"Central Calling" is a story idea that could spawn a universe if anyone were interested in playing along. It is set in the not-too-distant future and it bring the virtual world alive.
A Swarm Cycle Story
French-Canadian teacher and hockey coach Jacques "Jack" Delacroix has enough of his marriage, so his extraction at a town hall meeting in Vermont proves handy, in the form of some sexy concubines and an equally sexy high school principal.
A Swarm Cycle Story
Martin Shultz is a child prodigy raised in the Swarm Era. A junior at Harvard, Martin rushes to complete his plan before turning 14 and being extracted.
Candi is the hottest girl on the planet and determined to prove it, much to the delight of her junior high school classmates...But that isn't really great news for Jack, is it?
Jim Jackson is a husband and stepfather going through a divorce from a hypocrite of a wife, but he's also a deputy warden of a new kind of prison. Oh, and he's also something of a cynic and lecher.
Which is stronger, The Hurricane... or the mighty oak tree? Della and Ron may find out. They play a dangerous game of chance with nature. Romantic. Tragic. Sci-fi? You decide.