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Extraction
There were strangers in Mercy Payne's cell when she woke up.
For weeks, she'd been held prisoner, by an alien avian race she didn't recognize, and though one whole exterior wall of her house-like cell was a transparent acrylic material, no one who came by to gawk at her cared when she begged, pleaded, cajoled, or otherwise begged for help. Instead, her jailers dropped stun grenades into her living room.
But now help has come, in the form of three Charon, Daisy, and Mouse. Although they have some lessons to learn - especially on the subject on stun grenades - they're the first human contact Mercy has had in weeks.
To escape their shared prison cell, they'll have to become a team and work together. Time is short, before they'll be taken off-planet to who-knows-where. The only question is - can she trust them?
Extraction is a short story of approximately 10600 words that was originally published in It Takes More Kinds, a Salvage Universe anthology from Theogony Press.
For weeks, she'd been held prisoner, by an alien avian race she didn't recognize, and though one whole exterior wall of her house-like cell was a transparent acrylic material, no one who came by to gawk at her cared when she begged, pleaded, cajoled, or otherwise begged for help. Instead, her jailers dropped stun grenades into her living room.
But now help has come, in the form of three Charon, Daisy, and Mouse. Although they have some lessons to learn - especially on the subject on stun grenades - they're the first human contact Mercy has had in weeks.
To escape their shared prison cell, they'll have to become a team and work together. Time is short, before they'll be taken off-planet to who-knows-where. The only question is - can she trust them?
Extraction is a short story of approximately 10600 words that was originally published in It Takes More Kinds, a Salvage Universe anthology from Theogony Press.
36 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 12, 2022
About the author
Jamie Ibson
46 books12 followersJamie Ibson is a new writer from the frozen wastelands of Canuckistan, where moose, bears, and geese battle for domination among the hockey rinks, igloos, and Tim Hortons.
After joining the Canadian army reserves in high school, he spent half of 2001 in Bosnia as a peacekeeper and came home shortly after 9/11 with a deep sense of foreboding. After graduating college, he landed a job in law enforcement and was posted to the left coast from 2007 to 2021. He retired from law enforcement in early 2021 and moved clear across the country to write full time in the Maritimes.
He published a number of short stories in 2018 and 2019, and his first novel came out in January 2020. He’s pretty much been making it up as he goes along, although he has numerous writer friends who serve as excellent role-models, mentors, and, occasionally, cautionary tales.
His website can be found at ibsonwrites.ca. He is married to the lovely Michelle, and they have cats.
After joining the Canadian army reserves in high school, he spent half of 2001 in Bosnia as a peacekeeper and came home shortly after 9/11 with a deep sense of foreboding. After graduating college, he landed a job in law enforcement and was posted to the left coast from 2007 to 2021. He retired from law enforcement in early 2021 and moved clear across the country to write full time in the Maritimes.
He published a number of short stories in 2018 and 2019, and his first novel came out in January 2020. He’s pretty much been making it up as he goes along, although he has numerous writer friends who serve as excellent role-models, mentors, and, occasionally, cautionary tales.
His website can be found at ibsonwrites.ca. He is married to the lovely Michelle, and they have cats.
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