Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Snow Can Kill


Snow could kill. It was worse than all the bullets, blades, and rockets put together. It covered your view ports. It cut visibility to almost nothing. It made you slow. It made your ride slip. It made your body, already sore from hours in a cramped cockpit, ache like you’d been doing gymnastics all night. It hid your enemies until they were right on you. It made you easy to track. It caused your engine to freeze up. It meant you couldn’t touch your hatch with your bare hands – if your hatch wasn’t already frozen shut that was.

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Saturday, December 7, 2013

Sniper

It's a sniper! It's a birdwatcher. It's a sniping birdwatcher. His favorite bird is a snipe.

"Sniper, no sniping."

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I'm out of sniper stuff.