Bullets ricocheted off the door frame and I threw myself backwards. Christian grunted as my full weight hit him and we both tumbled to the ground in a heap. “Nice catch,” I snarled, elbowing him – deliberately this time – as I struggled to my feet. Fatigue swept over me Read More ...
It was a sunny day in April… Yes, I know: everyone has an M-day story. I have to say in my defense here that I think mine will be a little bit more interesting than most. Let me finish my opening sentence. It was a sunny day in April and Read More ...
Theme: dinner Inside, the house was mostly quiet. Ash and Clay remained at the trestle table, a large map and remnants of a late snack scattered around the edges to hold it open. They were both tilted back in their chairs, comfortable-looking, and sending up curls of fragrant blue smoke Read More ...
Suvudu Writing Contest Del Rey/Spectra through Suvudu will be accepting submissions from now through March 18, 2011, of previously unpublished manuscripts of no more than 150,000 words. Over the next few months, they will be judged on the basis of originality, creativity, and writing style. The top submission will receive Read More ...
Theme: Words To a High Magus of the Incanter Estate, the tools by which magic is done are words. But words in Cythic are not exactly the same sort of thing as words in ordinary language any more than runes are the same thing as letters. For a start, there Read More ...
Are you shitting me? “You can’t do it when you’re busy working like everyone else, collecting a paycheck, keeping regular hours, depending on the goodwill and collegiality of customers, coworkers, bosses — if you choose employment in academia, it’s no different, you still have clients and bosses to please. Avoid Read More ...