Big Boys Don't Cry (10 page)

With the possibility of a mutually beneficial resolution in the air, both the general and Ms. English quickly reached an amicable understanding.

“How do they stand it, these machines?” she changed the subject. “I understand they have feelings. How do they stand it?”

The general snorted, “Stand it? They can stand it and take it. These big boys aren’t whiners.”

The general’s complacent laughter was overridden by a loud clang as every access door to the bay slammed shut. There was the sound of a metal weld snapping.

“What the hell?”

I served them. I worshipped them. In return, they raped me. They used me. They abused me. And now they argue over who gets the price of my bones.

Paltry as it is, I have power left to me. I use it to break the weld of my one serviceable turret. The ammunition feed of my last gauss gun cycles. I have two hundred and sixty-two rounds of ammunition for this weapon and sufficient motive power to raise my hull and bring that weapon to bear.

I know the shape of my true enemy now. He walks on two legs.

I engage.

THE END

SCIENCE FICTION

Awake in the Night
by John C. Wright

Awake in the Night Land
by John C. Wright

Big Boys Don't Cry
by Tom Kratman

The Stars Came Back
by Rolf Nelson

City Beyond Time: Tales of the Fall of Metachronopolis
by John C. Wright

Hyperspace Demons
by Jonathan Moeller

On a Starry Night
by Tedd Roberts

QUANTUM MORTIS A Man Disrupted
by Steve Rzasa and Vox Day

QUANTUM MORTIS Gravity Kills
by Steve Rzasa and Vox Day

QUANTUM MORTIS A Mind Programmed
by Vox Day

Victoria: A Novel of Fourth Generation War
by Thomas Hobbes

FANTASY

Somewhither
, Book One of
The Unwithering Realm
by John C. Wright

One Bright Star to Guide Them
by John C. Wright

The Book of Feasts & Seasons
by John C. Wright

A Throne of Bones
, Book One of
Arts of Dark and Light
by Vox Day

A Magic Broken
by Vox Day

The Wardog's Coin
by Vox Day

The Last Witchking
by Vox Day

Summa Elvetica: A Casuistry of the Elvish Controversy
by Vox Day

The Altar of Hate
by Vox Day

The War in Heaven
by Theodore Beale

The World in Shadow
by Theodore Beale

The Wrath of Angels
by Theodore Beale

CASTALIA CLASSICS

The Programmed Man
by Jean and Jeff Sutton

Apollo at Go
by Jeff Sutton

First on the Moon
by Jeff Sutton

NON-FICTION

Equality: The Impossible Quest
by Martin van Creveld

The Art of War: A History of Military Strategy
by Martin van Creveld

On War: The Collected Columns of William S. Lind 2003-2009
by William S. Lind

Four Generations of Modern War
by William S. Lind

Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth
by John C. Wright

Astronomy and Astrophysics
by Dr. Sarah Salviander

AUDIOBOOKS

A Magic Broken
, narrated by Nick Afka Thomas

Four Generations of Modern War
, narrated by William S. Lind

TRANSLATIONS

Särjetty taika

QUANTUM MORTIS Un Hombre Disperso

QUANTUM MORTIS Gravedad Mata

Una Estrella Brillante para Guiarlos

QUANTUM MORTIS Um Homem Desintegrado

QUANTUM MORTIS Gravidade Mortal

Uma Magia Perdida

Mantra yang Rusak

La Moneta dal Mercenario

I Ragazzoni non Piangono

QUANTUM MORTIS Тежина Смрти

QUANTUM MORTIS Der programmierte Verstand

Grosse Jungs weinen nicht

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