The oceans and the age of sail is a fascinating time that captured my young imagination on the first pages of Stevenson's Treasure Island, and the first time I read Melville's opening words, "Call me Ishmael."
The Call of the Sea: An Essay
Lifeboat: A Star Wars Fan Fiction, Part VI
Rejoin the Imperial refugees aboard Emperor Palpatine's shuttle for Part Six as they fend off a bounty hunter and prepare to attack the Stargazer!
San Jacinto
I've always loved Peter Gabriel's song, San Jacinto. The lyrics rolled around in my head long enough to create a short story based on the Apache ceremony he refers to in the song. This is in no way accurate to any Apache ceremony. It's just my interpretation of what the lyrics conjured up for me. Enjoy!
Lifeboat: A Star Wars Fan Fiction, Part V
Now, in Part V, we flash back a final time to join Darth Vader and Lieutenant Seeda at The Temple of the Kyber on the ancient moon of Jedha. The Emperor has ordered his apprentice to restart the stalled Kyber crystal excavation and retrieve two artifacts from the temple. While the crystal mining gets back underway, a rebel faction on Jedha, led by the outlaw Saw Gerrera, learns of Vader's arrival at the temple and attempts to take him out!
Lifeboat: A Star Wars Fan Fiction, Part IV
Previously, in Star Wars: Lifeboat... In Lifeboat: Part III's flashback, then-Lieutenant Varon Seeda delivers a message to Darth Vader on Mustafar that begins a chain reaction of treason! They board a shuttle bound for Jedha to recover artifacts important to the Emperor, but will Vader discover the truth of them first and claim them for... Continue Reading →
Lifeboat: A Star Wars Fan Fiction, Part III
In part III, we pick up Lifeboat: A Star Wars Fan Fiction with a flashback, and follow a young Imperial Lieutenant with a message from The Emperor for the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, Darth Vader!
Lifeboat: A Star Wars Fan Fiction, Part II
In Lifeboat, Part II, the Imperial survivors learn a terrible truth about Darth Vader, and discover a traitor in their midst aboard the shuttle...
Lifeboat: A Star Wars Fan Fiction, Part I
Set at the fall of the Empire, Lifeboat tells the story of a band of Imperial survivors from the Battle of Endor in 4ABY, and the secrets they still carry...
Lyle S. Russell 