K.C. Alexander > Quotes

“the briefest flash of pale, pale ice over a thin-boned shoulder. Neon caught the red lotus splayed on her elbow and lit it on fire.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock

“Chunk off, Detective Keith.”
― K.C. Alexander, Necrotech

“Twatflapping son of a whore. The”
― K.C. Alexander, Necrotech

“That gave me an obvious next step: move from this room. Find a weapon somewhere. Kill with impunity. As a plan, it lacked detail. I was exhausted, running on empty and nursing the worst hangover I’d ever had. I was in no shape to take on anything, but fuck it. I’d be nothing but a victim if I stayed here, and I didn’t do victim.”
― K.C. Alexander, Necrotech

“How do you classify something only your soul misses?”
― K.C. Alexander, Necrotech

“For a strained moment, I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t hear anything but the shattered pulse of a hammered artery struggling to keep up; fury carved in stinging wasps.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock

“Any children born within the city are squeezed out with the standard nano package. It’s programmed in, parent to kid. First thing they do is carve a Security Identification Number into the fetal brain, upload that data to the system.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock

“Reed had once warned that brains were untrustworthy – that like any computer, they could be hacked.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock

“You’re a flaming bag of dicks, Malik.”
― K.C. Alexander, Necrotech

“was half out the door when the chipset installed at the base of my skull thrummed; a haptic tap, like a finger poking at the top of my spine. A projected call, right to my personal frequency.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock

“Tears of pain are as regular as blood and piss.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock

“Triple hell no, with a dash of eat a dick for flavor. I”
― K.C. Alexander, Necrotech

“Probably even something of a good life, if it’s the life you want, but who would? Anyone with a SIN is ripe for overwatch. The whole concept of freedom got trumped by the demand for security decades ago. It started with communication taps and bled into everyday existence from there. Maybe you aren’t being watched all the time, but it always bothered me that no one seemed to mind it meant anyone could clock into your freqs simply by pulling up your SIN. Granted, most couldn’t read the SIN without illegal tech, but that stuff is only illegal for the people who can’t afford it. I guess if you like power with strings and a leash, being a sinner isn’t so bad.”
― K.C. Alexander, Necrotech

“Anger didn't do it justice. It was rage and hurt and grief and something hot enough, brutal enough to melt a man's conscience. Whatever damage I was fighting, he knew his own demons and saw them when he looked at me.
I'd never felt so close to him as I did in that moment.
And I never wanted to beat his head against the table so much.”
― K.C. Alexander, Necrotech

“How knowledgeable are you on the subject of conversion sciences?” That was a fancy way of asking how much I knew about the process. Fucking educated people.”
― K.C. Alexander, Necrotech

“Fuck, shit, fucking spunkchucking fuck.”
― K.C. Alexander, Necrotech

“Go fuck a rusted pipe.”
― K.C. Alexander, Necrotech

“Shitlord. “And”
― K.C. Alexander, Necrotech

“...as my fist drove through her ribs. Bone cracked. Shifted. The numbers in my optics hit steel-bending digits and Muerte lost her footing. My meat flagged, but the arm Orchard had fixed up and the shoulder girdle she’d strengthened didn’t.”
― K.C. Alexander, Nanoshock