Vincent made sure the hangar door was closed--he couldn’t let anyone know that his crawler was alive--then tapped Shelby on the dashboard, green aeo magic, the same kind he’d used to make her sentient in the first place, washing across her steering wheel and instruments. “Just wanted you to know we made it to the … Continue reading Year 349 A.E., Rotation 201: Jumping In
Month: January 2019
Year 349 A.E., Rotation 53: Moving Up
Life was hard after graduating from trade school. Vincent had thought it would be nice to be on his own for once without a bunch of tests to take or teachers to criticise his every shortcoming. But everything cost more cred than it really had a right to, the standard six-day work week was really … Continue reading Year 349 A.E., Rotation 53: Moving Up
Year 347 A.E., Rotation 17: Machine’s Can’t Talk
Vincent slouched in the Captain's chair of his mother's crawler--his crawler, he reminded himself. She was in the process of passing it down to him, along with her career. She came from a line of crawler ferrymen responsible for helping move goods and people between the floating islands that made up the city states they … Continue reading Year 347 A.E., Rotation 17: Machine’s Can’t Talk
Coming Soon
Crawling the Edge: The Coastrunner Chronicles is a collection of interlinked short stories set in a world where technology and magic co-exist. Check back soon, for the first instalment. Until then, here's a little bit about what you have to look forward to: On the disjointed surface of a shattered planet held together by gravitational … Continue reading Coming Soon