Already spooked, the rustlers retreated to the rig as Isaac yelled “Git!” and led the ranch hands in a charge. And just like that, it happened. Turning, one of the rustlers fired before jumping into the back of the truck. Isaac stopped short. The ranch hands kept running, hooting and hollering as the rig drove up towards the ridge. Isaac felt the bloody hole in his belly, then fell into the dry earth with a thud. He lasted one night in the infirmary, and then, clutching his weeping daughter's hand, passed away at first light.
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Five-thousand years before Naš Linkuts, the Nimry, clad in shining robes, opened the Cold Sea and lifted Inari from its depths...
Naš Linkuts
(2022)An Albriánus Legend.
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When Solia was still about a half-mile away, a figure emerged, and hugging the rock wall, she took another look through her binoculars. There he was, the bastard, the coward Little Jake himself...
Solia's Revenge (2021)
A tale of familial strain set on the dusty colony world of O'Fiver in the distant future.
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Safely out of the planet’s atmosphere, Margot let off the throttle and turned on autopilot. Outside her viewport on the starboard side of the ship, she could see the transport security shuttle following close behind...
The Nymphs of Asthamie (2021)
An interstellar cargo pilot encounters a hiccup during a job for an important client.
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My feelings of panic have subsided and I have calmed down somewhat. Perhaps now I can give a more accurate description of my crash...
Expedition to a Life-Bearing Moon (2021)
An alien botanist is stranded on an unexplored moon after a devastating crash.
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The old locust tree loomed over him, reaching high into the barren indigo sky, a towering ‘V’ at the end of the clearing. Its pale leaves rustled gently and rhythmically, as if the great beast was waiting for him and the night’s hot breath was its own...
The Yonderlands (2018)
A haggard and mysterious stranger arrives in the isolated town of Harvest.
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Restless, Roberta E. Knick pressed her forehead against the little airplane window. Between periodic red flashes on the wing she could spy the twinkling, fluorescent stars...
Strange Things Under the Midnight Sun (2018)
A daredevil reminisces about old adventures on the eve of a new one.
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He walked down the street with resounding footsteps, completely alone, for it was still early, and no one else was about. The sun had not even risen over the Eastern Mountains, and its light could barely be seen through the clouds in the lower part of the sky...
Riddle in the Tree's Heart (2018)
A lonely old man goes to visit his family’s grave following a harrowing experience the night before.