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A Blade for Monsters Part 2
Modern technology was a wonderful thing. During the daylight hours Beringer planted tiny glasses around the necropolis, rigging them to alert him when they spotted motion. As the necropolis closed, he hid himself away inside an unused mausoleum and waited for nightfall. The taint of the Void was upon this place. Flowers lay scattered on…
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A Blade for Monsters Part 1
Alan Beringer had learned the hard way never to assume he had seen everything. It was perhaps the only reason he managed to hang on to his breakfast. The bodies, or what was left of them, were scattered across the hall. In the middle of the aisle was a heavily-gnawed arm, the flesh only mostly…
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Shanghai Bleeding Part 6
Paid in Full Lee had made his choice. Now he had to live with it. The moment the police released him, Lee took a complicated route home, employing aggressive turns, sudden halts and choke points to flush would-be followers. He hadn’t seen any hatchet men in his wake, but in Shanghai, hatchet men were everywhere.…
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Shanghai Bleeding Part 5
Players of the Game In the evening, after a light dinner, Lee took a long and winding path through the streets of Shanghai, avoiding cop and criminal alike. His route took him through shopping districts and wet markets, ending in an apartment block not too dissimilar to his own. On the third floor, Lee followed…
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Shanghai Bleeding Part 4
Unpaid Debts “Hello, Mr Lee,” Tang said. “Hello, Mr Tang,” Lee said. “I see you’ve made yourself comfortable.” “I make my home everywhere I go.” “Of course. I’d offer you a drink, but I’m fresh out.” “That’s fine. I helped myself to your tea earlier.” Lee closed and locked the door behind him, keeping his…
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Shanghai Bleeding Part 3
Two Birds with One Stone Sorting out the shooting took the rest of the night and most of the following morning. Sustaining themselves with coffee and cigarettes, the detectives, police and private, endured interminable interviews and waded through never-ending seas of paperwork until Wong at last pulled strings and expedited their release from the clutches…