captive

After the battle, and the subsequent slaughter in the village, we took three women captives away with us. We didn’t plan to keep them with us very long, as they would slow us down and we needed to be mobile. They would provide us with much amusement at our encampments over the next several...

Abstract Ashley has messed up. She listened to the wrong friends, got busted for a felony and is now facing a long time in prison. But out of nowhere, suddenly there is hope for an early release. That is, if she plays the guinea pig in a government-funded experiment: A simulated medieval...

Ahead, there was a large outcrop of rocks, a clump of trees clustered on one side, around it tall, lush grass. Through the shimmer of heat-haze, cat-tails swayed among a dense stand of reed, promising wet mud, perhaps even flowing water. The wind against his nostrils carried a familiar note –...