Stories tagged “construct”

  • The Construct

    Two lights flickered on in the dark of the room. With a slight hum, they turned to the windows. Rain splattered and ran down the glass as the whole house was bathed in the sounds of the weather outside. The lights rose slowly, accompanied by various wh...

  • Aces & Eights

    Bill stepped out of Nuttal & Mann’s saloon and looked both ways down the street. The camp looked abandoned. Camp, who was he kidding? Deadwood had become a town. There was movement to his right, but it was just some townies trying to get a be...

  • The Construct, pt. 2

    The window opened, slowly, as the Construct’s hand pushed outwards. The man’s ears strained until they rang with silence, listening for the slightest traces of movement just outside. The window creaked; the metal hand froze. At the same tim...