OPERATION Citizen Upgrade BACKGROUND All citizens must receive a Personal Upgrade in accordance with law code 20938-38A. Citizens receiving the Upgrade after the date specified in 20938-38B will result in immediate enlisting in the List, and the installation of additional monitors for thoughts, beliefs, emotion, and adrenaline. REPEATED OPERATIONS Citizens have no need for a [...]
Read On No CommentsI opened my eyes abruptly to see shadows running away. A second sooner and I would have seen them, surely, but I was too late! Feigning tranquility, I let my eyelids close to lure the shadows back, but when I opened them again they were nowhere to be found. Lightning flashed, illuminating the room in [...]
Dazed and obscured Last night a blur I opened my eyes And saw the world a slur Thoughts racing the unsteady light Trying to remember last night’s plight. The lights began to steady–no, slow My eyes refused but my mind was ready To figure out what had happened, although The block inside my mind would [...]
There was a ding as the glass front door swung open. Another customer, Hope thought. Standing behind the counter, she added, out loud: “Welcome to Hope’s Bakery!” The man who had entered was young–probably in his mid twenties–and was dressed for the cold outside. A thick, blue scarf wrapped tightly around his neck and hung [...]
“It will be a wondrous night to take flight,” The girl said, eyes gleaming with light Anticipation rising, mind carefully devising Her uprising into the white The sky drowsily admired, but sat quite tired Waiting and waiting for the night The noise had all gone, and the color the same A blank slate of sky, [...]
“Hey, you–Girl! What are you doing out here? Aliana hastily spun around in time to see a large man jumping back from the reach of her sword, nearly losing his balance. “Whoa! Watch yourself, girl!” The man spoke in gruff voice that seemed to bellow up from his heavy torso. “You could have sliced my [...]
Message received at 9:23 AM, Wednesday, February 15 Hey Tom, it’s Rod. I was just wondering where you were. You know you’re supposed to work today, right? Let me know if something is up. Thanks. Message received at 9:54 AM, Wednesday, February 15 Mr. Baker, this is UPS. You have a package ready for pickup [...]
The afternoon light intruded in Lord Chamberlain’s parlour through the clear windows, sparing no nook nor cranny in the room of the warmth the bright, February sun provided. A breeze gently touched the window, whispering a plea to be let in; while it had dropped below freezing outside, a toasty flame flickered and danced inside [...]
“Sir! Excuse me sir, hold on.” Sir? What is this? “You know there’s a crosswalk at the end of the block, right?” Of course. Oh right, I have to nod. “It’s against the law to jaywalk, it makes the streets a lot less safe to be on. Are you listening to me? Sir?” He was [...]