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In the Shadow of the Seam (excerpt)

November 6, 2021 / TheMadPuppeteer / 17 Comments

Esther sat outside the Milwaukee Art Museum, perched on a bench along the shore of Lake Michigan. Marigold skies above reflected in unperturbed waters below, and between the two sat Esther, eating her dinner and watching the day die.

The Memory Collector (excerpt)

October 25, 2019November 4, 2021 / TheMadPuppeteer / 14 Comments

You rarely touch your sidearm in firefights, because you possess a far more potent weapon. You can choose to enter the mind of anyone who makes eye contact with you, and once you're inside a mind, you can break it as easily as you can crack your knuckles.

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Last year, I wrote a story. It's about a lot of things, but mostly, it's about how our past shapes us yet doesn't have to define us.
Downright epic opening lines from Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames.

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