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Low Port

Butterfly St. Cyr series

Ever wonder what really happens on the lower decks of the space ship or in the castle kitchen? This unique collection of original science fiction and fantasy short stories focuses on characters that are normally in the background and brings them to the forefront of the adventure! Low Port features stories by Mark Tiedemann, Laura J. Underwood, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Nathan Archer, Jody Lynn Nye and many others, including a new urban fantasy by Sharon Lee! So come along and meet an orphan with a dream, a dockworker who believes in freedom, a maintenance worker with feelings and visit a soup kitchen with a secret.

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Contents:

Voyeur / Eric Witchey —

Digger don't take no requests / John Teehan —

The gate between hope and glory / Holly Phillips —

Riis run / eluki bes shahar —

Bidding the walrus / Lawrence M. Schoen —

The gift / Laura J. Underwood —

The dock to heaven / L.E. Modesitt, Jr. —

Find a pin / Ru Emerson —

Sailing to the temple / Alan Smale —

The pilgrim trade / Mark W. Tiedemann —

More to glory / Patrice Sarath —

Gonna boogie with Granny Time / Sharon Lee —

Angel's kitchen / Chris Szego —

Lair of the lesbian love goddess / Edward McKeown —

Contraband / Nathan Archer —

Spinacre's war / Lee Martindale —

Bottom of the food chain / Jody Lynn Nye —

Zappa for bardog / Joe Murphy —

The times she went away / Paul E. Martens —

Scream angel / Douglas Smith.

Subject
science
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 354 pages

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