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From “Joyeuse and the M-50″ by Blake Strauss Roberts
“Joy,” you say, “I’m an engineer. I might be able to design something like this if you gave me enough time, but I have no idea how to use it.” “It is a simple point and click interface,” Joy says from...
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From “Across Worlds Book I: Heden’s Psyche” by Altos Wexan
This post is part of the June 2011 Blog Chain at Absolute Write. This month’s challenge is a simple descriptive setting. It was raining in Heden. This was evident in the way its citizens scuttled to...
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From “The Notorious Frederick Stanton Jacobs” by F. J. Staunton
Smith reeled backward, blood splurting from a split lip. “Go on, ask me again,” Jacobs growled. “Ask me again about my wife.” “I…I don’t wanna…” All the bravado had gone out of Smith’s eyes. They were...
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From “Moreno’s Ranch” by Souline J. Rosas
“They settled the matter like any gentleman would, with a duel.” “You mean…fifty paces? Pistols at dawn?” The old man laughed, which quickly turned into a rheumy cough. “No, both your grandfather and...
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From “Ms. Curry Takes the Gunshy Test” by Lulu M. Michaels-Davies
“The thing is, we get a lot of wannabes in this business,” said Mr. Klint “Posers,” added Mr. Wyd. “Impostors.” “Frauds.” “Charlatans. So we have a little test we like to run applicant through.” Mr....
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From “The Prosperity Saloon” by C. Alton Parker
“Why don’t you go over and ask him about it?” said Jacob. “Let him know that his shiny engraved revolver is throwing sunshine in your delicate eyes, that tears of pain are dripping down your face.”...
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From “Ms. Curry Passes the Gunshy Test” by by Lulu M. Michaels-Davies
“Go on, Ms. Curry. Please load and fire the weapon at the target downrange.” Mr. Klint held out a pair of shooter’s earplugs, which the “applicant” took with a trembling hand. Curry desperately hoped...
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From “The 302nd Fighting Unicorn Division” by R. G. Lemure
“Now this critter,” Spinelli said, “is a much, much nastier than a Mana Cricket. It’s perhaps the most dangerous magical insect from the order Orthoptera.” “Are…are you sure about this?” said Gibbons....
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From “The 303rd Fighting Unicorn Division” by R. G. Lemure
“I won’t do it,” Gibbons cried. “You can’t make me.” “Make you do what?” laughed Spinelli. “Make me your guinea pig in all these magical insect demonstrations!” Gibbons replied, her voice shrilly...
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From “Darker Shapes in the Anderton Dunes” by Peggy T. Killdeer
“Apostle Alexandra?” “I reckon that’s about what people call me.” From behind the kerchief, behind the darkness, the voice was husky but feminine. “I reckon I’m not much fond of it, either.” “Well,...
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