She hurled herself around the corner just as a bullet cut through the air where her head had been. She heard the whine of its passage and swore. They were actually trying to fucking kill her. All she'd done was steal one little statue--not even a very good statue--and they were actually trying to fucking kill her. She was going to kill her ( Read more... )

The silvery skin of the burrito peeled back, letting fly a cloud of steam vapor as the heating element kicked in. Rico smiled. After a long night's shift at the factory, he enjoyed the twenty-minute walk home to his pod. He could have taken the lev, but he'd rather walk. It gave him a few precious minutes to himself before he reached the ( Read more... )

Tiny balls of crystal dangled from the end of her dreads as she swayed down the street, with a swagger that managed to somehow suggest grace at the same time. She wore combat boots and parachute pants under a kimono that had been slit up the sides to her waist. Knifes were sheathed at her wrists and tied into place with red cords like the ones ( Read more... )

The raindrops slid down her blood-slicked cheeks as she huddled against the cement wall. She tilted her head to the sky, hoping in vain that it would wash away the blood and leave her clean. All it did was sting when the acid rain got in her eyes. The body at her feet lay motionless, as trails of blood were washed from it into the gutter. Poor ( Read more... )

Being gullible, I believed them when they said they had a friend in the band. I even believed them when they said the friend wanted them inside the band trailer, but had forgotten to give them the keys. I only stopped believing them when they whispered to me that the friend wanted his larynx surgically extracted and preserved in quick-memory ( Read more... )

The hollow eyes of the terminal stared back at Doss. He pounded his hand against the Plexiglas in frustration. "Fuck!" he swore. How could it not be here? The terminal was always here. The terminal was mother/father/god. The terminal was where he'd been going to get his payoff. It had promised. And all knew that what the terminal promised it ( Read more... )