slickertic

A few droplets of water had crawled under the edge of the slickertic.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

Pip uncoiled from its perch beneath the slickertic Lauren Walder had provided and made a snake - line for the bar itself.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

At their arrival Flinx instinctively turned away, leaving the crowd behind and cradling Pip beneath his slickertic.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

Disdaining an underjacket, he took a slickertic from its wall hook and donned it; thus suitably shielded from the rain, he made his way back to the stall, out into the street, and closed the main door softly behind him.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

His slickertic fanned out like a cape behind him, and his boots sent water flying over shop fronts and pedestrians alike.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

Glancing up beyond the fringe of the slickertic hood, he wondered where the snake's home world lay.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

Instead of the light slickertic favored by the inhabitants of Moth, he wore a heavy offworld overcoat of black material.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

He tried to marshal his thoughts as he slid Pip out from beneath the slickertic.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

They had supplied him with that one vital piece of clothing, a small blue slickertic of his own.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983

Rain spattered off his slickertic, wove its way down the walls of the shops and the office building, to gurgle down the central drains.

For Love of Mother-Not Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983