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    Galactic Bride
    Galactic Bride
    Galactic Bride
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    Galactic Bride

    By Kelly S. Bishop

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    Jase is a crystal miner carving out a living on a hunk of rock in the middle of nowhere. To keep him company, he asks the UFXP to send him a female. Any female will do. Or so he thinks. Until he meets Danae.

    This is a steamy, science fiction romance. A short story of approximately 8,800 words.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKelly S. Bishop
    Release dateOct 21, 2011
    ISBN9781465826343
    Galactic Bride
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    Kelly S. Bishop

    Life long misfit and dreamer of impossible dreams. Steamy Romance Writer.

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      Book preview

      Galactic Bride - Kelly S. Bishop

      Jase is a crystal miner carving out a living on a hunk of rock in the middle of nowhere. To keep him company, he asks the UFXP to send him a female. Any female will do. Or so he thinks. Until he meets Danae.

      This is a steamy, science fiction romance. A short story of approximately 8,800 words.

      Please visit the author's website at www.kellysbishop.com for information about other stories to come.

      Galactic Bride

      He was going to be late meeting the UFXP ship. But it couldn't be helped. He had to replace the power couplings now or lose half a day's work. The female would be there when he arrived. Or not.

      Jase wrestled the new couplings into place, locking them down with his own brute strength. The sweat poured down his back as they clicked into place. He punched the power grid and all the buttons lit up green. Good. His mine was back online.

      Sensors beeped an all clear. No one else in the mine. Just him and the droids. Call him paranoid but he always kept the alarm system on and his pest control items set. Just in case any thieves thought a lone miner would make an easy target.

      The shaft walls were cool and slightly damp - the complete opposite of conditions upstairs. He didn’t bother to raise the lights, just moved along the shaft by touch and passed into the main corridor, remembering to duck his head through the archway. A man his size would always be a little cramped in a space like this. He dealt with it. Part of the job. And he liked the dark.

      Jase tossed his tool belt and vest into the back of his go-cart, hopped in and headed back up to the surface. There were six miles worth of shafts in all, zig-zagging around the rock the UFXP called PS9439. His own personal kingdom.

      Nothing much grew here, he had barely enough water to run the mine. It was just a big, dusty hunk of rock. But all his. And it had a few solid veins of hyper drive crystals. If the veins held, in less than five years he'd pay off his UFXP loans for the mining rights and equipment. In seven years, he'd be rich enough to buy damn near anything, anywhere he wanted. Be anything he wanted. If the veins held and he didn't go nuts first. If, if, if.

      Once he reached the surface, he took a short jog to the house. Most would call it a shack. Nothing fancy about it. Sturdy enough to withstand the heat and the sandstorms. But the furnishings... Your basic well dressed cargo hold. Jase did have all the latest

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