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Tawasa
A round-faced man who might have looked more at home in a butcher's or a grocer's shouldered his way…
Published 4 years ago.
Desert Rock VI
Newkirk understood all too well. Everyone who had any sort of relevant experience pre-war had become…
Published 4 years ago.
Castle Bravo
The wizard was shaken out of his reverie by Ellesmere, who led them into a large room filled with te…
Published 4 years ago.
Grable
The duty watchman waved them out of the circle sharply. It flashed white, the challenge and counters…
Published 4 years ago.
A Splash of Wine
Mitaran nudged the trajectory of the chestnuts with a whispered charm and caught it with one outstre…
Published 4 years ago.
Elugelab
Newkirk and Beckton appeared in a cascading flash and swirl of short-lived white particles as if tel…
Published 4 years ago.
Knowing, Wanting, Needing
He came in with a haunted look in his eyes. A fine suit hung from his frame, slightly threadbare but…
Published 4 years ago.
A Preservation of Mulberry
I finished the last line with a flourish, dropping the quill back into its pot and shuffling the pag…
Published 5 years ago.
Scorpion
Brass tinkled on the workshop floor. Beckton closed the bolt again, but didn't pop up for another sh…
Published 5 years ago.
How were we suppposed to know?
No amount of wishing would give us the time we wanted: we turned, at last, onto an avenue that was a…
Published 5 years ago.
Truth and Reconciliation
He was in the garden when I found him, sitting peacefully beside a gurgling stream.
Over the sights…
Published 5 years ago.
The Gaze of Silent Witnesses
Lieutenant Commander Morell watched twelve specks of white light streak away from the carrier. She t…
Published 5 years ago.
Petite Plutonium
Beckton leaned out sideways and pulled the gun into his shoulder in one movement. He placed a little…
Published 5 years ago.
An End of Things
We floated in the serene darkness of the south-eastern hydroponics dome. The plants were in their ni…
Published 5 years ago.
Teller-Ullam
Shrapnel pounded the heavy workbench and zinged its way overhead. Beckton popped up to assess the si…
Published 5 years ago.