Short Story Wednesday Review: Happy Hour: A Short Story (An Interplanetary Voyage with Cookie Sullivan on the Linda Rae) by Kate Thornton

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Captain Cookie Sullivan of the spaceship Linda Rae has a major problem. Her co-pilot, N’Doro is missing. She has booked cargo for the return trip to Toshiba Station and needs to leave right away. Not everything is listed on the manifest so speed is of the essence.

Captain Sullivan is used to checking the bars to find N’Doro on shore leave so once the ship is loaded and ready for flight she heads to the nearest bar. Lucky for her N’Doro was there. Unlucky for her he did something major and has been taken to the Corporation Detention Facility on the other side of town. Getting him released and back to the ship is just one of the many problems she has to deal with in the excellent short story, Happy Hour.

This is just one of several tales featuring Captain Cookie Sullivan of the spaceship Linda Rae. As she did with her short story collection Inhuman Condition author Kate Thornton blends some mystery with some adventure, adds a dash or two of humor, and brings it all together in a satisfying read that hits the mark no matter the genre. Happy Hour: A Short Story is flat out good and very much worth your time. 

Happy Hour: A Short Story (An Interplanetary Voyage with Cookie Sullivan on the Linda Rae)

Kate Thornton

http://www.katethornton.net

July 2015

ASIN: B011J4T5W4

eBook

18 Pages

 

 

 

 

Material picked up back in July via Amazon Associate funds to read and review.

 

 

Kevin R. Tipple ©2015, 2021

Review: "Blue Plate Special: A Cookie Sullivan Short Story" by Kate Thornton

Captain Cookie Sullivan does not normally take her ship, Linda Rae, to Bishop 13, one of the manmade moons of Mars. But, the well-paying contract specifies pickup at the Martian moon so she is there. In about four hours her co-pilot, N’Doro, is to be back at the ship for the twelve hour run from the Corporation moon to Toshiba Station. Once the cargo was loaded –strictly legit this time-- she will be free to stretch her legs and get a bite to eat.

She could have eaten something from the replicator aboard her ship. That quest for food will get her in trouble in Blue Plate Special: A Cookie Sullivan Short Story by Kate Thornton.

One of several of the Cookie Sullivan short story series this is another good one. Though is just may make you think twice about what is on your plate when eating out. 

Much like author Kate Thornton’s book INHUMAN CONDITION: Tales of Mystery and Suspense  as well as the short story It Doesn’t Take A Genius and her other works, a mystery is present in these science fiction tales. That was certainly the case with Happy Hour: A Short Story and is the case here with Blue Plate Special: A Cookie Sullivan Short Story. Regardless of the genre, Kate Thornton is always a good read.

According to Amazon I picked this up July 2015. I have no idea now if I got it by way of an author free read or I used funds in my Amazon Associate account to snag it to read and review.

Kevin R. Tipple ©2016

Short Story Review: "Happy Hour: A Short Story (An Interplanetary Voyage with Cookie Sullivan on the Linda Rae)" by Kate Thornton

Captain Cookie Sullivan of the spaceship Linda Rae has a major problem. Her co-pilot, N’Doro is missing. She has booked cargo for the return trip to Toshiba Station and needs to leave right away. Not everything is listed on the manifest so speed is of the essence.

Captain Sullivan is used to checking the bars to find N’Doro on shore leave so once the ship is loaded and ready for flight she heads to the nearest bar. Lucky for her N’Doro was there. Unlucky for her he did something major and has been taken to the Corporation Detention Facility on the other side of town. Getting him released and back to the ship is just one of the many problems she has to deal with in the excellent short story, Happy Hour.

This is just one of several tales featuring Captain Cookie Sullivan of the spaceship Linda Rae. As she did with her short story collection Inhuman Condition author Kate Thornton blends some mystery with some adventure, adds a dash or two of humor, and brings it all together in a satisfying read that hits the mark no matter the genre. Happy Hour: A Short Story is flat out good and very much worth your time.

Happy Hour: A Short Story (An Interplanetary Voyage with Cookie Sullivan on the Linda Rae)

Kate Thornton

http://www.katethornton.net

Self-Published

July 2015

ASIN: B011J4T5W4

E-book

18 Pages

$0.99

Material picked up back in July via Amazon Associate funds to read and review.

Kevin R. Tipple ©2015