She leaned over, trying to see the cover, hoping she looked graceful. The leather-bound volume bore no title, but she did see the hash marks tattooed on the back of his left hand. She straightened and tapped her own knuckles. “I saw your hashes. I’m 8,000 too.”
Play Money By Christina Crooks
September 29th, 2007
Then the man’s words penetrated. “Huh? Killed you?” She looked up into laughing brown eyes. A black leather jacket clothed his broad shoulders. His playful smile didn’t help her train of thought. “I killed you?”
Smoking With A Ghost By Kristin Knaus Satterlee
August 4th, 2007
“Hi,” he said. His eyes were big and brown, his lips soft and sensuous as they sucked at his cigarette. Pity he was dead. “I’m Carl.”
Ivy and Thorn By Stephanie Burgis
March 11th, 2007
Mary kept her eyes fixed on his. “They cannot engender human life,” she said, “though they would steal it, if they could. The babe is none but yours, my lord. Time moves very differently, there.”
The Ultimate Vacation By Linda S. Cambier
March 11th, 2007
I supposed I should have been grateful for small favors. It’s not like I’d have any real privacy on my journey. I glanced at the walls and wondered if my experiences would play on the screens. I smiled. Perhaps I was not yet through entertaining and titillating the public.
Outwitted By Donald Jacob Uitvlugt
February 22nd, 2007
Then she reached down, down past the floor, past the bedrock it rested on, down to the Source she touched when working her own craft. She felt power well within. With a prayer of thanks and a plea for mercy to Créa All-mother, Jana released a burst of fire toward the door.