Five days of wireheading alone should have killed her, never mind sudden cold turkey.

I had just seen the two most horrible things. The first was the smile. They say that when the bomb went off at Hiroshima, some people's shadows were baked onto…

Animated the face might have been beautiful - any set of features can support beauty - but even a superb makeup job could not have made her pretty.

I smelled her before I saw her. Even so, the first sight was shocking.