Lorinda J. Taylor

Featuring my series The Man Who Found Birds among the Stars. 7 5-star reviews on v.1: "... a story of flawed heroes and perfect plot, of hard science and tender hearts. It is intelligently written, fantastic entertainment for the imagination." amzn.to/2iTNuUd

#vss365 Was "StarTrek" #illusion or future history? Thanks for the likes! @jbubjr @Write2Fite @DevillineS @hifsays @SciFi_RikTy @voimaoy

[1/3] Gilzara’s hands molded other birds, released them to the same fiery deaths, golden, azure, emerald green. He shaped flowers of fantastic forms – spiral-leaved, silver-faceted, garlanded over the moontrees. A torrent of water coursed soundlessly from the treetops … #vss365

[2/3] Then Gilzara spread his arms, and all the #illusions vanished. And he stretched out trembling hands and began to shape a woman. Before Halrab’s starting eyes she emerged – the most beautiful female form he had ever seen. … #vss365

[3/3] And when she was complete, poised before him so real that one could see the pulse of her throat, the flash of her eye, Gilzara gave a heart-rending cry, crushed his hands together upon her, and she vanished. #vss365

#SciFiSat [Sorry - because of various problems, no posts this week. Next week, I hope?]

#SciFiFri #Scared of likes? Nah! Thanks! @ArielliCady @SchatzSpeaks @voimaoy @ScottLeminski

#SciFiFri [1/2] As Bu’gan’zei disappeared into the underbrush, Za’dut leaped into action, crying, “After him! He is escaping!” But Is’a’pai’a cried, “Wait, Za’dut!” and tripped up our trickster with its long mandibles.

#SciFiFri [2/2] “We have been very abrupt,” said Ki’shto’ba, “and #frightened this one out of its wits.” “Yes, if I were this odd Alate, alone in the forest,” said Twa’sei, “and we came at me all at once bellowing strange remarks, I would be #scared of us, too!”

#SciFiFri “My esteemed Companions,” said Za’dut, “what do you think of the tale this very odd creature has told us?” “It #scares me,” said Twa’sei, shuddering. “I never thought it would be like that after I die! Must I really become a bit of web-weaving fluttering in the wind?”

#SciFiFri #Scared to death, we clung to a slab of slippery rock and looked down at the lake. The wind was blowing so hard it turned our wings inside out and threatened to tumble us over. When we looked across the deep blue of the water, a wall of ice confronted us …

#SciFiFri “Running is the skill in which Thel’tav’a excels most highly. I wd avow no one among any people in the world is faster! And her dart-shooting contraption #scares everybody. It is beyond the capability of normal Warriors to use such a thing because it requires vision.”

#1linewed All of us continued to avoid speaking of another dire and similar subject – the old conundrum that forever #haunted us: which Companion was fated to cause Ki’shto’ba’s death? Such a horrific outcome never seemed possible to any of us.

#1linewed “We apologize for running from you, because slavers are common in these parts and we never saw a demon-#haunted ship like yours! We would like to learn of your ship and this Quest you speak of. Do you have a Remembrancer with you?”

#1linewed “This can only mean that we have to backtrack and return to those islands, because if there is the slightest chance Za’dut could have survived, we will be #haunted the rest of our lives if we do not go and seek it.” “‘Go north!’” I said. “Why did I not see that?”

#1linewed Za’dut had leapt onto the boom, blasting a call across the lessening distance that separated our ships. “Pirate Alates! Eyes! Can you see me? I am the ghost of Hum’gwai, come back to #haunt Captain Ek’mat’zid! You tho't you had killed me, but I cannot die, you know!”

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It was also reputed that in the past it had been possible for living people to enter those places – even ska’akh’mi| itself [underworld (under-the-ground place)] – & to return alive & whole, but for an age of time no one who set out to #travel there had ever come back. #vss365

“In our #travels we have become familiar with some of your people’s tales. The fortress is named for the root of the giant tree that produces magical fungus!” “The centerpost of the world!” cried Wei’tu. “Protected by a coiling monster!” interjected Za’dut with relish. #vss365