Book Preview I became awake. Reflexively, with the return of consciousness, I looked to my weapons. I felt them there in the darkness, strapped to my body and attached to the panel close over my head. I felt them, and relaxed slightly, moving on to other levels of consciousness. I have my weapons, I am … Read more
Book Preview ABC Amber LIT Converter http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html Robert Asprin – Tambu As the airlock door hissed shut behind him, the reporter took advantage of the moment of privacy to rub his palms on his trouser legs; he wished that he had a bit more faith in his Newsman’s Immunity. He had never really expected to … Read more
Book Preview My employment with Willard Phule, better known by his nom de guerre of “Captain Jester,” has sometimes made me wonder if I have fallen under a legendary curse from Old Earth: “May you live in interesting times.” Two addi-tional phrases are less well-known: “May you come to the attention of important people, andmay … Read more
Book Preview General Blitzkrieg was just lining up a tricky four-meter putt when a buzzer sounded on his desk. He flinched, at the noise, and the ball jerked to the right missing the target by a good half meter. “Damn it all to hell, what is it now?” he snarled, stomping over to the desk … Read more
Book Preview “All right, all right,” said Reverend Jordan Ayres, rubbing his hands together. He stepped out from behind the podium in the rented ballroom and made a beckoning gesture. “Who’s ready to make himself over in the image of the King? Step right up!” Rev had been particularly successful in winning converts to the … Read more
Book Preview Even the most fortunate circumstances contain the seeds of their own destruction. So it was with the tenure of Phule’s Company on Lorelei. At first glance, a posh gambling resort like Lorelei would appear a plum assignment for a Space Legion company that until recently had been the laughingstock of the Legion. Omega … Read more
Book Preview The view from General Blitzkrieg’s window was uninspired to say the most, surveying a cramped parking lot and a blank wall badly in need of repainting or tearing down. In some ways, however, it typified the status of the Space Legion, or lack thereof. Perpetually strapped for funding, even the space for its … Read more
Book Preview It has been said that every great man deserves a biographer. I have therefore taken it upon myself to keep a private record of my employer’s activities during his career in the Space Legion. If there are those who would, perhaps, contest his qualifications as a great man, I would answer that he … Read more
Book Preview “PSST! HEY, FRIEND! Yeah, you with the green scales! Buy me!” I was browsing one of the myriad jumble sales that beck-oned to me, not in the Bazaar, where the voice was probably that of the innocent-looking Deveel vendor behind the table, but on market day in the town square, in a dimension … Read more
Book Preview “It’s nice to be wanted.” J.JAMES A high female voice ventured timidly, “Are you…Aahz?” I looked up from a half-empty mug, and nearly spat out my mouthful of beer. Gazing down at me in the close confines of the Haggard Sheep Inn in the Bazaar on Deva were three Pervish females wearing trim, … Read more
Book Preview ROBERT ASPRIN and JODY LYNN NYE A lightning bolt snaked through a crack in the door, barely missing my head. Little lower, and I would have been fried. Even the tough, green-scaled hide that every Pervect is born with wasn’t enough to make me immune to fire. This was starting to get serious! … Read more
Book Preview “Not much of an inn, if you ask me.” I stared at the candle in the brass holder in the middle of the cluttered table. Light the candle, I thought, concentrating hard. Light it! Anyone who might have looked in the window would have seen a young, blond man from Klah, if they … Read more
Book Preview M.Y.T.H. INC. INSTRUCTIONS First down the long white aisle came the flower girls, ten of them, dressed in green organza tossing handfuls of petals into the air. I got a faceful of their perfume and sneezed. That expression caused me to bare my teeth involuntarily, causing an equally involuntary back step by the … Read more
Book Preview ABC Amber LIT Converter http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html If yon purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.” This is a work of … Read more
Book Preview If this book is your first exposure to the Myth-Adventures of Aahz and Skeeve, there is no reason for you to read this note. Proceed directly to the main body of the work and enjoy. If, however, you have been following this series for some time, some explanations are in order. Specifically, as … Read more
Book Preview “Is it just me, or does it seem to you / get more than my share of troubles?” “… AND so, TO recap, the situation is this …” I ticked the points off on my fingers, giving my audience a visual image to reinforce my words. “First, Queen Hemlock wants me to be … Read more
Book Preview / am not a fast writer, I am not a slow writer, I am a half fast writer! THE FAN MAIL I’ve received has been pretty much split on the subject of my last Introduction; some found it interesting and insightful, while others thought it was boring and a waste. If you are … Read more
Book Preview “Nobody’s seen it all!” THOSE OF YOU who have been following my mishaps know me as Skeeve (sometimes Skeeve the Great) and that I grew up in the dimension Klah, which is not the center of culture or progress for our age no matter how generously you look at it. Of course, you … Read more