Sand in the Gears
It wasn't easy to meet people. First you wanted someone who'd get past all the things that most people couldn't get past about you. That was already a big one, especially for someone like Rakim. Then you needed someone who'd be willing and able to...
Twilight of the Damned Chapter 9
Heinrich read over the reports he had compiled from the last two days. There had been some complaints, but things were clear. The city would be dead by the end of the month. Nothing he could do would change that. Four Rivers had run out of food for the...
Twilight of the Damned Chapter 6
Heinrich watched as the undead he summoned stormed the trench lines south of 60th Street. He monitored the control array he set up for them. At the current rate, they had about six hours before they exhausted their nethergy supply. Walking to the edge...
Twilight of the Damned Chapter 4
Argalia coughed painfully. She pushed the rock and sinew off her chest. The taste of earth and bile coated her tongue and fangs. "Quint, you alive?" That last hit had been extremely close to where Quint had been standing. She gazed over to see the...
Twilight of the Damned Chapter 3
Desmond Hostetter looked at the map of the area that he had been given by the colonel. Section eighteen consisted mainly of residential blocks, but 57th Street was a direct line to the city center. Half a dozen teams in the area were scouting to make...
Twilight of the Damned Chapter 2
Private Argalia looked at the blood-stained dirt outside the flop house. What she witnessed wasn't new. The food in the city had run dry weeks ago. Tempers were high, and bellies where empty. Human, Felide, Vulpi, Anubian, it didn't matter. All races...
Twilight of the Damned Chapter 7
Returning to HQ had them both relieved and on edge. They made it, mostly. Some of them had their lives changed fundamentally, but overall, they were all still thinking and breathing for the moment. Argalia looked over at Martin and Hostetter. Well,...
Twilight of the Damned Chapter 8
Before the war started, Desmond was not too interested in religion. His husband had been a lifelong member of the Church of Gears. The religion had been gaining popularity over the last few decades. Their commitment to helping those in need and...
Twilight of the Damned Chapter 5
Desmond crash-landed back into consciousness. Nothing felt right. Everything was slightly off. " Welcome back to the world of the living... well, living is a bit of an overstatement," He heard Eno's voice ringing in his ears. "That ark gunner...
Fire to Ashes, Ashes to Fire; I Will Remain
He flew over set after set of dried terraces 'tals farmed rice on, a brown-striped white variety, hardened past the southerly to survive here in the cooling season, and passed the lone administrative tower, while the mountains far to the sides took...
You'll Always Belong | Entree Sized Commission
Written by Choice Cuts Del Commission for Tomek | May 2021 | 7125 Words "Mmmm... Smell that, DJ? That's the scent of real American oak." Thock! "Mmmhmm." "The whorls in this beauty. You don't get that in European strains." Thock! "Sure,...
Saltwater
Mano had tried to have been just as optimistic about them moving from the Middle East to Brazil as she'd been about them having moved from India to the Middle East in the first place. Cephalopods were relentlessly curious creatures, always exploring...