Excerpt: Slumfairy

Sumida was in a standing position now, feet still planted in the craft’s footholds, one hand bracing her weight against a handlebar and the other shielding her eyes from something blinding that only she could see.

“What now?” Bex squinted up into the nothingness up ahead. “I don’t see anything.”

The words were barely out of her mouth when noise came raining down. The air became electrified. Glittery dots were drifting down, flakes of starlight swallowing up the darkness.

“It was a trap, you know...