There were always a smug handful who thought they didn’t need their Mother. They were easy enough to spot in the first few weeks of fieldwork, always slightly jumpy from trying to cover their secret. Kaeara loved to torment them, slinking along behind the squads with a knowing wink to the teammates who were alerted…
Daily Snippit : Urban/Suburban Fantasy (Into Darkness)
The rain was little more than drizzle, just enough to impede vision, but not enough that the Jetta’s windshield wipers had any effect. Ah, nothing quite like a Tuesday. Alex pulled her car neatly into the last empty parking space in the lot. Another fucking day, another fucking dollar. She sat for a few moments…
Daily Snippit: High/Second World Fantasy
“Hold, hold,” Jol hushed the hounds as they struggled against his grip on their leads. The pack yelped and bayed and snarled in frenzy, their eyes tracking the lone runner on the plains below them. Jol could see the figure start as the winds shifted, pulling the keening yowls of the keelhounds down the hill….
Daily Snippit: Science Fiction
Sometimes it all starts with a name. A sudden whim that snares it and dresses it in in blue jeans, a worn gray t-shirt, and work boots slightly past their prime. Two eyes, not green, not silver, just a pleasant shade of brown. Short rough hair, unkempt and rustling in the stiff breeze like winter…
Daily Snippit: Science Fiction (Sixteen Tons of Light)
The first few weeks of adjusting to planet-time were always the worst. Carson gave the murky sunrise a disappointed glare as he clambered out of bed, his body insisting that it couldn’t possibly be morning yet. The security guard waved a hand at the light sensor and winced as the walls around him lit up….