Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. It always echoed deep in the back of his mind. The moment when death moved so slowly and he had all the time in the world. He had waited and fought for as long as he could. If only she had been there sooner. If only she…
4. Of Broken Things, Cripple Things and Spells That Don’t Work
EJ was glaring at them from behind the counter. Squid held his arm and let her other hand hover above the inside elbow. He was a fragile human – barely surviving after he took a tumble off a building’s roof. Screws, plates, pins and rods were the only thing keep him together. [Unlike Humpty Dumpty.…
3. The Dog, The Witch and the Speeding Ticket: Or why Squid is not allowed to drive. Especially in a fancy fast car.
Squid rubbed the back of her neck, her face blank. She looked up at Cerberus who seemed to have a three way conversation with himself. No doubt debating whether or not to bite Maorrighan. Each head, she remembered, had a distinctive personality, but it was the one in the middle who was more or less…