You Wouldn't Dare
\>It's late in the evening, and the first of the fireflies have started to dance in the shade of the reeds on the far side of the lake. \>The last rays of the setting sun paint the sky in brilliant shades of pink and tangerine, and all about you...
Letters from Akira
1. Letters from Akira 2. 3. \>You'd been expecting it, but the truth was you'd about hit the ceiling the first time one of them spoke to you. 4. \>You thought it would be like a movie. You thought it would be cute, even, and maybe it was. 5....
Silver Lining - 1
1 It's barely first light when you step into the lounge. The air is crisp. It tastes of mist and diesel, and not as strange or frightening as you thought it would. Hell, close your eyes and it could'a been any old Sunday. Could'a finished rubbing out...
Silver Lining (Chapter 1)
Silver Lining Chapter I, First Light \>It's barely first light when you step into the lounge. \>A dim halo of blue crowns the Eastern horizon, and shades of pink lick at the pillows of cumulus rising in the middle distance behind round, brass...
Degeneracy Pressure (Chapter 1)
1. Degeneracy Pressure 2. 3. \>Chapter 1, Midnight in Sandusky 4. 5. \>You don't care for coffee, which is unfortunate, because the energy drinks probably aren't doing your health any favors. 6. \>They generally don't send you to space unless you're...
Degeneracy Pressure (Chapter 3)
1. \>Chapter 3, The Day Anon Stood Still 2. 3. \>R U OK 4. \>41°16'52.6" N 81°33'21.6" W. 12/15 @ 2400. C U. 5. \>Careful. Not late. Quantum Favor. -KR G7X 6. 7. \>There were no two ways about this, were there? 8. \>No pretending that it...
RADAR Love
\>The speakers in your cabin come to life with a champagne cork pop and startle you up from your book. \>You're alone, and with no sound save the electric hiss and crackle of the intercom. \>Outside your window Saturn spins listlessly, casting a...
Moonlight in Vermont (Prologue)
Moonlight in Vermont Prologue “Hey Doc...," The man with the brush gun clasps his hat to his skull with a palm and turns to face you. Wind whips the brim into seizures. “...you...
Silver Lining - 2
2 The jackscrew should have been easy: Loosen the cable turnbuckle, pop out the screw, clean and oil, and reinstall. That's how it would have gone, too, only the turnbuckle had gotten itself wedged up against the aft cabin bulkhead and jammed the...
Silver Lining (Chapter 10)
1. Chapter X: Prom Night 2. 3. \>It's dusk by the time the alert's cancelled, and from the porthole you watch as the last flight of escorts melts into view along the horizon. 4. \>You've since showered, and traded your bloody undershirt for one of...
Silver Lining (Chapter 9)
1. Chapter IX, First Time for Everything 2. 3. \> "So are you two making out or something? Because I could come back if this isn't a good time." 4. \>You haven't known him long, but you'd know Tucker's voice anywhere. 5. \>He was at least your age,...
Turkey Shoot
Doug had woken hugging her tail like a goddamn life raft. The others hadn't noticed, or they hadn't said anything, but that hadn't stopped her dwelling on it. She'd been ten years old the last time she'd woken like that; that time she'd blamed on a...