He must have pulled the laceration open. He couldn’t risk going downstairs and having her look out the window; then she’d see him leave her building and go into the one across the street. All he needed after that was to have them form their own little vigilante group to find out who was asking ab...
The place where she’d killed the other one. She averted her eyes as they passed the tree where the knife had been. She didn’t want to be reminded of that. The soldier parked the car, reached toward the bottom of one post, his hand disappeared under the ground, and then the hill opened up, grass a...
Not the kind of god that humans did. He wondered if he would be considered a god by humans still. Centuries ago, the American natives used to think so. Humans were more sophisticated now in terms of technology, and far less believing in terms of faith. “I’m ready to get th...
Her body was tight, stiff from sleeping on the hard ground, separated from soil by only a few scant layers of fabric. The quiet of the camp was lulling. Except for the crackling of a fire that was tended by one of their men on guard duty, there was no other noise. Unless one counted the occasiona...