6
Aug

This Night My Soul Laid Bare

by Ashkta (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/54280.html) Author’s Note: All names, both of individuals and of ships, are entirely fictional to the best of my knowledge. *** From the personal log of Captain Edmund Burgess, H.M.S. Vigilance — I write this knowing that I must burn it soon after. Should it be read, there is no doubt that […]

6
Aug

Metronome

by Hana Chikai (羽名血海) illustrated by tashigi (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/54743.html) Benjamin Ong should be the model instead of the one behind the scenes. Clad in a pair of Levis 501s, a lavender Calvin Klein shirt and a black jacket of his own design, the twenty-four year old designer is every inch the epitome of a pretty […]

6
Aug

Jhaellyn’s Bargain

by Usagi Anami (兎あなみ) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/55186.html) (Takes place in the same world as “The Heart Eater’s Children”) — Amirel should have known not to try sneaking into the orc encampment. An elf, Amirel was naturally agile and stealthy. The orcs were chatting excitedly from the rush of combat, their stolen goods noisy as they marched. […]

6
Aug

The Way You Move

by Hinotori (火鳥) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/55786.html) Prologue In the end it was blind luck, not skill, that let him track down the Magpie. The Magpie had been flapping about town for almost three years when they put Nathaniel Temperton on the case – much to the horror of the art theft department. “He’s unpredictable”; “He’s a […]

6
Aug

Strays

by Tamari Erin (玉里えりん) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/57945.html) This follows the events in ‘A Night in Blue’ from the December ’06 issue of Bang*Bang.) — Simenon held the field-glasses to his eyes. A trail of sweat oozed past his right eye and he alternated squinting and blinking furiously in an attempt to divert its path. The desert air […]

6
Aug

Grim Disguise

by Sora Junko (空 純子) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/56225.html) Marseilles was a beautiful city, though like many European cities, it subscribed to the ‘densely packed’ school of architecture. The stone buildings practically climbed on top of each other as they marched up the sides of the hill that the city was built into, and the roads were […]

6
Aug

Butterfly Hum

by Hashinaka Choko (橋中蝶子) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/55826.html) Dante leaned over the counter, carefully dragging the glitter brush over his cheekbones. He heard the doorknob turn and glanced in the mirror, his mouth pulling down in a frown when he saw their manager. “How much longer are you going to take, Dante?” Jerry asked, sounding exasperated. “As […]

6
Aug

Egyptian Night

by Omi (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/56339.html) 331 BC The sun beat down relentlessly, as it always did these days, as the men marched across the sands. And marched, and marched, and marched. None complained. Each man bred for battle, they’d trained under worse conditions. They’d learned to ignore heat and cold and pain. They’d learned to worry […]

6
Aug

Terry Potter And The Double Vision

by Purrsia (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/55424.html) “Dad, look!” Chris ran ahead of me. “Wow.” Wow indeed. The bookstore was glittering, and there were faces peering out of every window– some painted on, some real. Kids and adults, some in costume, some not. Chris and I were in costume; I’d found an old velvet cape my mother had […]

6
Aug

The Ballad Of Barefoot Robin

or The Ridiculous Seduction Of Lieutenant Worthington by Roumonte Emi (竜主天 蝦) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/57246.html) 1. In all the years to come, whatever else Thomas Worthington did or did not blame for his predicament, in the end it was always the chains he came back to, always the chains he laid the blame on, often with […]

6
Aug

液体の説得

(Ekitai no settoku) by Torino Koji illustrated by chaosraven (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/56775.html) In the six months that Yamagawa Buki had been ‘seeing’ Torisu Hanabi, he had never seen the third-year junior high student in his school uniform. He supposed it only made sense: he rarely saw Torisu-kun within school hours (generally, they met up in parks […]

6
Aug

The Revenge

by Zack (ザックス) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/58484.html) The witch’s cabin lay in the middle of the forest. It was run-down, broken roof and dusty windows, and the mere sight of it sent a shiver down my spine. I raised a hand to knock, but wasn’t surprised when the door opened out of its own accord — before […]

6
Aug

Sleeping

by Dr. Noh illustrated by justblue0162 (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/57536.html) “You make a terrible drag queen,” Carla said. “Hey, this was your idea. And make sure you get all the fucking glitter off, yeah?” Rey peered at his reflection in the mirror. Freaky as it had been to see it all go on, it was weirder watching […]

6
Aug

Arizona Ford And The Golden Legend

by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) This story has been removed by request of the author. Love1

6
Aug

ムーン パウアー メイク アプ

(MOON POWER MAKE UP!) by Nijiiro Sumi (虹色 墨) illustrated by Pepperoni (ペパロ) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/58305.html) The idea hit me in the shower, and of course the first thing I did was call Leslie while my hair was still dripping and I had a towel wrapped around my waist. “Mhullo?” “Okay, you’re probably gonna yell at […]