Goring drove the metal cart down the ramp and I dialed the light off just as she threw open the door to the basement. She was in a foul mood. “Damn this place and these stupid kids!” she yelled. I got the feeling that she viewed the basement, on occasion, as a place where her deepest frustrations...
Faith felt off, like everything she’d learned from Dylan had found a way to escape into the open air and fly away. She’d been feeling that way all day, a tragic sadness welling up in her chest that made her want to cry. She didn’t know why this was so; but as she walked in the darkness toward the...
Whippet’s hotels. Only Merganzer’s most trusted workers — a large number of whom were monkeys and robots — were allowed inside. Mr. Powell had returned with supplies and news, and as he entered the two main doors and looked every which way, he hoped it wouldn’t be too hard to find the master of i...