Space Juice: Chapter 24 – The Eye’s Mind

Dan Wild

Previous Chapter.. Chuck Marley couldn’t sleep. He turned to and fro on his sand bed tossing himself about trying to meld his body but couldn’t get comfortable. He longed for a mattress. Even if it was infested with little creatures, like in those motels in the Bad Ends. On second thoughts maybe a sand bed …

Rocket Science: Chapter 27 – Graffigraphy

Dan Wild

Previous Chapter.. The rectangular metal cart rattled further into the Bad Ends. It was just passing the border into ‘Very Bad’. Chuck Marley might as well take advantage of the path being tidied before him. Inside the sweeper, a small head bobbed up and down. A Sirian down on his luck. The Very Bad Ends …

Rocket Science: Chaper 25 – Trader Etiquette

Dan Wild

Previous Chapter.. Marley lent Gaston Dimble the Da Vinci manuscript. The historian pored over it in his quarters. Unusual antique spectacles didn’t help Gaston at all. But they looked good. Gaston studied his reflection in the glass coffee table. He beamed a message to Marley. “Leonardo was a genius. He foresaw everything. Even in space, …

Rocket Science: Chapter 2 – A haircut, red dust and Octomaids

Dan Wild

Previous Chapter Marley had not taken Interspecies Liaison seriously. Presentation was important, so the first requirement – have a haircut. He recalled his visit to the Bad Ends. The hairdresser had asked, “Do you want to look like him?” He pointed to a picture of Frisky Benjamin, the famous C-grade actor. And the haircut was …