Slice of Lex: Slice of Liz
Slice of Lex: Slice of Liz By: Jenny Harlow Liz lay on the couch, staring up at the ceiling. She put her hand over her stomach, and swallowed. Her twin sat on the floor next to her. Liz used her free hand to grip Victoria's shoulder. Both girls...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 3
Nusha's ears pricked up at the sound of horses and men's voices. She crawled out of her bed of mud and pine needles and stumbled through the trees. After a few minutes of trailing the sound she emerged onto a road where a caravan was trundling...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 7
Hieronymus Lex had seen a lot in his time as captain of the city watch. He'd apprehended a vendor who was poisoning his competition, he'd quelled a horde of goblins who attempted to invade the city through the sewers, and he'd watched the Thieves'...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 12
From Dragonclaw Rock they made quick progress westward. With the snowstorm gone, they could talk more freely, and Karme filled Nusha in on the history of the Akaviri invasion. It was comforting to recall details from her tutoring, and it excited her to...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 5
Tun-Na heard everything. Nusha had been wandering through the forest for hours now. It was getting dark, but still she pushed onwards, as if pursued by her own fears. It wasn't the end of the world. She tried to tell herself that. Tun-Na's word was...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 15
The chamber was dark when they entered. Nusha squinted, her eyes quickly adjusted to the gloom. It was a wide, spacious room, and all around the edges were crates, piles of clothes, and weapons. The Akaviri army had clearly used this room for storage,...
The Club
Jennie was sitting at work taking about a call every ten minutes. It was a steady work day but she didn't want to be there. Her eyes ached. It was almost like she had looked at the sun to long or something. He head hurt and she was tired. It really...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 11
For once, Nusha was the one who didn't want to sneak around. Karme had suggested that they climb over the wall, like they had when they escaped Bruma, to get inside the countess' castle, on the assumption that news of their escape would have spread...
Early Morning
Holly took morning showers while Daph took them a night. This was the first thing that told Holly the two were perfect for one another. The tall lemur stepped out of the shower, just long enough to wake her up but not so long for the heat to make...
Surface (Chapter 1)
"I hate this." Afternoon. Skyscrapers concealed what was left of the setting sun's light with hard lines, cold stone and sharp angles. Mano missed the reassuring ocean depths and iron hull wrapped around her like a protective cocoon. The swarming...
Everyone Does It: Mr. and Mr. Rifkin
Everyone Does It: Mr. and Mr. Rifkin Richie parked his car in the parking lot of a big old chapel. The squirrel peered out at the building. He took a breath then held hands with his wife. Candy took his hand, "Getting cold feet already? It's...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 6
This was not what Karme had expected from the Imperial City. Why exactly they had come here, she was beginning to wonder. Nusha had been sceptical, but Karme was sure that the answer to their quandary lay within the walls of the city. Her parents had...