Angel Pattern, by Henry Szabranski

[Clarkesworld]

★★★☆☆

(Post-Apocalypse Adventure; Skink and Percher) Searching for the lost secret to the Weave technology, Skink and Perch reach the ancient city that’s supposed to have a library, but the place is abandoned and dead. Well, not entirely dead. (8,862 words; Time: 29m)

This is the third story in the series. The author has done a decent job of making it stand alone, but you’ll get more out of it if you read the other two first.

Witch of the Weave, by Henry Szabranski

[Clarkesworld]

★★★☆☆ Good Beginning

(Fantasy Adventure) After their host, the giant Motherman, fell, Percher and Skink struggle to survive on the surface, hoping to meet other people in a world completely strange to them. (7,298 words; Time: 24m)

The Veilonaut's Dream, by Henry Szabranski

[Clarkesworld]

★★★☆☆ Average

(SF Exploration) We don’t know who left the Discontinuity out past Neptune’s orbit, but it lets us jump to other parts of the universe. Pity it doesn’t let us pick where—and that it often strands people in empty space. (5,083 words; Time: 16m)