Author: marylowd

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.

For all the responsibility hanging on her shoulders, Kipper stood uselessly in the dark, watching Emily’s spacesuit-wrapped tentacles fly around, working the panels.  The glowing lights on the panels danced, and Kipper watched their reflections play across the bubble of helmet over Emily’s eyes.  None of it meant anything to her, but clearly it meant something to Emily.

Kipper’s paws itched to sign questions at Emily:  “What are you learning?  What does it say?  Can we use this base for anything?”  But she kept her paws to herself, endeavoring to stay out of Emily’s way and keep from distracting her.  It would do her no good to act like an impatient kitten, swatting at anything she saw just to evoke a reaction. Continue reading “Otters In Space 2 – Chapter 30: Europa”

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.

In the hidden base on Europa, the minutes passed like hours, but back on Earth the hours passed like minutes.  Trudith’s apartment had become the spontaneous headquarters for her scramball team’s efforts.  Dahlia and several of the other dogs, at Trudith’s request, had brought laptop computers with them.  Now they crouched around the different computer screens haphazardly arranged on the coffee table.  Clips of Kipper played on all the screens. Continue reading “Otters In Space 2 – Chapter 29: Earth”