Tor.com has a new Wild Cards story out today, written by me.
It’s called “Berlin Is Never Berlin”, and it features Khan, my joker-ace character who is half Bengal tiger and 100% bad-ass. (Khan was my point of view character in “Stripes”, my contribution to our Wild Cards novel LOW CHICAGO.)
In this story, Khan takes a bodyguard assignment for a bunch of spoiled rich kids who want to go clubbing and socializing in Europe. Spoiler: it doesn’t turn out to be the milk run he expected.
The title comes from a saying about Berlin: “Paris is always Paris, but Berlin is never Berlin.” It refers to the ever-changing face of the city, which seems to be in constant flux.
I had a lot of fun writing that story, and I hope you’ll enjoy reading it. As with all stories on Tor.com, it’s free to read.
Im fluxus.
Really enjoyed the story. Good stuff!
Pretty stilted and formulaic stuff, brother.
Don’t slip off into that comfort zone…there lies mediocrity, anonymity, and death to a writer. Maybe because it’s a team project and not your main gig. Good thing.
Anyway.