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A Cartridge in a Cocked Gun   I tried to contain myself. “What have you done with her?” He smiled. It was nearly a polite smile, but there was something about his eyes that gave it away. “Far more then … Continue reading →

Two Deserted Loves   I limped over to the girls as fast as my legs would carry me. They were bound and gagged, sitting on some kind of pressure sensors, which had wires connected directly to the C-4. The apartment … Continue reading →

Three Henchmen I instinctively raised my gun, only to realize that it would do absolutely no good, because I had one bullet left and far more than that number of foes. I pulled out the machete, and gave it a … Continue reading →

Four Brawling Nerds “Who are you?” I said, planting my feet apart and signaling my men to hold. The figure in the center left, who seemed to be the leader, laughed. It wasn’t a particularly unpleasant laugh – like Kristopher’s … Continue reading →

Five Traps Waiting As we pulled even with the North Pole, I went up to the cockpit in order to get a better look. The North Pole was, appropriately to Kristopher’s determination to adhere to and pervert all the myths … Continue reading →

(Apologies for the silence the last few days.  The holidays, a minor technical glitch and a death in the family of one of our editors have thrown everything off schedule.  We’ll be getting caught up today — hopefully.  We left … Continue reading →

Seven Bombs A-Bursting My mind raced. Besides being yet another example of this lunatic’s terrible sense of humor, I had no idea what “Tannenbaum” was. But there were no prizes for a good guess. If he was opening silos, then … Continue reading →

Eight Blades A-Slicing The blast of air pushed me out of the pipe like a cork, followed closely by my men. I saw a rush of a rust colored world, terminated abruptly with my face pressed against a projection of … Continue reading →

Chapter 4: Nine Ladies Luring I’ll admit, I was taken off guard. I know that at that moment, the last thing I planned to do was pull the trigger. The other men were somewhat bewildered as well, for understandable reasons. … Continue reading →

Chapter 1 – Twelve Gunners Gunning Chapter 2 – Eleven Snipers Sniping Chapter 3: Ten Hordes Attacking The men were a credit to soldierly. They arrived right as the horde began hitting the compound. All of them, that is, except … Continue reading →