Chasing Dragons

By Tami Veldura

Gwen is a jumper, able to move spaceships through giant wyrmholes left in space. Her captain is obsessed with finding a space wyrm. But jumping is hard work and Gwen's captain pushes her to the brink.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Story Prism Studio
• Release date: Jan 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781941319192

Tami Veldura

Tami Veldura is an enby/aro/ace author of queer fiction. They have published short stories in anthologies Fresh Starts, Hauntings, Love Among The Thorns, Love Is Like A Box Of Chocolates, the magazine Galaxy’s Edge, and they are a contributing member of the scifi magazine Boundary Shock Quarterly. They publish new work every month, crossing every genre, but always featuring queer characters and found families.As S.T. Lynn, they write uplifting, sweet, and tropey fantasy fiction, featuring women front and center. Including fairy tales, elves, magic, and happy endings for young adults and young-at-heart.

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Chasing Dragons

By Tami Veldura

Pulling the space ship through a wyrmhole always felt to Gwen like falling feet first into an ocean. First she dipped her fingers into the water of a new star system, swirled them around a bit to test the temperature, and when she had a good feeling about it, she jumped. Space warped inside out to accommodate her, the practical physics trying their best to resolve a divide-by-zero, and in the span of a breath, Gwen pulled a new ocean of stars up over her head.

They're not here, dammit. Go again. Now! Captain Griffith struck his hand on the forward console. Several screens flickered. He stood facing away from Gwen, his attention fixed on the external cameras. Tension coiled in his neck and hunched his shoulders. He'd been standing or pacing for Gwen's entire six-hour shift, demanding she jump them through system after system.

Gwen took a breath and blew it out roughly. She closed her eyes to focus on the water of space around her rather than the radiating anger from her captain. Gwen dragged her mental fingers across the surface of the ocean, seeking an anomaly. Humanity wasn't the only thing out here, and the bigger things left traces of themselves behind.

There! Gwen's mental touch found another fault in space. This one bigger, more stable than the previous. That meant it was