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Flash Fiction # 468 -- Raiders//18

 There were holes in the Sailfor.  I could even hear a slight hiss of air loss.  Frost had formed on one wall, and from that, we found the hole."Not big enough to worry about," Krisin decided.I supposed he was right.  What we did was going to be over fast.  So we went on by and up to the control deck.  A couple bulkheads had sealed off areas breached by our attack, but overall, the ship had stood

Heart Problems (not a flash fiction)

  At about 1:30 am on Saturday (7/17/21), I started feeling awful.  It passed quickly into terrible with a headache so bad I can't even describe it, and horrendous pain starting in my neck and spreading down both arms and eventually to my chest.  By then we were heading to the hospital.They took me right in and called the cardiologist and prepared for a closer look at the heart.  The first

Flash Fiction # 467-- Raiders/17

 At least we had a warning. Lousy timing, of course, but there couldn't be better given the circumstances.    We stood ready when the airlock door popped open, and a were tumbled out.We were not ready for him to be dead.  Nor the next two.  Their helmets had been punctured.By the time a woman showed her face, I had enough curiosity not to shoot her."We found a wreck," she said without prompting.

Flash Fiction # 466 -- Raiders/16

My brain went into hyper mode.  That happened on the fighter in situations like this --Well, not exactly like this.  I don't think anyone could have imagined this nightmare.  Not in my fighter.  Not on a ship at all.  Were craft darting out of the Mother Ship and that craft moving in closer as well."Befly, Brick -- round up everyone, and all of you get into the core.  No, don't argue with me.  Do

Flash Fiction # 465 -- Raiders/15

 At first, I didn't understand why everyone got out of our way.  I suppose it helped that we looked like trouble.  Lisel had his ears back and his teeth showing in a snarl I had never seen before.  Krisin walked with a laser pistol in hand.  I almost told him to give it to me -- but that would have been petty and ruined our image.So I just had to look tough without the teeth or the weapon.  Maybe

Flash Fiction # 465 -- Raiders/16

 At first, I didn't understand why everyone got out of our way.  I suppose it helped that we looked like trouble.  Lisel had his ears back and his teeth showing in a snarl I had never seen before.  Krisin walked with a laser pistol in hand.  I almost told him to give it to me -- but that would have been petty and ruined our image.So I just had to look tough without the teeth or the weapon.  Maybe

Flash Fiction #464 -- Raiders/14

 Being this far into a gravity well gave me more options than we usually had for maneuvers.  I could use both the local star's gravity and the station's bulk to help maneuver the fighter.I let us stay dead a little longer.  The last craft went past — the dangerous one that could have taken a shot at us since they were late to the battle.The station presented a far more tempting target."Let's do

Flash Fiction #463 -- Raiders/13

 I did a quick calculation on the were's direction and speed.  We had a short break.  Very short -- but I knew how to make the most of it."Krisin, get your ass moving and head to the repair bay.  We'll pick you up, but we won't have much time.""Tana --""Get moving!  It's one thing for the two of us to shoot at a ship docked, another to take on at least six were ships.  We're the only fighter here

Flash Fiction # 462 -- Raiders/12

 We knew that there would be more trouble heading our way before this was done, but their appearance already annoyed the hell out of me.  I had hoped we'd have a chance to deal with Sailfor first.I fired at Sailfor just out of annoyance, even though it would not help our situation.  I caught sight of the blips on the sensor screen, but then I turned away.  They were still out of range.  I had

Flash Fiction # 461 -- Raiders/11

 I wasn't apprehensive about the fighter until we were seconds from launching.What if Bafly was part of the trouble?"Lisel," I said, glancing at him.  "Bafly --""I don't want to consider it," he replied, which made me realize he'd already thought about the problem."You could have said something.""Tana, my friend--"  His fingers played across the controls, and he did not look at me.  "I only trust