Beginnings 023 – Curiosity and the Zombie Cat
She opened her eyes, groggy and disoriented. She blinked several times to no effect. She climbed unsteadily to her feet, falling several times as she...
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Beginnings 022 – The Maze of Luned
In the air above a world called Xwre, an eagle named Ethon circles vigilantly. She is vigilant because she has been slain once, and she...
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Beginnings 021 – Shear Terror
The old man sitting at the bar smiled cynically at the young barbarian by his side. "Don't smile cynically at me," complained Glurg. ... “Shear...
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Beginnings 020 – Grand Central
As Walter came into the station he saw the usual groups of young people, sitting on the floor waiting for the three AM and four...
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Beginnings 019 – Victim of Changes
No matter how angry they were, his pursuers would need hours to dig away the fallen stone behind him. How fortunate, he thought sardonically, that...
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Beginnings 018 – Silver Lining
Wolf’s bane. It’s properly arnica montana, but my grandfather insisted on the more colorful term; something to do with his service in the Long War...
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Beginnings 017 – The Digital Revival
“Remind me again what we’re doing here,” muttered Carl as his partner smashed a cudgel through a small window in a thick steel door. In...
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Beginnings 016 – Spring and the Arachnodactylist
Long, slender fingers enclosed the book, captured it in a cradle of skin and bone. The book, a paperback space opera in the grand style...
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