But in this case, with state-of-the-art equipment, and one of the greatest archeological discoveries known to mankind entrusted to him, he’d make an exception. Trembling, his gloved hand brushed aside yet another delicate layer of dust. Then he stopped breathing. There it was, staring right at hi...
Scores of messy-haired twenty-somethings wearing vintage concert T-shirts and beat-up Converse All-Stars next to clergymen and grandmothers with canes. Rastafarian drummers and musicians. Street performers and magicians. Tattered thrift store clothes alongside suits and ties. All kinds of homemad...
More stable, and faster. So fast, it felt like they were sitting still and the galaxy was speeding by. Out his porthole, he watched the star systems blend into continuous lines, which were further obscured by the ionic stream’s inner rings. He was moving fast, almost inconceivably so. The Earth w...
He’d been sitting in the same position, with Marmalade on his lap like a lump of dead weight, for three hours now, and the result wasn’t pretty. He refused to get up, though. He had a lot of work to do, but that wasn’t exactly why. He couldn’t face Angie. Not right now. Not with these images of h...
What an amazing home,” April stepped out of her car. Jeff had to tow her partway up the hill. “A Tudor, right?” “Huh?” Jeff was still in shock to have a female anywhere near his residence. “The house, Dad,” Logan handed him an assist. “Oh, yeah. The house. Tudor, yeah.” “I just love these houses,...
Honk! Beep! Honk! The traffic on 66th Street, though at a dead standstill, hummed with activity. People chattering and milling about, car horns blaring. “Is this place usually this crowded?” Stan asked the limo driver. “It’s usually crowded,” he answered. “Just not this crowded.” “What’s ever...
She wouldn’t stop circling the one-room cabin Morris had procured for them near The Singulate compound. She never changed her message, not once in the entire time. She was losing her mind with fear. Something was terribly wrong. The team was in imminent danger. Worst of all, all signs of Brutus h...
Kate wanted to hug him, he looked so sad. She knew, though, that when he got into a mood, the best thing was to leave him alone for a while. So she sat. And she sat, until she couldn’t handle it anymore. “Charlie?” they sped along Sunset Boulevard toward La Brea Avenue. “Is something wrong? Was ...
It seemed to Amelia he was still feeling some effects from Ayita’s eyecatcher. That didn’t stop him from wrenching Ben’s neck while he glared at the crew of unlikely rescuers. “I don’t know what’s going on, but you’re all under arrest,” he gestured at Lily and Amelia. “Even the kids!” Ayita stepp...