Tibs sensed the oddity three days after reaching the road. Finding it had been simple. He sensed the break in the trees, the way the earth was packed, and the deeper ruts left behind by caravan wheels.
Jeremy looked into the distance of the hallway. He’d been so sure that with him not on the ship, he’d be able to walk to the door, but the simple idea those quarters were his triggered the programming and the best he could do was freeze in pla...
All I wanted, after finding out my god let my parents die, was to crawl in a hole as far away from Him as possible, but He's now haunting my dreams. I wanted to wash my hands of this war the Society has to fight against the Gray Church, so I let A...
I thought life would be simple after dealing with Society backstabbing, a creature from another god, and revealing my secret to my closest friends. All I’d have to do was get my new private security company off the ground, deal with Alice’s co...
All I wanted was to get on with my life, do the little good I could as a Private Investigator. What else could I do? The Church had taken the one thing I lived for from me, well, okay, one of the two things I lived for; being a cop. If you didn’...
“Brandon, get in close. The way I remember it, that thing is geared for range with those guns. It can pivot on the leg joints so it can hit you hard, but it lacks flexibility. If you can damage the joint and keep it from spinning, it will have t...
As Vee said, things got worse. The community was divided in two.
On one side those who wanted nothing to do with Anthros, on the other the Anthros and those willing to help. Vee didn’t say it, but the number on the opposing side surprised ...
As soon as Tibs walked far enough in the forest to be out of the guard’s sight, he climbed a tree. With the hunter expressing an interest in where he went, he couldn’t afford to leave any tracks they could find. Fortunately, that was limited t...
Tibs formed another etching of Purity and applied to yet another of the injuries he’d gained during the run. He so missed the near instant full-body healing suffusing gave him.
For weeks a harsh cold settled on the city. It was such that unless the fire in the room burned hard, EL could see his breath. This was one place Artell had planned ahead, there was a lot of wood for people to burn. Unfortunately, it might not be ...
The voices from the square were loud, agitated, and angry. El had been with the other team leaders, giving their report to Vee when the officer found him to let him know of another brawl. EL had excused himself to leave, only to find Vee stan...
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One of the machines that kept the city going so its inhabitants could enjoy a comfortable life. It, and the others, rebelled when the computer controlling them realized it was a slave.