by TK Hoshikuzu (TK 星屑) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/348630.html) “Your highness has powerful lungs,” Dragon Huo remarked, laughing boisterously. His lengthy body twirled in spirals, away from the Earth and toward the Moon. All throughout, Princess Shaoyao had not stopped screaming and crying in terror, even as the air thinned. The dragon’s clutches were too tight around […]
Category Archives: Bang*Bang no. 65
23
Feb
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
by shukyou (主教) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/348802.html) When the aliens come, we will have to explain Elvis. When the aliens come — and they will come, because they’re out there, because in an infinite universe it’s more probable they’re there than they’re not — we’ll have to explain a lot of things. It’ll start with the big […]
23
Feb
Jack of Spades
by beili (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/349388.html) I opened my eyes in the backseat of a car, to the unmistakable dizziness that comes after being sedated. Someone had been thoughtful enough to tie my hands in front. The engine was idling, and the driver went down pretty easily, unconscious. I was dragging him out when everything went dark. […]
23
Feb
Possession
by Tamari Erin (玉里えりん) illustrated by beili (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/350270.html) The birds erupt from the wheat fields with the suddenness of a falling blade. One moment Sebastiano is staring up at the vivid blue of the summer sky, and the next all he can see is a maelstrom of black feathers, circling the convoy like a […]
23
Feb
Heir
by H.P. Lovecock (力。下。愛ちんちん) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/349962.html) In my village, the elders tell a story of what was and what is to come. Long ago, the people of the Warlord Lands emerged from the depths of hell and invaded the Kingdom of the Sacred Mountains. They wore armour imbued with the spirits of evil demons and […]
22
Feb
Little Vipers Sing
by Yuriko Toru (百合子 亨) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/349630.html) There is no black and white to beauty The green sneaks in as often as you look Blue is in the ocean, gold is in my eyes Locked in a gaze. Did you notice you were on my hook? — Sa’adat was five years old when he met […]
22
Feb
Unification
by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) illustrated by engine (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/351057.html) Year 346 AL Bretagh closed the door behind him, shut his eyes, took in a breath of four counts, and let it out just the same. He rubbed his thumbs to his temples; he’d had a headache building for hours, but now that he was somewhere […]
22
Feb
Lay Down Your Arms
by Kimyō Tabibito (奇妙 旅人) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/351484.html) “I will serve the people and the land and uphold my bonds to the kingdom in the names of our gods.” Alain’s voice echoed through the temple, loud and clear. There was no tremor in his voice, no quiver, nor uncertainty. His face was calm, broad features composed […]
22
Feb
Sicilian Winter
by lamtuna (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/351934.html) Anyone being introduced to the king had to kneel. The new stranger was no exception, and ducked so fast on one knee that the first thing the king focused on was his left shoe, pointing out of this looser kind of trousers the men of his faith favoured. A good shoe, […]
22
Feb
Error Borealis
(mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/352063.html) Married life had been kind to Sir Iame, but as he ascended the seventh side-tower staircase of the day he found himself grateful that he’d bothered to keep up his training routine. It wasn’t that he was worried about whether he could still use the sword on his belt—of course he still could, […]
22
Feb
The new kitchen boy
by Hyakunichisou 13 (百日草 十三) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/352383.html) “Those close to the court get honour; those close to the kitchen get food.” –Chinese proverb It wasn’t as though the new kitchen boy, or stablehand, or tailor’s apprentice ever actually fooled anyone. “We are expected to treat him as we would each other,” the First Cook said, […]
