Encoded Orbits

Encoded Orbits is a space opera trilogy to be serialized first here. The first instalment, Fractured Orbits started in the fall of 2021 (and the first 10 chapters are free).

Chapter 28 Just within the Minke’s bubble of light, Fred staggered forward, dragging something large. He struggled to keep his burden moving, as though…
Chapter 27 After three hours of watching from the bridge for Fred’s return, I needed a distraction. Fred would be fine; he knew what he was doing, and…
Chapter 26 Using an awkward shuffle that could barely be called a jog, we headed back to our ship as fast as we could. The straps from the airpack…
Chapter 25 Braver than me, Carole stepped through the hole and into the Generation Ship first. The darkness swallowed up the crimson of her suit…
Chapter 24 For the second time since we’d crashed, I stood dressed in a pressure suit standing in Minke’s airlock. This time, my suit hadn’t been…
Chapter 23 Dr. Fuller’s cabin door stood open when I went by. Inside, she sat with her head in her hands. As soon as I spotted her like this, I made to…
Chapter 22 Fred and Dr. Fuller worked together to free Hector’s body from the wreckage—for which I was grateful. I couldn’t face going back in there. I…
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