Robert Quick

Darnell unclipped his laser torch and used the butt to tap on the door. He didn't hear anything. Pre…

Darnell floated through space, tethered back to the Lorelei's Lament by the braided steel cable ho…

Kelly had been fourteen when she decided her father wasn't coming back. He had disappeared two years…

The wind picked up around me, growing denser as smoke from the burning city below infused it. Partic…

It's a nightmare to see you. If I catch a glimpse of you without warning, my heart gives a panicked …

Descending down the stairs to the basement, I almost gagged on the overwhelming funk that permeated …

When I woke, I found my body folded up around my stomach like a clam. That was where a hardening pea…

I breathed her in.

A storm of quicksilver lightning, and winds so cold they burned hot, rushed into…

Although the night was clear and cloud free, the streets were dark. A summer wind brought a refreshi…

Frank shook his head. His brain was slowing down. He was sure of it. His thoughts came too slowly th…

Leland slumped looking at his hands. He could still hear each of the sour notes that they had drawn …

Rain poured down in thick sheets, dense enough to severely limit visibility. I couldn't see the enem…

“Your hair looks nice.”

It slipped out of his mouth into real space. What had he done? Stupid, stu…

It's late and a thin, wispy fog has settled atop the streets. I don't know when it happened. Last I …

The second dream vanishes from memory the instant I wake up and stays gone for five hours. When it c…