Lamont lowered his voice until, mere inches away, the colonist had to watch his lips to be sure of his words. “It’s one thing to suspect a trap. It’s…
7
“We haven’t seen anyone,” Lamont explained, “but this tower goes down for hundreds of miles. That’s a lot to not know. Which is why all of you are going…
She was still reeling from the uncanny sensation of approaching the weird alien tower with its mesmerizing—what had Lamont called it?—beacon, its glassy…
“Shouldn’t we be wearing spacesuits or something?” She asked in sudden alarm.
“Rico, right?” Constance returned, forcing herself to maintain an impassive expression. “I see you’ve been able to maintain your pompadour despite the…
2

January 2022

“I’m sorry, but I don’t buy that,” Lamont scowled. “His people were exploring these stars when yours and mine were waving goodbye to our tails. You want…
7
“Doesn’t it strike you as odd that the tower would provide us with a—parking spot—just close enough for us to get fried by our energetic passerby…
She poked a finger in the center of his t-shirted chest. “I’m not ordering you, Ed. I’m reminding you of who you say you are and what you say you're…
1
Amila hovered her fingertip over the console for a moment and then pushed a rectangular button. There was a shower of sparks over Spratt’s head that…
“Good lord,” Constance exclaimed, combing a hand compulsively through her sand-colored hair. “What’ve they gotten us into?”
“We can handle a lot,” Miss Anna whispered. “But I’m not sure we can handle that. Jackson—was there talk of—that is to say—are we all expected to make…
2
Prior to the announcement of Westward, she had planned to join up with a mining crew bound for the Jovian trojans, her sense of adventure winning out…