The Ember Lights

From here around the camp fire I would like to say Merry Christmas or have a brilliant Winter holiday to those of other faiths and religions. But to everyone have a wonderful time spent with friends, families and those who you love and cherish and have your own wonderful adventures to make your own stories to tell after Winter is over, because some of the best tales told are from those that we live ourselves. So from here at The Ember Lights have a Merry Christmas and a brilliant New Year much love and big bear hugs to you all. Martyn Sudlow-McKay

Hatsue sat tense in the driver’s seat her fingers gripped tightly on the steering wheel, the road was long and journey had been even longer, in the distance she could already see the columns of smoke still emanating from the fires, it had been four days since she had gotten the call from Akira she had been keeping track of the attack on Nakasato but hadn’t heard any word from her husband since so she decided to go and find him, she left their daughter Mika with Hatsue’s mother to be safe, the military was still patrolling the area even though Gigarrah had vanished for a second time hopefully she would be able to get through the city and find her husband. The radio was buzzing with reports and witness accounts of what happened during the attack and how the government was dealing with the aftermath to find survivors and plans to begin rebuilding the city, Hatsue didn’t know how close she was going to get by now the military and emergency service must have closed off any main access to...

After starting The Ember Lights Project the flare of what was to begin from the start of all this has returned and that is making stories about giant monsters, this love for colossal radiation infused creatures began a long time ago. Apart from my love of dinosaurs my other big obsession is giant monster movies, my love for them began when on certain Sunday mornings would have the old classic b-movies from the 1950s and I would sit there with my dad and I would be absolutely captivated watching them one in particular was the movie The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, a film about a colossal species of unknown dinosaur that goes on the rampage through New York city this then became one of my favourite movies. Many years later I was introduced once again by my dad to another group of movies which were centred on an icon in cinema history and that was the Godzilla franchise, as a kid I never got a chance to watch the 1954 original I would later on in my late teens but my first dip into t...

Kim ran through the forest fast but the burning agony in her legs meant that she wouldn’t be able to run for much longer, but she had no choice not with that thing following her especially with what happened to the others screaming in pain and fear as it consumed the very life from them as it tore them to pieces the faces that they made as Kim was utterly useless to help her friends, all she could do was run. After some time Kim had to stop she slumped against a large tree struggling to catch her breath, every breath scraped into her lungs as she looked around to see if It was anywhere nearby, the forest was silent the moonlight casting shadows in-between the trees, Kim tried to rest for a moment she slumped down and sat on the ground burying her head into her knees trying so hard to hold back the shriek of wanting to cry “I’m so sorry, I’m sorry I couldn’t save you” Kim silently wailed, voice spoke out from in front of her “Of course you’re sorry, it’s your fault!” Kim looked out Je...

In 2234 a signal was received by deep space satellites and the data transmitted back to Earth, scientists at NASA managed to track the signal to its source, it was coming from outside the edge of the known universe from some form of intelligent life. With interstellar travel now possible travelling trillions of light year can be traversed in mere centuries and now interested in discovering the possibility of another life form or even a civilisation the world began a monumental task of building a ship that could survive the long journey to the edge And choosing the brave crew willing to venture into the unknown with the high likelihood of never returning… The Asgard moved through the vast expanse this was the beginning of the mission to reach the edge of the universe, the crew was going about making all the final checks before going into the cryo baths, when all the jobs were done the crew had assembled in the galley were they were all sat around the dining table, ...

It was the perfect weather for a birthday party the sun was warm and the sky was clear with a deep blue, Akira stood watching all the kids playing in the garden and smiled as his wife tapped him on the shoulder he turned “Honey it’s time for the cake” Hatsue whispered, Akira nodded “Ok You get Mika and I’ll grab the cake from the kitchen” Hatsue grinned then kissed her husband on the cheek, in the kitchen the cake lay ready on the counter Akira approached but suddenly the nearby air raid siren cried out Akira was worried and charged out into the garden to get people to a shelter, but out in the garden the sky was blood red and there was only Hatsue and Mika standing together as the siren stopped to a sudden deafening silence, Akira stood looking at his family they looked eerily calm Akira called out “Hatsue? Are you and Mika alright?!” they remained still, the ground shook then with a sound splitting crack the glass of the house splintered out in all directions the world tilted and A...

Antarctica August 5 th 1954 Cold wind and a thick veil of snow reduced any form of visibility to near non-existent but Marshall pressed on, his hooded coat kept in some warmth and the scarf covering his face gave little protection but it was enough for soon the low temperatures would begin to slow him down. Each step crunched in the deep snow and Marshall’s gripped tightened on the rifle, he knew how many bullets he had remaining from the two hundred and ninety five from the start of the journey four where in the rifle and one in the revolver in his pocket he kept saying those words “You won’t take me, you won’t take me” that one bullet in the revolver was for him when the others would fail, they will fail Marshall knew it they didn’t stop Caines when he turned after his bones cracked and those spikes burst through his skin, when he lunged at Martha teeth jagged like some sort of beast from the depths Wallace put three rounds into him but that did nothing but slow him down only th...