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    Ghosts
    Ghosts
    Ghosts
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    Ghosts

    By A. C. Ellis

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    A short story in the Ancients' War universe

    Susan Tanner battles Ghosts on a strange planet circling the Crab Nebula, while fighting ghosts from her own past.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA. C. Ellis
    Release dateSep 28, 2011
    ISBN9781465735201
    Ghosts
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    A. C. Ellis

    A. C. Ellis has published short and novel length mystery/suspence and science fiction in both electronic format and traditional print format.

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      Ghosts - A. C. Ellis

      GHOSTS

      A short story in The Ancients' War universe

      by

      A. C. Ellis

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      PUBLISHED BY:

      A. C. Ellis on Smashwords

      GHOSTS

      a short story in the Ancients'War universe

      Copyright © 2011 by A. C. Ellis

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied, and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form.

      For Janet

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      Books written by A. C. Ellis can be obtained either through the author’s official website:

      www.acellis.net

      or through select, online book retailers.

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      Author's Note

      Don't think of this short story as a prequel or sequel to any of the books in The Ancients' War series. Instead, think of it as a series of events taking place in a universe parallel to the one in which The Ancients' War books take place, another branch of reality in which both Susan Tanner and Karl Alterman happen to exist.

      Captain Susan Tanner disconnected from the computer with a thought, then opened her eyes as the airlock went from cycling to clear. The inner hatch swung open and the ship's physician, Karl Alterman, staggered from the airlock, out onto the Federation Fleet research vessel Photon’s small bridge. Behind his helmet's visor his usually clear eyes were glazed and unfocused, and his rugged features seemed softened, almost doughy. His arms hung limply at his sides.

      Susan pulled her LIN/C from its slot in the instrument panel before her, then clipped it to a loop at her waist. She struggled from her acceleration couch in Cinder's 1.36 standard gravity and staggered to Karl.

      It was Phil, he said, his voice high and hoarse with hysteria.

      I know." She took him by the shoulders, guided him

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