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    The Captain's Sphere
    The Captain's Sphere
    The Captain's Sphere
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    The Captain's Sphere

    By Malcolm Schmitz

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    Lady Ava Loftus is an unusual woman, even by the standards of sky-sailors. As she pursues her passion- the study and dissection of mysterious creatures called angels- she must move between different social spheres and contend with others' ideas of who and what she should be. Can she adhere to the expectations set for a lady of quality without betraying her true self?
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    'The Captain's Sphere' is a literary fantasy short story that was originally published in Crossed Genres.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMalcolm Schmitz
    Release dateDec 7, 2017
    ISBN9781370344826
    The Captain's Sphere
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    Malcolm Schmitz

    Author, autistic, apostate. I write SFF about disabled people, trans people, eldritch angels, disappointing unicorns, and lace-making orcs.

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      The Captain's Sphere - Malcolm Schmitz

      The Captain’s Sphere

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      When Ava goes to the sky-docks on business, she dresses like a man.

      Her uniform is perfect, her buttons burnished, her overcoat belted over the top. She hides her hair under an aviator’s cap, buckling the cap snugly around her chin; sometimes a dark strand of it falls out, and she tucks it back in. She laces her thickest boots tightly, even though they chafe against her false leg. For new acquaintances and potential partners, she allows her detested beard to grow and bears its scratch and torment.

      The seedy office overlooks the sky-docks and reeks of Harrington’s stale tobacco. When she talks to him, she tries to do all the little

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