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Grace of Small Magics

One of our friends, Beatrix, had her car broken into.  She was away and some punks bashed it with iron pipes.  While I can’t do anything about the car, may be this will steal her away from her problems for a couple of minutes.  This was originally published in an anthology in UK, but we [...]

A Mere Formality

The Smut Files: Warning, you should be 18 to read this story. Don’t read if you’re a minor. I don’t want to be in trouble. The alarm chimed, sending tiny shivers through Deirdre’s fingers, coated in liquid interface. Five minutes to the opening speech. “All right, all right.” She shrugged the lead-grey metal off her [...]

The Questing Beast

The first and only short story we ever managed to sell. The first thing we sold, period. Originally published by Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue #23, 2005. QUESTING BEAST In the green glow of Nemurian midnight, the food stain on the geosurvey graph blazed electric orange. Sean Kozlov dragged his hand across his face in [...]

Days of Swine and Roses

Alena took a deep breath. “I’m not going on a date with Chad Thurman.” A deafening silence descended on the dining room. Mother’s face assumed a thoughtful expression. No doubt she was already stringing persuasive and weighty logical arguments in favor of the date in her head. To Mother no was simply a yes that [...]