A man buckles on his sword and strides to a deadly meeting at dawn. A girl learns to be a woman in a game of soft words and sharp blades in a desolate landscape. A boy's charcoal drawing of a woman wants what he doesn't yet know he wants himself. A porter carries his master up an icy Himalayan pass to confront not only his notion of duty, but of destiny. Their tales are among twelve stories by DJ Cockburn that span settings from nineteenth century West Africa to a post-apocalyptic Scotland, and follow their characters through trials of deceit, forsaken honour, mystery and occasionally...
A man buckles on his sword and strides to a deadly meeting at dawn. A girl learns to be a woman in a game of soft words and sharp blades in a desolate...
If there was a pill that made you successful, would you take it? What if it also made you a psychopath? Edward Crofte was a dedicated scientist who wanted to cure depression. After years of work and sacrifice, the Caresaway drug he developed seemed to work wonders... but at what cost? Years later, Edward's wonder drug has helped people with depression. But has it also helped destroy the world economy? And what has it done to him?
If there was a pill that made you successful, would you take it? What if it also made you a psychopath? Edward Crofte was a dedicated scientist who wa...
