The Master's Tools
"Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things." (Terry Pratchett) "So these robot masters," Fran's roommate had asked her as she'd been playing Mega Man, "they're supposed to have been built to do just this one job, right?" The jackal had...
If I Can't Dance
"Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town? We danced and sang, and the music played…" (The Specials, Ghost Town) Fran used to love listening to video game music on her computer with her headphones on. It had been one of the things...
What Ships Are For
"Nobody's gonna show you the way, nobody's gonna hold your hand..." (Zeal & Ardor) "We can't even imagine what it was like for people on boats back in those days," Fran's roommate had said. "When they'd cross the ocean, it was like, on this...
Snowblind: The Full Novel
Damn this blizzard. Can't see a thing. The Snowcat that we were in was taking it in stride, though. Big enough treads, and you can go through anything. I turned to my fellows in the vehicle with me. I knew several of them just by reputation, though....
The Taste Of Grass
**__** **One: The Exponential Land** **T** he ship once had been white, with a merry red stripe along it; but that was long ago, and now...