The crowd on the promenade of Canoples Station goes about
their business, ignoring Sally and her red face. She’s patting powder on her
face and checking a PocketPad on the table in front of her. Her eyes tighten
and she adjusts the vid-recorder set to catch her best side and portray her
next interview subject in the worse possible light.
Sally: Sally Wild of Inside Galaxy. I’m supposed to interview…Eeek!
Cassie: Oh, sorry, did I scare you? Sorry. You looked so busy. I
just thought I should tap your shoulder first. Okay, what do you want to know?
Sally: Oh, delighted Inside Galaxy viewers, this is Cassie Wills,
the only female on the male oriented Canoples Investigations team. She’s
pretty, in a rustic way. If you like that kind of look.
Cassie: Drop the space-junk and get this done with. I have things
to do.
Sally: Oh, all right. Rumor has it that you and BD are more
frenemies than friends. Is that true?
Cassie: Old news. Nothing to talk about. Move on.
Sally: Didn’t you dump your “boyfriend” to hang around with that
lovely Lisa Tulane? And then didn’t you dump her when the rest of Canoples
Investigations rigged the betting going on about when you and BD would get back
together?
Cassie: Hey, brainless reporter. (Leans against table. Eyes narrow.) Get this straight. BD and I are
friends. Not frenemies, whatever that means. We’re good friends. Some might
even say we’re a couple. You’re not going to go for gossip in this “interview,”
are you? Either you ask sensible questions, or I walk off.
Sally: Fine. Real interview questions. You’re the computer expert.
Supposedly. Why did you go off to Jupiter with a tour group when your presence
was necessary to cracking the case against the space pirates?
Cassie: I made a promise to my dad. BD, Terry, and Carl had things
under control. They handled the problem.
Sally: You let those criminals capture you, even though there was a
warning about space pirate activity in the area, even though the promenade had
been evacuated because the porthole was blown out. How do you defend your
actions?
Cassie: Simple. I don’t defend my decisions to anyone, and I’m not
explaining anything about what happened on Jupiter. There’s a trial tomorrow,
and you know that—you’re here to cover it. We only agreed to these interviews
because you kept calling. Not because we think you’re all that great a
reporter. (Straightens and walks away.)
Sally: Well, I never. These children have absolutely no respect for
adults. They’ll learn, though. I’ll teach them a thing or two. Where is BD
Bradford? He’s the reason I’m here. Oh yes, another one of those silly
commercials about that awful book.
Canoples
Investigations Tackles Space Pirates
Available
now!
Excerpt:
Five
flitters arrow around the massive tetra-flex porthole giving everyone a view of
Jupiter and her moons. These are ships capable of seating two to four people
for station-to-planet hops. The largest thing in sight, Io, is in synchronous
orbit between the station and Jupiter.
Blurb:
The
biggest worry on BD Bradford's mind is scoring enough creds to snatch a copy of
the latest vid-game. He's set on getting his girl to stop glaring at him, until
Space Pirates make their presence known. Thrown into a day without end, BD and
his team can't do anything right, until faced with an impossible situation.
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Bio:
Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin,
K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the
Air Force before settling in Northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her
husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to
torment her characters and coming up with new tales from the South and beyond.
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the
strangest sources. Some of her short stories have appeared in anthologies,
others in magazines. Three of her books (Softly Say Goodbye, Who Am I?, and
Mama’s Advice) are Amazon best sellers. Her other books are: Take Chances,
Where U @, The Wrong One, Pony Dreams, Evil Eyes, Inits, and Starlight.
Additionally, she has shorts available on Amazon: Grace, Secret From the
Flames, Family Curse … Times Two, and The Ghost Catcher.
Author Links:
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Website:
www.kcsprayberry.com
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Book Links:
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