Dragon In The Lunch Room.
## **Chapter 2.** **09:04, Monday, the 16th of April, 2028.** **-----** Three days after Alys joined, I was in the dining room recovering from a tiring night shift. The only mercy of that kind of start time was the lack of customers; even the drunks...
Customer Support - Ch5.
## **Chapter 5.** **18:30, Monday, the 5th of March. 2028.** **-----** By the time the taxi had rolled up, Mum had come out to see me, still dressed in her fine red jumper and leggings, sporting a wine stain I did my best not to notice. She stood to...
Dragon In The Photo.
## **Chapter 6.** **18:00, Tuesday, the 30th of April, 2028.** **-----** I hated conflict in any amount. I hated awkward meetings, confrontations, long-awaited emotional _talks_ where we spoke about feelings. Samys, for acting the way she had, had...
Dragon In The Comic Book Shop.
## **Chapter 3.** **15:30, Tuesday, the 17th of April, 2028.** **-----** I was in a good mood that day. What Brie had said still dug at me, but the night overall had been so smooth I was still buzzing. Michael was quiet, and Tom got Elizabeth to...
Pedigree - Ch4.
## **Chapter 4.** **14:00, Thursday, the 4th of February, 2029.** **-----** I wasn’t much of a driver. I owned a car; I knew how to drive and maintain it, but that didn’t mean I liked it. I’d never developed that affection for engines and...
Pedigree - Ch2.
## **Chapter 2.** **14:22, Thursday, the 29th of January, 2029.** **-----** It’d been two days since I began working at the compound and two days since the ‘incident’, as the place’s only other occupant liked to call it, which she did often, as she...
Pedigree - Ch5.
## **Chapter 5.** **07:07, Friday, the 5th of February, 2029.** **-----** The patches beneath both of my eyes were sore and the fine fur matted with tears, the salt still stinging even hours after I’d finally managed to fall asleep. I needed a...
Dragon In The Collapse.
## **Chapter 7** **13:11, Thursday, the 26th of April, 2028.** **-----** I’d gotten good (passable) at cooking solely through necessity. It wasn’t that my sister was incapable of cooking. She could. It was the far worse fact that she was just so...
Pedigree - Ch6.
## **Chapter 6.** **08:40, Friday, the 5th of February, 2029.** **-----** Charlotte reminded me sometimes of people that I’d met during an apprenticeship to a fairly prestigious bank. The huffy ones, lacking any real-world experience or hardships...
Customer Support - Ch2.
## **Chapter 2.** **19:12, Sunday, the 4th of March. 2028.** ----- I hadn't meant to fall asleep, not a bit, but I was tired and strained in ways I'd never been, and they were just _so warm_. The tent kept heat in like you wouldn't believe – some...
Customer Support - Ch4.
## **Chapter 4.** **17:20, Monday, the 5th of March. 2028.** ----- By the time I got home, the sky had already started to dim, streaked with that thin, watery orange that made everything look quieter than it was. The house smelt faintly of dust and...
Customer Support - Ch3.
## **Chapter 3.** **07:15, Monday, the 5th of March. 2028.** ----- When I woke up, in my own bed this time and not a tent, I didn't move. I laid there, dead to the world, crusty eyes locked onto the cheap popcorn ceiling. I think I was thinking, or...