She immediately flashed on Pee-Wee Herman, except instead of the crazy suit, Robert was wearing safari shorts, a Hawaiian shirt, and a floppy hat along with his sneakers. “He’s harmless,” Lynn whispered as Maggie unpacked the car. “This is kind of how people dress up here.” “What does he do?” Mag...
She hugged her legs tighter as the wind howled down the alley, blowing grit into her eyes and sending trash flying. Every bone, every muscle, every joint in her body ached. She needed food, she needed warm clothes, and she needed shelter. She toyed with the idea of simply falling asleep. It would...
“Yes, Chief Thame.” Ekkatt watched the officer tap his nose with a long fingernail. “This race of females has done nothing more than leak from their eyes and make hideous noises like the Brum. In the two hundred years we’ve been harvesting them there has never been a reported incident like this...
She stood on a balcony in her wing of the palace, a balcony that overlooked her personal gardens with their tall date palms and red hibiscus. Swans floated, carefree, below her in the blue waters of the spring-fed lake. The fragrance of frangipani drifted up to where she stood, and as the warm ai...