Duir Twenty Seven, Y. Forty One: Oh, Canta the Beneficent, please watch over my Sisters as they travel across the river to the Yards tomorrow. In my heart I know those living there are no more prone to evil than I, but my gut still clenches at the thought of Sister Cheryl at the ...
2024-08-23 19:11:23 +0000 UTC View PostGrace stared at the tablet in her hands, trying to ignore the quiet, steady sound of the angel's breathing. At first, she'd tried a set of earplugs, but the lack of sound nauseated her. She'd focused on the ventilation for a while, but after a time its repetitive nature pushed it into the backgro...
2024-08-23 15:30:14 +0000 UTC View PostJack settled himself slowly onto the broad back of the motionless giant polar bear. Stiff, slippery fur crunched under his feet. Long habit had him planting his feet at right angles without thinking about it, sliding them sideways through shattering, glassy fur. Oddly, once he'd broken bits off, ...
2024-08-23 15:20:32 +0000 UTC View PostGrace walked through the halls of the headquarters. A few minutes earlier, she'd heard several doors open and close in rapid succession, far faster than she'd thought possible. She'd poked about the medical area until she found a tablet computer set up to monitor patients. With the tablet in hand...
2024-08-08 16:19:33 +0000 UTC View PostWalker stirred, the government issue cot beneath him creaking as he did. The smell of chili heavy with meat assaulted his nostrils and eyes, making both runny. Giving up on sleeping, he swung himself upright. The chili sat in the middle of a tray full of food; a ripe banana, a bowl of apple slice...
2024-08-08 16:12:07 +0000 UTC View PostGrace sat listening to the whisper of air through the ventilation ducts, the only sound this deep in the headquarters complex. In front of her chair lay the woman she'd seen on waking, her chest rising and falling gently. Angela had said she ought to be back before Drew woke, but just in case she...
2024-07-27 08:14:12 +0000 UTC View Post"I know why we're doing it, but I still think we're..."
A key turning in the lock on the door stopped Katrina midsentence. A moment later a distinguished older gentleman stepped into the cell, escorted by a big, bald, Black man in a suit, who could only be Agent Jamil Johnson. The older guy...
2024-07-21 06:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostA syncopated rhythm rattled Grace's skull, pulled her step by shuddering step back to consciousness. Waking up surprised her in and of itself. The last she remembered, the ocean dragged her down into the depths, hammering her against the bottom before burying her under all the unimaginable tons o...
2024-07-06 05:34:11 +0000 UTC View Post"Kill the alien bitch!"
Drew had had enough of the guy shouting from the top of the trailer. Before the guys on the ground got their guns loaded up, she leapt up the side of the truck. Her fingers found purchase on the edge of the trailer's roof, and she pulled herself up and over into a ha...
2024-06-28 03:52:53 +0000 UTC View PostDrew rolled her car along the street, engine nearly silent, lights off. The anonymous tip they'd gotten about suspicious activity at the strip mall hadn't specified how many. With no backup, she intended to keep the element of surprise for as long as possible. More than once a group of perps had ...
2024-06-24 02:41:14 +0000 UTC View PostA light blinked on Angela's leftmost screen. She slipped her ear bud in, clicked the light, and spoke. "Hello, this is Doctor Merilyn."
"Hi, Doc. This is Andy down at the ER."
She clicked a few links on her communication screen, returned to her drafting as the unneeded information scr...
2024-06-14 04:48:01 +0000 UTC View PostAngela slipped both vials into her chromatograph. They clicked into place, the cover slid shut, and the machine hummed into action. She stepped over to her computer, logged in, and typed as she waited for the results. She sent an email to Charlie, letting him know about the two new potential recr...
2024-06-10 05:30:13 +0000 UTC View PostA huge fabric sign hung over the entrance to the warehouse. The ropes on the bottom, intended to hold it stretched out so passerby could read it, flopped around fitfully in the breeze. Damien tried to read the partially covered writing half a dozen times before he gave in. He reached out, grabbed...
2024-06-03 07:23:27 +0000 UTC View PostAddendum M4-7: I’ve just finished analysis of a deceased Model Four in particularly bad condition. To clarify, every exposed surface, including every wound entry point, has dissolved into an acidic black slime. Apparently, when the hallucinogen produced by Mo...
2024-05-30 12:30:54 +0000 UTC View PostMay Cause Cancer
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May Cause Cancer
Copper Body Sunscreen SPF 100 Warning Label
May Cause Cancer
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2024-05-30 12:28:41 +0000 UTC View PostRight at the beginning of the century we won a huge victory against governments impeding our mandate by inserting the concept of government ‘death panels’, denying care to terminal patients, into the public consciousness.
Employees mistakenly referring to Terminal Care Tria...
2024-05-30 12:27:04 +0000 UTC View PostJesse looked around the room where she'd spent most of her waking hours for the past five years. The walls bore the pale rectangular scars of posters removed, stacked in a neat pile on the left side of her desk. On top of the pile sat her grade book, patiently awaiting the arrival of whoever repl...
2024-05-25 03:41:16 +0000 UTC View PostJesse stepped into the clearing in the junkyard, and the world exploded into light. When her eyes adjusted, four pillars of light drew them like magnets, beckoning her. She took several steps forward before she could stop herself. Without knowing why, she knew she would burn in the light as surel...
2024-05-18 07:49:08 +0000 UTC View PostWalker stared down at the world he'd left behind. Since the wind rushed through, he'd walked the surface of the station, carefully checking each of the antennae, each solar panel, each station keeping thruster. He'd finally figured out why the station hadn't received any transmissions from the su...
2024-05-11 06:15:25 +0000 UTC View Post"...so, what I'd really like you three to do is make your unique skills sets available to the Bureau as deputized outside contractors. If the Rain hadn't cut into our available manpower so badly, I'd add 'for exclusive use in situations requiring those skills', but the fact is I might have to cal...
2024-05-05 04:56:19 +0000 UTC View PostAngela ignored Steve's maniac driving and concentrated on her samples. She had to talk with Charlie about setting up a proper lab at the Hospital. Sure, they could do simple blood counts, and the new machine spat out every conventional figure you could want from a single sample. On the other hand...
2024-04-26 20:44:01 +0000 UTC View PostCharlie lay on his cot, the blanket neatly tucked beneath him. A slight breeze wafted across the room, chilling him awake. He opened his eyes to slits; his office had no drafts. The door stood open; Troy frozen halfway through sticking his head into the room. Charlie slipped to the floor, checked...
2024-04-22 01:39:51 +0000 UTC View PostLong before Steve followed Angela through the ER doors, he caught the scent of metal in the air. Walking into the room, the smell overwhelmed him, and he stood there until the door thumped against his foot.
"There's something... Someone's bleeding in here."
"It's an ER, Steve."
...
2024-04-12 08:21:12 +0000 UTC View PostSorry it's taken so long. My original intent was to put up one of these a month. Right now I'm not sure how frequently I'll be able to do them, but a lot of background prep work I needed for them is done, so they'll be easier than this one.
Also, they'll be here a minimum of thirty days in ...
2024-04-10 18:38:52 +0000 UTC View PostTenth of Gort, Year Three Hundred Forty One After Founding: Hero Potami arrived today carrying two letters to me. The first, a missive from William noting that several of his scouts in the direction of New Amsterdam hadn't checked in at their last appointed time, and that he intends to personally...
2024-04-10 18:36:21 +0000 UTC View PostAngela lifted the damp rag from her face and stared across the break room at Steve. "What did you say?"
"You back?" Steve glanced up from the pile of rubble which used to be a door. Before she could reply, he reached in, grabbed a twisted metal stud and pulled. The beam slid partway out, ho...
2024-04-05 03:58:45 +0000 UTC View Post"We need to stop for some water. I'm parched."
Drew glanced over her shoulder. Jesse lay curled across the back seat, her shoes off, her eyes squeezed shut against the light. A look in the rear view showed her the trailer she'd borrowed from Charlie's junkyard. The back of Jack's head reste...
2024-04-05 03:50:52 +0000 UTC View PostKatrina folded her arms beneath her breasts, looking at Damien through lowered lashes.
"I am not taking my shirt off, and that's final."
He quirked an eyebrow at her and wiped down the last plate of his armor, careful not to touch the surface of the metal with his fingers. When the su...
2024-03-23 07:25:00 +0000 UTC View PostAngela's mouth dropped open, and Drew smirked at her.
Yeah, I've got useful powers, like being pretty, and she's got useless ones, like summoning anything she wants, any time she wants.
Shaking her head at the irony, Drew left the others staring at Angela. If her friend warpe...
2024-03-15 22:59:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe Raven looked down from on high, silently observing her Champion and her Lady in Waiting. They had served her well and deserved the island vacation they had taken. It surprised her that neither of them knew she watched them; her shadow lay on the sand beside them, rock still as she hovered. 2024-03-15 22:36:28 +0000 UTC View Post