S. E. Gilchrist
March 1st, 2013
Escape Publishing
31 pages
Amazon/B&N
Arc provided by Escape Publishing via Netgalley.
When Janni, a young salvager, boards a space wreck, she is caught for daring to steal Darkon tech by a patroller and the one man she had thought never to see again. Several months ago she had allowed him to slip past her defences for a brief and wonderful interlude. But with both of them on either sides of the law, they had walked away. Now they are trapped on a wreck and with an alien life-force hunting them. Will the patroller save her or abandon Janni to her fate?
This was a short story. Thirty-one pages short. I guess it is set in a world that is already established but does not take place in any series. Through research, and not through the prose, I have discovered that while there are humans, there is also a compatible, alien species. This makes the plot a little more understandable.
The story takes place both in real time and six months prior. In real time there is some Firefly-esque looting to be had, a cop, and a monster. In the past, the cop and the main character are smitten by eachother's genitals and a tub full of fancy water. Neither story climaxes. Danger and foreplay are cut off abruptly. There was plenty more to be said.
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