Archive for the ‘firefly’ Category

Faded

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Book remembers his childhood with a fineness, such as he finds in the thin pages of his ever-present Bible.

Black Market

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Zoe counts on both hands the number of times it has happened.

Garden of Simple

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Simon wonders if he’ll ever regret having a conscience.

The Soul to Crown

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Inara closed her eyes. Though decadence was her tool of trade, she rarely afforded it to herself outside of the necessities of her work. Long baths, thick, expensive creams, rare silks and brocades: all these were welcomed, expected of her. But rarely did she let her eyes slip shut and see the things she could not have.

In Between Tonight and Tomorrow

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

This is a story they tell on Mumbai, Book says, and the table goes quiet except for eating noises.

Magic Crazy As This

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

It was hard to find a well-moneyed planet this far out from the Core.

the game of charm and strange

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

There are words for what she is, words that are as old and forgotten as Earth-that-was. They are remembered, though, in the houses of the Companions, in the rituals they learn to perfection and the slight smile those of her kind wear like a second skin.

Pickup Lines

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

They scrambled at each other’s clothes, knowing they really only had a moment’s time before someone would walk in, or shooting would begin, or Mal would get some crazy idea about saving whatever world they were currently on.