"The Brazen Skull"

10/2024

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"Now is when I'm going to turn all my diplomas to the wall and go total crackpot," announced Professor Emeritus Alan T. Sherrinford.

Seated at that openwork wrought iron table outside the bistro, his two colleagues did not visibly react. Sherrinford had always been given to flamboyant figures of speech. The oldest ( Read more... )

"Eager For Oblivion"

4/22-4/24/2024

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In the doorway to the rec room, Jocelyn Garimara paused. "Is that Oblivion again? I hate that bloody band."

Timothy looked up from the couch but made no move to change the station. The KDF rec room had a satellite hookup with hundreds of international channels feeding to the huge super-definition screen. ( Read more... )

"Racing To the Gallows"

8/11-8/12/2024

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"I'm not making much money doing this," the Uber driver admitted. "After expenses and wear and tear on the car, you know? But hell, I get to drive around all night and stream music in between customers, so at least I'm having some fun."

They were out on Route 232 at the far western edge of lower New ( Read more... )

"Squidlings Rule, Okay?"

6/2024

I.

At three in the morning, the CORBY dropped silently out of an overcast sky. With no visible lights and making no more sound than a breeze, the black stealthcopter might not have even been noticed by anyone driving on this stretch of Northern California highway. The rotors slowed as the craft settled to the ( Read more... )