Without comment, Yanny placed the stuffed llama Abigail had given her a few weeks ago on the large table in the meeting room. The assembled group looked at her questioningly. Given the seriousness of the situation, no one had expected her to bring the stuffed animal to the meeting.“Does it still need to be walked?” […]
If you put it off,you miss out on life. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Will Morgan was on his way to the office in an elegant armored limousine with bulletproof windows, staring impatiently out the side window from the back seat, thinking. He adjusted his monocle, which didn’t seem to fit properly today. An unlit cigarette hung […]
How could this have happened? How could they have missed and not heard that someone was sneaking up on them? One moment of inattention had been enough. Harry ducked backwards as fast as he could and staggered. The approaching bolt missed him by a hair, whizzing past his chest and then towards the surface of […]
Kennak-Laar’s forehead was dripping with sweat, and he was glad that they could now do without the impractical protective suits. He slowly lowered himself to the ground and the other five Aon-I followed his example, their knees shaking. They were all exhausted from the hard work, but they had finally done it, closing the entrance […]
The storm had continued throughout the night. At first, the TRAP agents had assumed that they would be able to continue on their way after dinner. But that hope had been dashed, and they had been forced to spend the night in the inn, which fortunately had a room directly under the roof where they […]
Sergey chewed mechanically on a large piece of tough sponge he had torn from the bark of a dying oak. The days passed endlessly slowly as he wandered. He drank from streams and puddles and ate anything that was digestible and would not run away. When night came, he walked until he couldn’t walk anymore, […]
The street samurai fell into the sheer endless blackness of a form of being and existence unknown to him. Entering this sphere might seem like a dream at first, but it was more than that. It was more than the mere reliving of impressions and images that had been collected while he was awake and […]
The rain had stopped a few hours ago, but drops were still falling from the leaves and needles of the surrounding trees. It had lasted a long time, and the ground was soaked and muddy, with large puddles forming everywhere. Especially in the deep tire tracks where the earth had been compacted by the weight […]
The furniture in the computer room on the top floor of the villa had been rearranged. In the center of the room were four of the neatly cleaned lawn chairs, covered with soft, bright red cushions. All of them had cables attached to their headboards. These cables led to the red, high-powered computer, the interface. […]
Sergey bravely held on to the crossbar that provided the necessary stability for the vehicle not far from the front axle of the van, while the heavy diesel engine roared above him. He had made himself a tightly stretched suspension of three wide leather belts the previous night to be able to hide under the […]