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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Beginnings 015 – Manifest Destiny
On the day that Kvald of the Sword came to the fabled City of Fate, black clouds covered the sky, thunder rumbled in the distance,...
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Beginnings 014 – Last Train
“Old-time Rail Yard,” the sign said. The man standing in front of the Transportation Museum read it carefully. For the next three days, a small...
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Beginnings 013 – … Crash Like Thunder
It was a hum of warning buzzers when it was spotted at system’s edge. It was a rumble of fear when it passed through the...
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Beginnings 012 – Drive Like Lightning …
She is a flash of yellow when she drops out of FTL, going .9 c in a sleek ship marred by a tracery of energy-weapon...
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Beginnings 011 – Metaphorosis
Like the sound of soft fingers on skin, green palm fronds whispered amongst themselves. Their soft breath caressed his cheek as he listened for the...
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