Everybody needs a brag page. Or a bookshelf, or a trophy display case, or something. C'mon, even serial killers tend to keep little boxes of molars or left shoes or something to help them remember what they've done. Me, I know it's bad tradecraft to do things like that, and my cover sure doesn't allow me to have anything on display in my home, but ( Read more... )

Christmas real estate is a thing. At first, people are skeptical when I explain that I work for a boutique Christmas real estate agency, but after I ask a few pointed questions--do you know somebody who collected gnomes or snowmen? how about that family that starts putting up their outdoor Christmas lights in August, because it takes them that long ( Read more... )

The plans for the wedding were going as well as any interspecies and intercultural event could--right up until they got to the wedding chairs. The idea of sitting at a wedding would signal defeat to the Zalts, and the traditional Indian family of the bride would be horrified at the idea of leaving out such an important part of the tradition. This ( Read more... )

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Into the deep from the dizzier heights is a dizzying transition. The world flies by, the logic and sheer rationality of the heights is left behind, and you find yourself deep down in your own id. You might think that this isn't a very safe transition, and you'd be right. You might think that this shouldn't be done without therapeutic supervision, ( Read more... )

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The warmth led to predictions of warmer weather, less rain, an increase in pollen count as the trees responded, and a high danger of hornet attacks. She gritted her teeth as she read the news and then went up to the attic to dig out the armored hornet-suit and helmet required for leaving the house. She made enough to afford the suit, and her job ( Read more... )

Stocking up and packing baby stuff is a lot less easy when you know that you'll be out on a colony that has literally *nothing* that isn't requisitioned in advance. There won't be a baby store you can run to to find something you forgot about, and there won't be a delivery network that can get you whatever you think is necessary within 24 hours of ( Read more... )

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