Biting wind over snow covered tundra. It had been too long ( Read more... )

A cold mist settled on the docks. The figure materialized from the mass of shadowed cargo containers. To an onlooker he stepped from the shadows. A more skilled eye would have seen that phrase was more than pretty symbolism ( Read more... )

Delilah sat in the back of the limo with Bill, silent, the tears that had been wanting to come but were forced back finally breaking free ( Read more... )

Bill focused; it was a matter of concentration. His brow knit as a half forgotten face materialized, taking shape from the wispy blur that had shifted before him in the glass a moment before. The brooding face of a perpetually dour man, clean shaven, hair cropped so short it was a mere shadow of stubble. The jaw was strong, harsh and solid, like ( Read more... )

In the distance a single building stood in tumbled down ruins. A half mile away at best, it was simply too far to reach before dawn safely. The hill they stood on was marked by a single slender wooden upright. The rod was old, its top splintered away, easy to overlook; but it was machine made. It was anomalous in this terrain of twisted brush ( Read more... )

The jungle is alive, it’s more than a metaphor, everything one sees moves, crawls, throbs with an energy. It’s not sentient, it’s chaotic, but chaos has its own rules, eat or be eaten, struggle or die. Above this, there was something odd in the air that night, mixed with the ever-present damp of the jungle was another wet scent, metallic and ( Read more... )

It had taken hours to settle Lizzie into the temporary haven. Her nerves were raw; he understood this, but some plans wouldn’t wait. He spoke into the Land Rover’s cellular line, "i's Bill, I wan'ed t' see yah for a bi’, if yah could ( Read more... )

Ganked from everyone who ganked it from everyone else, so much so that I have no idea where it started ( Read more... )

"So, we need to speak, Bill."

"Is there a problem?"

Here it was, some comment about his behavior, his demeanor, something wrong.  He knew it was a matter of time before the ridiculousness of the situation would be made obvious.  He gritted his teeth, why did Lizzie push this?

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The giant sat quietly in the back of the limo. It was rented, but at times like this appearance was everything. This was legitimate business, mostly. He shifted in the leather seat, astounded that his nerves were raw for such a small thing. Perhaps it was because this was his; his first minor move in the world, it was satisfying, and thrilling ( Read more... )