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She saw him, and she stopped a few feet from the stairs.
At the edge of the house’s corner a shadow darted and hid. Then it whispered, “Hey. Hey, you .”
Briar Wilkes closed the door behind the biographer.
On Friday morning, Briar rose just before dawn, like always, and lit a candle so she could see.
Ezekiel Wilkes shivered at the entrance to the old water runoff system. He stared into the hole as i
There were two ways past the seamless wall that contained the downtown blocks of Seattle. Anyone wis
By the time Briar reached the ferry, daylight was as full as it was going to get. The sky was coated
Zeke reluctantly followed Rudy’s orders; he shut his mouth and listened. Down below, somewhere on th
When Andan Cly said “now,” he actually meant, “When the rest of the crew returns”; but Cly assured B
Down through the old hotel next door to the bakery, Zeke followed Rudy and his one dim candle. Once
At the bottom of the stairs Briar stumbled into a mostly empty room with a floor that was sinking be
Rudy shuffled in a loping, lopsided walk that was faster than it looked. Through the crushing, smell
Briar downed first the one mug, then a second one filled with water. She asked about the beer.
Except for the fact that there were no windows, the establishment looked every bit like a thousand o
“Wake up. Wake up, boy. You alive, or are you dead?”
Swakhammer shined his lantern at a pile of broken and buried crates that had been stacked haphazardl
The Clementine swooped away from the tower with all the grace of a chick learning to fly, and Zeke’s
Lucy’s smile faded into a tight line that had a question to ask. “Let me ask you something, if that’
Ears ringing, Zeke kicked against the hatch until it was wide enough for him to squeeze himself out
Briar left to wash up, and when she returned, Lucy was sitting in a chair with her arm laid out on a
As soon as Squiddy was gone, Lucy turned to Briar and said, “Are you ready? ”
Briar held her breath while she stared.
When Zeke awoke in the princely room beneath the train station, the lights had been somewhat dimmed
Zeke awoke the next morning determined to carry out the leftovers of last night’s plan. He stuffed h
Zeke’s eyes flicked back and forth, scanning the room from corner to corner in search of some other
Briar dreamed of earthquakes and machines so huge that they mowed down cities. Somewhere, at the edg
Briar leaned against the door, pressing her ear to the crack and listening for all she was worth. On
Briar recognized the men by their shapes, because she could not see their faces.
At the ’works, a supervisor with a peevish face and very thick gloves told Hale Quarter that no, Mrs
As I believe Boneshaker’s premise makes clear, this is a work of fiction—but I’ve always enjoyed inc
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