by shukyou (主教) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/40199.html) The glass in his hand held a pale imitation of the drug that burned through his system — vodka, straight, the way his father had taught him to drink it, a cold fire in his belly that still couldn’t hold a candle to the flame in his veins. Neither the […]
Category Archives: Bang*Bang no. 9
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Feb
Takayuki + Touya = Takaya
by Murasaki Makoto (紫 真琴) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/40506.html) Editors’ note: We apologize for the broken images in this entry. The images were hosted on the artist’s own server and we’ve been unable to contact her. Love0
15
Feb
What Doesn’t Kill You
by Shinju Yuri (真珠百合) illustrated by calintz (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/40939.html) When Hyun-woo rose up from his seat and said, “I should go back; Sung-min’s mother is visiting”, he silenced the entire room. “….Lee Sung-min’s mother?” said Eun-jae finally. “Yes,” said Hyun-woo. “She’s been criticizing his housekeeping all week, so he’s a little upset.” He turned and […]
15
Feb
The Taste of Red
by Octavius (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/41152.html) They were bright hard things, shouldering through markets, butting heads with rifles, swiping New Year’s oranges from displays, and singing Nanniwan is a beautiful place, it’s the best Jiangnan in north Shaanxi softly like a prayer. “Zhijan! Zhijan!” You think you can almost see him up at the gate slouching against […]
15
Feb
Valence
by Kagamino Kage (鏡乃 影) illustrated by calintz (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/41353.html) “The fourth one in a week!” “What d’you suppose’ll happen if this one turns it down too?” “Who knows – nothing, I expect. But I do wish someone would take it. It unnerves me so, the way it just lays there and stares and stares […]
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Feb
The Promiscuous Boy and the Monk
by Eric Shun (エリック旬) illustrated by pearljamz (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/41486.html) Samurai weren’t allowed to attend kabuki performances for a reason. Officially the shogunate declared that samurai, being elite warriors as they were, should not mingle with the common folk and take on their affairs. Kabuki, of course, was considered as “one of those affairs”. But the […]
15
Feb
The Overseers of Harmful People
by Takiguchi Aiko (滝口アイコ) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/41854.html) Siberian mornings had less substance than Grigoriy was used to. The air in St. Petersburg, admittedly, could be chewed, but Siberia – something about the cold or the quality of light – was thinner in a way Grisha could not quite articulate, should he have anyone to whom he […]
15
Feb
The Two Chivalrous Warriors of Skill and Gracefulness
translated by Kikuchi Makoto (菊池 誠) [1] (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/42097.html) Chapter 37 – The Jade Zither Scholar Subdues an Intruder; The Wanderer of Jiang Nan Springs a Trap in the Wine-Scent Pavilion Liu Qing Hua leapt up and exchanged three stances with the intruder before the last note of the qin had faded. Although the lantern […]
15
Feb
Lost at Sea (and Found Again)
by ROJO illustrated by fightfair (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/42475.html) Xing arrives at Boston’s Logan International Airport with two suitcases and a carry-on, too little sleep, and five missed calls. The calls, in order: three from his mother, an unknown number, and one recently recorded from the university faculty member that has accepted Xing under his wing for […]
