Chaser: Chapter One
"You've _got_ to be kidding me." All I could do was shake my head as I read Craig Theron's profile on my phone. I'd known he was an idiot ever since I skimmed his file on the chaser website--but reading it more thoroughly, while sitting in my...
Elsewhere, Chapter 5: Reunion
Kamala pulled herself through the opening and collapsed with a groan. Roger dropped to his hands and knees beside her, struggling for breath. "Hey." She reached out to him, frowning. "You okay?" "Air," he gasped. "Almost gone." A cold surge...
Elsewhere, Chapter 3: Dead Rising
"Oh, there you guys are." Tank walked into the room and took a quick look around, her well-muscled frame taking up most of the doorway. "Asuka asked me to head for Engineering to keep an eye on things, but when I got there, everybody was gone." She...
Prometheus War - Chapter 2: Catfight
Prometheus War Chapter 2: Catfight Tunes stalks down the center of the road as the rosy glow of sunrise starts to lighten the eastern sky, one of his customized 1911 handguns held low as he scans the shadows around him, "Are they sure this is the...
Load (Neon City, Book 1): Chapter Five
The door opened and Taura gasped and spun her chair around, then relaxed when Jack and Corona entered the front room. She let out a long sigh. "Hi. I was getting worried." "Sorry," Corona said. "The gig ran a little longer...
Load (Neon City, Book 1): Chapter Two
The other genetic-engineering companies had received the same order, which they'd followed grudgingly. some chimeras had chosen to join the military anyway. and why not? fighting was all they really understood. not taura.
Load (Neon City, Book 1): Chapter One
"so...you're dating one of those genetically-engineered...uh, things?" "she's not a _thing_, damn it. sure, she looks kind of like a dragon, but she's just like us in all the ways that matter."
Project: Phoenix (Neon City, Book 3), Chapter Two
"That stupid little _shit_!" Jack snarled again, squeezing between Corona and Taura to get to the mop closet's door. Corona had pushed him and Taura into the closet as soon as the stairwell door at the end of the hall had opened--and now the three...
Fifteen Minutes (Neon City, Book 2): Chapter Six
Sledge perched on the window sill, twisted the cap off a bottle of Viso Vigor, and let his gaze wander around randomly as he waited for Boiler and Quentin to return from their shopping trip. His eyes drifted from his parents' former apartment...
Load (Neon City, Book 1): Chapter Three
The next few deliveries went smoothly, which made Jack a little nervous. It was like waiting for the other shoe to drop. And when it finally did, it always dropped _hard_. He knocked on the door, stepped back and started recording. The...
Chaser: Chapter Seven
_Thump._ I snapped my head around, reaching for my gun, and found Caboose on the floor, sitting up and looking around with a dazed expression. "He fell off the couch." Shadow sighed, picked up her kitten and placed him on her lap. He purred,...
Fifteen Minutes (Neon City, Book 2): Chapter One
"How long are we gonna have to follow her, anyway?" Jack grumbled as he strode along the sidewalk, weaving his way through the other pedestrians. "Until she loses us or Machiko tells us to stop, I guess." Taura shrugged. "She said that Shadow...