Shotgun

Shot Gun: A Short Story

Small things make life bearable, such as coffee aboard a fusion ship two weeks away from its destination. But what happens if the small things go missing?
Usually nothing. But on a fusion ship in deep space it could be the catalyst for disaster.
Willis was on his dad's ship the Jackson. Because he had forgotten to check the store of coffee the crew was suffering caffeine withdrawal and was distracted.
Now a mishap had quenched the plasma in the fusion engines and there was only about thirty hours of backup power without those engines. Then it would be over.
But even worse, the spacetime they were traveling through was changing. Something had to be done and fast.

Shotgun is set in the future (2390s) and is a short story in the Future Chron Universe: Open Space Series.
Open Space is set in the much larger Future Chron Universe which contains 33 volumes consisting of 9 novels, 1 short novel, 15 novellas, and 8 short stories.

Open Space Series suggested reading order:

Open Space: A Short Story

The Old World: A Short Story

Insurrect: A Short Story

Second Beam: Short Story

All For One: A Short Story

One For All: A Short Story

Shot Gun: A Short Story

Allison: A Short Story

Hard Science Fiction – Old School.

Human-Generated-Content.