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Flash Fiction # 484 -- Cyber Rats 3

 Diamond wanted to come up with some ingenious plan to save them all.  If he fired the engines, they might make it back to orbit.  Or the sudden change in direction and velocity might tear them apart.If this was as bad as he imagined, they might be stuck here for a long time.  This was not the most popular planet.  Supplies?  He didn't imagine there would be any left behind --Ten seconds. 

Flash Fiction #483 -- Cyber Rats/2

 Captain Diamond found a pile of small and large boxes inside the bay.  They did not look like any kind of standard shipment.He spotted Alyn all but bouncing as he came down the lift."Captain!""I assume these are yours?" he said with a wave at the boxes.  "Have you checked weight allowance --""They're not mine.  Well, not technically.  Sort of."Diamond had a feeling he knew where this was going.

Flash Ficttion #482 -- Cyber Rats/1

 Captain Diamond did not want to take the set of Cyber-Rats on his ship.  He considered trying to stare Admiral Fisher down, but as soon as her eyebrow began to rise, he gave it up."Cyber-Rats.  Yes, ma'am," he said with a sigh he couldn't entirely hide."They are well-trained and personable," she insisted."They're rats.""Mik and Min.""Rat's not mice.""Not many people get that reference," she said

Flash Fiction #481 -- Return to the Far Stars Saloon

 These characters appeared in Far Stars (#156)They'd had an unusual run of quiet for the last four days.  Cara mistrusted it, and that made her mistrust every stranger she saw.  She was even starting to give Shane odd glances, as though they had not worked together for months now."You are making me nervous, Cara."She sighed and looked away, hiding her smile.  While being a Port Guard had not been

Flash Fiction #480 -- The Glory (Drabble)

 Art work byJA Marlow The ancestors found The Glory -- a flower that spanned light-years, glittering with spots of radiant color.  They were drawn to such beauty after their long dark journey.The glittering colors seen from afar became stars, and each star circled by worlds.Some grew to love certain worlds.  They adapted to their choices, and later generations forgot their past, burying the truth

Flash Fiction # 479 -- Three Kittens (Drabble)

 Three kittens lived in an alley.   One day Peaches disappeared.  Her two brothers looked everywhere, but found no sign of her."She likes to wander," Peetie said.  Tiny nodded.  Neither mentioned the dangers or that she might not come back.Then they heard her meows and rushed toward the sound.  They found her in a screened room at a house.  They cried in dismay.A human came and picked Peaches up.

Flash Fiction #478 -- The Storm Breaks/3

 Con began to sing about companions and safety.  Woven into the words and music were the magical directions of where to go --The wind blew with cold magic like I'd never felt before.  Con, who had been facing west, turned north and began the same song again.  I hoped he only had to do the cardinal points once.I scanned the sky when something dark swept down at Conaire.  I moved in front of the

Flash Fiction #477 -- The Storm Breaks/2

 "Really, Grint," Conaire said, moving up beside me with the Troll only a few steps away.  "The smile still isn't working."The Troll -- Grint -- gave a dejected sigh, and the teeth disappeared behind his thick, dark lips."Damn.  I had hoped I had it this time.  It looks like such a handy cultural tool for dealing with humans.""I'm not human," I offered."Ah, maybe that's the problem."  He looked

Flash Fiction #476 -- The Storm Breaks/1

 The storm had hit at sunset almost two weeks ago, but even so, I still started at every errant breeze.  The storm had come straight out of the faelands, fueled by so much magical power that I drank it up, though I could no longer use it.  For that night and the next few days, I had felt more alive than I had since I was stripped of my powers and exiled to the human lands.I worked as a bouncer

Flash Fiction #475 --The War Never Ends (Drabble)

 She hid behind the garden.  The tomato plants grew tall and offered some protection.  The humans had found all the rest of her siblings and killed them.  She was now the last and only had to hold on long enough for the young ones to escape.The bright summer days passed quickly and soon the young ones began to feel their first yearnings to fly free.  She held them still.  Not long now as she aged