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Issue 35: City of Knives, City of Glass

Story: C. B. Wright
Cover: Jamie Robertson
Logo: Garth Graham

Curveball Issue 35: City of Knives, City of Glass

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Story: C. B. Wright | Cover: Jamie Robertson | Logo: Garth Graham

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The chair in the center of the room looks like it was taken from an old black-and-white horror film—a mashup of an electric chair and the table Frankenstein’s monster was strapped to just before it came to life. It’s made of heavy wood, with metal clamps along the arms, legs, and torso, all closed and...

A Rake by Starlight, Episode Four: "Things Get Complicated"

No plan survives first contact with the enemy. In this case, the enemy shows up early and the plan sort of shrugs and rolls over.

A Rake by Starlight Podcast, Episode Four

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Chapters 10-12

No plan survives first contact with the enemy. In this case, the enemy shows up early and the plan sort of shrugs and rolls over.

A Rake by Starlight - Chapter 28

WHEREIN the Crew puts Two and Two Together, and the Sum is Expensive

Fyis sat in her booth, stared into her drink and grinned.

Adro sighed inwardly. It wasn’t her happy grin: this was her game face, the face she made when she was snarling defiance against a universe she was absolutely convinced was out to get her.

“What’s up?” He set his drink down on the table and slid in beside her, not bothering to wait for an invitation.

“Nothing, Junior.”

He smiled very slightly, ignoring the nickname, an...

A Rake by Starlight: Chapter 28

This work is distributed under a
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 License.

WHEREIN the Crew puts Two and Two Together, and the Sum is Expensive

Fyis sat in her booth, stared into her drink and grinned.

Adro sighed inwardly. It wasn’t her happy grin: this was her game face, the face she made when she was snarling defiance against a universe she was absolutely convinced was out to get her.

“What’s up?” He set his drink down on the table and slid in beside her, not bothering to wait for an invitation.

“Not...

A Rake by Starlight, Episode Three: "Pandora Smirks"

Why were two Tylaris Barony ships trying to destroy each other on the very fringes of known space? What was one of them trying so desperately to protect? In this episode, Grif and his crew learn the answer to those questions. It is generally agreed, in hindsight, that this was a mistake.

A Rake by Starlight Podcast, Episode Three

Chapters 7-9

Why were two Tylaris Barony ships trying to destroy each other on the very fringes of known space? What was one of them trying so desperately to protect? In this episode, Grif and his crew learn the answer to those questions. It is generally agreed, in hindsight, that this was a mistake.

Shades of Red: Part Five

Crossfire Safehouse

CB isn’t entirely sure where this safehouse is—he passes out before they arrive, and when he wakes up he’s on a cot, covered in bandages, his shoulder in a splint.

He sits. It hurts to sit, but he can do it. He’s sore from head to toe, but his head is clear—good sign—and his shoulder only hurts marginally more than the rest of him does. It’s a small room, about twice as wide as the cot itself, and only a little longer. A small trash can sits beside the cot, and he can see t...

Shades of Red: Part Four

New York City, Downtown

There was a time when this part of New York City would have been described as “lurid” by night. It’s not true any more—it hasn’t been true for a while—but CB remembers. He’s mostly convinced that it’s better the way it is now. He’s not particularly opposed to strip clubs and peep shows, but in those days loitering on the sidewalk meant something very specific that frequently drew unwanted attention from undercover cops. Tonight he’s sitting at a small table set up outsi...