by Christie Meierz | Mar 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
There it was, the little kiosk in which was embedded a perfect epsilon ruby. The human who attended the kiosk did not know the ruby was perfect and therefore worth far, far more than he was offering in...
by Christie Meierz | Mar 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
The ventilation shaft reminded Two-Five of a broodmale’s tunnel: a tight fit for an adult Slash Second. He was flat on his long belly, crouching on his four legs, supporting his upper body with two of his four arms and holding the pouch...
by Christie Meierz | Mar 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Two-Five opened the pouch slung between his second pair of arms and removed a station map. The map did not mark the locations of the observation devices the humans installed at regular intervals along Tau Ceti’s outer ring, but he knew where...
by Christie Meierz | Mar 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
<drum roll please> Here’s the cover for Daughters of Suralia! Cover design by Laura Shinn.
by Christie Meierz | Mar 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
“Hey now, what are you doing here, little guy?” Two-Five’s inner eyelids snapped down as he turned his back on the grate. Looming over him was a large and hairy male in the uniform of a warrior for Earth...
by Christie Meierz | Mar 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Curious about the Kekrax? Here begins the tale of one particularly adventurous specimen of this reptilian race, whose territory abuts Tolari space. Two-Five of Four-Seven Slash Second scurried down the corridor of the station, tails held...
by Christie Meierz | Feb 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
As promised, the rest of the original opening to First Contact: Tolar was a patchwork quilt of independent provinces, a pastoral world of technologically-backward people, a pre-industrial culture of scholars and artisans. Earth’s partners in the Trade Alliance had at...
by Christie Meierz | Feb 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
First Contact, the first of the two stories in Into Tolari Space, didn’t originally start with the words, “And now, the Tolari were calling.” At the suggestion of a member of my critique group, I cut the first almost-600 words and redistributed much...
by Christie Meierz | Feb 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
At an undisclosed time, Storaas lies musing after his heart nearly fails him. Click below and find out a little more about the Sural’s history. A heart attack, the humans call it. I experienced a heart attack. The apothecaries say the shock of seeing a man I had...
by Christie Meierz | Feb 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kirkus Reviews gave me a Valentine’s Day gift in the form of a wonderful review, quoted in full below: “In the first in a series, Meierz’s debut, a rich sci-fi love story about a female teacher sent to a foreign planet to tutor the daughter of its rulers...
