The doctor talked to her in loud, jovial tones. The Old Man had come and looked at her with worried eyes and said hearty comforting things. They’d sent in the shrink. The ones she could keep out, she did. She couldn’t see Fyn right now. When she thought of Fyn, she saw Fiona looking at Adin with ...
She flinched back, covering her head with her arms, her eyes closed against the end incoming. Perhaps that’s why it took longer than it should have to realize that the tsunami failed to arrive. Instead, a sad, little wave lapped against her ankles. Not even a cold wave. The entire chill zone cent...
The Doolittle would have seen it, too, but since he’d had a couple of his Ojemba standing by to transmit the same signature in two different places, he wasn’t surprised when the Doolittle failed to respond. The General would wait for more definitive data before committing resources to investigate...
A shot hadn’t rung out. Yet. She was having dinner with the mob. Nell Whitby didn’t want to have dinner with Aleksi Afoniki and his creepy nephew, Dimitri. She didn’t want to have anything to do with any of them. Miss Manners...
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Even Lurch felt speechless after the really near, near miss. One minute they’d felt the heat from the meteorite, and by the next there was a big hole just shy of the outer saucer rim of Shan’s broken ship. If Time aimed it, it did a good job. Dead center of an intersection. Three crumbling buildi...
The guests of Sarah’s client wouldn’t appreciate the distinction of having their meat carved by a morgue cutter. Her siblings sure didn’t like her doing any carving at the family gatherings. Tended to kill their appetites. Sarah appreciated her cutting skills. Hannah liked...
I hope so! I’ve got more! From the Project Enterprise universe (where Lurch got his beginning), here’s an excerpt from book one: The Key. About The Key: Dream Realm Award Winner, 2007; Bronze IPPIE, Independent Publisher Book Awards A science fiction/action adventure roman...
She eyed it with disfavor. It felt kind of pissy of Mama Nature to weigh in with sun today. Least she could do was throw some clouds into the sky. Maybe a little storm action. Not that unusual-for-spring heat was exactly the cheerful choice, but… Nell sat up before she remembered why it was a bad...
But will the protection of a handsome homicide detective be her only hope of surviving the Big Easy? Nell Whitby is starting over in New Orleans, getting a publisher for her children’s book, sketching tourists in the French Quarter, and leaving the tragic death of her pare...
Waiting next to it were two uniforms: Benson and her laconic partner. Benson waited with some attempt at sobriety, but there was a quiver to her small body that hinted at some inner emotion. He could not determine which emotion. “Ma’am.” She didn’t salute, but Joe sensed s...