Europa's Subterranean Secret
Inconspicuous Conspicuous Consumption
"Tell me what it is you do, Mrs. Adam, In your own words."
"Well," she said, and leaned forward onto my desk. "I deal in luxury goods. One specific luxury good." She smiled. "Obscurity."
"That seems a strange way to say it. Usually one ...
Mutiny
I looked at the dashboard with a mounting fear.
The mutiny had gone off and turned messy. The company pilots had been killed when we blew the cockpit door. We’d had to execute our hostages. The airlock was empty now and their ...
Mythlabs
Senator Bigfoot sat at the top of the Eiffel Tower daintily sipping espresso from one of Café au Francais’ literally bottomless vortex glasses. His massive, gorilla-derived nostrils inhaled the artificially addictive coffee smell, and he smiled to himself as ...
Caution, Adults at Play
Mary passed the town’s graveyard, her eye on the mobile facility parked in an empty lot. The line trailing out from the small trailer door was already thirty deep, but a rush of people was only a few steps behind her.
Linda turned ...
The Cave Witch
The witch is bony, skeletal, his spine in a permanent curve. His liver spotted hands tap on his rubber console, fast like shuffling cards. He cackles with glee, casting his code-spells. The only light in his little cave under the mountain is the ...
Crowbar Subtlety
I work on Opingtu. Two-and-a-bit AUs from civilisation, on a good day.
Lee thrust the crowbar into my hands, and set off down the corridor at a run. I swore, and ran after him. Me and Lee were as thick as thieves -- always had been. Started ...
Off Key
Heroes
Race
I am miles underwater. I’m the only human competing.
I’m riding a ten-foot cretaceous seahorse named Cheval. I pronounce it ‘shovel’ as a private joke. No one here would understand the mispronunciation.
There are ...
Amnesty
I have it in my hands, but I don't understand it. Mirah peers over my shoulder, grins in my periphery, and pokes at it. The amber clouds react to the gravity of her digit instantly, particles drifting into a new configuration of spin. As she removes the finger, ...
Night Shades
The young couple slept peacefully in their bed while powerful, dark forces worked against them, against mankind. Two malevolent figures watched them from the darkness, their eyes aglow.
These two creatures descended from races older than man ...
Bar Room Brawl
Getting off the shuttle, Teddy shoved his way through the crowded corridor, eyes focused on the nearest destination locator. When he was in range of the sensors, the map of Los Angeles lit up in various colors. The locator welcomed him and ...
Pawned
Long Division
Chronolicide, She Wrote
Neanderthal Ted
Sometimes, it’s fun to be surrounded by an army of mutant water buffalos with horrible skin conditions and bizarre, temporally unstable face tentacles. Other times, I’ll be running through Brazil and suddenly, one of the local amphibians will hop into the air, ...
Baby, oh baby
Jeremiah Founders swallowed nervously and licked parched lips for the fourth time. Meeting the eyes of the enforcers standing opposite him, he gave a small nod, and they released their charges. Jeremiah winced as the woman hit the floor with a small cry. She ...
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