The room spun around him as he lurched to the bottom of the staircase. He swore it had been straight the last time he had been here, now it spiraled upwards, a seemingly insurmountable obstacle. With one hand he gripped the banister, the other held his side, failing to stem the flow of oozing blood. … Continue reading THE ASCENT OF A MAN
'Don't cross the border,' his father had pleaded. Cortez sat on what remained of the balcony. 'Look at me now, Padre.' His balcony. It would take hard labour to fix the place up, but he had been doing hard labour his whole life. This time though, the work would be for his benefit, not the … Continue reading SPOILS OF WAR
'Is it true it was aliens from Venus that designed this place?' asked Sam, looking at the photograph of the strange building. 'So the guy who built it said,' answered Earl. 'He also said it could time travel, so I wouldn't trust him too much. Called them Integration structures.' 'Well, it will do for us … Continue reading INTEGRATION
