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Little Things
Wed, Mar 3, 2010
Finally there came a break in the rain, so I went out to fix one of the gophers.
Thrill of the Hunt
Thu, Jan 7, 2010
She hid along the lowest ridge, feet sprawled, extended downhill.
Storming Venus
Mon, Jan 4, 2010
“Pickle,” Sarah said quietly to herself. “What a beastly, silly, pottage of a pickle.”
Tiny Elephants
Wed, Dec 16, 2009
As we slammed into the Arctic whitecaps, spraying cold salt water into our Zodiac, Sven shouted, “There’s the island. I’ll run up the white flag.”
Salvaging Scottwell
Mon, Nov 9, 2009
Max woke up inside his kennel, unplugged his tail from the wall, and ran an automatic systems check.
Corpse Vision
Sun, Nov 8, 2009
Joe Decker couldn’t remember who poured him into the taxi that brought him to Le Café du Dôme.
Things Undone
Tue, Nov 3, 2009
With two contracts last spring, both successful, Year of Grace 2014 had already been lucrative by early December; better still, with just over three months left in the year, we had yet another contract.
The Blimp and Sixpence, A Harry the Book Story
Fri, Sep 25, 2009
So I am sitting in my office, which is the third booth at Joey Chicago’s 3-Star Tavern, minding my own business, which at this moment is doping out the next day’s races at Aqueduct, when Benny Fifth Street walks up to me.
Cathedral
Fri, Jun 26, 2009
“Gentlemen . . . for next Monday,” said Dave Coyle, the mission director.
Thinking About SF
Fri, Jun 26, 2009
At this crucial point in history, one fact seems to be universally acknowledged, even across a bitter political spectrum.
Blade Light, Episode Five
Tue, May 12, 2009
Tuck was not unaware that the bandywight was working some sort of magic.
If the Frame Fits: A Jake Masters Story
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
There are probably less appetizing ways to spend an afternoon than having lunch with Baro the Grub, but offhand I couldn’t think of any.
Gorilla My Dreams
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
How strange that such an insignificant little world should matter so much.
In the Halls of the Sky-Palace
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
The clack of castanets tapped out a crisp, clear rhythm beneath the smoky torches of the dining hall.
Leopard
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
Under cover of darkness, Mattie crawled among the grape arbors lining the path across from his parents' cabin.
Blade Light, Episode Four
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
Vhulf shook his head and—quite gently, more in sorrow than in anger—remarked, ”Deserting us already, Tuck?
Dreams For Sale—Two Bits
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
"Doctor" Stu Langley peeked past the edge of his trailer's curtains and nodded at the small crowd of thirty or so in front of his caravan's attached stage.
Katie Birch
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
When we found little Katie Birch blank-faced and naked out by Mackie’s pond that day, I reckoned I might be forgiven for doubting her good sense.
Why I Live in the Silver Mine
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
When my sister Tourmaline went off to live above the surface with that Tall Folk man, we thought we'd never see nor hear from her again.
A Thousand Worlds, A Million Adventures
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
Morry Jansen loved receiving awards, a highlight of his job as manager and co-owner of Trans Galaxy Holidays.
New Jersey's Top Ghost Tours Reviewed and Rated
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
Any day, the guys from Bizarro Jersey magazine would send a critic to review the ghost tour, and Jim Griggs meant to be ready.
The Hunt
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
Hamadar the merchant crouched against the doorpost of the Two Roosters, twisting the beaded fringe on his sash as he scanned the tavern’s customers.
Afterimage
Sun, Feb 8, 2009
Losing a math coprocessor implant might be an annoyance, but losing a heart regulator was a different thing altogether.
Five Famous Authors do Public Appearances in Second Life
Mon, Jan 26, 2009
“I really enjoyed my appearance in Second Life,” Robert J. Sawyer said, “and I mean that both literally and figuratively. Literally, my appearance was buff, with muscles and hair, the former of which I've never had much of and the latter of which has long been gone. Figuratively, the appearance was a blast: I was there to talk about my novel Rollback, which, in its way, is a transhumanist/extropian novel—about radical life extension. So, I was preaching to the converted, and they were a very friendly lot.”
Blade Light, Episode One
Tue, Jan 6, 2009
The children danced like daffodils in a spring breeze; Tuck gazed with horror at his impending doom.
Johnny So Long At the Fair
Tue, Nov 18, 2008
On his fourth birthday Johnny Glover had his first trip to the Big Smoke, but despite his mother’s insistence that the Outback air was clearer than Melbourne’s, he still didn’t understand why his father called the city that—he had yet to see a fire anywhere.
A Very Formal Affair: A Harry the Book Story
Mon, Nov 10, 2008
I am sitting in my office, which happens to be the third booth of Joey Chicago’s 3-Star Tavern, studying the fight card and wondering if this could be the night Kid Testosterone makes it all the way to the second record before being knocked senseless.
Astralis
Mon, Jul 28, 2008
In the muted light that occurs once a century when the Three Sisters all shine full upon the Great Plaza of Astralis, a man stands within a tall and graceful tower and before a mirror of silver eternaglass nearly as old as the fabled walls of Astralis itself, those ramparts of gray granite bleached almost as white as marble over the long generations under the unforgiving glare of Soleilgrand.
The Gossamer Mage: Intended Words
Tue, Jul 29, 2008
The body was beechwood, smooth and bronzed with age, of perfect balance.
