Jeanne G'Fellers - Sisters Flight (28 page)

Aut
—Taelach slang for Autlach

Autlach
—indigenous species to Saria II, the second planet
orbiting Sixty-One Cygni, short and stocky humanoid species with dark features

Battle
braid
—Taelach marker of battle
victories and military rank worn in the hair

Birther
—a Taelach trained in assisting Autlach women in
giving birth to a Taelach child, slang term used to indicate an Autlach woman
giving birth to a Taelach child

Bowriver
Colony
—small colony in the Tekkroon
clan named after the Bow River, the underground river which surfaces in the
Tekkroon lands

Broadback
—woman who pursues a traditional masculine role in
Taelach society

Gentlewoman
—woman who pursues a traditional feminine role in
Taelach society

Gretchencliff
Colony
—largest of the Tekkroon clan
colonies, named after Gretchen Taelakowski, Taelach granddaughter of an
original human colonist on Saria II and founder of the Tekkroon clan

Grotto
—small cave or cavern used by Taelachs as a private
residence

Life
braid
—Taelach marker of family and
clan affiliation worn in the hair

Milker
—nassie used to provide milk

Mother
Maker
—Taelach religious figure,
comparative to Gaia

Nassie
—three toed, llama-like mammals used by the Taelach
and Autlach for meat, wool, riding and beasts of burden

Phase
—telepathic process used by the Taelach

Phase
Blind
—Autlach unaffected by a phase

Pilta
—Sarian tobacco-like plant with a slight narcotic
effect

Powder
Barrier
—elite of Tekkroon clan
military forces, known for the black powder rifles they carry

Raskhallak
—popular Autlach deity that openly condemns the
Taelach

Saria
II—second planet orbiting Sixty-One
Cygni

Sister
—term of endearment and/or respect used by Taelachs
when addressing other Taelachs

Serpents
—a small Tekkroon colony known for its fighting skills
and stringent moral doctrine

Sixty-One
Cygni
—a yellow dwarf star in the
Milky Way suspected to be orbited by an M-class planet similar to Earth

Taelach
—a subspecies of the Autlach which are all are born
female, pale-skinned, willowy in build, sterile and telepathic

Tekkroon
—the largest and technologically superior of the
Taelach clans

Winnolla
—an Autlach male or female, generally of rare musical
or artistic talent, who lives among the Taelach

Yauld
—Taelach clan who travel across the ocean to join the
Tekkroon

About
the Author

Jeanne
G'Fellers is the author of three lesbian science-fiction novels. Her first
novel,
No Sister of Mine,
was awarded a Golden Crown Literary Society
"Goldie" award and was a Lambda Literary Foundation "Lammy"
finalist. She is a college instructor and lives in Tennessee with her partner,
their three children, four cats, a water dragon lizard and ever-fluctuating
numbers of fish. She can be visited at www.jeannegfellers.com.