Swallowed by a Space Worm

By Brett P. S.

Roy Gardner, handsome devil and captain of the Zeta with precious cargo in tow, sat back in his captain's chair en route to a distant sector. He'd conquer that comb over of his eventually, especially with this big score, but the Zeta stopped cold halfway to port, having landed in the maw of a Varaxian worm. Engulfed and stranded in the belly of an interstellar beast, Roy struggled to figure a way out before Deanna clocked him one.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brett P. S.
• Release date: Feb 16, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370618989

Brett P. S.

Brett Sawyer (1986), born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, is an indie author who writes short stories & novellas, from science fiction to heroes. He graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 2015 with a Bachelor’s in education and currently teaches game design at Lake Land College.Short Change arrived at retailers in November of 2014, the start of a hero series where ordinary people gained powers over oddly specific domains, following the story of a shorter than average hero who can telekinetically manipulate small units of currency.Short Change is free on “smashwords.com/profile/view/BrettPS” and Barnes & Noble along with other samples and short fiction.Brett’s popular releases in science fiction include “Dark Station” and “Tales from the Colony: An Interstellar Saga.” Dark Station is a deep space thriller set aboard an abandoned orbital science station where Ben Gebbley and his crew secretly investigate the disappearance of the original staff before others come to claim the lost assets.

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

Chapter 1

Count Your Stars

Roy Gardner sulked back in his captain’s chair while he fiddled with the armrest. He couldn’t manage to get it just level, though if he fiddled with it enough, it might …

Captain, a request, Deanne chimed in across the comm channel.

For the last time, Deanne, we’re not upgrading the aft thrusters, Roy said, grimacing.

He slicked back his black, thinning hair, feeling the bald spot on the back of his head. He and the Zeta had spanned four sectors of the Milky Way, but the one demon that continued to plague him was male pattern baldness. He huffed and sunk into his chair, clasping his hands while he stared out into the viewport, a picture of empty space for lightyears on end. He watched starlight shimmer as the Zeta traveled faster