“Kozue, did Byron fix the hydro-processor?” “Yes, he performed his paid task adequately,” Kozue purred as Atom made his way back to the docking slip. “I have run diagnostic scans and am satisfied with his work.” “Good, where’s my mech now?” “He is tinkering in the workshop. I believe you may have won him over …
Author: zachwinderl
Mid-Week Sit-Down
Thank you all for taking the time to read Atom & Go. There has been quite an outpouring of readers and that makes it all the easier to keep writing. Some of you have commented and some of you have sent me private messages about the story and that causes bouts of fist pumping, solo …
Atom & Go: Genesis – Episode 6
“Please play out the background for me,” Atom frowned at the middle-aged woman sitting across the low table from him. “She is beauty,” the woman spoke, fusing awe and revulsion in her words. “She knows she is beauty and uses it to her advantage, spinning the lives of men around her fingers to make them …
Atom & Go: Genesis – Episode 5
Byron packed food into his face without time for a word. Atom, on the other hand, picked at his plate with a reserved air. Saving conversation for the conclusion of the meal, they ate in silence. “So what’s the line, darl?” Byron asked as he pushed his empty plate away and settled back into his …
Atom & Go: Genesis – Episode 4
“Fifty-thousand is quite a sum,” Kozue said as Atom dropped onto the metal stairs leading down to the hold and watched Margo run around the empty area. “It’s enough,” Atom scowled. “It should buy us a full tank to fly on and a full hold to be traded away. I’m sure there’s something needed out …
Atom & Go: Genesis – Episode 3
Atom stumbled through the gate behind the captain. Two armored figures flanked him close enough to make his restraints redundant. Behind them the fourth guard pushed the suspensor-pram like an adult pushing a child’s toy with reluctance. Glancing over his shoulder, Atom tried to judge the guard’s expression behind the heavy faceplate. Atom guessed at …
Atom & Go: Genesis – Episode 2
Margo sat in the center of the empty hold, alone and playing with a rough metal doll Atom had cobbled together. With concentration she banged the doll on the rubber flooring and made the doll take impressive leaps into the silence of the hold. A hiss of equalizing pressure escaped as the outer hold door …
Atom & Go: Genesis – Episode 1
A sound ripped Atom from sleep. He lost the specifics of the sound in his abrupt rise to the surface, but he jolted awake, aware and searching the darkness of his moonlit bedroom. Listening, he picked out the soft murmur of his wife’s breathing and the nocturnal cooing of his daughter, Margo. They slept on …
A Busy Day of Lounging
Here I sit, playing with the embryo of a website. A million projects rest to the side as I get this up and running, but I'm taking one step toward the future. As things stand, I plan on playing with this site for a couple days. Please look for the first installment of Atom & …
The Literary Busker 