Scrapper: Science fiction, rising out of a pandemic novella

by L. Darby Gibbs

When the census on the desert planet of Castoe arrives each year, all boys ages three and older are required to apprentice to desert teamsters.

Moekaff Graber begins his training as a scrapper with Uzzon, learning the trade of transporting goods across the sparsely-populated and challenging planet.

At three-years-old, he learns the basics, at six to read and navigate, by nine, the thirty-day rule is the line in the sand between him and everyone else broken by the Castoen desert and the demands of the census.

Read this novella of survival, loss and recovery because the stakes are high on a desert world.

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Published March 4, 2024

About the author

L. Darby Gibbs, aka Elldee: I have lived all over the country, so I don't feel I come from anywhere specific, but I started in Maryland and consider California my current home base. I am a teacher of creative writing.

At thirteen, I read science fiction almost exclusively, reading Asimov first and moving alphabetically down the library shelf, then turned to fantasy for a while taking in everything up through Tolkien. I spend my free time reading many of the classics, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and contemporary fiction.

I have four fantasy series and a nonfiction book on narrative frameworks available in eBook form on Amazon, Smashwords, Kobe and other fine eBook retailers.