Jenkin twirled the bottle in her flesh hand, the magnetised slide that ran out from the wrist of the other simultaneously spinning the cocktail shaker. As she slid the bottle across the barback to its home position, she upended the shaker into the iced glass, pouring with a flourish before sliding it down the bar, …
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Prompt Short Story: Touched – The Test
Tanice automatically checked the spare magazines as she slotted them into the holders at the sides of her belt. The rounds, etched with magic, glowed faintly red. Next, the guns. She tested the bolt slide, the firing action, the grip. She knew these guns as well as – perhaps even better than – the back …
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Prompt Short Story: Precognition
The scent of spice and flowers hit her as she wrenched open the door, “Will you quit bangin! Whaddya want?” The elf bowed low, his tight tunic, and tighter trousers, almost creaking with the strain, “Madame Reval, such an honour to greet you. As my apology for disturbing you, please accept these tokens,” he thrust …
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Prompt Short Story: Touched – Chances
The mage sighed and ran her fingers back through her hair, “Helluvan ask you got here. Y’know most mages’d laugh you right out their rooms – those as wouldn’t just call the police on you fer askin.” The clent nodded, “I know how big – and how dangerous, and illegal – this is. I heard …
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Prompt Short Story: Touched – Cold
The assassin hooked their fingers around the windowsill, testing the strength of the treated synwood, their other fingers and bare toes pressed firmly into the smooth wall, attached by no more than a thin instaweld mesh. Carefully they moved their weight up, calculations flying at light-speed through the tech in their head, transferring to their …
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