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Thursday, June 23, 2011

I Work On A Starship: A New Chapter!

To wit:
At the first intersection (I looked it up — Set Street, of course), a tiny car sidled up to curb directly in his path. The passenger door popped open as it stopped and the driver said, "Get in!"

Dave said something conversational about this not being the kind of truck he expected but the driver merely repeated the command, expression unreadable behind huge, dark sunglasses — and pointed a gun at him. He did as he was told
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Read the rest of Chapter 11 at I Work On A Starship.
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Larry said...

When is this particular story going to see its own dust jacket?

June 28, 2011 at 3:21 AM

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