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What does an immortal keep with him? It’s a simple question. What do you keep as you go through the centuries? Technology? That quickly becomes obsolete. Photographs? They weren’t meant to last. Most of them fade, and they’re unfortunately too flammable to survive the inevitable housefire. Not to mention the Read more…
Of course they came to kill her in her sleep. There was a noise, the balcony door slid open and a man came inside with a gun and a silencer. Coconut only survived because she was lucky, the man slipped on the discarded kimono beside the bed. He fired at Read more…
She stalked them the entire night. Li Wei and his mates went through a drinking bender along the rim of Santorini’s finest bars. They had some fun and drinks with ladies, but nothing crude like strippers or such. They spent so much money anyway that they attracted a lot of Read more…
Akane leaned on his shoulder. He held her gently by the waist, and she noticed his medical bracelet that listed his allergies. It wasn’t just like the old ones, this one had a chip in it that could load his medical history to an EMT or a doctor. And Akane Read more…
Deep breaths. Okay. How hard can it be? Akane straightened her kimono, she looked lovely in it, checked herself in the mirror behind the bar, and made sure the white tube was tucked between her breasts. She was ready. She could do this. Li Wei, the groom, was drinking with Read more…
Coconut was not a good girl. She started off like that, like all girls do, but something along the way went terribly wrong. This is not the story about that. This is the story of how she received her first assassination target, how she blew the whole thing, and how Read more…
12 Jan 2056 – I caught a tablet today, and dad let me keep it. You know, to have something to keep me occupied. It’s Chinese-made, but it’s one of the good ones. We’d normally sell it but things are going well these days. Our new falcon, Rebecca, learnt to Read more…
“They can’t possibly lead nowhere,” the new guy chuckled. The old guy sighed, slashing the air with his palm. He was holding his lunch in the other hand, a warm burrito. “I’m telling you, we’ve tried everything!” “Radiowa-“ “Tried it.” “Scout drone-“ “Tried it.” “Small animal-“ “Tried it, mate!” Old Read more…
Creus woke up, his alarm flashing silly video clips in his face. There were sound effects too, boinks and whloops. He usually found them funny, but not today. He swiped the alarm app off.Nepenthe showed him his notifications and read it aloud. “Notifications, 1. Filtered, 2 million and forty-two.”“Show me,” Read more…
One layer of skin at a time. The cost of failure didn’t sound so bad at first. I mean, humans have what, seven layers of epidermis or something like that? He had so many tries to figure out the Sphinx’s riddle. Yeah… He looked down at his hands, winced from Read more…