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A Pillar Of Fire By Night – Snippet 06

A Pillar Of Fire By Night – Snippet 06 Landing Zone / Drop Zone Trixie, Cristobal Province, Balboa Ammunition was still highly limited, for the batteries of the Fallschirm-artillerie Bataillon, so the half dozen Sachsen-manned 105mm guns, from their position … Continue reading →

All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 09

All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 09 Now he just had to cross that border. That sounded simple enough, and would be if he used his magical skill. Only that would most likely call unwanted attention to himself. It … Continue reading →

Earthquake Weather – Snippet 17

Earthquake Weather – Snippet 17 “Sorry. Sure.” He opened his fingers and the needle dropped to the tabletop. “I wasn’t listening.” He looked at the vinyl squares and saw that he had stitched them together and then with the blunt … Continue reading →

Earthquake Weather – Snippet 16

Earthquake Weather – Snippet 16 He was wondering just how bad an infraction it was to break the nose of another patient; and he was giddily alarmed at his determination, even stronger this morning than it had been last night, … Continue reading →

A Pillar Of Fire By Night – Snippet 05

A Pillar Of Fire By Night – Snippet 05 Corporal Dawes, short himself, had a much taller Gaul in hand, the Gaul’s arm twisted up behind his back, wrist painfully bent, walking on the balls of his feet to keep … Continue reading →

All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 08

All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 08 “No, or at least not immediately. But the symbol which has been repeatedly oracularly derived is one that should be familiar to Venice, and has endangered her in the past: the crowned … Continue reading →

A Pillar Of Fire By Night – Snippet 04

A Pillar Of Fire By Night – Snippet 04 CHAPTER TWO “I just want you to feel you’re doing well. I hate for people to die embarrassed.” –Fezzik in The Princess Bride Tauran Defense Agency Headquarters, Lumière, Gaul, Terra Nova … Continue reading →

Earthquake Weather – Snippet 15

Earthquake Weather – Snippet 15 CHAPTER 4 “All sorts of people who are not in the least degree worthy of the pet, are always turning up,” said Miss Pross. “When you began it–” “I began it, Miss Pross?” “Didn’t you? … Continue reading →

All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 07

All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 07 Chapter 3 Venice Marco had wondered why he would get a request from Patriarch Michael to visit him at his palace. The church was… just a little wary about the connection between … Continue reading →

All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 06

All The Plagues Of Hell – Snippet 06 Chapter 2 A villa in the Tuscan countryside Violetta looked around the salon where she was sitting a few feet away from Tuscany’s ruler. Because it was hers–well, her mother’s–and not the … Continue reading →