Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 11
Chapter 11 Thedaysleading up to hitting the _Twilight Promise_ were terrifying. Geist gaveme back my bosun title; I don't think she much trusted Itsuo anymore, and I guess I proved myself with the...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 10
Chapter 10 "Okay," Nola said, arms crossed. My metal arm lay across the desk behind her, plates removed so she could get at its guts and fix what I'd doubtless jarred loose throwing it against the wall...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 9
Chapter 9 I didn't die, of course. As the darkness of the ocean waves rushed up to meet me, the ship tilted drunkenly back toward port, and a powerful hand wrapped around my wrist and halted my descent. I...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 8
Chapter 8 True to her word, I spent the night in the bilges. She didn't bother tying me up--she knew she had me. I huddled against the slime-slicked wall of the bilges, cowering on the narrow steps just...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Epilogue
Epilogue Adrianna Geist stared at the shadow on the horizon, watching it slowly grow against the settingsun like a tumor. She knew who was on that ship. She couldn't say how she knew, exactly, but she...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 12
Chapter 12 On February 20th, 1218 AV, two hours before sunset, we spotted her: the _Twilight Promise_, a single-mast sailing ship with two broadsides and a crew of doubtless veterans of the sea, at least...
Leaving Heaven (Spring Story Contest Entry)
Mosin drew his rain-slicked olive coat tighter around him as the filthy mid-March rain pelted his stocky frame. The roe deersquinted up as the miserable drizzle kissed his snout with its tainted moisture...
Rabbit Heart Pt. 3 - Ch. 7
Chapter 7 In October, Geist stopped postponing the inevitable and struck a slave ship. Nola and I were locked in our quarters, barred from the outside so we...
Dane: Putting Out Fires
Dane Bennett fidgeted in the huge, low couch that took up most of Noriko's studio apartment, unable to quite make eye contact with his boss and lover. He'd just dropped a bombshell on...
Darian and Dane: Sins and Sleepovers
"What did you do?" Darian tried hard not to cry. She stood in the hallway before her brother's apartment door, soaked...
Darian, Thomas, and Marina: Household Chores
"Aren't you supposed to be painting, kiddo?" Darian looked up from the beach chair next to the Bennett family's lazy...
Darian and Noriko: Hired Help
Darian twisted the silver stud in their ear, a nervous habit they'd picked up in the last couple months since starting to wear them. They were feeling very gender-bent today, thus...