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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