Standard Shipping Vessel (SSV) Forger is in orbit around Ossirius Minor, awaiting its latest cargo delivery. Pilot and captain, Don Creighton, is the only person on board.
When the planet-side delivery vessel turns out to be an Ossirian intelligence ship, Creighton gets curious...and discovers his cargo isn't at all what he expected. Someone is out to get him; but who is it? And why? Is it because he recently became part-owner of the Forger?
The Shareholder, a five-thousand word short story, weaves a tense Science Fiction tale of intrigue and suspense as Creighton fights to save his ship, his life and his future.
Michael Dunne is an author, proofreader, editor and freelance writer.
Drawn from more than ten years living and working in the Middle East, The Fire of Iblis- first in a series of Arabian-themed dark fantasies, is available in the Someone Wicked anthology. Other published works include the classic fantasy short A Fool Indeed and the science fiction thriller The Shareholder.
Michael is hard at work on the novel Night's Edge and the sequel Dawn's Light- the first two books in his New Kingdoms fantasy trilogy.
A second dark Arabian fantasy short, Night of the Assassins is also underway, along with the Gothic fantasy novella Villainy.
A member of the Written Remains Writers Guild in Delaware, Mike currently lives in North Alabama with his wife Nance and their white German Shepherd, Abby.