Fangs, Book One: What the Watching Gods Thought
“Then I could not help wondering what the watching gods thought of us, with our clever masks and our jokes. What we think of crickets, perhaps, whose singing we hear with pleasure, though some of us smash them with our heels when they venture into sight.” —Gene Wolfe
1.1: Aces High
The only laws out in the black are the ones you make.
1.2: You Keep What You Kill
Pride goeth before a fall, but you can always try to take a
few of ’em with you when you go.
1.3: One For Sorrow, Two For Joy
It’s bad luck to have a ship without a name.
1.4: Stop or You’ll Go Blind
Hunting ain’t easy, but it certainly is profitable.
1.5: Why Does Rice Play Texas?
We are explorers—but why do we explore?
1.6: Call of Booty
There are dangers in the deep, and they’ll try to
take what’s yours.
1.7: It’s a Kind of Magic
Politicians play for power, but at what cost to the pilots
who bleed and die?
1.8: Home, Home on the Fence
Some ports prohibit what you can sell on their markets.
Some pilots don’t care.
1.9: Luck be a Lady Tonight
At times Lady Luck has a most un-ladylike way of running
out.
1.10: The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree
They are coming.
Fangs, Book Two: Every Man’s Wish On Board
“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember, and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The dream is the truth.” —Zora Neale Hurston
2.1: The Devil and the Astronaut
Facing the void is easier with a copilot.
2.2: High Untrespassed Sanctity
There’s a vast and wondrous universe out
there—but what is that, compared to love?
2.3: Now, and Now, and Now
As things begin to crack, you should become aware of all
you’ve taken for granted.
2.4: Broken Bottles, Old Gloves
Sitting in the darkness with open eyes, and catching a
glimpse of the future.
2.5: Come Not Single Spies
You can’t hide from your problems when your problems
are following you.
2.6: The Lightning in the Collied Night
So quick bright things come to confusion.
Epilogue: Past the Wit of Man
The truth, and all points thereafter.
Fangs, Interlude One
“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.” —Han Solo
1: MERCS
Won’t you join us for a friendly game of cards?
Fangs, Book Three: To Sail Forbidden Seas
“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” —Herman Melville
3.1: Not Down On Any Map
A twist of fate leaves a pilot marooned in Witchspace.
3.2: The Subtleness of the Sea
What devilish brilliance lies so treacherously hidden?
3.3: A Drizzly November In My Soul
Dim things become clear, and our protagonist guesses at
fate. (Coming soon!)
3.4: The Wisdom That is Woe
The lowest swoop, in the blackest gorge.
(Coming soon!)
3.5: Drowning the Infinite
We are carried down alive to wondrous depths.
(Coming soon!)
Epilogue: Nowhere to Go But Everywhere
What happens when we keep on rolling under the stars.
(Coming soon!)