Human System – Andy Dudak

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Human System by Andy Dudak Hope Fire Home fell into synchronous orbit of Hip 263c with a sense of anticipation she hadn’t known in a million subjective years. The surface below was a blasted, dun-colored waste, but it contained something … Continue reading

Drive Like Lightning . . . Crash Like Thunder, part two – B. Morris Allen

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Drive Like Lightning . . . Crash Like Thunder, part two by B. Morris Allen Previously: Humans used their only advantage—FTL drive—to hide from the aggressively violent Mechanics and their high-G-force ships. Perpiphery Scout Anjica Zelnov was mapping the edge … Continue reading

Fear from the Past – Lance J. Mushung

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Fear from the Past by Lance J. Mushung We’d just hopped to a new star system containing a yellow sun very much like Sol. Although Magellan was a new cruiser with an improved drive, interstellar travel still left me feeling … Continue reading

Sword of Saladin – Michael S. Roberts

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Sword of Saladin by Michael S. Roberts House Del Sol battlecruiser Himalaya. Somewhere out there . . . “Captain on the bridge!” “As you were. Report.” Lady Eyla Melana dropped into Himalaya’s command chair, threw one leg casually over the … Continue reading