Birthday Supplications

“PRESENT YOUR TRIBUTE, FOOLISH MORTALS, AND PRAY THAT I DEEM IT WORTHY!” “Well, um, I brought party hats…” “OOH, GIMMIE!”

Pairing Echoes

I know desperation when I see it. Any seller of, ahem, metaphysically enhanced items develops that sense quickly…

Links Across Years And Lives

She perched on the end of the bed and inspected her reflection in the old, worn vanity mirror, and tried to remember when people started saying “you look so much like your mother”.

Portrait Perfect Memories

I rarely accept business call-outs in the middle of the night, but Aldreda was in my, ahem, social circle, and sounded deeply upset…

Must Be Stress

It started with constant, nagging headaches. A warning sign which is all too easy to ignore…

Life In Waves

“What do you mean, ‘the river doesn’t want to be dammed’?” Robert scoffed, his elegantly waxed moustache bristling at the absurdity.

Inadvertent Behavioural Overlap

At first having an environmentally integrated AI carer had been great. But Alfonzo had been finding it increasingly… overwhelming.

Eggs Borne From Ashes

A flash of red sped through the treetops with that quintessential bombastic grace of forest dragons.

Good Sportshumanship

Gus’s cussing at his holo-screen was interrupted with a call from Tim. “Hey, finally got a break. Are you watching the match?”