Read Online Fiction: Fresh Reads Daily

Roe was happy to see Troy when she got to the car, even if his cousin was weird. Troy was dressed up to about the same extent she was—a dress shirt and pants but no tie, and a blazer rather than a serious dress coat—so she was glad to have chosen the right clothes. He was holding the car door open and smiling at her, and she felt her uncomfortable smile relax into a real one. He was awfully cute.

“My lady,” he said, bowing slightly to her as she reached the car.

She giggled. “I’m not a lady.”

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Veresinga reported to me in the Lesser Purple Tourmaline Reading Room, where they were working on the glass and gold pipes. (The name would suggest there was a Greater Purple Tourmaline Reading Room, but we’d never found it, just another one of the oddities of the Marble Palace, a building as great, complex and absurd as the mind of a half-senile professor.) “You have your work cut out for you, Chevenga,” he said. “We’re dealing with a man who’s essentially made peace with his own imminent death.”

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“Most of you did quite well on your emotional recognition assignment,” Professor Pendleton said, handing back stacks of photos that each student had been tasked with assessing. Some of the faces were enthusiastic in their expression, while others were little more than deadpan. Each had to be plumbed for their contents though, seeing what existed beneath the surface was a key aspect for anyone in the Subtlety field, especially in regards to reading people.

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The old mini-compilations are gone--unavailable. But now you can read everything currently on the site in one big download--about 70,000 words--for only $3.95! yay!

Regular updates will resume once I get my feet back under me from three four book launches in three months... *thud*

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