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We Are Stardust (pt. 5)
Another few weeks passed and eventually Massoud gave up her efforts to teach the Petrans to farm. Hughes began spending more time on the surface, eventually only returning to the Exodus to sleep, and that only because Nyoka had insisted on it. Nyoka could feel control of the mission slipping away from her.
We Are Stardust (pt. 4)
Although no one had said it aloud or written it down or filled out any of the paperwork that could have made it official, Nyoka saw Rivera as her protégé, who would someday be in command of her own crew. The woman was in love with the stars; had said as much in her initial evaluation.
We Are Stardust (pt. 3)
Before the shuttle touched down, a ring of Petrans had formed around the clearing. As Nyoka stepped onto the alien world, she could not shake the lightness she felt. Beyond the weaker gravity of a less massive planet, standing on the bluish grass surrounded by indigo leaves, something in Nyoka lifted.
FICTION FRIDAYS ARE (almost) HERE
Fiction Fridays are (almost) here! Read more about it and come back tomorrow for the first part of “We Are Stardust,” a science fiction short story.
EMERGENCY UPDATE(S)
My blog will be on a less consistent, pseudo-hiatus, kind of schedule. At least for a while. The goal is to get back to new posts every Monday soon, but I can’t be sure when that will happen. There may be fewer than one post a week. The posts that come may not come on Monday. Hopefully you’ll forgive me. If not, well… eh, I’m still happy because I have a second son, so phooey on you.