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December 12, 2012
A Dollar’s Worth of Cure
My name is Winston Churchill. Yeah, my father thought it was a hoot too. As far as I know, it’s the only thing he ever gave me. That and his damned defective genes. As I walked into the bank that muggy Florida morning, I had reached the end of my rope. I lost my [...]
December 1, 2012
The Aspect War – Prologue (0)
Slumber She slept. If you can call this thing of nightmare a her; dragon scales rippled with a watery sheen and the ever-so slight rise and fall of her breath. Each scale shone as if it were comprise both of darkness and the tiniest slivers of light. It was once said that, to stare at [...]
November 27, 2012
Hayward’s Reach
a tale of the twilight continuum Θ From the ansible memoirs of Exalted Scout, Glendale Mokoto, Hero of the Exodus Wars and the Fall of Earth. These are an amalgam of the earliest recordings before he was presumed lost. Two hundred years ago, I was nothing special. I had no extraordinary abilities or talents. I was not blessed [...]
November 20, 2012
The Aspect War (6)
Sabra’s Cats Sabra smiled. She brought her cat in from the outside. She was an older woman who had lived in the tenement in the Bronx for as many years as she could remember. She had a number of cats inside the house already. But no one could say it was too many cats, because [...]
The Aspect War (3)
The Fall of Avalon Cuculane ran. His footfalls ghost-like, his legs blurred through the undergrowth, whipping up a trail of dust, grass and leaves. The wind carried his all consuming rage, a spicy scent, as his power grew within him. He channeled that rage, into his power, for his power grew best when stoked by [...]
November 18, 2012
The Last Twinkie
The Last Twinkie rolled off the weary assembly line a month ago. An assembly line that creaked and hissed with the mechanical, passionless precision only an industrial process could have. As the Last Twinkie was wrapped in its package of cellophane and slid into its box with its final production run, there was a sigh [...]
Insurrection: Biyu’s Story
a tale of the twilight continuum Θ “They are all asleep,” Biyu said to Chuntra. Biyu was finished strapping Master Wex down and checking for his vitals from the medical chair. He was well within the parameters for his species and was resting comfortably. His armored quills were growing in quickly replacing those lost during today’s [...]
November 17, 2012
Equinox: Native Daughter (4)
“Hey kid, what are you doing out here? Kid, can you hear me?” When I woke up, I was sitting in the back seat of my father’s SUV. It was cold and my face was sticky. My back hurt alot and I felt sick with the smell of gasoline all around me. I was not sure what [...]
November 16, 2012
Red Star, White Sun (7)
“You still don’t drive do you?” “Carol, of course I can drive. If it has wheels, wings, or can be submerged, I can pilot it. I have driven chariots in Rome, elephants in Istanbul, horses in Mongolia, race cars in Monaco, tanks in Italy, planes for Pan Am. I like walking. I am in no [...]
November 9, 2012
Red Star, White Sun (6)
Los Angeles airspace, 2038 – three years ago Flight Transcript: Classified – Top Secret TELEMETRY AND BIOMETRIC DATA INCLUDED “Whiskey Niner One, Whiskey Niner One, this is Flight Command. ETA to target?” “Command, this is Whiskey Niner One, ETA eight minutes. Package is prepped, all lights green. Whiskey Niner Two on station.” “Whiskey Niner Two [...]
