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Kiss Me Twice draft – 3

revised draft 12/16/2012 Delarosa scowled at the door after Huang left. Damn it. The man had the potential to be a good detective if he weren’t so goddamn lazy. Half the department was crippled by their reliance on that infernal machine. If it hadn’t been bluntly obvious from the way they all mumbled under their

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Kiss Me Twice draft – 2

Please note that this is a draft. If you stumble upon this post randomly, please take a moment to read the ground rules and background before commenting. — Headquarters looked like someone had kicked over an anthill and stolen the queen.  Officers milled outside, desperate to get in, but kept back by crime scene investigation procedures.  Inside

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Kiss Me Twice draft – 1

Thanks for wanting to read along! Just a reminder that you are reading raw drafts. Please don’t offer sentence level critiques at this point. What I’m interested in is how the story is striking you. I’ll go back and fix the word-smithery once I’m sure that the structure is working. Specifically, I want to know what things bore

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Scenting the Dark

“Scenting the Dark” originally appeared in Apex Digest. Scenting the Dark By Mary Robinette Kowal   Lifting the stopper from the vial to his nose, Penn inhaled slowly.  Against the neutral backdrop of his ship’s cleanroom, he picked out aromas of quince, elderberry, and  bright Martian soil that hinted of blood, with undercurrents of cinnamon

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