Mayna loved her father’s stories. Listening to him was so much better than helping her mother scrub plates, wash laundry, or sweep floors. There were no girls in his stories though. Her father had laughed when she asked why. “Girls aren’t warriors,” he’d said. “Why not?” “It’s just the way it is. Women aren’t as strong… Continue reading Snippet: young lioness
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Snippet: Red-shirts
Ensign Ray Compton hurried into the transporter room and stumbled just a bit; enough to make Kirk look over from his conversation with Mr. Spock. Oh, damn! Compton looked around. Maybe Shea was right. Only five personnel were present in the room: Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, and himself.
Snippet: Jesus
"Fourth-floor Jesus got in a fistfight with Third-floor Jesus." He slumped on his stool and took the beer offered by the bartender. "And then our space ambassador, got into me about religion and how his world is sooo superior. That place is crazy."
Opening in the stars
Earth's last city flew between the stars in the dark and cold of space.
Dispatches from Obscurity 