Stories
Stories from the lanes
Short fiction from charted space.
Short story
Snowball at Twelve-Nineteen
The contract came up on the board at Tau Ceti Orbital at the end of a bad week, and Nell Ashby took it before she had finished reading it.…
Read →Short storyRunning the Dark
Teo Lusk had been running the dark for thirty-one years and had never once called the tab.…
Read →With the scoreThe Seven Tracks
Seven short pieces, one for each track of the score. Each is about as long as its music. Press play, then read.…
Read →Short storyThe Shepherd's Dog
The first thing the Desk sent him was a patch.…
Read →Short storyNobody Came Aboard
The ledger made him a Hauler at ten past one, on the dock at Rigel b, and the board noticed before he did.…
Read →Short storyEighteen Seconds
The ledger made him a Magnate at six minutes to twelve, on the dock at Sabik b, between a sack of coffee and a crate of tea.…
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