“This town ain’t big enough for the both of us,” one man yelled. “Ride out or go for your gun.” “I’m tired of your loud mouth,” the second man’s voice replied. “Reach you sidewinder.” At the electronic beep, both men drew and fired their pistols. The onlookers couldn’t tell who was fastest, but they could …
*A fictionalized account of a true story. A group of seven well-dressed men warmed themselves by the fire in the waiting room of the Korumburra Railway Station. Outside as the train engine hissed steam and grey smoke rose from its chimney, other passengers huddled close as the biting winter wind blew over the platform. Eventually, …
A heavy silence permeates the car as it speeds through the streets of Hajan City, on the planet Bolaris. Two passengers sit in the backseat. One stares out of the rain-spattered window at the dark buildings as they roll past. The lights coming from the windows promise a warm hearth and a place of refuge …
Gary Reed moved quietly down the hallway that connected ‘the children’s wing’ to the rest of the house. He snorted when he thought that. Both of his parents liked to put on ‘airs’ as his grandmother called it. They did live in a somewhat nicer house than most, but it was still a house, not …
