Silverfox 13
Silverfox 13 Thompson had never been this close to a chimera before. He was trying to think of her as a patient, but he couldn't get his brain to stop thinking she was about to lunge at him. The helicopter could carry two stretcher patients; not a...
Silverfox 12
Silverfox 12 The handset dropped to the floor, jerking the phone by the cord. How long did she have? She tried to send the general alarm. Fine, the others were in Seattle, at least they'd know. She was locked out of the email client in...
Silverfox 11
Silverfox 11 McKinnon's jaw tightened. "Okay," he said. "I'm pulling in a forensics team." He tapped his earplug. "With respect, sir," Silverfox said quickly, "as long as there's a chance Baker might come here, or if he might send someone...
Silverfox 10
Silverfox 10 Silverfox grabbed their checked suitcase off the carousel and wheeled it over to where Shadowfox was waiting with their carryons. Silverfox stood the case on end, and draped her coat over the extended handle. She opened the zippered...
Silverfox 09
Silverfox 09 Silverfox was quiet. It didn't look exactly like the one from the boat; the buttons were concave, a common feature in electronics designed to be worked with claws. Otherwise, it was the same device. "What's wrong?" Cheshire...
Technofox 11
Technofox 11 Technofox hurled herself away, using her arms to cover her head instead of breaking her fall. She didn't feel herself hit the asphalt and bounce. Her gun flew away; she had no idea where. Lilith's grenade exploded. After the blast,...
Technofox 10
Technofox 10 "I don't have clothes like that," Technofox said, looking at one of the women in the audience. Of course, not too many women did. She was a chimera, a cougar, wearing a dress that seemed to be made of strategically placed horizontal...
Technofox 09
Technofox 09 "Was Morgan really in the Tenth Mountain Division?" Firefox asked. Technofox nodded. "Morgan's no fool. It's risky to lie about public records nowadays, especially to a nerd with a wireless connection in her head. So you don't...
Technofox 08
Technofox 08 Even a human knows that scents bring back memories. Technofox's sinus was larger and more sensitive than a human's, and more of her brain was devoted to analyzing the flood of data from those chemical receptors. For a human, an...
Technofox 07
Technofox 07 Technofox checked her cell phone one last time and nervously adjusted her hat. It had an AT&T logo above the visor, matching the one on her left breast. Silverfox wore a matching uniform. She glanced over at Technofox and smiled just...
Technofox 06
Technofox 06 Instantly, Technofox sent an alarm through her implant. The implant flashed the message to her smartphone, and from there to the cell network, ordering the others to come to her. She paused to hop into her pants and armored jacket....
Technofox 05
I screwed up the first submission of this story -- let's see if I can do it right this time. Sorry! Technofox 05 Technofox was beginning to like the chimera lounge. Despite its cheapness, or maybe because of it, it had an amiable appeal, as...