by Koizumi Shinme (恋墨新芽) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/14188.html) I: Tarn May, 1857 The wind was a soft sound in his ears, distant but real, and the world existed as a steady rocking. Not the long, low sweeps of a schooner, but the rapid side-to-side sway of a train in good working order running over well-laid track. It […]
Category Archives: Bang*Bang no. 5
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May
Temptation
by Ms. C. Mouse (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/14526.html) I knocked on the front door and waited for Kevin to answer. While I waited, I shifted the six-pack of beer to my right hand to balance out the weight of the small pack hanging on my left shoulder. The beer was my peace offering to Kevin. I was […]
5
May
Garden Bunny
by Kisarazu Megumi (如月図恵美) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/15931.html) Once upon a time there was a beautiful and amazing queen. She lived in a huge castle with the king and their son. While the king controlled and guided the kingdom, the queen watched over the people’s hope and happiness. Everyone loved the queen, even the animals. Just outside […]
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May
Really Nothing
by Shou Aiko (性 愛子) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/14624.html) stella’s is the name of the place. it’s small enough, full of dark wood and sticky varnish and a few too many mirrors and lights. it’s one and half blocks away from william’s apartment, so it’s his favorite. william wouldn’t go to bars except that he loves the […]
5
May
Between Skin and Sky
by Mitsui Matsuri (蜜井茉莉) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/15483.html) There was nothing to be done, after all. Shibata took apart his camera, put it back together, and did everything all over again with his eyes closed for the hell of it. The three schoolgirls in knee-high socks stared blatantly at his boots — still muddy from Kashmir — […]
5
May
Unequal Exchange
by Tamanegi Amai (玉葱亜麻衣) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/15633.html) I. It was summer. The days stretched long and the unrelenting sun made the flesh moist and the soul weak, idle. Alan awoke that afternoon to the heavy feeling of Maximilian’s unabashedly exposed body upon his, their limbs tangled together and the musty smell of perspiration hanging lazily in […]
