Hidebound

by Joy V. Smith

Not long after Anfissa meets Ferenc, a strange humanoid bodyguard, on the space cruiser, St. Catherine, she is forced to flee with him, his menacing boss, and another bodyguard in a lifeboat during an attack on the cruiser, to a planet where even the grass is deadly. Travelling across the planet to find a small relay station, Fissa nearly succumbs to dehydration and insect bites until Ferenc offers her help unique to his home planet.

58 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 17, 2011

About the author

Joy V. Smith has been writing stories since she was a kid. Her stories and articles have been published in print magazines, webzines, and anthologies; and her SF has been published in two audiobooks, including Sugar Time. Her books include Taboo Tech, Strike Three; Detour Trail; Sugar Time; The Doorway and Other Stories; and e-books: Velvet of Swords (SF), Well Met by Water (SF), Cold New Planet, Hidebound (SF romance/adventure), Pretty Pink Planet (SF), Hot Yellow Planet (the sequel), and Remodeling: Buying and Updating a Foreclosure. She lives in Florida with Pemberley, the tortoisehell cat, and Samwise Gamgee, a chihuahua cross.