Perci_Snickedy

A collection of competition entries, prompt responses and short stories. All are science fiction.…

Perci_Snickedy

"Go on that Bermuda Triangle tour, they said. It'll be fun, they said."Fun isn't the word Penelope Orson would use to describe her predicament. Shipwrecked alone on a tiny island with nothing but her wit, her only hope is that someone will come along and save her. However, when her rescue comes in the form of a very strange young man, she questions if she'd rather take her chances.~~~~~The short story version of this won nine awards, including:~The Flower's Awards: winner of Short Story~The Wave Awards: first place in Short Story and third overallHighest ranks: #2 in sci-fi and #35 in romancesci-fi | adventure | chick-lit | romance | mystery | aliens…

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*A Wattpad Featured Story* When a young woman snags Lawrence Croxley from the train station, he soon realizes that being late for work is the least of his problems. She plans to use his access to a major news network's cameras in order to warn the public of a massive syndicate, one that has sinister plans for her and the others like her. This shadowy group will do anything to stop her and Lawrence, throwing everyone into a high-stakes game of chess where checkmate means the end of life as we know it. Fortunately, she has a few technological tricks up her sleeve that might help them cheat the game rules and save us all. As the pair works together, something seems to connect them on a level he doesn't understand--not that he minds a connection with such a pretty girl. But as Lawrence becomes further tangled in this global conspiracy, things like a car chase, getting his best friend captured and a corrupt cop all show him just how in over his head he is. And when the fate of the world is quite literally placed into his hands, he is forced to decide who will live and who will die. ~~~~~ ~ Completed duology of two romantic sci-fi thrillers ~Featured on Wattpad Picks (Sci-Fi Hidden Gems, Dec 2017) ~Highest rank: #16 ~Winner of seventeen awards, including: ~The Wave Awards: winner of Sci-Fi and Project Waves (overall) ~The Ooorahs: co-winner of Superhuman ~Winner of the Cryptic's Choice Award ~The Revolutionary Contest: winner of Kapoww (Action) in season 2…

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They saved the world twice, but that doesn't mean they can save their marriage . . . For Lawrence and Gale Croxley, finding a way to balance paying the bills and planning their family hasn't been an easy task. With her being forced to stay working in Atlanta, the expenses force them both to work full-time. He's determined to prove they can afford a mortgage. But, being freelance photographer, that means leaving her for extended periods of time, job after job. All she wants is to have him around. Their telepathic link requires them to spend time together, and she can't link with him if he isn't there. So when they leave Atlanta to spend the weekend at his parents' home, Gale and Lawrence try to decide what can be done to remedy their situation. And maybe even rekindle their romance, while they're at it. ~~~~~ The short story version of this, "Road Trip", won the Spring 2017 contest from @NewAdult and Contest 11 (vacation prompt) from @FANTASCI and is featured in the Summer Anthology, by @_ShortStory_ Standalone-ish spin-off of the G.A.L.E. Force duology. I would highly recommend reading that first.…

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Broken by life. Repaired by music. Near-penniless fashion blogger Romy Stone reluctantly goes to a folk concert with her best friend, and she doesn't expect the event to even entertain her. Wendell Scott is a brilliant musician--the classical kind. But his teacher thinks it would be good for him to expand his horizons, so he takes her concert tickets with the hope of giving his compositions some life. When he and Romy both catch one half of the ceremonially tossed drumsticks, they think they've gotten a quaint souvenir. But this is The Jaded Bottles' last bow, and Romy and Wendell now each possess one half of a fortune that could leave either sitting pretty. In order to get paid, she has to convince him to part with his drumstick. Which means Romy had better go find Wendell because she has no idea who he is.~~~teen fic | coming-of-age | romance | multimediaCompleted offline and being reposted. Updated on Fridays.~Was a finalist in the The Open Novella Contest~The Titan Awards: best flow, best grammar and second place in teen fiction…

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Lani Perry has been preparing her entire life for one thing: to become an explorer for the Ministry of Interstellar Knowledge. Her dream is to travel to worlds unknown, and to discover new resources that will help to better the lives of those under the Tri-planetary Alliance. She refuses to let prejudice against the fact she's a hybrid of two races hinder her goals.So when her ability to control water makes her a candidate for an upcoming expedition, she's determined to prove that she is the right choice for the job. They've been given special permission to enter the territory of a xenophobic empire to mine for cranteben--a rare mineral required to grow plants on her homeworld--to prevent a potential famine. However, when she finds out the supposedly barren planet they plan to strip mine isn't so lifeless, she has a decision to make: keep quiet and finish her mission, knowing a species will be wiped out of existence, or speak up and face the consequences of insubordination.And possibly even start an interstellar war.…