Plague of the Living Crystals

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Chapter 2 Part 3

Fred then noticed a large hump on the ground behind the statue. He went over to investigate. He figured John and Brannigan must have seen it also, because they followed him over. They cautiously walked around the hump, examining it from all angles. Fred thought about climbing it, but it seemed to be... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 11, 2017

Chapter 2 Part 2

Somewhere deep inside, Fred figured the closer they got to the monolith, the more it would be obvious it was just a natural part of the Martian terrain. This was not the case. Instead, it seemed to look even more out of place. It seemed to take on the features of something familiar as they got... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Chapter 2 Part 1

Chapter 2--Discovery Nineteen days before the destruction of Martian Colony 101 Lt. Commander Frederick Harring stepped out of the caterpillar’s air lock, which was more like an air flap. He looked out on the cold, red, Martian desert. Right around the caterpillar, the ground was covered with the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Chapter 1 Part 4

He had investigated everything from murder, to theft, to phenomena that was thought to be crime, but turned out to be natural in origin. But never, in all his years as special investigator, had he come up against anything like what these crystals seemed to be. And what do we really know about Mars... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 4, 2017

Chapter 1 Part 3

Stark and Blake had an understanding. Blake wouldn’t ask any questions about any case Stark was working on no matter how curious he got, because in some of Stark’s cases there were certain details Stark couldn’t let out. If Stark wanted him to know more, he would tell him more. As it was in this... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Chapter 1 Part 2

Stark sneered at the sound of that name. He thought Maximus Hart was the biggest phony that ever existed. He watched with distaste as Hart waddled up to accept his award. His eyes rested briefly on the two beautiful women who accompanied Hart. Stark sat up straight as his interest in the news... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 28, 2017

Chapter 1 Part 1

Chapter 1--The Investigator Two days after the destruction of Martian Colony 101 Earth Based Affairs (EBA) Special Investigator, Colonel Daniel Stark stood by his window looking out on San Francisco Bay. He had much to think about. It all came back to this article he read the other night. It had... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Prologue Part 2

Sitting in a chair, at a console directly in front of the ladder space, was the engineer-pilot, with his attention totally engrossed in what he was doing. And well it should be, Phinehas thought. Because it was this guy’s job to steer the caterpillar around all these obstacles. There was a definite... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 21, 2017

Part 1

Prologue Nineteen days before the destruction of Martian Colony 101 Captain Ezra Phinehas stood on the bubble-enclosed top deck of the caterpillar, scanning the scenery before him. It was the same Martian landscape he had been looking at for several months. Everything was red, with bits of gray... Sign in to see full entry.

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In the year 3965, every man, woman, and child in Martian Colony 101 will die. When that happens, Special Agent, Colonel Daniel Stark, will investigate. Colonel Daniel Stark gets a call, telling him to investigate the destruction of a Martian Colony. So he goes to Mars and traces the events that lead him back to Earth and the man responsible for the destruction of the colony. Special Investigator, Colonel Daniel Stark, is contacted by his superior, who tells him that the population of a Martian colony has been wiped out. So Stark goes to Mars to investigate. His investigation leads him to the ruins of an ancient Martian outpost.