They come to the mountain-city of Verss—fugitives, desperate runaways, eager entrepreneurs, spies- the feline Nerre, vulpine Estrai, the shunned reptilian Tompar, the provincial canine Resten—all to Verss, the biggest city on the biggest planet of the wolflike Runge. Will Allie, wolf-girl runaway, find redemption or degradation as she turns in desperation from abuse to whoredom, yet tries to have . . .
Edie was pleased to get a job working the vast space-tanker/cruise-ship Aquarius as a systems programmer, particularly as she was a ‘totemized’ person—transformed into a walking, human-sized cat. But she couldn’t have imagined what she’d face there—whether it was the terrors of the planet-sized Main Tank, water reservoir for terraforming and alive with unthinkable denizens, or the shock of . . .
When Candice’s in-laws were killed eight months ago buying a huge faux polar bear rug for her Christmas present, she lost more than just two of her favorite people: she lost her husband Ian as well. After only two years of marriage, their guilt and pain have left them living together but apart, unable to really talk for fear of . . .
“Life, Love and a Polar Bear Tattoo” is the story of Candice, a woman at a crossroads in her life. Her marriage is in trouble, she’s waiting for medical test results, and she’s trying to decide if she loves her job enough to make it her career. Just after her husband leaves for a month overseas, she’s given new responsibilities [more . . .]