Technomage Stories

The Excalibur takes a break from searching the galaxy for the Drakh plague cure to help a freighter in trouble.

Mayne, sat in her bedroom studying and daydreaming. The party was starting soon, and she was expected to make an appearance. Since she is the bright daughter of two very valuable people to the Elite community much has been expected of her, including proper behavior toward bullies and hosting the bullies' party. Mayne looked down at her desk at all the study material she had access to and wondered why her whole life was already planned out ahead of her. The visions warned her last night of the party, she had repaired the shield that had been sabotaged but she wasn't certain it would hold, the damage was severe, and nobody would listen to her because of the aforementioned bully. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath hoping that the death and destruction she saw wasn't coming... but it was. This is a feel-good story about the importance of mental and emotional health... Updated 2024: Proofread and fixed plot holes

Damien Vennar used to be a god. As a technomage, Damien had the power to create entire universes. Then, five hundred years ago, he gave it all up. He suspended the nanotechnology in his bloodstream and began to age--and eventually die--like anyone else. For centuries, Damien has lived among those who once worshiped him, his real identity fading into myth and legend. Hundreds of years later, when Ceril Bain finds Damien's old sword buried in his grandfather's garden, he is put on the fast-track to follow in Vennar's footsteps. Over the next six years, Ceril trains as a technomage aboard the Inkwell Sigil, a ship with the ability to travel between dimensions. Just as Ceril is preparing to undergo his Rites and finish his training, the Inkwell Sigil loses power. Stranded in space with no way back home, Ceril and four of his classmates are given their final assignment: go into uncharted territory, find a way back home, and bring back the one person who can fix the ship--Damien Vennar himself. While away, Ceril and his team find themselves in a predicament when they confuse an attempt at first contact with an attack and kill two of the world's winged inhabitants. They are shortly captured and imprisoned, and the only thing keeping them alive is their angel-like captors' belief they may be the subjects of an ancient prophecy about a group of magic-wielding messiahs. But that's impossible. Isn't it?

Tobias Storms isn't who you would call normal. In fact, you wouldn't call him normal even before he finds his magic, learns to use it, and repeatedly has a cult of evil magic users try to kill him. Toby is one of the greatest ethical hackers of his day and age. He's also weird, lazy, has terrible hygiene, and suffers from lack of social skills. After being kidnapped by the government and people like him, he is forced to transcend his short comings or never be free again. This story has been playing out for hundreds of years and unless Toby can rewrite destiny, its final chapter will be the death and corruption of all things good.

Technomage Dani is out running errands when she learns she might have the patience of a talent scout. This story is a repost of a story I wrote in Summer 2014 while learning to write action scenes. (This was also my first attempt at a book cover after I took a book cover design class.) Vote if you like it. Comment if you feel so inclined. Share if you know someone who'd like it. You guys know the drill. ;)