Chief engineer Julia ‘Roddy’ Rodrighero could almost forget she was the only human aboard the Clarion. Monitoring a swarm of drones, she was engrossed as they pirouetted through hard vacuum, stripping the last sections of C-Deck. One of those exposed, honeycomb chambers had been hers, six months ago. She had roomier quarters these days, though…
Despite dragging my generously-called-a-prosthetic pogo stick of a leg through this dungeon, I’m practically dancing like it’s the aisle on The Price is Right. I might not be the only one to make it through, but I’m the first. I just need to get past security, on the stage, and claim my prize. “Welcome, Prudence,…
Samson had a way with metal, just like his father before him. For two generations, Samson’s family auto shop had kept cars purring. Like every other small town repair shop, the place hit the nose with a wave of sweat and oil. Tools hung on the wall in all the proper places, collecting coats of…
In my first death I died alone, pierced through the belly with a velociraptor talon. I bled out before I felt much of anything, floating into a black void. It was quiet and and peaceful and still, and then I pecked my way out of an egg, slimy and cold. By my third death, stomach…
