Cannon found himself on a catwalk which crossed the zep’s beam. Across the centerline was another companionway which led up to the dining room. Far forward was yet another, which led up to the main central corridor. Unless he missed … Continue reading
It was no use skulking around while the crew was cleaning up for the night, so Cannon set his alarm clock for the wee hours of the morning, reclined on the couch, and closed his eyes. He woke a few … Continue reading
After a long and lazy but profitable evening at the card table, Iseabail and Cannon returned to their cabin. Cannon shut the door. “He knows,” Iseabail said. “Pardon?” “He knows,” Iseabail repeated, stabbing the air with her finger. “Wailani. He … Continue reading
Wailani left them. Cannon raised his eyebrows at Iseabail. “Ach,” she said. “I hope his whatsit’s as good as he says.” Cannon smiled. “Our Mr. Wailani doesn’t seem the sort to lead us on, does he?” Iseabail shook her head. … Continue reading
Hello, World! I offered a little while ago to Jay to contribute some translations of Old English or other texts that he thought his readers might find interesting, and here’s the first one. It’s the first part of the preface … Continue reading
“Excellent,” Church said. “How bad is the damage to Warspite? Is Hermes still in fighting trim?” Weatherby shook his head. “You know I can’t answer those, Church, and you couldn’t print them in any event.” The cleverest thing Weatherby had … Continue reading
“Commander Weatherby!” Weatherby turned. Hustling after him down one of Resolution‘s narrow corridors was a short man with unkempt blond hair and a five-o’clock shadow Weatherby found unduly irritating; or, perhaps he was letting his opinion of the man influence … Continue reading
A pegboard, corporate IDs hanging from nearly every spot, suggested I’d been right, as did the high-end computer sitting by the desk, and the stacks of data disks on most of the flat surfaces. I couldn’t legally take any of … Continue reading
Before I dive into the actual story, a quick introduction: I’m behind on my normal writing trying to get one story out the door to magazines, so I’m dipping into the unpublished vignette archive a bit. I mentioned, in planning … Continue reading
Wailani jolted upright as though he’d grabbed a live wire. “I did not. You have a copy?” Cannon nodded. “Where did you find such a thing?” “Ye dinnae get very far in our line of work if ye dinnae ha’ … Continue reading
