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Tales from Omega Station #1
Underworld
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(Omega Station, aka the Rock. A barren, airless asteroid on the outermost edge of the galaxy, home of the richest of the rich and the poorest of the poor. Dotted with commercial, military and residential domes, the outer surface is the place to live for those who can afford it or are lucky enough to work there.
But the vast majority of the Rock's residents don't live in the surface domes; instead, they have tunneled downwards, moving ever further towards its fiery heart. The upper levels are safe, comfortable, secure—or as secure as anyone can be on Omega Station. The lower levels, now; they are home to the detritus of a double dozen races and species, all living in uneasy juxtaposition, fighting, loving, eating—and being eaten.
The Rock's location in space, the last real port before exiting the galaxy, has made it a valuable commodity to many governments and private corporations, as has the addictive drug straz, which grows only in its recycling vats. Control has been taken and given in a hundred bloody battles over the years, but those who live in the lower levels—and further down, in the Depths—are often barely aware of whoever claims to be in charge.
No one, really, rules the Rock, whatever they may claim, however many weapons and warriors they throw against it.
For the Rock is eternal…and it has many stories....)
Malik Blayne is a pirate and the most wanted man on the Rock. Rudof Dyll is the richest and the most idle man on the Rock. What is the strange link between these two Humans amongst the multitudes of squabbling species on distant Omega Station?
(Omega Station, aka the Rock. A barren, airless asteroid on the outermost edge of the galaxy, home of the richest of the rich and the poorest of the poor. Dotted with commercial, military and residential domes, the outer surface is the place to live for those who can afford it or are lucky enough to work there.
But the vast majority of the Rock's residents don't live in the surface domes; instead, they have tunneled downwards, moving ever further towards its fiery heart. The upper levels are safe, comfortable, secure—or as secure as anyone can be on Omega Station. The lower levels, now; they are home to the detritus of a double dozen races and species, all living in uneasy juxtaposition, fighting, loving, eating—and being eaten.
The Rock's location in space, the last real port before exiting the galaxy, has made it a valuable commodity to many governments and private corporations, as has the addictive drug straz, which grows only in its recycling vats. Control has been taken and given in a hundred bloody battles over the years, but those who live in the lower levels—and further down, in the Depths—are often barely aware of whoever claims to be in charge.
No one, really, rules the Rock, whatever they may claim, however many weapons and warriors they throw against it.
For the Rock is eternal…and it has many stories....)
Malik Blayne is a pirate and the most wanted man on the Rock. Rudof Dyll is the richest and the most idle man on the Rock. What is the strange link between these two Humans amongst the multitudes of squabbling species on distant Omega Station?
20 pages, ebook
First published November 22, 2013
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About the author
K.G. McAbee
186 books51 followersK.G. McAbee has had a whole bunch of books and well over a hundred short stories published, and she considers some of them quite readable. She writes steampunk, fantasy, science fiction, horror, pulp, Westerns and creature horror. As they say: Write what you know. She’s a member of International Thriller Writers, The Heinlein Society and the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers.
If you’re into stories with talking trucks, snide demons, cursed gadgets, sarcastic sidekicks—so many sarcastic sidekicks—rampaging gorgonopsids, haunted mesas, and cabbages with subversive agendas, you’ll probably survive her books. And if you’re into Lovecraft, she’s written more Cthulhu stories for various anthologies than you can shake a stick at.
Fair warning: do NOT shake a stick at Cthulhu, especially if you value your immortal soul.
For more information, or just to chat, feel free to email her: kgmcabee@gmail.com
Check out her Linktree: https://linktr.ee/kgmwriter
And she has a lot of short fiction and the occasional rant at Substack:
https://reamsofdreams.substack.com/
If you’re into stories with talking trucks, snide demons, cursed gadgets, sarcastic sidekicks—so many sarcastic sidekicks—rampaging gorgonopsids, haunted mesas, and cabbages with subversive agendas, you’ll probably survive her books. And if you’re into Lovecraft, she’s written more Cthulhu stories for various anthologies than you can shake a stick at.
Fair warning: do NOT shake a stick at Cthulhu, especially if you value your immortal soul.
For more information, or just to chat, feel free to email her: kgmcabee@gmail.com
Check out her Linktree: https://linktr.ee/kgmwriter
And she has a lot of short fiction and the occasional rant at Substack:
https://reamsofdreams.substack.com/
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