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Eight clicks echoed through the dead hospital. Thomas raised his head. His ears rose too, stretching to hear the sound again. To him, rusted gurneys and rubble-strewn beds were photogenic, not eerie, and an odd noise was cause for investigation, not...
Marian
Prince John had a gallows grip on the gold coins between his fingers. One wrinkle creased his brow just above his snout. His lip curled, just a little. With each breath, an uneven whine left his throat, like a wet log steaming in a hot fire. Sir Hiss...
24-Hour Challenge: The Snow-Black Fortress
Footsteps dented the snow without any feet to make them. The falling snow and gusts of wind would cover them up within minutes, and then there would be no sign that anyone had been there. Edward paused, and the footsteps stood still. He crouched down,...
Operative Lost
DATALINKS ACCESS Authorization key accepted at 0x94f2ee Enter search term: triple a\_ TRIPLE A: Colloquial term referring to Aegis Systems, AeroTech, and Atmos as a single entity. While these companies prefer to be called by their official branding,...
.BAT (Commission)
Eyes watched her from every corner of the abandoned plant. The first few times she'd spotted the red light, she brought it down with a quick shot. Couldn't hurt to be safe, right? But there were hundreds of the damn cameras. She'd just have to trust...
Broadway Was Waiting For Me [Illustrated]
A wave of gray slush crashed up over the curb, then hung, frozen, an inch from colliding with the young cat. The businessmen on the corner stared from beneath their dark-brimmed hats. A fox clutched at the fur stole draped around her neck, like she...
The Second Day of Tepmas: What We Leave Behind
He steps into a sea of footprints, each his own. He has been this way before. There are twenty-three trees he can see from where he stands. Everything else sinks into the rising ground, the thick whiteness that stretches from his feet to the sky above...
The Winter Lady [Lyrics]
The winter is coming so we'll sing out sweetly With toes and hands frozen we'll be of good cheer The blanket of darkness falls o'er us completely On darkest of nights the White Maiden is here O light all the candles to chase away darkness And deck...
Galatea
While the beat rumbled away above them, Mel's hands grazed over a gazelle's clay-thick ass. Her fingers stayed in constant motion, like a potter's hands spinning a terracotta vase. "Like a brick house, yeah?" the gazelle asked. She knew she looked...
BXBI - 2
Chapter 2Chris was a guy turning into a girl. Did that mean he used the men's restroom, or the women's?He paused for a moment before darting past the men's room door. He shuffled into a stall fast enough to keep anyone from getting a good look at him....
This Mine Of Mine
Thuk was a rare thing: a kobold with an education. He'd been part of a scavenging clan when he was younger, and then one day it just wasn't enough for him any more. He'd spent a year away from home, learning all that he could, and now he was trying to...
A Sip of Coffee
Eight bucks was far too much for a cup of coffee. But eight bucks here as compared to five at the place down the road--Tiffany figured she saved the time it took to walk to the parking lot, drive out, park, and drive back. The new gourmet coffee shop...