Writing

The Hegemon

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

On the eighth day of the eighth month of 1927, the first nuclear weapon was detonated near Black Crook Peak in Utah, Usona. During that period in hist..

Stage Two

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

At this point in history, China was Pakistan’s best ally. They shared technology and resources with each other, and even had a of joint nuclear ..

I Have a Plan

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

Though Federama was governed by a single system, and everyone within the government was on board with Governor Stockton’s vision, not all citize..

The List

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

“France. The one country that only has nuclear weapons pretty much because everyone else does, and because they have the resources for a program..

Swarm

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

Not ten years prior to the beginning of Governor Stockton and Federama’s plans to disarm the entire world, Usonia began to interfere in the busi..

Exile

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

Enemy of the state, Ellaraitch strode into Governor Stockton’s office with that same smug look on his face he always had. What else could be exp..

Sacrifice

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

The year was 1961. Stockton had not spent the last few years while in exile playing solitaire and shoveling snow in Antarctica. He had continued worki..

Because Reasons

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

Horace Reaver’s mother burst through the screen door, hoping that her six-year-old son and his friend were just playing. She found what she had ..

Bridelope

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

It took a month or two...or fifteen, along with several free Round One therapy sessions, but Horace and Ulinthra were able to change their ways. They ..

One Grave

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

Horace and Leona postponed their honeymoon following the realization that Allen never came back from the looking for a party boat they knew was going ..

Second Chance

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

Horace Reaver was in prison. He had spent the better part of a year dealing with the hassle of court. He had to sit through every single day of the pr..

Resignation

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

That was it for Horace Reaver. He had spent the better part of two decades, working to make the world a better place, then he went back in time and sc..

The 2038 Problem

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

Have you ever wanted to go back in time and change a mistake? Have you ever wanted to change so many mistakes that it would be best to just try it all..

Confused and Grumpy

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

Brian and I make some big decisions. If I’ve been given a second chance at life then I have a responsibility to go full force. College was nice ..

Instructions

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

My plan to avoid Horace Reaver goes swimmingly...for almost five years. One day, I’m surveilling him a little too closely when he spots me. Fort..

Train Train Go Away

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

As I’m waiting to board the train, I can hear the woman who sells tickets get into it with a guy who is trying to purchase one at the last minut..

Lima

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

A year after the whole train debacle, Reaver asked me to do the same thing again. He said that the program ran perfectly, and that I should only have ..

Trust

A Chapter by Nick Fisherman

Presumably because of my ultimate failure to kill Mateo back in 2023, and more recently because his family kidnapping did not go well, Reaver began to..