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Battle Luna – Snippet 10

Battle Luna – Snippet 10 Another burst of chips. Still, at least they weren’t mad enough to open up with full-auto. The machinegunner chipping away at the lunar landscape was limiting his attacks to single shots and three-shot bursts. Pappy frowned. Unless the gunner wasn’t mad at all. Unless this was part of a deliberate, […]

At The End Of The World – Snippet 10

At The End Of The World – Snippet 10 Keywood nodded. “That’s the gist of it. There’s always a few veterans in every dodgy lot, and they’re likely to recognize our call signs, and figure out that this plague might not have reached us. And as the bodies pile up around them, there will be […]

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 10

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 10 Chapter Four “Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent’s fate.” –Sun Tzu Cristobal Province, Balboa The prisoners of war marched into captivity with their arms, as […]

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 06

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 06 Next to them stood two women: one was younger, from her stance and attire a servant of some sort, and the other, a woman nearer their age, was looking up defiantly at the main deck of Challenger, arms crossed over her chest, her face full of anger. “Someone […]

At The End Of The World – Snippet 09

At The End Of The World – Snippet 09 August 5 We had following seas and the wind a-stern all the way to South Georgia Island. That was a good, but not great, combo. The wind coming from directly behind meant we had to tack a bit, which, all told, probably cost us an extra […]

Battle Luna – Snippet 09

Battle Luna – Snippet 09 He’d expected the escaping gas to blow the dust into a fine mist. Instead, the whole puddle exploded into a roiling tornado-like swirl of powder and rock chips. Pappy bounded out of the foxhole, the spare oxy tank cradled in his arms, and set off in short, quick hops toward […]

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 09

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 09 “Wait!  Wait!” one of the Santa Josefinan teamsters cried.  Sadly, Marciano didn’t hear him.  His finger squeezed the trigger until he was rewarded with a loud boom.  The horse stood stock still for a moment, then its knees buckled, letting it sink to the macadamized road.  […]

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 05

1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 05 Chapter 3 Stephane Hoff lifted his pen, dipped it into the inkwell and poised it over the paper; but before he could even write the customary polite salutation, he leaned his head back on the chair and set it aside with a sigh. Working for Monsieur Servien was […]

At The End Of The World – Snippet 08

At The End Of The World – Snippet 08 The last crewmember is Lice. Which is short for Alice, but she spends so much time scratching at the dark brown rat’s nest on her head that I had almost forgotten her real name. Lice is how she introduced herself, and she seems to take pride […]

Battle Luna – Snippet 08

Battle Luna – Snippet 08 “Sorry, Eagle, sorry,” the other said, sounding even more harried. “Lot of stuff happening. I was just — I’m running the whole periphery comm. All six Eagles.” A cold feeling settled in on the back of Pappy’s neck. “Are there other attacks going on? Where?” “No, no, no other attacks,” […]