Tag: thief
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DeathWatch No. 24 – All The Way Down
This is Issue #24 of DeathWatch, the ongoing serial. Go to the Serials page if you need to start at the beginning, or to find the rest. Happy Reading! PREVIOUS * * * In the weeks-long voyage it took to approach the warfront, the men and women who’d joined the scout ship crew fell into…
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Now they knew
Somewhere along the line, things have grown more and less crisp, the lines between black and white blurring into gray and then resolving so that I am standing, clearly, on the wrong side. It was easier when I worked alone. The take was smaller, but I attracted far less notice, and I did not have…
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The Way Things Were
Every day was the same, now. At first, she’d refused to move, to eat, to anything. She resented having to go to the bathroom. She would all but bare her teeth at anyone who got too close. As time went on, a schedule grew up around the facts that were, for the moment, immovable. This…
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Stolen
Honestly, you got the wrong guy. I never woulda done somethin that screwed up to the broad. I mean, seriously, whatever guy did that’s got some kinda problem, y’know? I mean, come on, y’look at her face, and y’just know he wasn’t the kinda guy who was thinkin of his old lady yappin away like…