Only the Bold - Ikkit
Even in his expertise as a master trap-maker, Ikkit was having difficulty imagining horrible enough deaths for the villagers surrounding him. It had been hours. Hours! Ikkit's tail had already gone numb, and his feet and hands were beginning to...
Deep Learning
Lean to the front and I won't lose my handhold. Right, then let my knees go limp for a moment as the rail car bucked. I was so familiar with the journey that I could anticipate every bump before it happened. Myself and fourteen other passengers all did...
The Dog Star Miracle
The first solar shift began with a single pure tone, piped over the intercom. Almost as one, my brothers and I stopped in our travels and turned our heads skyward. The great shields--massive constructions of steel and lead and carbon--slid silently...
Bodyjack
"I have a game for you to play, my precious pet--my pretty girl." His voice was in my head through the open connection, as clear as if he were standing next to me. It was deep and commanding, the type of baritone belonging only to the greatest of...
Better
The echoes of an explosion reverberated around Alyssa's apartment. It rocked the dining room table and set the pictures rattling in their frames on the walls. Grandmother teetered in her urn on the mantle. She'd fallen off last week, and Alyssa had...
Seducing the Sky
_Ease up on the controls, let the acceleration push your head back against the restraints. There's no force but what you create, and since it's yours, you can master it. Let the lights dim, let your shoulders and back go limp, but breathe deeply and...
Repaid in Silver
Repaid in Silver It was love at first sight. You were a work of art, as if an ancient marble statue had stepped down from the pedestal and was cast again in chrome. Your metallic edges were harsh and unforgiving, but in motion the straight lines...
Going Feral
Going feral by kandrel "seventeen. the charge for delivery is seventeen chits. did you think i couldn't count?" clearly, he did. the look of shocked disdain on his face as i confronted him was enough to tell the whole story.
The Leather's Always Blacker
. *** this story was accepted for, and appeared in, rechan's anthology will of the alpha, co-edited by kandrel.