Simple Things
The world didn't have to be more complicated than a white rectangle of sheeting, six and a half feet by five, folded down tenderly over the mattress. The problems Troy was having with the reactor's fuel mix, proton shedding in the fusion chambers,...
Blind Date
Gracie had been really nervous all day. Blind date. It was funny, she guessed. She was twenty-eight, now, had been going on blind dates for as long as she could remember. In school her friends had set her up on blind dates, afterwards when she started...
You Can Never Go Home
It was a long way home. Evran had thought that, thousands and thousands of miles away, back in Tajikistan, before things had hit the wall. Home was nearer for Evran now, though. San Iadras was a big city, but not as big as a country. It was a long walk...
City Mouse: 6 & 7 of 7
//: City of San Iadras. 'Uptown' district. Jennifer's back thumped into her front door, her hands around the back of Troy's neck, purse in one, the tag of the purse's zip in the other. He pushed her against the door, needfully pressing his lips to...
City Mouse: 5 of 7
//: City of San Iadras. Spirit of '67 adult club/theatre. Troy had stopped by Florence and Dallas's after Jennifer had stepped into her cab at six. She'd given him a key to get into her apartment, but, somehow snooping around there without her felt...
City Mouse: 4 of 7
//: City of San Iadras. Beach section five, semi-restricted admittance. The difference between outright panic and calm could be quite subtle, made up by the small things. In this case, the small things were a few cooked and prepackaged meals from a...
City Mouse: 3 of 7
//: City of San Iadras. 'Furry' district. The canyon was a twisted city planner's solution to problems with street space. A multi-tiered canyon had been carved almost a hundred feet into the ground under the streets of San Iadras. Up above, to a...
City Mouse: 2 of 7
//: City of San Iadras. 'Uptown' district. "So July went into music production. Started as a go-for girl with the big name labels, very popular... you remember that song, 'Made-Up Girl', by Elandro Vasquez, the Columbian guy?" Troy twitched an ear...
City Mouse: 1 of 7
Wherin we meet Troy Salcedo on one of his occasional stays in the city of his birth, or decanting, San Iadras. I feel this stands on its own, but it's very much a part of the larger 'Spirit of 67' universe, and so is included here. There isn't...