Silver Lining (Chapter 7)
Chapter VII, Mountain Dew \> "Uh, Cap'n?" \>You wake slowly, your mind's eye stumbling over the last few images of a pleasant dream. \>Where the fuck were you again? \>In bed, yeah, but something's different. \>Your nose is stuffed. So goddamn...
Silver Lining (Chapter 6)
Chapter VI, Midnight Feature \> "Anon?" \>Whitney's right eye blinks open and flickers like a kerosene lamp in the darkness. \> "Anon, you awake?" \> You might have been half-way to sleep, but you doubt it would have paid off anyway. You've all...
Silver Lining (Chapter 5)
Chapter V, Donkey Riding \>The two of you slip through the door without catching any sideways glances. A quick dodge behind the cover of a metal counter shelters you through the rest of the kitchen, and you stumble out into the corridor. \>The door...
Silver Lining (Chapter 4)
Chapter IV, There is No Stopping in the Red Zone \> "Hey, Anon." \>You're jolted out of an unpleasant dream about the asshole emu your uncle had kept back in the day by a frantic shake to the shoulder. Your consciousness skips a few beats as it...
Silver Lining (Chapter 3)
Chapter III, The White Zone is for Loading and Unloading Only \>It's late afternoon, and the sun stoops low over the Grand Norfolk Aerodrome, staining the fresh-cut grass a dry, dusty yellow. \>You've been back for hours now, the bulk of them spent...
Silver Lining (Chapter 2)
Chapter II, Dawn Patrol \>The Echo isn't the nicest airship you've ever seen, at least not once you work your way out of the corridors and into her superstructure, and it doesn't take you long to do just that. She's leaner than most, and that means...
Silver Lining (Chapter 1)
Silver Lining Chapter I, First Light \>It's barely first light when you step into the lounge. \>A dim halo of blue crowns the Eastern horizon, and shades of pink lick at the pillows of cumulus rising in the middle distance behind round, brass...
RADAR Love
\>The speakers in your cabin come to life with a champagne cork pop and startle you up from your book. \>You're alone, and with no sound save the electric hiss and crackle of the intercom. \>Outside your window Saturn spins listlessly, casting a...
Turkey Shoot
Doug had woken hugging her tail like a goddamn life raft. The others hadn't noticed, or they hadn't said anything, but that hadn't stopped her dwelling on it. She'd been ten years old the last time she'd woken like that; that time she'd blamed on a...
Degeneracy Pressure (Chapter 3)
1. \>Chapter 3, The Day Anon Stood Still 2. 3. \>R U OK 4. \>41°16'52.6" N 81°33'21.6" W. 12/15 @ 2400. C U. 5. \>Careful. Not late. Quantum Favor. -KR G7X 6. 7. \>There were no two ways about this, were there? 8. \>No pretending that it...
Degeneracy Pressure (Chapter 2)
1. \>Chapter 2, Lake Effect 2. 3. \>The radio has been dead for a few minutes. 4. \>You acknowledged her transmission, but no reply came. Earlier that evening that would have had you biting your nails, but now you're thankful for the respite. You...
Degeneracy Pressure (Chapter 1)
1. Degeneracy Pressure 2. 3. \>Chapter 1, Midnight in Sandusky 4. 5. \>You don't care for coffee, which is unfortunate, because the energy drinks probably aren't doing your health any favors. 6. \>They generally don't send you to space unless you're...