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Selections from the Grand Bazaar. Content Warning.
“Do people fear us, sister?” The women sat cross-legged across from each other at the peak of a ship’s spire, docked in the near-limitless spread of buildings and piers that made up Harbor 9. The woman in the purple sheet did not meet the eyes of the woman in the yellow sheet as she asked her question, remembering a critical role of her order: never see the face of another Wraith.
By R.R. Stephenson12 months ago in Fiction
Selections from the Grand Bazaar
Stick-up boys don’t last long in the Grand Bazaar, and they especially don’t last long in the Sprawl. Most get away with their first couple of hits, maybe a third or fourth if they really know what they’re doing. But after that, most either end up flatlined or find themselves in a new district doing something worth a damn.
By R.R. Stephenson12 months ago in Fiction
The Wolf Witch - 3. Oliver's Night Out
Oliver put on his jacket and walked out of his flat with two mates. They'd had a few beers, ate steak for dinner, and were eager to get out to a nightclub to meet some girls or rather that was their idea. Oliver wanted to drink and that was it.
By Denise Larkin12 months ago in Fiction
One Day In November
Dallas in the 60’s was an odd place: big hats, bigger guns, bigger egos. It was the type of place no one looked twice if you looked out of time, and Special Operator Andrew Vogel looked distinctly out of time–which of course, he was with his anti-matter rifle and sleek black jumpsuit. Luckily, the fifth floor of the Texas School Book Depository was as vacant as it was every time the Russians tried to meddle with this event.
By Matthew J. Fromm12 months ago in Fiction
Fate/Choice. Top Story - February 2025.
Swarmed by the crazed horde, Murphy and I were both taken prisoner before we had the chance to blink. I tried to fight, but my arms were being held down with so much force I feared they would break if I strained them. It was useless. They were too strong, too mean, and too many.
By Kale Sinclair12 months ago in Fiction
Selections from the Grand Bazaar
Nia slipped out of the ceiling vent, her breath tight in her chest as she let her legs dangle over the dusty shelf. She peered down, gauging the drop, then let herself slide down. The shelf wobbled under her weight, groaning like it might collapse, but she flattened herself against it, spreading her weight. The floor stretched before her in eerie silence—an abandoned office frozen in time, its lifeless husk still clinging to echoes of past inhabitants. The Shatterdome district had long since been forsaken, its only visitors the scavengers and ghosts of its former self.
By R.R. Stephenson12 months ago in Fiction
Waking Up - Part 2
This is a collaborative story. If you have not read part 1, written by Komal, please do so via the following link: In the early stages of my education at Peking University and Tsinghua University, I had partnered with several other engineers in China in order to institute the HyperIntellect AI Project at Orion Dynamics. My Chinese partners were especially interested in developing AI in order to use for their education system and their military.
By Rowan Finley 12 months ago in Fiction
