Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 03

by | Oct 30, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets

Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 03 CHAPTER THREE INVENTOR PROFILE Name: Simon Redwood Companies Founded: 13 Claim to Fame: The Dragon Genome Project Current Venture: Reptilian Corporation, a genetic engineering firm. Many successful businesses arise to address a...

The Macedonian Hazard – Snippet 03

by | Oct 28, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets

The Macedonian Hazard – Snippet 03 214 12th Street, Fort Plymouth, Trinidad March 12, 320BCE The kiln design was mostly out of Wikipedia, but Donald had helped. It turned out that plumbing helps with preheating air to make the fire hotter. Something called...

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 41

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Serpent Daughter – Snippet 41 “Sleep, little creature. Sleep and dream no more.” Chapter Nine “Therefore,” Zadok Tarami said, “one must not marry frivolously or with a double mind, but as a solemn, if joyous, act of will.” The...

Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 02

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Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 02 CHAPTER TWO The Waiting Game I left Reptilian with a good impression and a handful of vague promises. Evelyn said that they’d proceed with a license for my simulator. If it did as I promised for their genetic engineering...

The Macedonian Hazard – Snippet 02

by | Oct 26, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets

The Macedonian Hazard – Snippet 02 It was hard work, but it paid fifteen bucks an hour in ship credit and Stella was going to need every dime of that. 214 12th Street, Fort Plymouth, Trinidad December 28, 321BCE Stella climbed the short bamboo ladder to the...

Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 01

by | Oct 26, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets

Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 01 DOMESTICATING DRAGONS Dan Koboldt To Sadie, our favorite miracle. CHAPTER ONE Reptilian Three years, five months, and thirteen days after my dog died in the canine epidemic, I walked up to the door of Reptilian Corporation...

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 40

by | Oct 26, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 40 Iron Andy Calhoun was famous well beyond Appalachee, and Youngstown was basically Appalachee, anyway. “Mr. Andrew is indeed here,” the hostess said. “He has already reserved your room, which is number eight,...

The Macedonian Hazard – Snippet 01

by | Oct 23, 2020 | 1632Snippet, Snippets

The Macedonian Hazard – Snippet 01 The Macedonian Hazard By Eric Flint, Gorg Huff, Paula Goodlett Prologue: Build, Sell, or Die Queen of the Sea, off the coast of Trinidad November 28, 321 BCE Stella Matthews lay on the bed in her cabin on the Queen of the Sea...

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 39

by | Oct 23, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 39 # Cal rode the coach without companions. Charlie Donelsen was meeting with Rupp and Bondí, organizing Bondí’s testimony before the Assembly. The Creole accountant had brought with him from New Orleans ledgers indicating...

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 38

by | Oct 21, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets

Serpent Daughter – Snippet 38 Was he prepared to make his leap? “Mr. Franklin,” he called. Temple Franklin groaned as he levered himself down from the top of a prison wagon. He gripped iron-bar handles set into the sides of the vehicle, and hissed at...