“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
“Just how many boyfriends do you have, lady?” Cherry said, struggling against the muscled men. She couldn’t escape their grip. Black Diamond stepped forward, took her in with a deep whiff. “One. The other’s just a silly husband, pays for all the bills,” she said, waving the gun around with Read more
“Um, should Cherry be running like hell in the middle of the street?” Hector asked, pointing at the situation. “Skata, no!” Pickle cursed and darted out of the truck. Cherry was running towards them, with a remarkably quick wheeled drone chasing after her. Pickle knelt, took a shooter’s position, carefully Read more
“I don’t like this,” Pickle said, checking her pistol and her ammo. “You never like anything,” Cherry spoke back at her, putting on her armour. Killie slapped her shoulder pads on. “What piece am I getting?” “Well, I only have the shotgun,” Hector said, pointing at it propped up in Read more
Hector scratched his head. This was certainly a new kind of commission work. “Diamond is basically a useless material. Are you sure you want this?” he asked the client. “Yes. Can you do it?” the woman asked, sitting with perfect posture on her chair. She was a dark beauty, somewhere Read more
Larry studied the gravity gauge. It said, ‘Today, gravity will be…’ and there was a light next to the current status. It read, ‘Very light. Bounce around wherever you like.’ He frowned, turned to his instructor. She was for all intents and purposes an old lady. At least ninety years Read more
Chris liked to point out the obvious. Perhaps that was why someone was currently trying to kill him at that moment. It was a nice Sunday morning. The sun was bright, the birds were singing and the chainsaw came rattling through the locked door. Grnng! It cut through the wooden Read more
Red Cross tended to his roses. He liked his roses, he liked touching them, feeling the soft petals, smelling them, tending to them. He liked the red ones best, though he had a few varieties here and there. He even liked the thorns. Beauty with a pointy edge, that’s what Read more
