﻿Flash Gold By Lindsay Buroker Smashwords Edition Copyright 2011
Lindsay Buroker Foreword The following story is set in the
1890s, in a world similar to ours, but with a few differences.
Magic exists, airships aren’t uncommon, and there’s a backward
little town called “Moose Hollow” in the Yukon. Enjoy! Part I
Kali McAlister tapped a wrench against her thigh as she
contemplated her invention. She had stripped every extra piece
of metal she could from the “dogless sled” and had even debated
removing the brush bow, but that seemed unwise. Besides, it’d
been cold enough the last week men were complaining of pee
freezing before it hit the ground. The ice on Forty Mile Creek
ought to be thick enough for the heavy steam sled. If it
wasn’t...winning the race would be the last of her worries.
Hinges creaked, and a gust of frigid air hurled snow into the
workshop. Kali spun toward the door, her long braid whipping
around her shoulder. A fur-clad figure loomed, head an inch shy
of the top of the frame. With those broad