All the Shades of the Sun: Set in a fairly generic fantasy world, it tells yet another in the occasional apocalypses that threaten to overrun the place. Undead are nothing new. Incorporeal undead are a bit unusual, but not without precedent. Undead that attack only during the day, leaving the night time as the time when it is safe to stir outside one's home? That's just bizarre.
Velvet, Diamond, Sky: a short crossover fic with little point other than to introduce three characters from three different sci-fi universes (alt-versed into musicians with stage names that refer to their nature in their original verses), watch them bounce off one another in conversation for a bit, and play a set together.
The Wind, Like Glass: Another science fiction story - this one a bit of a throwback to the sort of "man vs potentially lethal environment with heavy dose of philosophy" that you used to see more of decades ago, set in a land station on a world where the wind is so fast that microparticulates will scour away almost (with an exception for the handwavium that the visiting ships and the station itself are made of). The wind/glass simile threads throughout the short story, from the bit at the beginning, where it's useful when used properly, but can easily cut you if you are too careless, to the bit at the end, where the solution to the problem centers around the fact that while it's a barrier to physical things, it can be seen through fairly readily, and light can be projected out as well (in the form of a jobbed-together laser)
Orange Peel & Melon Rind: A bizarre and poorly explained story about the eponymous pair of magically empowered paranormal investigators. The individual stories and arcs make sense some of the time, but everyone is named after fruit parts (except for a few of the creepier badguys, who are named after animal parts), the overall plot is largely inexplicable, and the whole thing has a seriously Gainax ending. It seems like it might be trying to push an activist vegan agenda, but it's hard to be sure.
And, for mine...
Blood, and Fire, and Lemonade
Velvet, Diamond, Sky: a short crossover fic with little point other than to introduce three characters from three different sci-fi universes (alt-versed into musicians with stage names that refer to their nature in their original verses), watch them bounce off one another in conversation for a bit, and play a set together.
The Wind, Like Glass: Another science fiction story - this one a bit of a throwback to the sort of "man vs potentially lethal environment with heavy dose of philosophy" that you used to see more of decades ago, set in a land station on a world where the wind is so fast that microparticulates will scour away almost (with an exception for the handwavium that the visiting ships and the station itself are made of). The wind/glass simile threads throughout the short story, from the bit at the beginning, where it's useful when used properly, but can easily cut you if you are too careless, to the bit at the end, where the solution to the problem centers around the fact that while it's a barrier to physical things, it can be seen through fairly readily, and light can be projected out as well (in the form of a jobbed-together laser)
Orange Peel & Melon Rind: A bizarre and poorly explained story about the eponymous pair of magically empowered paranormal investigators. The individual stories and arcs make sense some of the time, but everyone is named after fruit parts (except for a few of the creepier badguys, who are named after animal parts), the overall plot is largely inexplicable, and the whole thing has a seriously Gainax ending. It seems like it might be trying to push an activist vegan agenda, but it's hard to be sure.
And, for mine...
Blood, and Fire, and Lemonade