As mentioned in prior weeks, my new Aston short story collection Dirty Dozen is available over at Amazon, I figured I'd continue on with my snippets from the last several weeks.
First, the blurb:
Join space pirate Aston West in the second collection of short stories from his universe, featuring classic space opera tales by T. M. Hunter. Building on Aston's first collection (Dead or Alive), these stories feature even more wild adventures, unforgettable characters, and exciting plot twists to satisfy your space opera appetite.
So, here's the next snippet, from my short story "Inoculation":
I shuddered, but at least I had my answer to my original question. Jeanie wasn’t acting of her own accord.
But that didn’t solve the overall problem. “Is there a way to fix it?”
“We have the patch to clean out the malicious code and prevent your system from getting infected again.”
I breathed a sigh of relief, not knowing what the situation would have been if that hadn’t been the case, but figuring that it would have resulted with Jeanie ending up a shell of her former self in some way, shape, or form.
I normally didn’t let other people work on my ship, but this was an emergency situation. “Let’s do it, then.”
A short while later, the technicians had done their work, and their ship disengaged from my own. I had tucked my pressure suit away, and was now stationed above the wide-open floorboard at the cargo hold’s aft end.
With a deep breath to calm myself, I placed my hand on the big throw switch and tossed it to the power position. Lights started illuminating in sequence around the panel, before the entire hold lit up once more.
Hope you enjoyed it! If so, pick up a copy from the link above.
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