Summary:

The man in orange overalls, shuffling round the sanatarium in a daze. Ever wondered about him?

Excerpt:

It was impossible to say how long he’d been moving—time had no meaning in this underground prison. He’d been here for longer than the remains of his brain would allow him to consider. It wouldn’t let him have much beyond a few scant memories. But the images that came and went in his mind, he couldn’t be sure were memories at all. They were just moving pictures that he couldn’t identify, places he didn’t recognise, maybe they were even scenes from films, rather than his former life.

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Summary:

Pre-AOD. Kurtis is struggling to make sense of his feelings after the sudden death of his father. A familiar song brings back painful memories.

Excerpt:

After the wake I had walked without aim until I ended up here, slumped on a stool with both elbows on the bar, staring at the hot tip of my cigarette as it edged towards my fingers. The look on my face must have warned the bartender against trying to coax conversation from me. My second Jack Daniel’s arrived silently in a squat round glass, replacing the crumpled bill I had laid on the bar. Until that song began I had hardly noticed music playing, just barely registering the sounds around me through a fog of disbelief.

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Summary:

Face-to-face encounter in the depths of the jungle with the creatures Lara would only see in books as a child.

Excerpt:

Blood rushing through her ears with such vigour that it drowned out all other sounds, a frightening memory surfaced in the back of her brain. She had seen something like these creatures before, in a book about dinosaurs. As a child she’d been obsessed with history and archaeology, a passion that had grown with her into her adulthood, and spent hour upon hour reading with fascination about ancient lands and civilisations, much to her parent’s annoyance. Steadfastly ignoring their attempts to encourage an interest in more genteel pursuits, she had for a short while become absorbed in all manner of prehistoric studies. And it was in one of many of these books, that she’d first lain eyes upon what now appeared to be chasing her through this jungle.

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Summary:

Are cars really better than bikes? Kurtis sets out to prove that they’re not, but Lara has a powerful trick up her sleeve. She’s determined to outrace him, no matter what. And that’s not all she wants…

Excerpt:

The race was over almost as quickly as it had started. For several minutes he struggled to keep ahead, with it immediately becoming apparent that there was no way he could outrun the Veyron. Changing tack he attempted to shake off the awesome control of the phenomenal machine that ran his back wheel to within inches, threatening to bite through the black rubber, like a wild animal tearing through the flesh of it’s kill. He knew she meant business this time, and there was nothing he could do to stop her. A steely determination in her eyes, not even his obvious growing stress could persuade her to back this monster supercar down — relentless to the last, she pressed the accelerator down a little harder and finally forced him off the road.

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Summary:

Ever wondered what the Proto-nephilim’s supposed to have for dinner? A mealtime in the life of Kristina Boaz’s favourite doggie.

Excerpt:

The Proto looked up as a mottled human head landed a few inches away from it’s nose and bounced several times before coming to rest against the side of the tank, it’s glassy sunken eyes staring in bloodshot terror at the abomination that merely gazed at it for a moment, before growling in disgust at such a pitiful offering. Kristina was suitably disappointed with this lack of enthusiasm — she’d freshly severed this head herself, and left the brain inside as a special treat, knowing how much her pet loved soft centres. It was most unlike it to be so disinterested in raw flesh, and she became immediately concerned about this lethargic response. Perhaps she could tempt it with something tastier. Turning away from the opening she addressed the two guards who stood silently behind her.

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Summary:

The Boaz fight seen through Kurtis’ eyes and thoughts.

Excerpt:

“Gunderson, release Boaz!”

In that moment, Kurtis Trent knew that nothing good would come from those words that echoed throughout the arena. He knew Eckhardt had tricked them, made Lara chose between him and the painting with the promise to let them go.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Lara, stepping toward him, bending down to help him up. I do ‘not’ need your help, he thought as he lifted a hand and stopped her from coming to his aide.

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Summary:

When you’ve gone to hell and back to save the world and received nothing in return, do you continue to martyr yourself in the face of a selfish reward, or do you take it? Where does your conscience draw the line?

Excerpt:

What bothered her was that he’d got on and achieved things, things that were supposed to be important, and she’d just stayed still and done the same thing forever and now she was just left behind. Left behind without anyone to stay behind with her. Left behind because she’d done the right thing.

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Summary:

Lara considers her metamorphosis from game heroine to household name as she hosts a birthday party and invites everyone who’s ever helped to carve a facet of her life, from beta tester to marketer. An entry in the ‘Lara’s Birthday Celebrations’ fanfic contest run by Eidos in 2007.

Excerpt:

“The murmur of delighted chatter, chinking glasses and punctuating laughter, all overseen by the string quartet playing a medley of her theme tunes, filled the ballroom. It wrapped around Lara like a comforting cocoon as she stood, watching her party guests mingle.”

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