Vincent L. Cleaver works in a factory in Clayton DE, as an assembler and electrician, and likes to write on the back of used paper at breaks and lunch-time (plus fold and blow up an occasional origami rabbit, or draw a planet map). He mostly writes sci-fi, with a little fantasy and horror.
A little down-time as the crew waits to see if their captain will pull through, and 'Freya's' First Officer reflects on revenge, survival, and his lack of compassion.
Fire, a tiger, and a company man, all come together leading to pilgrimage to a place where a few once chose to save themselves, and briefly lit up the Galaxy. Old Complications can do no less...
An FBI agent and the man she was sent to arrest are lost a very long way from home and about to witness a horrible feast... except that they aren't going to let it happen.