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Those were the words that young Brit Oliver Hunt couldn't bring himself to say when he picked them up from the pavement. He'd seen them fall out of her bag, but how to return them to her?
A Swarm Cycle Story
Set in Thinking Horndog's Swarm Cycle universe. At his extraction, a young volunteer requests that his unborn, dependent child be picked up with him, and the mother wants to go. Minor detail: he has three unborn dependents at the extraction site, and this volunteer is authorized only two concubines. The AI refuses to make a decision, and it falls to Sub-Decurion Barry Manilow Smith (Remember Signifer BMS from 'Don't Blame Me!') to straighten out the mess - or does it?
Brian and Tom are best friends and fishing buddies. Tom tells Brian about his sexual problems with his wife. One thing leads to another. Pay attention to the codes.
Tom, a single dad, gives into his daughters wishes for a stand up mirror. When he gets it home he discovers it has other uses.Can mirror images come to life?
A story in the Kaire Universe
A Kaire combat veteran returns home. While searching for work he and others are taken. When he awakens it is as a prisoner to Kaire hunters. Only they made a mistake, this Kaire had been in a stalker company and was extremely good at hunting too.