![]() ![]() Those sharp talons cut through leather-synth and flesh without effort, but Judd didn’t give the boy a chance to cause him any real injury. ![]() The other male proved that a second later by using the changeling ability to semi-shift–slicing up hands turned to claws. So long as Tai hadn’t conceded defeat, he remained dangerous. ![]() To a casual observer it would have seemed that Judd had gained the advantage, but he didn’t make the mistake of lowering his guard. Tai’s lips shaped into a curse, but all that materialized was an incomprehensible wheezing sound. It was a state of being that had nothing to do with feeling, because unlike the changeling across from him, Judd Lauren did not feel. “Would you like to die?” His tone was calm, his breathing modulated. “Killing you would mean nothing to me,” he said, tightening his hold until Tai had to be having trouble breathing. ![]() Judd gripped the other male by the throat. Instead it was Tai who ended up with his back slammed against the stone, his mouth falling open as air punched out of his lungs in an uncontrollable blast. Tai tried to evade the blow at the last second but it was too late–the young wolf’s jaw slammed together with a thick sound that spoke of damage on the inside.īaring teeth stained red from a cut on his top lip, he rushed at Judd, clearly aiming to use his heavier build as a battering ram to smash his adversary into the hard stone wall. Focused on eliminating his opponent from the field, he barely noticed the impact, his own fist already swinging out. ![]()
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This is an amazing collection of some of the best short fiction ever written in the SF genre, by an author acclaimed as 'the mastersinger of space opera' The Times This collection includes ZIMA BLUE, one of the standout episodes in Netflix's LOVE, DEATH AND ROBOTS With an introduction by noted SF critic Johnathan Strahan, this collection of twenty short stories, novellettes and novellas includes ZIMA BLUE, one of the standout shorts in Netflix's LOVE, DEATH AND ROBOTS, as well as MINLA'S FLOWERS, SIGNAL TO NOISE, TROIKA, and seven previous uncollected stories, including TRAUMA POD, THE WATER THIEF and IN BABELSBERG. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Though an established classic, The Snowy Day has received renewed attention from the We Need Diverse Books movement, and Pinkney’s poem sheds fascinating light on Keats’s long-lived achievement. 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