The huge alien looms over me, all blue beautiful muscles and barely-leashed rage
He moves with the deadly grace of a stalking tiger.
His claws could shred my spacesuit in seconds.
I’ve invaded his spaceship, woken him from ten thousand years of sleep, and my employers are looting without mercy. He has every right to his fury.
But it’s passion, not fear, that makes my heart race.
And if I can tell anything from his body language, he feels the same.
… I did mention he was HUGE, right?
Myras Monster was first published in the Monsters Before Men anthology, though this version has minor changes. It’s...
The huge alien looms over me, all blue beautiful muscles and barely-leashed rage
He moves with the deadly grace of a stalking tiger.
His claws could shred my spacesuit in seconds.
I’ve invaded his spaceship, woken him from ten thousand years of sleep, and my employers are looting without mercy. He has every right to his fury.
But it’s passion, not fear, that makes my heart race.
And if I can tell anything from his body language, he feels the same.
… I did mention he was HUGE, right?
Myras Monster was first published in the Monsters Before Men anthology, though this version has minor changes. It’s a short, fast-paced science fiction romance, with no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a happy ever after to make you smile.
