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Science fiction stories of time and
space...
The future of humanity must be decided in Next Phase. Winning the Planetary Lottery is not as lucky as it first seems in Schrodinger's Gamble. An apocalypse and its aftermath threaten to tear one couple apart in Daiker's Children. In Life As I Know It a reclusive man finds both his heart and home invaded during an alien harvest. In Taking Time a demon seeking shelter on a distant planet finds himself facing a very different kind of demon, after answering a frontier settlement's plea for help.
Stories range from flash fiction to
novelette in length.
Now check out this short excerpt from Taking Time:
A tall, lithe
woman of a similar age to Ing approached me. Her short-cropped hair was the
colour of darkness, and there was a confidence to the way she swaggered up to me.
She was the person in charge.
She
stopped only a couple of inches from my face, almost breathing down my throat.
I prayed she didn’t notice my lack of breath–the undead had no need for air in
their lungs.
“You
don’t look well, bounty hunter,” she said.
As
I stood taller, so that my already imposing six-foot frame loomed over the
human female, I knew I’d have to talk her around. “I’ve not been on solid land
for a few months. I’ve been running down illegal passage ships and cargo. Illegal
cargo.”
Her
eyes flashed bright with something. I wasn’t sure what it meant, but the word
illegal had excited her.
She
held out a hand for me to shake. “The name’s McCaffrey. Formerly of any planet
left to colonise.”
I
took her hand and shook it, then re-introduced myself. “Victory Dead. Formerly
of Earth.”
McCaffrey
dismissed everyone but the scare-faced Ing, and they took me into a bar like
all the others I’d passed through since travelling the frontier–a cheap and
fast assembly metal-frame construction. It contained only the most basic
furnishings. There were more patrons than I could count, and they went silent
when we entered.
When
I reached the bar, a stone-faced human male behind the counter slid a bottle
towards me. I wasn’t sure what it contained but accepted it anyway–to refuse
would have been rude and invited trouble. “Compliments of Daring,” he said as I
placed my supplies on the floor beside me.
“Thanks,”
I replied before pretending to sniff the contents of the bottle. As a vampire,
I could only smell blood.
The
bartender turned his attention to McCaffrey and scar-face. “Evening, Captain.
Thought I told you to keep Ing away.”
Ing
scowled and stepped forward, his hands balled into fists. McCaffrey placed an
arm across his chest.
“You
know it’s not Captain anymore. I haven’t been a captain since I crash-landed
here three years ago. And Ing won’t be causing you any trouble while I’m here.
You have my word.”
The
owner grunted something and then moved off to serve another customer.
I
wasn’t sure how long a Revelation year lasted, so when McCaffrey spoke of
crash-landing three years ago she could have been talking any number of Earth
years or months.
“Well
it’s about time,” said a voice behind me, interrupting my thoughts.
***
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