Short Fiction Complete by Perry A. Chapdelaine

Author:Perry A. Chapdelaine [Chapdelaine, Perry A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-10-24T00:00:00+00:00

PART of One-Girk-Two’s conscious thought dwelt on the environment around him, comparing and classifying sensations and shapes into safe, possibly safe, possibly dangerous and dangerous categories. The vine now ahead of him, for example, appeared as safe as thousands of others he had seen.

Another part of this thought process, like some small, irritating insect, considered the principles or philosophies he was expected to formulate and present during the final testing. So far he had changed his pattern of behavior by killing other life forms. It followed that his attitude and orientation toward himself and the universe were also changed. Was the change in the proper direction? He did not know.

Certainly the development of utilizing his whole mass of neural TO THE LAST RITE!

tissue when confronted with an otherwise unsolvable problem was in the right direction. Everything he instinctively knew about his hoped-for and ultimate goal spoke of even higher, almost godlike, powers of concentration that would be his as a Unit.

The vine ahead of him waved but so did all the other vines, hanging nearby. The wind reached the vegetation through a cone in the jungle roof. One-Girk-Two passed under the dangling plant when, without any warning at all, it twisted and curled itself around him.

One-Girk-Two contracted his body and slipped out of the coils. Unfortunately his heat beam was jerked from its carrying strap and crushed.

Shock struck One-Girk-Two at his loss. Could he survive this hostile environment without the heat weapon?

He did not know.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.