Monday, January 28, 2008
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
AfternoonWhen a joint military or scientific operation of any kind concludes, there are always reports to be written and read. The number and magnitude of said reports doubles with every agency or department added to the mix, and then multiplies exponentially for every country beyond the first to ( Read more... )

Saturday, December 1, 2007
Ben's Kosher Deli
209 W. 38th Street
Manhattan, NY

Ben's wasn't usually Ray's choice of dinner location, but after the day Ray had, it was just about the only place he knew well that he felt reasonably certain wasn't going to play Christmas music at him. He could ignore the usual inane stuff, but looking up and realizing ( Read more... )

"Mr. President," said Fortescue, "I gotta say- in the interests of national security- I don't think any private individual or corporate concern ought to have that kind of combat vehicle at their fingertips. With that kind of combat robot at their beck and call these guys can do things that Blackwater can't pull off ( Read more... )

Another ambassador down. President Randall M. Winston, Jr., slid his hand under his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose with a sigh. The Deep Ones were behaving pretty congenially for an unknown foreign power, considering that there had yet to be an American ambassador who lasted more than about a week and a half, but the President was ( Read more... )

Monday, December 11th, 2006
A Really Disgusting Hour of the Morning
The White House
Washington, DC

"Mr. President?"

"mrphn?" said Randall M. Winston, Jr., who was a third awake at best ( Read more... )