The Lead Crown, Ch 9.6, Thaddius
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The Lead Crown: Ch 8.5b, A Dozen 'Tails' Told
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The Laputan Factor 02
The briefing was good, meaning short and to the point. Gorgonea Tertia was not exactly one of the top stars in everyone's constellation list, but there were some reports from that general region that might indicate some trouble for travelers going...
Fathom's Phantoms, Ch 15: Something Afoot
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The Lead Crown: Ch 6c, Ghosts of the Past (Pt 1)
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Blowback
_"WHAT THE BLOODY FUCKING HELL DID YOU DO?!"_ The well-dressed wolverine, breathing carefully through his aristocratic nose in long, deep draughts, kept his muzzle clamped shut so that the scream that his mind had so carefully constructed did not,...
Gentlemen, Place Your Bets.
**THREE** With a smile the American flagged the stocky bar tender before asking tentatively for a drink he had never heard of 'Two White Ducks?'. The stocky bar tender informed him that the cost would be four hundred Roubles, 'Jesus,' he said...
Fathom's Phantoms, Ch 4: Double-Down
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The Lead Crown: Ch 2c, Revelations (pt 1)
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Only Those With Nothing to Lose Can Win Anything.
**Four** The cane thudded beside her. She bent and it became a club, the grooved handle fit comfortably in the pads of her hands. What had been the cane's thick half-moon handle became the wickedly tapered head of the club. Two handed, she brought...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.5c, Legacy
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The Lead Crown: Ch 9.5a, Accountability
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