Original Fiction: The Basics of Flight by Joyce Chng Concluded

The Basics of Flight by Joyce Chng This week sees the final installments in Joyce Chng's original serial for us. We hope you enjoyed it! An index to the complete serial is available on our fiction page. PART TWO: FLIGHT Chapter Five: Taking Wing By now, the preparations for the Great Gathering were in full swing. Katherine...

Original Fiction: The Basics of Flight, Part 2, Chapter 4, by Joyce Chng

The Basics of Flight by Joyce Chng PART TWO: FLIGHT Chapter Four: Earning the Wings She was in the same blimp-fin again, its controls familiar to the touch. For this training run, the winds were favorable – calm, without bustling gusts, considering it was now Autumn and the wintry currents were arriving soon. She self-consciously...

Original Fiction: The Basics of Flight, Part 2, Chapter 3, by Joyce Chng

The Basics of Flight by Joyce Chng PART TWO: FLIGHT Chapter Three: Dynamics It was going to be Her Majesty’s Aerial Fleet, a proud assembly of her finest fins and other aerodynamic marvels. It was going to be a great display of Britannia’s ingenuity and talent – and Paul Forrester mused as he scrutinized the...

Original Fiction: The Basics of Flight, Part 2, Chapter 2, by Joyce Chng

The Basics of Flight by Joyce Chng PART TWO: FLIGHT Chapter Two: Hardening the Wings The news of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee came via telegraph code and was received with great excitement. Her Majesty had invited delegates from all the nations of the Known World to participate in the celebrations. Britannia would have its own...

Original Fiction: The Basics of Flight, Part 2, Chapter 1, by Joyce Chng

The Basics of Flight by Joyce Chng PART TWO: FLIGHT Chapter One: Fledgling Cadet Katherine Riley of House Sable struggled to keep the blimp-fin under control; it pitched and rolled in the prevailing winds, feeling more like a bucking horse than a functional flier purpose-built for the Academy. She fought the controls and the controls...

Original Fiction: “The Basics of Flight”, Ch. 7, by Joyce Chng

Apologies again for missing an installment last week - here is chapter seven of Joyce Chng's serial novella for us, The Basics of Flight. THE BASICS OF FLIGHT by Joyce Chng Chapter Seven A Moment Of Lift The Forresters’ house struck Katherine as extremely intriguing. The moment she walked into the warm interior from the...

Original Fiction: “The Basics of Flight”, Ch. 6, by Joyce Chng

We missed out on yesterday's posting, so a day late, here is the sixth installment in Joyce Chng's serial, The Basics of Flight! THE BASICS OF FLIGHT by Joyce Chng Chapter Six A Moment of Gravity The next few weeks were frenetic and filled with activities, as if the academy plunged back into routine to rid...

Original Fiction: “The Basics of Flight”, Ch. 5, by Joyce Chng

THE BASICS OF FLIGHT by Joyce Chng Chapter Five: Maintaining Equilibrium By noon, everyone clustered near the auditorium, waiting for more news. A major factory, situated near London central, had exploded. It was a factory processing metals and ores. Alethia said that there was an explosion of red and orange in her head, just when...

Original Fiction: “The Basics of Flight”, Ch. 4, by Joyce Chng

THE BASICS OF FLIGHT by Joyce Chng Chapter Four Finding Her Balance: Walking Aware The air was suitably chilly for an early-morning Athletics. There was fog rolling in from the Flying Field, a fleecy sheet coating just about everything and making flying lessons for the final-year ensign class impossible. Stenton made them all stand in...

Original Fiction: “The Basics of Flight”, Ch. 3, by Joyce Chng

THE BASICS OF FLIGHT By Joyce Chng Chapter Three: Balance Of The World: An Interlude The balance of the world was not just the balance of an antiquated globe left behind by history. It was not a fixed world, with arcane words and ancient creatures with “There Be Dragons” marked on perceived dangerous areas. It...