Meteor Mags

Space pirate, anarchist, pole dancer, tobacco smuggler, and rock'n'roll rebel: Meteor Mags blazes through the solar system in a series of adventures with her foul-mouthed nephew, Tarzi, and her adorably indestructible cat, Patches. In the not-so-distant future, localized gravity control has made asteroid mining a major industry. On this interplanetary frontier, Meteor Mags rages against the forces of law and order, rocks the asteroid belt with her band The Psycho 78s, and comes face-to-face with an alien invasion. Along with her best friend Celina and the young women of Club Assteroid, Meteor Mags confronts evil reptiles from space, a telepathic kraken grown in a genetics lab, and a horrifying robotic version of herself. She rescues a pirate radio DJ and invents the principles of gravity control. Between bar fights and smuggling runs, the spirit of her great-grandmother Mad Dog Mags, a bloodthirsty eighteenth-century pirate, gives her guidance and protection. Meteor Mags is vehemently pro-cat, ardently anti-fascist, and always up for a bottle of rum or a round of weapons testing. Too loving to be a heartless criminal and too degenerate to be a radical feminist, Meteor Mags uses her wits, bravery, and vintage arsenal to carve her own violent brand of justice on the solar system. She comes from a line of women known for piracy, revolution, and mysteriously long lives. And no one knows for sure why she has a tail! The short stories of the Meteor Mags universe blend historical fiction with the wild energy of Jack Kirby-style comic books and pulp science fiction to create a solar system where action is always around the corner and the heroes aren't always good. "Red Metal at Dawn and Other Tales of Interplanetary Piracy" collects the first ten Meteor Mags stories, plus character interviews and illustrations. Read one of Mags' tales today and find out why Meteor Mags materials have been banned in the asteroid belt since 2029!