You Wouldn't Dare
\>It's late in the evening, and the first of the fireflies have started to dance in the shade of the reeds on the far side of the lake. \>The last rays of the setting sun paint the sky in brilliant shades of pink and tangerine, and all about you...
Letters from Akira
1. Letters from Akira 2. 3. \>You'd been expecting it, but the truth was you'd about hit the ceiling the first time one of them spoke to you. 4. \>You thought it would be like a movie. You thought it would be cute, even, and maybe it was. 5....
Silver Lining - 1
1 It's barely first light when you step into the lounge. The air is crisp. It tastes of mist and diesel, and not as strange or frightening as you thought it would. Hell, close your eyes and it could'a been any old Sunday. Could'a finished rubbing out...
Silver Lining (Chapter 1)
Silver Lining Chapter I, First Light \>It's barely first light when you step into the lounge. \>A dim halo of blue crowns the Eastern horizon, and shades of pink lick at the pillows of cumulus rising in the middle distance behind round, brass...
Degeneracy Pressure (Chapter 2)
1. \>Chapter 2, Lake Effect 2. 3. \>The radio has been dead for a few minutes. 4. \>You acknowledged her transmission, but no reply came. Earlier that evening that would have had you biting your nails, but now you're thankful for the respite. You...
Degeneracy Pressure (Chapter 1)
1. Degeneracy Pressure 2. 3. \>Chapter 1, Midnight in Sandusky 4. 5. \>You don't care for coffee, which is unfortunate, because the energy drinks probably aren't doing your health any favors. 6. \>They generally don't send you to space unless you're...
Degeneracy Pressure (Chapter 3)
1. \>Chapter 3, The Day Anon Stood Still 2. 3. \>R U OK 4. \>41°16'52.6" N 81°33'21.6" W. 12/15 @ 2400. C U. 5. \>Careful. Not late. Quantum Favor. -KR G7X 6. 7. \>There were no two ways about this, were there? 8. \>No pretending that it...
Laissez Dare
Laissez Dare \>The trip odometer turns over its 600th mile just after 11:47, and you shudder to a stop on a lonely, heat-cracked road on a hill maybe twenty minutes outside of Roswell, New Mexico. \>The lights of the city stand out sharply...
Letters from Akira: Blue Shift
It's perched on a bluff just low enough to taste a hint of sea spray. There's a clearing there. Pale grass sprouts in tufts from the seams of porous boulders and spreads like wheat in the soil. Cotton clouds, built and carried by the last of the sea...
RADAR Love
\>The speakers in your cabin come to life with a champagne cork pop and startle you up from your book. \>You're alone, and with no sound save the electric hiss and crackle of the intercom. \>Outside your window Saturn spins listlessly, casting a...
Moonlight in Vermont (Prologue)
Moonlight in Vermont Prologue “Hey Doc...," The man with the brush gun clasps his hat to his skull with a palm and turns to face you. Wind whips the brim into seizures. “...you...
Silver Lining - 2
2 The jackscrew should have been easy: Loosen the cable turnbuckle, pop out the screw, clean and oil, and reinstall. That's how it would have gone, too, only the turnbuckle had gotten itself wedged up against the aft cabin bulkhead and jammed the...