Christopher

“It should have looked absurd, but somehow it lent his self-important pomp a perilous grandeur.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Made Things

“The Indians returned the fire very lively for some time, but our men pressed them so hard that they soon silenced the firing of the Indians. Those of them that were not killed retreated into a cane swamp and got away. Casualties on our side were small, considering the smartness of fire of the Indians.”
― Peter Gottfredson, History of Indian Depredations in Utah

“In the next breath, the door sagged in its frame, not from the lock side but off its hinges, so that Kernel lunged forwards to catch it before it fell on the three of them. “Subtle,” he complained, and Shabby was privately agreeing, but for his eyes she just shrugged and gestured as if to say, Well, we’re in, aren’t we?”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Made Things

“they feuded constantly to see who could be king of the most nothing.”
― Adrian Tchaikovsky, Made Things