Daddy's little girl... |
The Courtesan
I couldn't help it. All my years of training fell away like so many ridiculous habits. I cried loudly and openly.
My father, always the honorable one, stood and watched m... Posted by Rabb on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:46:00 PST |
Apartment for lease. 1 bed, 1 bath, all utilities paid... |
The Apartment
"It's nice," she says, but her tone is anything but nice.
I look around the apartment that I've spent three weeks riding busses and commuter trains trying to find. Our little sli... Posted by Rabb on Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:18:00 PST |
Crewman and Caretaker, the Far Side of the World |
Caring for the Stock
T'was the spring of 1664 when I took the King's shilling and boarded the armed sloop Rachel in Edinburgh harbor. Her master, Sir Geoffrey Stottsworth, had been given a marq... Posted by Rabb on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:24:00 PST |
Mars, a lonely world? NOOOOT! (Part 1) |
Final Exam
The carbon dioxide laden air kicked up suddenly in a vicious wind, pulling clouds of reddish dust up into tornadic swirls. The dust storm scoured the morning's frost off of the roc... Posted by Rabb on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 10:34:00 PST |
Mars, a lonely world? NOOOOT! (Part 2) |
Slowly, Jude began to sway the upper half of her body in time with the music. Then she started humming also. Her bulk must have contained amazingly large lung and vocal cord analogs, because the vibr... Posted by Rabb on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 10:50:00 PST |
Rats rule, and cats drool! |
Rat Race
"Hey! Hey!"
"What?"
"You new? You the new rat?"
The curious rat was perched halfway up the pile. The newcomer tried to make it out more clearly. "Who says I'm new?"
"Word gets around. Word d... Posted by Rabb on Sat, 08 Jul 2006 02:59:00 PST |
Who knows what evil lurks in the guts of women? |
The Devil Inside
Even though Carl had been his best friend in college, it still felt strange to tell someone about it. It had been a long time since those heady days of his youth when he and... Posted by Rabb on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 02:38:00 PST |
Artists work in many different mediums... |
And the Wood Was Made Flesh
Howard Huxley inclined the moistened spout of the bottle incrementally toward his guest. John Abrams, seated in one of two mismatched chairs that furnished the sma... Posted by Rabb on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:15:00 PST |
London plagued by psychopaths? We'll tell you at 11... |
Dunstan Takes a Walk
Why wouldn't she stop?
"I said," she said, a pinched up expression folding her face nearly in two, "where were you?"
Dunstan marveled at the fact that he had ever ... Posted by Rabb on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:46:00 PST |
There's a BLOG in my blog... |
RETRO RABB!!!
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I'm NOT doing any more stupid second names!
In keeping with my rather shocking (I hope) style, I'm going to surprise you. This edition of my blog, the Rabb Report, is actuall... Posted by Rabb on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 12:51:00 PST |