Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

The Dragon-Queen of Jupiter

Brackett, Leigh, 1915-1978; Lynch, Don (Artist) [Illustrator]· 2 chapters· 7,002 words

Tex stirred uneasily where he lay on the parapet, staring into the heavy, Jupiterian fog. The greasy moisture ran down the fort wall, lay rank on his lips. With a sigh for the hot, dry air of Texas, and a curse for the adventure-thirst that made him leave it, he shifted his sh...

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1. Part 1

Tex stirred uneasily where he lay on the parapet, staring into the heavy, Jupiterian fog. The greasy moisture ran down the fort wall, lay rank on his lips. With a sigh for the h...

2. Part 2

Tex picked up an undershirt. It was as dry as any he'd ever hung in the prairie air, back in Texas. He touched his face. The skin was like sun-cured leather. His hair had not a...