Out in the city the rain fell heavily, with a damp, sodden purpose. Closer to, on her windows, it left the effervescent remnants of a light but insistent spray, and in the fractured glow from neon and halogen it sparkled bright as jewels. It seemed to her that rain should be a sullen thing, not […]

The building hulked in the darkness above, just visible as suggestions of shade against the clouded night sky beyond. The feel of it in the air was heavy – warm and wet – but burned off in the chill breeze within a dozen paces. No lights could be seen anywhere disturbing the silhouette, but the […]