amberantlers



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark 86

    Tags
    Summary

    "Bad. Stupid, very stupid." Grace can still hear Rocky's automated laptop-voice through the closed airlock door. "If Grace body poisoned by 'foreign contaminant', Grace die, contaminate spread and Rocky die—"

    There's more blood smudged on the floors, the walls, leading up, up...Oh. There's a handprint. A handprint of blood. There's no way that could have happened without Grace realizing.

    Rocky's still rambling on in the background: "—Adrian die, Stars-Erid-Earth die, all die because Grace is stupid."

    Grace can hardly believe the conclusion he's about to draw. "I think someone's on the ship."

    "Repeat words. I was narrating Grace-Rocky future."

    "Rock, someone's on the ship."

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    15,014
    Chapters:
    4/?
    Comments:
    101
    Kudos:
    358
    Bookmarks:
    86
    Hits:
    3,080

    30 Apr 2026

    Bookmarker's Tags:
    Bookmarker's Notes

    Death in the Business of Whaling

  2. Public Bookmark 46

    Tags
    Summary

    Ryland Grace figured out he was on a suicide mission and also remembered who he was. Exactly in that order.
    And between trying to save his planet and getting to know his new alien friend, Ryland thought he was kind of on the threshold for crazy stuff happening in his life. But of course the universe has to prove him wrong by sending him an impossible transmission, light years away from the nearest civilization.

     

    Or: Grace picks up Simon like a feral cat and drags him along as he saves his planet. Rocky is not happy about this.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    25,416
    Chapters:
    4/?
    Comments:
    34
    Kudos:
    204
    Bookmarks:
    46
    Hits:
    1,669

    21 Apr 2026

    Bookmarker's Tags:
    Bookmarker's Notes

    Deliver Us from Evil

  3. Public Bookmark 57

    Tags
    Summary

    What if Simon was trapped in a time loop?

    “Convict! Everything alright? Is the sub okay?”

    “Is this a test?” Simon asks, voice wavering. The pause hangs heavy for a moment. The depth meter drops. The SM-13 groans under the weight and pressure of the blood around it. Simon’s eyes dart from the porthole to the intercom.

    “This is the first time this sub has been used, yes.” Ava says finally. “Why? Everything holding up alright? I assure you the weld is—”

    “A test for me. Me." he jabs a nervous thumb against his sternum, leaning toward the speaker, pleading, as if she can see him. As if that would make any difference. “Am I being tested? Is this some C.O.I. thing? Some kind of sick rehab?”

    “...if you want to see it that way. Just… finish this and you'll have your freedom.”

    Simon swallows hard, turning back to the controls he's learned so well, cobwebs of fear prickling in the back of his mind. A question flits through his thoughts that he doesn't dare vocalize.

    What did I do to deserve this?

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    25,737
    Chapters:
    5/13
    Comments:
    184
    Kudos:
    216
    Bookmarks:
    57
    Hits:
    2,255

    09 Apr 2026

    Bookmarker's Tags:
    Bookmarker's Notes

    Ad Nauseam

  4. Public Bookmark 82

    Tags
    Summary

    The warp core is missing, and so are the stars. Stuck in a dead universe no way back to his crew, Mark is forcefully taken in by the C.O.I and tasked with building the SM-13. It's the strongest ship they've got, but something isn't right. People are still dying, despite the sub remaining untouched. Determined to help and rebel against their tactics, Mark concocts a plan to stay in communication with the next convict they send down, without the C.O.I's knowledge.

    Simon can't make sense of it, this C.O.I member wanting to help him, his strange ramblings of other universes and wormholes and paradoxes. The company was nice, he supposed. As the two exchange theories and conversations and comforts, the horrors persist, secrets are unearthed and discoveries are made that could possibly change everything.

    But why does it feel like they're the only ones who care?

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    57,000
    Chapters:
    8/?
    Comments:
    216
    Kudos:
    274
    Bookmarks:
    82
    Hits:
    3,942

    20 Mar 2026

    Bookmarker's Tags:
    Bookmarker's Notes

    We Were Never Built to Last

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    He focuses on her voice over the pain and rapidly dwindling oxygen. It sounds like she’s walking as she speaks—he can hear her footsteps. She says he’s earned his freedom. More than that, he’s a hero. She tells him it’s a good day: for humanity, for him. He wants to believe her.

    The footsteps stop. A moment of silence, and then—“Why isn’t he out yet?”

    OR

    Simon gets the data. True her word, Ava pulls him out. It’s not necessarily over after that.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    7,917
    Chapters:
    5/6
    Comments:
    337
    Kudos:
    1,459
    Bookmarks:
    308
    Hits:
    10,069

    18 Mar 2026

    Bookmarker's Tags:
    Bookmarker's Notes

    drowning in air