by Drak Bibliophile | May 30, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 29 I fretted that I didn’t have the time to help find Johnny’s mystery boy. I needn’t have worried. As I was to come to realize, I had a righteous right hand now. Get Out Alive Mercedes Lackey and Cody Martin John and...
by Drak Bibliophile | May 28, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 28 They wrapped up the day as the sun was setting, battered and bruised. Still, it was a pleasant trip back to Atlanta for the pair of them. There was dinner waiting for them when they returned to CCCP HQ; while John would have preferred...
by Drak Bibliophile | May 25, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 27 They were almost to Nevils–a relatively small town–when John’s stomach complained loudly and vociferously that breakfast had been Too Damn Long Ago. “Darlin’, I’m thinkin’ that an early lunch is in...
by Drak Bibliophile | May 23, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 26 After a glance at Untermensch, Natalya narrowed her eyes, turning her head to look at John. “Is…unexpected, Murdock, for you to be advising caution. Given your treatment of Urals, and willingness to persecute targets in the...
by Drak Bibliophile | May 21, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 25 # The next few days turned out to be…interesting. After returning to Atlanta, John and Sera had immediately been recalled to CCCP HQ. Several of the comrades were gathered on the rooftop to welcome them and escort them to the...
by Drak Bibliophile | May 18, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 24 Holographic lines sprung into vision, emitting from the energy cannons of the Death Spheres. John did a flip in mid air, diving and coming back up in a flash of fire too fast for the human eye to track as dozens of actinic energy beams...
by Drak Bibliophile | May 16, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 23 “I’m not talkin’ ’bout how y’all showed up at places. I’m talkin’ ’bout how y’all got around once you were on site.” “We protected ourselves with a sheath of power, and...
by Drak Bibliophile | May 14, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 22 If it hadn’t been for Johnny and Sera…I don’t think any of us would be here right now. Going Out Strange Cody Martin and Mercedes Lackey The entire world had gone to hell, or close enough to it to not make much of a...
by Drak Bibliophile | May 11, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 21 None taken. You are saying this is a complex problem? “Well yes, depression can come from many causes, and it takes–” Never mind. I shall see what is in your thoughts. Arthur then had the curious experience of having...
by Drak Bibliophile | May 9, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 20 So, there are things in this chronicle that it’s obvious I would have had no way of knowing about. That’ll be Eight. I’m not sure how much he’s going to put in, or where it will be, but there is one entity on...
by Drak Bibliophile | May 7, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 19 Most days it seemed as if things were one step forward, two steps back, but now that I had the EggCrates working, I was going to get a day that would be the opposite. That is, if I could get the Eggheads into their waiting crates…....
by Drak Bibliophile | May 4, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 18 And moments later, Harmony began to change. Bulwark had not realized how pallid she had been, how shrunken her cheeks, until color suffused her face and it took on the look of vibrant good health again. They stood there, like that, for...
by Drak Bibliophile | May 2, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 17 So, I had the clues, I had the theory. Now it was time to put my supposition to the test. Focus Dennis Lee and Mercedes Lackey “Run the recording,” ordered Bulwark. “From the beginning,” The tech nodded, but...
by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 30, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 16 It wasn’t enough for the universe to throw me one curve ball out of left field. It had to throw me two. Interlude: Who Can It Be Now? Mercedes Lackey For some reason, gods only know why, I kept my Twitter account active and open on...
by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 27, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 15 So you are saying that we must place our faith in Descartes, and all else follows? “A bit. The mind, from my understanding, arises from the hardware; our brains. Our brains are part of our bodies, in the end. So…it’s not...
