It was 10:30 p.m. on December 18, and I was desperate. Sleep had grown more and more elusive as I aged. In my teenage years, I often dropped into dreamland as soon as my head hit the pillow. These days, I...

Aberrant Psi44126108-4127R Hall of Reclamation, Location Undisclosed Year 468 The best—and worst—thing I have ever done is lie to my beloved. The right and wrong of that falsehood swirl into a whirlpool of...

“The colonel and I have searched them both.” I sniffed. “It’s surprising how often people miss essential information when it’s right under their noses—” “Quinlan!” Colonel Englert intercepted us fifty meters...

Naria sighed heavily and gathered her auburn hair into a ponytail. How had she been accepted into the most prestigious artistry battle-mage academy in the realm? “Focus, recruits,” General Peters demanded as...

A man in a suit dropped a bottle cap on my table at the back of the soda shop. I flipped it over. It had a white dot painted inside. He knew my code, which meant he was part of the underground crime system, but