Month: August 2023

Otters In Space 2 – Chapter 26: Earth

by Mary E. Lowd

An excerpt from Otters In Space 2: Jupiter, Deadly.  If you’d prefer, you can start with Chapter 1, return to the previous chapter, or skip ahead.

Eventually, Joey hazarded, “If Trudith says this cat she works for is the leader we need right now, then I’m with her.”

While Kipper contemplated the opening moves of the interplanetary war facing them all, Trudith was hard at work trying to affect the war’s mid-game by laying the groundwork for putting another Brighton at the forefront of the action.

So far, she had called a meeting of her scramball team and spent the morning scurrying around, gathering supplies for hosting the team properly at her apartment.  Pork rind curls, Munchy-Crunchy peanut butter balls, and beef sticks sufficed for snacks.  A good spread of snacks could put any group of dogs into an agreeable mood.  Well, almost any group of dogs — all those Shelties at their big Sheltie meeting hadn’t seemed too agreeable, and their food had been super fancy. Continue reading “Otters In Space 2 – Chapter 26: Earth”