by Kyouya Shizuka (強谷 湖) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/22271.html) (set in the world of “Stalking Worthy Prey” from the July 2006 Shousetsu Bang*Bang by permission of the author) “Some toms,” the Joker told her with a grin, “have got no appreciation for a good thing. None whatsoever. Now, me, on the other hand…” Nao twitched her tail […]
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8
Aug
Saving Grace
by Ms. C. Mouse (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/22671.html) Gracie cried out as she woke up. The sensation of falling sent adrenaline pumping through her system. Her hands groped for anything solid. Her legs stiffened. A few seconds passed before her addled brain accepted the fact that the mattress under her wasn’t actually moving and allowed her fingers […]
8
Aug
Please Stay
by Yoshiyo Hotaru (昌夜 蛍) illustrated by amei (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/23262.html) At exactly quarter after three in the afternoon, the final bell rings, and class is dismissed until September. Matsu’s heart leaps up into her throat. She stays in her desk as everyone else starts putting away their books, and even after they’ve left, with a […]
8
Aug
Buttercup
by Koizumi Shinme (恋墨新芽) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/23541.html) The maidens must learn to spin and weave as their mothers do, but they are not women yet, and need not spend the whole day at it. They have made games of the lightest kitchen chores (for the servants do the rest), and they have appointed themselves the gatherers […]
8
Aug
Honey and Roses
by Jasmine Rhodes (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/23568.html) I stare up at my ceiling, fighting back the tears in my eyes. How can any one person be this blind, this stupid, how can you not realize you’re in love with someone for three years, and then all of a sudden their lips are on yours and soft and […]
8
Aug
Gypsy Dance
by Shinko Hisada (身固之妥) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/23818.html) It was an odd feeling for Lady Katherine of Helmsford to slip unnoticed and unremarked through a crowd of her father’s people. Usually they parted for her, bowing or curtseying, but today they treated her like one of them. Which was a good thing, in fact it was exactly […]
8
Aug
The Movement of Your Hands
by Mitsui Matsuri (蜜井茉莉) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/24287.html) Ren lied, always, about how they met. “We bumped into each other the library,” she said to their new agent, as they sipped weak coffee on a cold April morning. “I dropped Malleus Maleficarum on her foot and broke her big toe.” “Mal– what?” “Ren was doing a thesis […]
8
Aug
Sundiver
by Amazuki Kiyoe (天月清愛) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/24430.html) The sudden spurt of a flare in the distance whites out the viewing window for a moment before the sensors can respond. Mayumi winces, squinting her eyes shut and waiting for the glare to diminish as she sips at her wine. The edge of the glass tastes salty against […]
8
Aug
The Fate of the Queen
by Nara Kagerou (奈良蜻蛉) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/24899.html) The night blossomed with light. Paper lanterns and peacock feathers, diamonds glittering on the curve of bared throats, silk necklines plunging down soft bosoms; the twinkle of laughter, the clink of glasses, the slosh of champagne. The orchestra bubbled with exuberance, violins cascading their voices to trail notes along […]
7
Jul
Welcome Home
by Shuua (シューア) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/16318.html) It was a rare cool night in mid-June. The stifling hot weather had been relieved by a sudden cold front, brought on by a series of quick rainstorms followed by a constant, refreshing breeze. Sinclair Davies, however, was not enjoying the change. Not because he had anything against perfect, sunny-but-not-hot […]
7
Jul
Come Of Age
by Setsumitsu Cae (雪密 鏡) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/16488.html) Five days before his seventeenth birthday, Kouji was woken by his radio in a completely normal fashion. He reached over and hit the clock, cutting off the perky, mass-produced idoru-pop mid-line. He was definitely much happier not knowing what the airhead was going to do to their significant […]
7
Jul
Doggy In The Window
by Usagi Anami (兎あなみ) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/16871.html) He was a Siberian husky, purebred and very expensive, although he did not know it. When he saw his reflection, he could not see that his eyes were blue. When the storeowner fed him or changed his water or tried to pitch him to a potential customer he would […]
7
Jul
Truce
by Ueda Keisuke (植妥慶助) illustrated by jpegasus (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/17161.html) The warm air of the jungle is still thick with the storm that’s just passed when Vasuki uncoils from the hollow of the tree where he spent the last night. Today is the third day of his quest, the last day before he must return to […]
7
Jul
In A Cat’s Eyes
by Ms. C. Mouse (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/17476.html) In a cat’s eyes, all things belong to cats. – English Proverb Bobby checked his watch again. Damn it, why couldn’t the last fifteen minutes of his shift pass by at a decent pace like the rest of the day? Tired of the long hours of catering to customers, […]
