by shukyou (主教) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/354055.html) “What’s it do?” I asked, staring into the box. “What do you mean, what’s it do?” asked Isha. “It’s a dick.” I could see that. “But what’s it do?” “It does what dicks do,” Isha said. She poked at its head, and a small pink lightning storm erupted from the […]
Category Archives: Text
23
Mar
The uninvited visitors
by Hyakunichisou 13 (百日草 十三) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/354313.html) “There’s no flipping way,” one of the girls said, voice low but carrying, “that she’s the chosen one.” Bent in half, hands on thighs, lungs heaving, Alice couldn’t help but think the girl had a point. She watched a bead of sweat drop through her field of focus […]
23
Mar
The Best of All Possible Worlds
(mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/354815.html) Tess had never been that fond of Kansas. There was something about all that flat land in one place that really rubbed her the wrong way, and it felt like it got a little flatter and smoother each time she came back that way. You couldn’t really hide when the land was flat, […]
23
Mar
The Queen of the Sunken City
by Tamari Erin (玉里えりん) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/355044.html) The room shook, and Mitsuki lunged for a railing. Her needle-gun slipped from her fingers and bounced off the metal catwalk to plunge into the darkness of the vast control centre. High above, her sharp blue features illuminated by the beams of psychic ‘light’ she used to rule her […]
23
Mar
Z.S.
by Houndstooth (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/355169.html) I’m not inclined to bury the lede, and this story isn’t going to make any sense without telling you about this, so I might as well get it out of the way first. About eighty years ago I served as the onboard AI of a C-class scientific research vessel, the U.E.R. […]
23
Feb
Lessons in Lunar Etiquette
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 […]
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, […]
