Brian Marx is a resident of the City. He lives it, breathes it..But Brian is unlike most denizens of the concrete jungle in one respect...Like an experienced lover, he knows all her curves, all her moods, all that she has to give him...

Includes: A Christmas Puzzle, Nursey Crime, Child's Play & Sheddim

The Year of the Monkey
In the San Francisco of 2016, where most people have virtual reality rec rooms in their homes, a live performance is a rare event. But the Celestial Culture show with its amazing acrobats and its authentic artifacts can thrill even the most jaded audience..And tonight to celebrate the New Year, a most spectacular show is promised..

Snapping the Dragon's Spine
Sandy looks into the face of a demon. It is no longer the face of her fellow Wu-Shu acrobat, Li Chang..Her best friend..Her fiance. Everything she had known about him, all the detials of his past..All lies!

Storms Brewed in Ancient Pasts
The Kuei Emperor, in an effort to destroy the Monkey King and his staff that is absorbing the Dragon Lines, has launched two missles toward the Great Wall..

Final Writings!
You are cut off from your staff of power! You cannot stop me from creating my New China!

The bloody Stokers hath slain our queen!

If you're reading this I am dead, so I leave a final game! Cut one wire and you disarm the missle, cut the other and..need I say more!..See you in Hell!

The Big Fit

Just before we left what they called a town, a wrinkled man with laughing eyes lurched out of the crowd and said...

Rash Young Man

If the M-Eyes get me, I'm screwed! I could end up in prison..or worse, back at the loony academy...