Steve’s shorts: Prelude to Invasion…

[Note: Readers of the “Chaos Chronicles Trilogy” (now available as the ebook bundle The Chaos Chronicles Trilogy Collection), or subsequent sci-fi stories from A.B. Carolon or me, know that the Tali invaded already developed E-type planets and exterminated the intelligent beings there, calling them “chasa” (vermin) as they made those planets look as much as possible like their home world. That trilogy covers a span of centuries, but I’ve never portrayed the fear and desperation when the Tali...