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The second installment of The Sky Pirate serial is Ray Gun Revival, Issue 04.  You can read the story itself here:

Here’s a snip:

Flynn mulled this over, blinked, and cocked his head. “So how do we know this assassin, this Qantiin, was here for Sandle at all? What if he was actually here to target someone else?” He turned and looked at Tuy. “If Sandle wasn’t the ultimate target, who was? Oh, wait! If there was an ultimate target, will the Qantiin send another assassin?” Tuy nodded his head and smiled grimly. “That’s the right question.”

He stood. “Let’s take a walk. It’s time I told you what brought me to Patience Bay.”

Flynn’s eyes grew wide with alarm. “What? What brought you here?” he asked.

Tuy turned and looked Flynn in the eye for the first time that day. “You.”

It seems that something has changed at my host, something that now requires my links to be more specifically named.

What I’m trying to say is that I used to be able to give out links that were all lower-case and they would open up files that weren’t lower-case.  (Don’t ask why I’d even try doing that.  It used to work, but now that’s been ‘fixed’.)  Thanks to Matt (Electragician) K. for pointing out the problem.  I have changed all the 119 files to be all lower-case, so now all links should be operational again.  If you find one that doesn’t work, please let me know and I’ll fix it.

I quickly updated all 119 files using Better File Rename, the best Windows batch renamer that I’ve come across: http://www.publicspace.net/

http://www.raygunrevival.com/Published/RGR_0004_2006_08_15.pdf

Overlord~*single*~s Lair by Paul Christian Glenn

Editorial

Ten Life Lessons I Learned From Space Opera

Melpomene Run by Michael Merriam

Fiction

An emergency courier run to an endangered colony turns deadly for Lt. Lisa Cochrane as she uncovers corruption, intrigue, and sabotage all around her.

Shan’tir’ri by Scott M. Sandridge

Fiction

When an assassination job goes awry, Mark the Merc learns how fast the hunter can become the hunted.

The Adventures of the Sky Pirate, "The Assassin of Patience Bay, Part Two" by Johne Cook

Fiction

After Cooper Flynn loses his best friend to the attack of a mysterious assassin, he must gather himself and unravel the intricate puzzle of who he is if he is to avoid his friends~*single*~s fate.

Memory Wipe, Chapter Two: "Zartsi" by Sean T.M. Stiennon

Fiction

Running for his life in an alien jungle, can Takeda survive the crooked cops after him and the unknown dangers of the wild?

http://raygunrevival.com/Published/RGR_0003_2006_08_01.pdf

Ray Gun Revival Issue 03 has gone live!

33 pages

Cover: “Fragments in Space,” by Michel Merza

Ray Gun Revival, issue 3 has launched!!

Get ready for some excitement, adventure, and fun!

Overlord’s Lair – “The Missing Sense of Wonder” by the RGR Overlords
Editorial – Science Fiction
Space opera is all about taking ideas that traditional sci-fi wouldn’t touch with a ten foot
sliderule and finding value therein, and adventure, and a rip-roaring good time.

Young Ones by Selena Thomason
Fiction – Science Fiction
A shape-shifter helps her newfound, human friends as they try to reclaim an abducted crewmember before he is forced to fight in an alien arena.

TO THE SHORES OF TRIPLE, LEE by A. M. Stickel
Fiction – Science Fiction
In the fight among 3 species of humanoids for interplanetary real estate, what role do our Terrans descendants play?

Deuces Wild – Reluctant Allies, part two by L. S. King
Fiction – Science Fiction
Finding a ship to take them off the backwater planet – good. Getting off the planet before the local mob finds them – better.

Jasper Squad, Episode Two, by Paul Christian Glenn – When In Wroume by Paul Christian Glenn
Fiction – Science Fiction
Unjustly accused of treason, the crew of the Jasper has a more immediate problem: regaining control of their ship from a dangerous criminal before he kills them all in a fiery crash landing!