Text Stories
Sometimes there is background, storyline, character development and often a flood of ideas too numerous to get drawn and uploaded so, when the mood - or perhaps the muse - takes me, I will publish text stories here, to expand (or simply keep going when I haven't time to draw!) the universe of 'Tales of The Forty-Fourth Century'.
Please click on the title of the story you wish to read to open the .pdf file.
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Text Story #14 - ESPF: The Coming Of The King
The Moon is a monarchy, but someone is out to kill the king. King Sebastian Tudor III visits Moonrise One to unveil a seasonal success in the horticulture domes - Can Daniel Brunskill and the ESPF thwart the would-be assassins?
Text Story #13 - VOID: The Shiver On The Water
A cold December night on Earth; Austin Amundsen and Lord Jacob take a stroll out from Couper Hall into the frosty landscape and investigate "The Shiver on the Water".
Text Story #12 - VOID: Trojan
A Christmas Tale of the 44th Century: Year-End nears and Angela Landau is on Ganymede, acting the fool to a con-man; she wants some practice at scalping the ungodly and has taken inspiration from a Mr Templar...
Text Story #11 - VOID: O Tannenbaum Austin Amundsen sends Angela Landau on an undercover mission to investigate Earth arms developer Titus 'The Gunsmith' Bergendorf. The moon Umbriel has disappeared and VOID fears a new weapon is being developed...
Text Story #10 - VOID: A Random Angela Landau Adventure Revised and expanded for Christmas 2022 as "Trojan" (see above).
Text Story #9 - VOID: The Christmas Asteroid A Christmas Tale of the 44th Century: Kirkebo Amundsen relates the tale of the Christmas Asteroid to VOID's Austin Amundsen and Lord Jacob - does this tale of a haunted space rock portend trouble for the human race?
Text Story #8 - VOID: Arctic Training
A Christmas Tale of the Forty-Fourth Century: VOID's Austin Amundsen deploys its Virgo Team to the frozen north to investigate strange, electromagnetic signals. Isabeau LaFey, Bill Parry & James Potter encounter unfriendly wildlife and the local ghosts as they explore long-forgotten caverns, deep in the ice...
Text Story #7 - VOID: The Pyramid
Austin Amundsen of VOID was told of the 'Black Pyramid' in Wyndham Forest; through the eyes of a young boy, we learn a little more of the pyramid and the Earth in the 44th century:
Text Story #6 VOID: Red Elf, Blue Raven - Epilogue
An epilogue to the comic story "Red Elf, Blue Raven" - someone was watching Detective Constable Isabeau Morganna LaFey as she brought in her suspect…
Text Story #5 - ESPF: Follow Up
ESPF Officers Reid and Chen had a run-in with an apparition on Festival Eve, it helped deliver a gift to a Martian woman. Now the Martian woman is back, wanting answers.
Text Story #1 - ESPF: Reid Arrives
A short linking piece filling in a bit more of DS Reid's transfer to the ESPF from Earth.
The Christmas Tales! (Text Stories #2-4)
In the 44th Century, the word Christmas is unknown, but they still celebrate a mid-winter festival to mark the end of the year and share the joys of life with their family and friends… The three stories below take us from the Moon to the Earth and into the second strand of TOT44C - the organisation known as VOID…
Text Story #2 - ESPF: The Gift - Part 1
'Twas the night before Festival Day, and Reid & Chen are on duty, read part 1 of the Christmas Tales of the 44th Century.
Text Story #3 - VOID: The Gift - Part 2
Meet Austin Amundsen, in the snowy ruin of Couper Hall on Festival Eve and share his gift of a vision for its future - read part 2 of the Christmas Tales of the 44th Century.
Text Story #4 - VOID: The Gift - Part 3
A new year dawns on Earth, and Austin Amundsen has another mystery to ponder in his new home. The Punch and Judy man has a warning… read part 3 of the Christmas Tales of the 44th Century.
Please click on the title of the story you wish to read to open the .pdf file.
Keep checking back!
Text Story #14 - ESPF: The Coming Of The King
The Moon is a monarchy, but someone is out to kill the king. King Sebastian Tudor III visits Moonrise One to unveil a seasonal success in the horticulture domes - Can Daniel Brunskill and the ESPF thwart the would-be assassins?
Text Story #13 - VOID: The Shiver On The Water
A cold December night on Earth; Austin Amundsen and Lord Jacob take a stroll out from Couper Hall into the frosty landscape and investigate "The Shiver on the Water".
Text Story #12 - VOID: Trojan
A Christmas Tale of the 44th Century: Year-End nears and Angela Landau is on Ganymede, acting the fool to a con-man; she wants some practice at scalping the ungodly and has taken inspiration from a Mr Templar...
Text Story #11 - VOID: O Tannenbaum Austin Amundsen sends Angela Landau on an undercover mission to investigate Earth arms developer Titus 'The Gunsmith' Bergendorf. The moon Umbriel has disappeared and VOID fears a new weapon is being developed...
Text Story #10 - VOID: A Random Angela Landau Adventure Revised and expanded for Christmas 2022 as "Trojan" (see above).
Text Story #9 - VOID: The Christmas Asteroid A Christmas Tale of the 44th Century: Kirkebo Amundsen relates the tale of the Christmas Asteroid to VOID's Austin Amundsen and Lord Jacob - does this tale of a haunted space rock portend trouble for the human race?
Text Story #8 - VOID: Arctic Training
A Christmas Tale of the Forty-Fourth Century: VOID's Austin Amundsen deploys its Virgo Team to the frozen north to investigate strange, electromagnetic signals. Isabeau LaFey, Bill Parry & James Potter encounter unfriendly wildlife and the local ghosts as they explore long-forgotten caverns, deep in the ice...
Text Story #7 - VOID: The Pyramid
Austin Amundsen of VOID was told of the 'Black Pyramid' in Wyndham Forest; through the eyes of a young boy, we learn a little more of the pyramid and the Earth in the 44th century:
Text Story #6 VOID: Red Elf, Blue Raven - Epilogue
An epilogue to the comic story "Red Elf, Blue Raven" - someone was watching Detective Constable Isabeau Morganna LaFey as she brought in her suspect…
Text Story #5 - ESPF: Follow Up
ESPF Officers Reid and Chen had a run-in with an apparition on Festival Eve, it helped deliver a gift to a Martian woman. Now the Martian woman is back, wanting answers.
Text Story #1 - ESPF: Reid Arrives
A short linking piece filling in a bit more of DS Reid's transfer to the ESPF from Earth.
The Christmas Tales! (Text Stories #2-4)
In the 44th Century, the word Christmas is unknown, but they still celebrate a mid-winter festival to mark the end of the year and share the joys of life with their family and friends… The three stories below take us from the Moon to the Earth and into the second strand of TOT44C - the organisation known as VOID…
Text Story #2 - ESPF: The Gift - Part 1
'Twas the night before Festival Day, and Reid & Chen are on duty, read part 1 of the Christmas Tales of the 44th Century.
Text Story #3 - VOID: The Gift - Part 2
Meet Austin Amundsen, in the snowy ruin of Couper Hall on Festival Eve and share his gift of a vision for its future - read part 2 of the Christmas Tales of the 44th Century.
Text Story #4 - VOID: The Gift - Part 3
A new year dawns on Earth, and Austin Amundsen has another mystery to ponder in his new home. The Punch and Judy man has a warning… read part 3 of the Christmas Tales of the 44th Century.