Apr 25
Vulnerable Clockwork Nessie, Part 18 He turned the full force of his grin upon me. “Not hunting, my dear. Recovering.” I reflected back on my own history. We had inherited a large sum of money from a distant aunt of my father’s six months earlier. Or so my father had claimed. The hush-hush nature of …
Apr 24
Undercover Clockwork Nessie, Part 17 “This is a map of the inner caverns of the mountains around the loch that separate us from the ocean. Hundreds of years ago, the water level in the loch was much lower. Dog Island would have been at least ten times its current size. The entrance to the caves …
Apr 23
Traveler Clockwork Nessie, Part 16 Robert pointed to the creature’s head curled around the rafters. “That’s also a viewer.” He then lowered his finger to point to a console in a cockpit area of the pod. “The head reflects images through a series of mirrors and prisms to … there.” “But… how did you get …
Apr 22
Shifters Clockwork Nessie will return tomorrow. Crossroads A Demos City Novel by Jonathan Lister Release Date: November 4, 2013 Target Reader: Adult Keywords: Thriller/Suspense, Werewolf Back of the Book Werewolf. Bar bouncer. Dad. Standard traits for any self-respecting, reformed criminal, living under the radar in Demos City. For Leon Gray, normal is what he wants—for himself and his not-yet-changed teenage …
Apr 20
Revelation Clockwork Nessie, Part 15 “I see you’ve discovered Nessie the Second.” He stood by my side, the pair of us facing the automaton, and handed me a glass of amber-colored liquid. Our fingers brushed and our eyes met and held. Determined not to betray my addled state, I cocked my head and asked, “How …
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The trajectory of those thoughts carried her back twenty-five years. She'd been a naive girl fresh out of college, looking for a summer of carefree fun before taking on the strictures of Corporate America. Once upon a time she'd had a passport, hadn't been afraid to leave the country, hadn't been afraid of a lot of things. That girl was dead, long ago buried and she'd hoped, forgotten.
She was wrong.
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Lydia reread the most galling part of all. “… train the newbie…” Dear. God. No. Patience was not her strong suit and training new hires limped somewhere in a similar ghetto of under-developed talents.
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