A Ship Called Pandora

By Melodie Campbell

Years ago, Tosh Molloy made the change from intergalactic smuggler to Witness Protection Marshal. She's particularly good at making people disappear. But now a troublesome Showgirl client threatens to upend Tosh’s perfect record…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Release date: Dec 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781479465521

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A SHIP CALLED PANDORA

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Copyright © 2018 by Melodie Campbell.

Originally published in Mystery Weekly Magazine, June 2018.

Published by Wildside Press, LLC.

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A SHIP CALLED PANDORA

by MELODIE CAMPBELL

She looked like a Vegas-Minor showgirl. Her hair was too blond, her lips were too plump, and her figure owed a lot to a fancy surgeon. The only thing that seemed genuine was the scowl on her face.

I knew from the start, she was gonna be trouble.

Mind if I vape? she said, holding the small pipe between two fingers.

I shrugged. Be my guest here. Only not when we get on my ship.

She raised an artificially high eyebrow. And you are?

Tosh Malloy. This is Drake. I gestured to the tall black bodyguard to my side.

She threw a quick glance at him, and then turned back to me. Tosh. Unusual name for a woman.

It means ‘Pirate’ in Cryon, I said.

The blue eyes went wide. You’re a pirate?

Not anymore, I said. It was partly true.

We faced each other across the floor of a Witness Protection safehold. We were deep in Federation territory, on a secure planet, but that’s as much as I can reveal. She was stretched across a narrow brown divan with her feet up. I stood by the door, arms to my side.

I never crossed my arms when on a job. Quicker to