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Vanna’s War
Vanna peered out from between the leaves of the tree, over the jungle to the South. Dark clouds. A storm was coming up from the plains. It would come in hard tonight, one of the big, heavy storms that kept … Continue reading
Brief Aside
So yesterday I was watching the first episode of The Walking Dead with my girlfriend, and I see the Grimes’ residence when Rick goes back for the first time. Mostly things are in general disarray, indicative of his wife and son … Continue reading
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Mina’s Angel
Natalie sat at the side of the bed, in the creaky old chair Mina had picked out at a second hand store, watching Mina as she slept. She could see the pain on Mina’s face, every now and again her … Continue reading
Vacation
Monday updates will be put on hold for the next two months while I’m working on some big projects. There may still be updates to the site, but they will not be regularly scheduled stories. More likely they will be … Continue reading
Late
Miranda left Anthony’s house in the dead of the night, while he slept. It was Anthony’s house. Not her’s. She was his wife, but Anthony had lived in that house before their marriage. His father and mother had lived there. … Continue reading
0sl0: Employment
The trap was simple, as all the best traps are in the end. Too much complexity just means more things to go wrong, more people involved who could talk, and more weak points for the enemy to attack. Simplicity was … Continue reading
A Few Billion Years
We were so close. I’m sure we were. I think we were. I like to believe we were. I suppose it doesn’t matter really. Whether you miss it by minutes or hours or a few billion years, if you don’t … Continue reading
Maria (part 3)
Daniel winced in pain as Beth Cambridge helped him into one of the odd chair-bench furniture pieces in front of a console. The bridge (Maria had been insistent that this must be the bridge/command deck/whatever) was now full of people looking … Continue reading
What Fits in a Vial
Djaro was one of the Alchemist’s apprentices, and he was by far the most curious. Each day, the students would gather beneath the walnut tree at the village edge, and wait for the Alchemist to come and fetch them. The … Continue reading
Skip
Andrew hadn’t been looking where he was going. Instead, he had been checking his phone. He had an important meeting later that day, and somebody had just txt’d him a slight change in venue. Same building, different room. It seemed … Continue reading
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