TFOTN: Chapter 5: The Flame of the North
Dan WildA fantasy novel by Lianne Shing and Dan Wild Previous Chapter.. We had advanced not three feet further when Mrs Sanders stopped. The passage was only wide enough to walk one abreast and, in Grimsley’s case to squeeze himself into a little parcel and expand as and when necessary. Consequently, we concertina-ed into one another …
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TFOTN: Chapter 4 – Noxious cloud spell
Dan WildA fantasy novel by Lianne Shing and Dan Wild Previous Chapter.. “Yippee ki ay!” Mrs Sanders squawked, one hand on her chest as though she were an American, about to pledge allegiance to the Stars and Stripes. “I have a heart problem, lad, and if you do that ever again- “ I mouthed the last …
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TFOTN: Chapter 3 – Meus piscis vigoratus
Dan WildA fantasy novel by Lianne Shing and Dan Wild Previous Chapter.. “Hmm,” Stillwater said. “Oh my,” said Mrs Sanders, dropping the books and rubbing her eyes. “How am I going to fit down there?” Grimsley wondered out loud. My mouth was open. I shut it before anyone could see. Instead, almost without thinking, I shoved …
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TFOTN: Chapter 2 – The Secret
Dan WildA fantasy novel by Lianne Shing and Dan Wild Previous Chapter.. I began to write, slowly and deliberately. I couldn’t help smiling when I held the finished note to their expectant faces. It said: “Sod off. All of you!!” Unlikely many women I was never one to use more than one exclamation mark, but the …
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TFOTN: Chapter 1 – Pie breath and fingernails
Dan WildA fantasy novel by Lianne Shing and Dan Wild A nail filing flew from my index finger and bounced against the war history section. I had been running this darn bookshop for two years, and what once seemed like a dream job was now pissing me off. That was why I was clipping my nails …
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Space Juice: Chapter 40 – Great Elevator
Dan WildPrevious Chapter.. “Damn! By the red sludge of the Zorgons, where am I?” Chuck Marley thought he must have slept 20 hours. Or overdosed on Gelsem X, the equivalent of falling into a coma. His previous record asleep was 18 hours. The reflection in a metal cabinet shocked him. “My hair, my priceless haircut! I’ll …
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Space Juice: Chapter 39 – Friend of Man from the Stars
Dan WildPreceding Chapter.. They braced themselves, trying to remember the instructions given to SpaceBus passengers in an emergency. The warning system told them to do it anyway, though it was probably useless: “Brace position! Photon Annihilation event imminent.” Gaston Dimble huddled in a corner, hands clasped behind head, head upon knees. If he held himself any …
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Space Juice: Chapter 38 – Visualising your ideal state
Dan WildPrevious Chapter.. His loneliness lasted a second, snapped by the vibrating flablet. It was Thuris Thranganis, without his glasses. He stared at Chuck Marley from his terminal, his eyes larger without his lenses. “Mr Marley, you’re alive! I thought by now–” Static. Something was distorting the connection. “I’ve bought us some time. Not much time.” …
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Space Juice: Chapter 37 – Sleep mode
Dan WildPrevious Chapter.. Four minutes left. There were more controls here than in a Jovian Sports Coupe, where half of them were for display only. None of the buttons had labels. …Except for one. In the bottom left corner a small unassuming knob had the words ‘On’ and ‘Off’, displayed above and below it. Without thinking …
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Space Juice: Chapter 36 – Death dance
Dan WildPrevious Chapter.. “Watch and know.” The source of this voice was not Rothball Hazard, Acting Chief Scientist, Head of Roboto-Genetic-Engineering, madman and pantomime villain… It came from within, and Marley immediately guessed its meaning. His intuition activated at just the right moment, knowing what he should watch, what he should know. Actually, it was what …