They'd convinced the Vmee that they'd been telling the truth... but the Empire had come calling... ----- Chapter 15 Varan: The door slid open without warning and the Grasper lunged in. "Captain! Captain Varan, come swiftly!" Even under ordinary circumstances I wouldn't question an order from a jailor, but the grim panic in the Grasper's voice lent it vastly more urgency. I rose from my chair; the Grasper was already turning away and I followed, feeling a rising sense of nervousness. Well, she didn't come with [ Continue reading... ]
LEGEND, Chapter 5
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Let's look in on a certain little girl... ----- Chapter 5. "Hello there, Virgina." She was already turning, smiling. Somehow I already knew he was there. She ran to the tall, flamboyantly-dressed figure and threw her arms around him, as high up as she could jump. "America!" He chuckled and hugged her back. "And who else? How have you been, Virginia Dare?" "That's Virginia Dare Jefferson!" she corrected proudly. He smiled broadly. "And that's just exactly right, Miss Jefferson. But still Virginia Dare to me, [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 14
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The Eonwyl was racing against time even more than she knew... ----- Chapter 14 The Eönwyl: "Query: We are near to arrival?" The Eönwyl nodded as she strapped herself into the command chair. "Very near, yes, Hmmmseeth. Please secure yourself. I do not expect any difficulties, but –" "But prudence is wise. Understood." The creature went to the chair that had been modified for its use, settled in, and wrapped the multipoint harness around itself. The harness tightened and pinged loudly to announce that it was properly [ Continue reading... ]
LEGEND: Chapter 4
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Legend finds himself with a little time to think... ----- Chapter 4. He dropped through what looked like solid rock but was actually a self-perpetuating light projection over the entrance. A flicker of darkness as he fell through the granite tunnel and then the light of the Eyrie blazed up around him. Legend landed lightly, his boots giving an echoing click on the polished stone, and looked around. No one in the entry, so either no one's in, or . . . The entry area was in the center of the Eyrie, with four doors leading [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 13
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Varan was learning to live in a fairly comfortable prison... ----- Chapter 13 Varan: Twin mandibles slashed at me, and I parried, reinforcing my parry with my psionic strength. I was still under the damper fields, yes, but it remained an edge that allowed me to hold the Grasper at bay just long enough to flip up and let the pressure on the blades squirt me higher, a seed shot from between two fingers, and somersault in midair. I landed on the Grasper's back and laid the vya-shadu across her eyes. "I win, I think." A [ Continue reading... ]
LEGEND: Chapter 3
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Dr. Hsui has her daughter to look after and a lot of thinking to do... ----- Chapter 3. Jennifer realized she'd made it home only when she was opening the front door. I drove home entirely on autopilot. "Mommy!" The delighted cry from farther in the house preceded a small, slender, black-haired dynamo who catapulted into Jennifer's arms so energetically it almost knocked her down. "It's a commercial break, so I can come out now, I had my bath, Gran's reading in the other room, she said I'm a big girl now so I can watch by [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 12
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It's been a while since we looked in on Taelin... ----- Chapter 12 Taelin: "Thanks for letting me steal a ride, little brother!" Lukhas said, dragging his travel cases up the boarding ramp of Valabacal. "You're always welcome," Taelin said. "After all, there's enough room to keep you out of our way." "Ha!" "But why do you need –" Lukhas rolled his eyes. "I don't need to, but you and Trey are already headed near Karanis, and barring one of the cramped messenger ships there's no other ship that'd get me [ Continue reading... ]
LEGEND: Chapter 2
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So, you have a superhero on the analyst's couch... ----- Chapter 2. She was still in something of a state of shock, but she heard herself respond, "I . . . will have to think about it for a few minutes." He looked suddenly chagrined. "Look at me, coming in here with a clear plan as to what I was going to say, and then messing it up already." She blinked. "What do you mean?" "Well, obviously you'll have to think about it. There's . . . a lot of issues. And I wanted to make sure you knew them up front. And I was going to [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 11
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People who knock on doors using bombs generally aren't friendly... ----- Chapter 11 The Eönwyl: She realized she'd been momentarily stunned, tried to rise, found herself shoving rubble up and away. Murr stirred and began helping her. Whoever did that is going to be coming in— The sharp twanging sounds of automatic rannai fire sounded out from the smoking hole and she could see the staccato flickerings of the packeted energy bolts streaming outward. Well, by the Seven. Hmmmseeth's defenses managed to survive [ Continue reading... ]
LEGEND, Chapter 1
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It's just an ordinary day at the office... Chapter 1. "I think today's session went well, Mr. Thompson," Jennifer Hsui said in her best professional tone. It was important to conclude each appointment on time, but not to make the patient—or client, as some people preferred—feel pressured or cut off. Thompson, a man with a heavily lined face and graying hair that showed it had once been dark, managed a smile that creased his cheeks with wrinkles that had not been there so often when first he had come to her——was it a [ Continue reading... ]
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