, licking his chops...

She jumped up from her chair and ran towards him, screaming, "You monster! You killed my duck! How could you do such a thing?"

Dani was an apparently typical twenty-something barista and amateur movie critic when she befriended Toru, a man claiming to be from the future.

Toru said he was skipping through time, to find writers like George Orwell, whose fictional worlds were transforming the Earths found in thirteen parallel universes into actual dystopias.

Now with the help of a military code breaker, Dani is trying to stop a sociopath who is also aware of this power to design and reign supreme over multiple versions of our world.