Dead Man's Hammer

s been a little highly strung, but the public was fond of him. They liked his hot dogs and cold cats, which he made to an old family recipe (the way h

ee doughnut with the 5th cup) but only on Tuesdays and only if drunk while standing up. Then again, who could drink that much coffee and stay sitting down? This was similar to his credit policy. He would give credit to clients only if customers were over 60 and if accompanied by both parents and grandparents – until somebody actually did that. (Hey, this is the futur

there wasn't much crabby-grass in the center of town. Cindy-Mei Winter, sitting at one of Albrecht's tables, casually sipped a tall mug of flavored coffee while

ckly and tipping his Venetian gondolier style hat. She smiled back at him,

d she was enjoying a large cool drink with ice. The liquid in her glass was green, blue, red and yellow. It looked like a tropical bir

n." She joked. "No, don't!" She giggled as Danielle jokingly put her hand up as if to

nd and understudy. They had met shortly after her arrival on Deanna only seven short months ago and Mei had decided to help her out a little. Danielle's elder si

raveling back – and ended up here. In case anybody is hard of reading, Cindy-Mei Winter did start out in life as a male, but decided for personal reasons that she was a she and not a he – and set out to set her true self free. At the age of 30, Agent Winter (Colonial Intelligence Agency) – came out

t was time to start living. Technically Mei was still on holiday. She was independent financially – than

the alternative – which might have made life a lot easier for both her and her family if being a boy had been something she could have accepted. Both her parents and elder brother had died in incidents related to the greed of the local mining company, and now it was just her and her elder sister Jenny. The Grauffis sisters got on well together, but Jenny had her hands full still trying to run the family ranch – pretty much single-handed – while she, as the family perse', was