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The Cruel And Infinite Universe

Something wasn’t right from the moment he pulled in the driveway. It’s that sense that he had, that all of them had — family. Family was to be protected…. so what happened? In the front door, and he could smell … Continue reading

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Freshly Expired

He could taste the hot copper of spilled blood; it ran over his cheek and joined with the runnel caught in the edgecurve of his nose, then split again, one river brightly glistening over nostril and philtrum, while the other … Continue reading

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Stef

Stars swam in her eyes within a field of red, a wash of glittering burn that left her dazed. “What?” she said aloud, looking around, bewildered. Stef Branford stared down at her tennis shoes, and then looked up toward where … Continue reading

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I'll Come Back

I still remember each way you held me down and whispered to me. I still remember the taste of barbonal sweets and cliven pipettes and the thick damp heat of the southern-sky sunsets. I remember dragonsong and the look of … Continue reading

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I’ll Come Back

I still remember each way you held me down and whispered to me. I still remember the taste of barbonal sweets and cliven pipettes and the thick damp heat of the southern-sky sunsets. I remember dragonsong and the look of … Continue reading

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