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SFFS: FALLEN continues

Welcome back to yet another installment of Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday here on the blog. Thanks for all the feedback you give on my snippets, and be sure to go visit all of the other writers through the SFFS link above as well.

This week, I'm continuing with another snippet from my in-work novella (currently labeled FALLEN) and if you haven't already checked it out, here are the first and second snippets. Today's snippet carries on from the last, so enjoy!

Jaysen feigned a hurt look, sticking out a pouty, gnawed lip for emphasis. “You don’t want to hang out and play?” Then, he stood from his chair and pointed a long, fungus-infested nail at me. “Too bad, because you’re a dead man! Fire all available weapons!”

The inset screen disappeared from view, and I barely uttered a command before Jeanie started carrying them out. “Evasive maneuvers!”

While the ship jerked around, I turned to face the side console and tried to come up with a plan.

Jeanie alerted me to the obstacles we were going to be facing shortly, “Rockets inbound. The other ship’s plasma cannons are firing.”

Whew! Let's hope Aston can make out of this one...and while you're waiting for next week's snippet, be sure to check out all of my other novels and novellas.

SFFS: Another Snippet From FALLEN

Welcome back to yet another installment of Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday here on the blog. Thanks for all the feedback you give on my snippets, and be sure to go visit all of the other writers through the SFFS link above as well.

Last week, you had your first look at my new novella (currently labeled FALLEN) and Aston was facing off against an old acquaintance. We continue the saga in today's snippet...enjoy!

“How’d you get out? You were arrested.”

“And now I’m back.”

I made a quick pass through the rest of the image presented to me. Two grungy men who barely looked old enough to be called suck took up a pair of control consoles at the forward end of the pirate ship’s bridge. I noticed that his previous partner, the one who’d caught me trying to escape with my stolen money the last time, was nowhere to be seen.

“Jeanie, get us out of here!”

She responded in kind. “Hyperspeed system is offline. There appears to be a signal jamming it.”

If it's not one thing, it's another...let's hope he figures a way out of this one, and fast! And while you're waiting for next week's snippet, be sure to check out all of my other novels and novellas.

SFFS: A Snippet from FALLEN

Welcome back to yet another installment of Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday here on the blog. Thanks for all the feedback you give on my snippets, and be sure to go visit all of the other writers through the SFFS link above as well.

I'm working through a first draft on a brand new novella, which I'm currently labeling FALLEN (thanks to JC Cassels for the assist on naming). Ol' Aston is going to have his hands full in this one, and it starts off from the very beginning, when he's facing off against a pirate vessel coming in fast...enjoy!

“Whoever you are, I hate to disappoint you, but I’m not carrying any cargo.”

“They’ve entered weapons range.”

Still no response, and I began to wonder what the problem was. Just before I had Jeanie set an escape route, and take us to hyperspeed, a window finally opened at the side of my forward viewscreen.

And it was at that very moment I realized that poor timing had nothing to do with it.

“Jaysen Ro,” I muttered.

I’d thought I’d seen the last of those haunting eyes, blue lenses that filled both sockets, when I’d turned him in for stealing an obscene amount of money from a casino transport. The fact that I’d had the money first really hadn’t been a problem.

“Miss me?” He grumbled, finishing with a snarl.

If you're a fan of Aston, I hope you recognize where he met up with this villain before...and if you can't wait for this one to show up for sale, be sure to check out all of my other novels and novellas.