Dear Ms. Robyns,

Sincerest greetings from us all.

It has come to our attention that you've been doing some really extraordinary things in our city. You've impressed several of our governing members. We are currently seeking to fill certain positions in our establishment,...

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Bannon found her, still in the temple's library, later in the afternoon. With little else to do, she remained there in hiding from her keepers, poring over old books. She knew when Bannon arrived without ever taking her eyes from the pages. The in...

There’s always something so ruggedly satisfying about stories of the Wild West. Tombstone, Riders of the Purple Sage, Lonesome Dove, True Grit, just about anything by Louis L’amour (hot damn, that man wrote a lot). The Western genre has enjoyed something of a resurgenc...

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Sadira had seen men with those blood-filled eyes before. She understood what it meant, and though she had no chance to collaborate with Tara or the other pets, she knew they'd recognize it too. After the courtyard attack, while others still wonder...

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Bannon left soon afterward in an awkward, wordless retreat. He wore the hang-dog look of a man creeping from the bed of a prostitute, full of reflexive shame. She tried not to be too miserable.

As he exited, though, he gave the men new orders as p...

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He'd angered her. Him with his talk of whores and sorceresses, his naked disdain, when he knew as well as she did he'd wanted to have her, in the end. Not gently, not as tender lovers, not as equals or as brokers of peace between their warring nat...

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When Sadira woke, she lay alone in Set's opulent bed, wrapped in the embroidered coverlet. This, more than anything, confirmed she hadn't imagined the events of the day before after all... or the night. Set never allowed her into the bed. She slep...

You were supposed to die for me, Sadira.

Fitful dreams troubled her. In them, Set came, a naked body draped with serpents, and the largest of them was the sacred serpent Akolet. The apparition drove her to her knees, and the rattling of snake tails filled her ears.

You w...