About Waiting for the Sun

by Alyx Shaw
17 pages / 4400 words
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Sebastian has never been happier than he is now, living on the warm, wet jungle planet Sferkkaa. As a naturalist his days are filled with new and wonderful creatures to study. However, when Tiff takes Sebastian to speak to his cousin Draephus about one of the local animals, Sebastian gets an unexpected surprise…

Sebastian and Tiff first appeared in Life Out There.

Sample

Shahira stepped out of the woods like some great lethal bird, almost seven feet tall and clad in black, scarlet and gold. He paused briefly to pick something off his coat, and cast me a disdainful look that let me know just precisely what he thought about some meagre Earth scientist fucking one of His Imperial Majesty's most decorated veterans.

"Tiff when you're done with the monkey we really do need to address the situation with the radio, it's just not working."

He then strutted away, fourteen hundred years' worth of breeding and bloodlines, death crafted into art and made flesh to guard the royal family. What I wouldn't give to just once see him break an ankle.