“Ah, yes Dr. Kenner. Your party is already at the table. Would you like to join them now?” Emma checked the time on her HUD, worried that she was late but it read 6:59. “Thank you, yes.” As she followed the Maitre d’ through the restaurant she was s...
shortly after she turned eleven. She was at her cousin Mindy’s birthday party. It was a hot summer day and Aunt Stella hotfooted it across the burning pool deck to hand Allie and Mindy each a glass of icy Kool-Aid. In the humidity, the glass was sweating nearly as much as ...
An Ell Donsaii story #4) Chapter Six Washington D.C.—NASA announced a deal with the Chinese to send up supplies for the Space Station on one of the PRC’s “Crouching Tiger” launch vehicles. A special adaptor is being constructed to allow the Chinese capsule to connect to the Space Station’s airlo...
Then she fidgeted and worried the entire flight about whether he would actually be there. Was lunch with an old friend all he was interested in? He’d been cool and standoffish for so long after they originally got started on the wrong foot, three years ago now. He’d really thawed this last year b...
As a new techno beat thundered through his earphones, the rope began to whirr but his mind wouldn’t focus. As always, money issues were plaguing him. He liked running security; it fit with his talents as a former Navy Seal. He loved being his own boss too, but work could be... irregular. Not just...
Today the journal Science announced the publication of a trio of papers regarding the third planet of the star Tau Ceti. The low key release belied the astonishing content of the material presented. The first paper describes the planet and its solar system. The second paper covers the biosphere a...
it will be much easier to understand if read as part of the series including “Quicker (an Ell Donsaii story)” “Smarter (an Ell Donsaii story #2)” “Lieutenant (an Ell Donsaii story #3)” “Rocket (an Ell Donsaii story #4)” “Comet! (an Ell Donsaii story #5)” and “Tau Ceti (an Ell Donsaii story #6).”...
Hie’d unsuccessfully stooped on several burrowers. At this altitude, beating back into the air after a miss felt exhausting, though hie kept telling himrself it couldn’t really be that bad. The snares hie’d put out hadn’t produced, and hie couldn’t imagine why. Hie’d caught several animals at tho...
“I think something’s wrong.” Daussie didn’t look up from her plate. Daum’s face, already tight, went completely stony. Eva, whose eyes had been focused in the distance, said, “Wrong with what, Honey?” Tarc had always hated being called “Honey” and h...
She was a pretty redhead, early thirties, slender, nice legs. He’d been admiring her earlier. She’d asked him something. “Would you like a refill on your drink?” she asked again.Joe let his eyes pass down her body and back up. “I’d like a long drink of you.” Her pale green eyes frosted over. “Bu...