Part XVII – Voices

This is Part XVII of the serial space western The Ghosts of Blackmoon Rift. It is also available for download in RTF format here. Or click here for a complete episode listing.

Part XVII – Voices

Three pairs of eyes and one set of sensors surveyed the wrecked campsite with deepening unease. The world seemed very still, suddenly. Somewhere, loose gravel rattled. Somewhere, wood creaked.

“This must be what they call a ‘dead silence’,” whispered Crash.

“Hush,” said Miss Kitty.

“We can’t stay here,” he snapped.

“Why not?” asked Murphy. “This is my favorite boulder.”

Part XVI – Tension Rising

This is Part XIV of the serial space western The Ghosts of Blackmoon Rift. It is also available for download in RTF format here. Or click here for a complete episode listing.

Part XVI – Tension Rising

Egan Torr woke up cold. It was the gray hour before dawn, a particularly forlorn time beneath the obsidian hills of Blackmoon. He rolled over in his sleeping bag and looked around. Crash was snoring deeply. Murphy’s device was blinking standby mode. But Miss Kitty’s spot on the far side of the campfire was empty.

Torr jumped to his feet. Her sleeping roll was rolled up and her hat and boots were gone. He looked around. She might have gone down into the town, but that seemed unlikely. It took him a moment to spot the path leading up the hill that overhung them. In the dark he had failed to notice it. Torr started to climb.