He strode confidently, knowing The Lady Eglesia would protect her Good Captain, and in a moment felt her energies caress and cover him with a second flesh. Once again her wings lifted, filling with so much sunlight she rose from the oceans and gravity no longer claimed her. In a moment her hull hardened such that no life, no forces, weapons neither energy nor mass driven, could penetrate her.
Energies spread along her sides like water spilling from a deck’s good washing. Show me skies that have never known man.” “Where are we questing today, Lord Quitamo?” The Lady Eglesia, the smartest ship of the fleet, emboldened her icon and stood it before him. The Lady Eglesia spread her wings until so much white filled the sky nebulae grew jealous. They say they’ve been followed through four starfields but the other ship won’t identify.” He shrugged off sleep with his satin sheets, rising and reaching for his cutlass in one continuous motion. The Merchant Vessel Tyree hails us from the shoulders of Orion.” The ship chronometer’s eyes glowed in the dark, moving back and forth as they ticked off the seconds of the watch, its tail swishing rhythmically as if time, too, obeyed the sea’s waves.įirst Mate León, his shoulders like a lion’s and his hair a golden halo about his head, called through the horn. He thought ‘She snuffed out the candles’ and soon slept. Seldom did The Lady Eglesia’s captain get a full night’s rest.īehind closed lids the cabin grew dim. He relaxed and allowed his mind to wander. His cabin door closed quietly and latched, secured. Waves rocked his ship lulling him to sleep. Bruce Connelly, Phoebe Darqueling, Melissa Wuidart Phillips, Marios Eracleous, Nate Connor, James Porter, Joseph Carrabis, Cheryllynn Dyess, Erudessa Gentian, Liz Tuckwell, JL Walton and Amy Wilson, as well as a bonus ‘Harvey Duckman’ story by Mark Hayes, and a foreword by Craig Hallam.Don Quitamo rested his head on fine silk pillows and pulled the most excellent satin sheets over his body.
Volume 3 includes stories by: Peter James Martin, Ben McQueeney, A.L. Harvey Duckman presents the third in a series of collected works of suspense and mystery in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror and steampunkery… Bruce Connelly, Phoebe Darqueling, Lynne Lumsden Green, Craig Hallam, Jon Hartless, Mark Hayes, Andy Hill, Fred Johnson, Peter James Martin, Ben McQueeney and A.D.
Volume 2 includes stories by: Phil Busby, A.L.
These short stories give a glimpse into some fantastic worlds that are already out there for you to enjoy, as well as a taste of more to come. This anthology features work by exciting new voices in speculative fiction, including both established authors and previously unpublished writers. Harvey Duckman presents the second in a series of collected works of suspense and mystery in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror and steampunkery…
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