Coke Machine

by Vanessa MacLaren-Wray

Overview

Every truck stop needs a coke machine.

What a way to die — coated in sticky effluent, upside-down in a disused access tube, lost forever in a drifting, abandoned, bankrupt trader ship.

Skip-ship engineer Marichka’s busy with a fire, a faulty Ancient-tech component, and now the etheric cabling’s sprung a leak.

Could everyone just shut up already?

Product Details

BN ID:	2940165828270
Publisher:	Water Dragon Publishing
Publication date:	04/12/2022
Series:	The Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	876 KB

About the Author

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray writes science fiction and fantasy about people (human or otherwise) trying to communicate, form connections, and solve problems in a complex universe. She has short stories in Fault Zone: Reverse, Dragon Gems, and The Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy. Her first-contact sci-fi book, All That Was Asked, has a sequel, Shadows of Insurrection, arriving in November 2022. Her latest contribution to the Truck Stop series is a middle-grade aliens-on-the-station adventure novel, The Smugglers.

As an engineer, she has analyzed electric power systems, studied climate-safe technology, and written extensively on energy issues. She also likes to make strange little robots out of LEGO and various odds and ends. When not arguing with her cats about treats, she works on new stories, her email journal Messages from the Oort Cloud, and her website, Cometary Tales. You can find all her stories, access Messages, or join her advance-reader team using the 'print editions' link.