Only Those With Nothing to Lose Can Win Anything.
**Four** The cane thudded beside her. She bent and it became a club, the grooved handle fit comfortably in the pads of her hands. What had been the cane's thick half-moon handle became the wickedly tapered head of the club. Two handed, she brought...
Gentlemen, Place Your Bets.
**THREE** With a smile the American flagged the stocky bar tender before asking tentatively for a drink he had never heard of 'Two White Ducks?'. The stocky bar tender informed him that the cost would be four hundred Roubles, 'Jesus,' he said...
Found in Translation
**TWO** With his elbowssupporting his weight on the bar, he asked for a water and stood watching thecrowd. The denizens of Malaya Moskva shuffled to their places on the stands. The stench of sweatfrom coal stained skin crawled over every surface,...
Trouble in Little Moscow
### ### Trouble in Little Moscow ### One Cages stood in the gloom of the small warehouse; each housing a humanoid creature with twisted genetics which belied their animalistic origins. Blood-thirsty cries of a crowd came from outside momentarily...