Aggravain brushed her fingers over the large mirror’s ornate silver frame. If the rumors were true, it would reveal her enemies. With it under her control, she’d be unstoppable, and it’d be worth every drop of...

Cristilian drew a third deep breath, willing calmness into the deepest part of his being where perpetual anger burned. Beyond the ornately carved doors, a cacophony of conversation and music marked a feast...

Lenny couldn’t help being the wisest man on Earth. Just as the rest of humanity couldn’t help being deeply and tragically ignorant. He tapped his fingers against his carefully constructed booth as he sat by...

“We want to purchase explosives for our children.” Most people, including most fireworks dealers, would wince at that phrasing. Not Louie Blanchard. For one thing, he knew the Pairish extraterrestrials’...

“Ah, I did say I would match you drink for drink, didn’t I?” Nathaniel Markson sways as he pulls another whiskey off a passing server’s tray. His flushed cheeks are evidence that he’s had far more drinks...