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DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER I

     The curve of space, vast and beautiful beyond comprehension, was no more beautiful than the Drover.  Immense for a ship as the immeasurable parabola was for the universe, she was the product of three generations of engineers trained from birth for her construction.  The Drover had been intended for a century and more toContinue reading “DRAGONSHELF AND THE DROVER I”

FICTION FRIDAY: Before the Ink Was Dry

     “That’s all you need, then?”      The translator took its usual two-heartbeat delay in showing the reply.  “Yes, Your Magnificence.  With your digital signature, we can proceed immediately.”      Yellowe nodded, and typed in a question he’d had answered before but wanted to read again.  “And my people won’t know it’s happening?”      AnotherContinue reading “FICTION FRIDAY: Before the Ink Was Dry”

FUZZ ORDAINED: Bonbon and Beaufort

     Two people walked hand in hand, picking a careful path along the wet grass.  He was tall, with rather too much nose in the center of a long, bland face.  She was not so very much shorter, with tiny eyes, great big glasses, and an excess of chin.  The eyes of each were guarded,Continue reading “FUZZ ORDAINED: Bonbon and Beaufort”

FUZZ ORDAINED: Olivia and Griff

     Olivia took hold of her collar with both hands.  “It’s going to rain,” she stated.      “It’s not going to rain.”  Griffin shook his hair back.  “Besides, thunder and lightning will make it even better.”      Olivia’s lips pulled in.  Griffin realized that he’d have had a better chance if he’d said the secondContinue reading “FUZZ ORDAINED: Olivia and Griff”

FUZZ ORDAINED: Twos and Twos

     Unfirom was not quite able to shudder.  As he strode across the park, the thought of the phronik trying to handle their job one at a time, though, brought him fairly close.  An attempt to influence lovers by less than the full crew would bring on a rush of lopsided emotion.  He reassured himselfContinue reading “FUZZ ORDAINED: Twos and Twos”

FICTION FRIDAY: Faded Memory

     Matthew Melt glared along the cracked sidewalk.  “I remember the houses being whiter.”      “I suppose you remember the grass being greener,” replied the orange and black individual, without expression.      Matthew glared at Mohankle.  The parchment with the spell on it had not been inexpensive, the ingredients for a potion not easy toContinue reading “FICTION FRIDAY: Faded Memory”

FUZZ ORDAINED: Once a Pun a Time

     Daring—very daring—to slide onto a bench which was already occupied.  But Paula thought the next bench looked dirty.  The air was cool, though, and the sky, if cloudy, was bright.  Anyone with an experience of movies knew murderous attacks took place on rainy nights or shadowy pathways.      She cast a wall-eyed glance atContinue reading “FUZZ ORDAINED: Once a Pun a Time”

FUZZ ORDAINED: Vera Veritas

     Lewis Switzer regarded the world around him as he did himself: with a grand benevolent satisfaction.  That the air hinted at impending rain worried him as little as did his own faults, and he found nothing displeasing about the slightly shabby park around him (as it included the limber limbs and interestingly torn shortsContinue reading “FUZZ ORDAINED: Vera Veritas”