Things categorized as 'The Separation'
The Separation, Chapter 12: “The Magic Mountain”
[Table of Contents] The world was changing. The stories had become different. Ever since that one scary night. She heard guns again, and fear clawed at her insides and a hideous image ...
The Separation, Chapter 11: “Refugee Crises”
[Table of Contents] By Josh Wilson The small woman had a downturned mouth and the kind of lines around her eyes that don't come from laughter. She picked at her cuticles and tugged ...
The Separation, Chapter Ten: “Search Results”
[Table of Contents] GIZA PLAZA PUBLIC BRANCH, LOWER SLOPE, COMMON TERMINAL 832176.GP.FUL DECEMBER 1, 21-- login: public password: reader “Welcome to Giza Plaza Public Branch. Would you like research, arrangements, contacts or public programming?” “Research, please, just ...
The Separation, Chapter Nine: “Escapee”
[Table of Contents] At first, the escape had gone brilliantly. They moved swiftly though the desolate corridors, dimly lit, doors sagging open, scattered with evidence of fighting — abandoned barricades, scorch marks ...
The Separation, Chapter Eight: “Enemy Combatant”
[Table of Contents] The next 12 hours were the definition of hell -- and he'd seen some of the worst of the fighting back home: On his belly amidst the creosote and ...
The Separation, Chapter Seven: “The Jubilee”
[Table of Contents] Midway Station, set exactly between Mars, Earth and the precious ore of the Bartung 37 Asteroid Cluster, hangs like a child's mobile, full of deliberate, interweaving motion. The enormous ...
The Separation, Chapter Six: “The Nuns’ Tale”
[Table of Contents] "Abigail." The girl was soft-focused, barely 19, dewey and fresh, a new blossom just open. Black velvet was upon her skin, and also she saw the flash of ...
The Separation, Chapter Five: “The Smuggler’s Gambit”
[Table of Contents] "Some guy up there waving at us," Abe commented. I looked out the porthole; sure enough. Peering out the window of one of the observation decks. I could ...
The Separation, Chapter Four: “The Soldier’s Tale”
[Table of Contents] Jimmy Deschutes was six years old, living in a Baptist compound near Boise when, as his father had said, "The shit gone down." The 3V had flickered in the ...
The Separation, Chapter Three: “Dustcovers”
[Table of Contents] It was in West Lake, Nebraska, that Trask and Andy hit the motherlode. Their biggest trove to date. They had babbled on all evening about the treasures that awaited. ...