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Wednesday's Verse - Returned from Star Battle

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This week’s verse moves from a science fiction verse about a world being abandoned, to a science fiction poem about a hero returned from a distant war. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Returned from Star Battle Duty’s done, the stars are won, and I return, but I return alone bearing heavy news for home. Many went, returned, but one. To celebrate a victory is hard, when those who won it for the rest remain among the stars, and I, I feel will laugh no more. Gone are the bright lights from our world. Gone to where the flags are furled long after danger is dealt with and gone, they’re gone to where dead heroes roam. So I celebrate and, for you, I’ll smile. That shine within my eyes is tears, of joy and grief, for while you remember them hale and whole, I know

Tuesday's Short - Nurse

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This week’s short story takes us from a science fiction tale of a ship's crash and its survivors to an urban fantasy exploration where vampires aren't what we expect. Welcome to Nurse . The night shift is full of darkness, and vampires come in many forms. Why not this one? Nurse is available as a stand-alone short story at the following links: https://www.amazon.com/Nurse-C-M-Simpson-ebook/dp/B008EESH2W/ . You can also find Kristine Kathryn Rusch's latest free short story over on her blog: kriswrites.com . Why don't you go and check it out?

Carlie's Chapter 1 - Dear Tiger: I Like Your Lab

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LAST WEEK, Book 3 ended with Tiger revealing that Simone was undergoing a mutation caused by the contents of the package she opened in Book 1. This week, Simone shows what that's like from her end of things. Chapter 1 Excerpt – I Like Your Lab Dear Tiger I like your lab. You know you shouldn’t worry so much about me, don’t you? You know I’ll be okay, right? Besides, I’ve been with Odyssey long enough, now, to know they won’t let anything really bad happen to me. They might be a corporation like FedExplore, but they don’t act anything like FedExplore. They’d never treat their people the way that FedExplore treated you and me, and our parents. They’re better than that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The complete series is available as short, individual ebooks, and will become available as an omnibus, later this year. In the meantime, you can find them on this blog, until one week after the la