- The plane careened, engine on fire, and it ducked behind the endless maze of towers. There was a rumble in the ground, a horrible sound, a ball of fire in the distance as the jet crashed into something, likely a building, some blocks away. Then a new thing appeared in the sky. A craft, or a being, or a miniaturized storm cloud. It pulsed and varied in its shape like a squid, but it was metallic and black, ranging in size from a VW to a city bus. Jo thought she heard a faint clicking emanate from it as it morphed its shape and seemed to swim through the air. -
In Chapter six of Mindframe, we return to the Old Dame hotel with Josephine and her dogs. Months of construction have helped heal the Dame, but little has helped to heal Josephine. She is sleepless. She encounters an impossible war, and she tries to leave the hotel but meets with a bad encounter that perhaps only Teddy can help her with.
She wore the breezy, loose pants and shirt that were the official uniform of a Framer. Above her head floated one of her attendants,...
Admiral Oshiro was focused on Arnez. Oshiro said, “Arnez, stop what you’re doing and surrender. I don’t know how you’re doing this, nor can...
-As he looked up, someone sat on his lap, a warm behind against his cold skinny legs, an arm slung around his neck, a...