Dolores Esteban

Sally and Tom won a stay in an expensive hotel. The hotel looks like a palace in a fantasy movie, but something's wrong there. Sally feels scared. A huge shadow is flying by, a bat of tremendous size. Something horrible happens.

Danke. I'm glad you liked the poem.

Thank you. I'm glad you liked the poem.

Many thanks for reading. I'm glad you liked the story, although it's indeed somewhat strange. I'll continue with another short story, Space Pioneer 4 - Azar Kazbek.

Many thanks for reading. I'll continue with Space Pioneer 4 - Azar Kazbek, another short story.

Thanks for taking the time and giving the story a try. I'm sorry it didn't meet your expectations. Space Pioneer isn't a romance series in the first place and wasn't planned as such. Future installments will focus even more on the hard science category of the genre.

The final chapter is posted. I'll continue with Space Pioneer 4 soon. Many thanks for reading!

They arrived at the planet seven days later. The Horus went into orbit and the computer scanned the planet thoroughly. The sensors detected no life forms were, but discovered the remains of an old town. Lest decided to land on the planet and set out and investigate the old city. The Daglon warship landed in a plain, half an hour flight away from the town. Lest, Jeff and Corr took a shuttle and set out to explore the ancient city. The men were stunned at the sight of monumental buildings that w

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Okpara led Lest and Jeff down a corridor. He stopped in front of a wooden door and pulled an iron key from a pocket of his robe. He unlocked the door and they stepped into a small chamber that smelled heavily of cinnamon. Lest and Jeff suppressed a sneeze. The walls were clad with violet wall-hangings. An ancient violet carpet covered the floor. Wooden sideboards stood against the walls. Six candles were arranged on each. Another wooden sideboard on the wall opposite the door was covered with

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Space Pioneer 3 - The Yanara Archives After visiting Daglon, the Horus crew is in search of a new job. The Society of Yanara Archives offers a search contract and hires the crew to find out about the origin of the Yanara people. Ancient documents tell of a journey through space and point to an unknown planet. The Horus crew does an elaborate research, finds a possible candidate, and sets out to explore the planet. What they find is shocking. 3 chapters. Enjoy!

Space Pioneer 3 The Yanara Archives The Horus stopped on Ephos, the Las Vegas-like planet at the edge of the Daglon solar system. The crew parked the warship in a hangar and rented a smaller and less striking ship to fly to Daglon. They landed in Amun, the amusement park, that was built in the style of the old days. Many buildings were sky-scraping towers that were made of steel and glass, others resembled Egyptian pyramids. The crew got off the ship and departed. The men went to pursue

After visiting Daglon, the Horus crew is in search of a new job. The Society of Yanara Archives offers a search contract and hires the crew to find out about the origin of the Yanara people. Ancient documents tell of a journey through space and point to an unknown planet. The Horus crew does an elaborate research, finds a possible candidate, and sets out to explore the planet. What they find is shocking.

Thank you, Cole. This is encouraging.

Thank you, aditus. I like your poems, too. They're very good. Thank you, AC Benus. The poetry prompts are fun and some keep me busy for hours.

Thanks for featuring my story and the great review. Cold Case is one of my favorite stories. I was inspired by one of the weekly prompts. Many thanks to comicfan for Prompt 122.

Thank you, AC Benus. I’m glad you liked my poem. Prompt # 12 intrigued me a lot. My poem is not a classic Rondò, and the metre is probably not good, but I couldn't stop adding stanzas until I was able to watch the movie all while reading the poem - more or less. One more stanza might have been good towards the end of the poem.

Poetry Prompt # 12 - Rondò https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGzBO9tMKKw Lord of the Rings - The Battle of Dagorlad Starting at 00:26 The Last Alliance (The Battle of Dagorlad) This is the final battle, the war that No one could fathom. The last stand against The devil and Sauron’s legions of hell­ ­– Against the shadow; the darkness that fell Weapons rattle; shouts of war; first attack It’s the Last Alliance of Elves and Men It’s life or death. Today – go down or win

Thanks for featuring my poem.

Thank you AC Benus for the prompts. I like them a lot.

Life Cycle Summer has ended; the season passed by All flowers wither and the leaves turn brown And like the leaves, ev’rything must go down The moment we’re born, we’re destined to die Bound to decay what delighted the eye And clad soon enough in a burial gown Necropolis our life’s pilgrimage town Where lifelong dreams rest and in ruins lie I feel tempted to grieve, to fear and dread I almost forgot what winter will bring The leaves, now falling, turning brown and red Will all be ba

I wrote two more installments, 20,000 words together, covering two more Horus missions. Romance won’t be a major part, though. I’m currently working on a story that starts with a visit to Earth and Lest and Jeff meeting Jeff’s parents. Many thanks again for reading and the feedback.

Well, it’s not a classic happy ending, but I didn’t plan a romance series in the first place. Romance has found its way into the stories, and it’s good it did, but I’m more interested in exploring space and finding unknown species and planets and things. I’m practically traveling through space myself. I wrote two more installments, 20,000 words together, covering two more Horus missions. They are even less romance focused and Chen won’t show up in the stories. I wrote a couple of fragments about Chen and Le’Ton meeting again on Cyrus, but I’m not yet sure how to weave those into a story, but I hope I can do so in a future story. I’m currently working on a story that starts with a visit to Earth and Lest and Jeff meeting Jeff’s parents. Many thanks again for reading and the feedback.