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Lightburst: The Pastoralist
“An excellent short story which is both delightful and, ultimately, rather frightening.”
“. . . a short story that will kick start your imagination. Love it!”
Rosalind’s neocarbon broadsword and chemo gun are all that stand between her defenseless sheep and roaming packs of snarling wolves. Together with her border collie, Sox, she guards the flocks in the ashen pastures of the valley, the only home she’s ever known.
But the valley has changed over the past year. Her fellow pastoralists—once numbering in the hundreds of thousands—have disappeared. She’s changed, becoming self-aware; becoming larger than herself; becoming ravenous. She’s started slaughtering sheep to fuel her insatiable appetite—and the Makers aren’t happy.
When a stranger arrives on her doorstep, Rosalind discovers how far the Makers will go to end the slaughter . . . and her life. But she has a surprise in store for them—one that will change the valley forever.
The Pastoralist is tailor-made for on-the-go readers who need a quick sci-fi fix! The short story also includes bonus chapters from Survival Aptitude Sound and Survival Aptitude Hope’s Graveyard, two books in the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series, The Extinction Odyssey.
Scroll up and grab this scintillating sci-fi short today!
“. . . a short story that will kick start your imagination. Love it!”
Rosalind’s neocarbon broadsword and chemo gun are all that stand between her defenseless sheep and roaming packs of snarling wolves. Together with her border collie, Sox, she guards the flocks in the ashen pastures of the valley, the only home she’s ever known.
But the valley has changed over the past year. Her fellow pastoralists—once numbering in the hundreds of thousands—have disappeared. She’s changed, becoming self-aware; becoming larger than herself; becoming ravenous. She’s started slaughtering sheep to fuel her insatiable appetite—and the Makers aren’t happy.
When a stranger arrives on her doorstep, Rosalind discovers how far the Makers will go to end the slaughter . . . and her life. But she has a surprise in store for them—one that will change the valley forever.
The Pastoralist is tailor-made for on-the-go readers who need a quick sci-fi fix! The short story also includes bonus chapters from Survival Aptitude Sound and Survival Aptitude Hope’s Graveyard, two books in the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series, The Extinction Odyssey.
Scroll up and grab this scintillating sci-fi short today!
39 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 10, 2017
About the author
Mike Sheriff
15 books17 followersMike Sheriff writes accessible science fiction for readers with curious minds and a taste for tension. Besides The Extinction Odyssey series, he also publishes short and snappy sci-fi stories under the LIGHTBURST imprint.
When he’s not writing, you’ll find him mangling Rory Gallagher riffs on his Fender Strat or fending off high cholesterol through (yawn) diet and exercise. He lives in London, Ontario.
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March 26, 2018
I enjoyed the title story, but didn't care for either of the unrelated bonus chapters in the book.
March 26, 2018
Loved it! Totally different. The twist at the end was not expected.
April 29, 2018
Short stories that make you mad there’s not more; almost as if you’ve been duped into thinking it will be a novella.
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