Day of the Dogs by Andrew Cartmel

Author:Andrew Cartmel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
Publisher: Abaddon Books

Granny Haxer proved amenable to the new arrangement and, thanks to the ministrations of Asdoel Zo's medical 'bots, she was on her feet and able to join the rest of the posse on their visit to the Weapon Shops of Usher (formerly Isher) Ltd.

The weapon shops were located in a low, orbital mall that was spinning around Wexler VII. The mall was a space station devoted to shopping, with the usual mix of stores and restaurants, though the weapons shops had become so successful that they now occupied nearly half of the entire mall area. But there was a hierarchy among the weapons shops, starting with low-rent gun dealers on the outermost hub of the vast rotating space station, where a redneck might go to pick up his Saturday night special, and progressing through increasingly posh establishments as the shoppers made their way inwards through the spiral access tunnels of the mall until the central cluster of retail premises was reached. Here, at the hub of the space station, the big yachts and cruisers docked. This was where the rich space travellers disembarked and this was where the most high-end weapons shops plied their trade.

Asdoel Zo took his posse to the most elite weapons shop of all, Quinn Moseby Arms, and had the entire place closed down to normal customers so it could tend to Johnny and his companions. Mr Moseby himself served them, getting them kitted out for their mission. The Moseby shop boasted the finest examples of weaponry in the known universe. The hard-bitten bounty hunters were like kids in a candy store - or a lethal toy shop. "Look at this!" whooped Granny Haxer, lifting a Velvett vibrosaw - a device no larger than a cigarette lighter but which, when activated, extruded a long, flat blade of vibrating energy which could cut through almost anything - or anyone. She clutched the vibrosaw in her right hand, which was still swathed with a flesh-coloured dressing, the last vestige of her wounded forearm, which had been so artfully repaired. "You could do a lot of damage with this little beauty. Just the thing for a lady's purse."

Hari Mata Karma and Stella Dysh seemed to agree. All three women selected vibrosaws - in different colours and styles, of course, and Asdoel Zo was there to pay for them without complaint. When the other Strontium Dogs realised that all this fine weaponry was on the house, they got caught up in a frenzied orgy of spending. Slim Drago insisted on getting into the spirit of their old west style adventure and selected a brace of retro-looking blasters with silver plating, carved ivory handles and twin holsters, on a leather belt embossed with turquoise beads. Ray and Bel raced through the shop, picking weapons up and putting them down. "Now that I know I can have anything..." said Ray, the brother.

His sister, Bel, completed his thought, "I can't think of what I want..."

"Why don't you just buy everything?" said Asdoel Zo. So they did.

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