It was raining, that thick and heavy sort of rain that seemed to cut through the muggy air and beat down on your skin like tiny shimmering bullets. Her hair was soaked and matted to her cheeks and neck, making her seem even more hollow and haunted than usual ( Read more... )

Life tends to progress in cycles. Life and death. The rise and fall of a civilization. Fashion trends. Politics. And music ( Read more... )

She is walking, down the streets and towards The Chapterhouse. She has no agenda for a change, she was simply out and about, watching people as she often tended to do. As she reaches the door she hears a low wolf-whistle, and she turns to give the short and stout man a glare even as he holds out his hand and introduces himself as Alan Shore ( Read more... )

Out of creds, out of luck. Had a contact, but he's been M.I.A. for a while. The girl looks around, squinting even in the dark. The lights flash and the music is loud and it hurts, but she's gotta. Gotta find work. Gotta find something. Gotta get out, away from the jackers that took space in the squat, eating up bandwidth and staying in long enough ( Read more... )

Death seemed to be lurking around every corner of every street, little girls running to keep up with the crowd, so as to not fall pray to any snatching hands with scratchy ropes. She felt no need to rush though, death was not nipping at her heels ( Read more... )

That night, there are thousands down in the tunnels. Crawling like ants. Worker ants, on and off the trains, single file, clustered together, moving as one. Each one completely oblivious of the others. Nearly 10pm and it was rush hour on the Miranda Subway ( Read more... )

Televisions all across the star system were tuned to one station. People sat huddled around the screens, faint blue light bathing their faces, an uneasy silence settled over living rooms and bedrooms, restaurants and bars. What had started a week ago, maybe two, had grown and finally people were taking notice. Even The Chapterhouse had gone eerily  ( Read more... )

It's never a good idea to stay too long in one place ( Read more... )

One down, then two. Bang, bang ( Read more... )