I guess it’s about time I just accepted defeat. It was such a good idea at first, too! So sometimes we have lightning storms, and I looked up at the lightning and I thought…that’s a LOT of power. Imagine if you could hold up your phone to a lightning storm and just get it zapped. …
‘Blast!’ I muttered to myself, as my car skidded to a stop outside of the local tavern, its angry snorting kicking up straw and dirt. ‘Well, ‘ello!’ came a cry from inside, and a burly man in an ill-fitting tunic stumbled out of the doors, mead horn held aloft. ‘What do we ‘ave here, then?’ …
Reginald continued to stare at Remy as the rat swung the hammer wildly around the room. Remy didn’t seem to care that he had just broken into a stranger’s house and was very quickly destroying it. In fact, Remy seemed to think that he was doing Reginald a favour. Reginald ran out of the bathroom …
It was late when Dirk returned home – far later than the usual agreed-upon time. At least he had the excuse of the gala, so it wouldn’t likely come under scrutiny. He did feel sorry for whoever came next, though. They weren’t likely to be in for a good day tomorrow. Dirk had considered Madeline’s …
I’ve had my car for several years now, but sometimes I find it hard to believe that I actually own it. I drive it almost every day, but I still feel like such an amateur, like I’m somebody who only just got their licence, simply because I don’t know much about the basic parts of …
“Now, I don’t know what you’d need a 10,000 kW solar system for, but if you ever feel like having enough energy to power the entire city, you let my main man Gideon know and he’ll hook you up.” The plump aristocrat thanked Dirk for the tip and waddled off to go bother somebody else. …
After over an hour of running, Lorenzo was ready to set his trap. He was in the heart of New Melbourne by the time he caught up to Iris, who appeared to be on her way to New Adelaide for her spying mission. It had taken half an hour to overtake the car that had …
At the front of the conference room, a buyer’s advocate with a green handkerchief stood before several other men and women in suits. They each had a unique coloured handkerchief displayed proudly from their breast pocket. “We are gathered here today to discuss our growing doubts regarding the promises made when we came to this …
Retirement has been absolutely smashing, I must say. I mean, perhaps that’s not the best word choice, given I built my entire career around the service of smashing glass. Let’s just say it has been a good time, all around. It has been almost a year since I put down the sledgehammer and made for …