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Submitted to Contest #44
“I am proud of you,” Sehana said and let go of him. The harbormaster was already waiting for Lemo to go through the mission briefing one last time. He’d told him he needed a couple of minutes to say goodbye to his wife. It was unusual for a married Ahana to embark on a journey to the Circle. But Lemo had turned out to be the perfect candidate. They’d talked about it for months, argued about family, pride, and honor. They had to do it. As always, there were hundreds of people scattered throughout the small harbor at the northern island of Sah...
Submitted to Contest #43
She was standing in the garage entrance, her angled finger gently tapping on the wooden frame. He turned round to see a tall woman with long, curly hair wearing a blue cotton hoodie and ripped jeans. She had baby blue eyes, wide open, giving her a sense of attentiveness that she coupled with an amiably smiling face looking straight at him. She was beautiful. “Hey,” she said waving her right hand in a swift motion, and they were off.She was walking beside him, telling him about her job. The pathway was covered in leaves illuminated by the bar...
Submitted to Contest #42
She grabbed the book from the ground and gave it back to the woman, apologizing. The spacedock’s transit domes were connected by large cylindrical segments about ten meters wide with large tubes at the top providing recycled and cooled air through a mesh of metal grilles. Hundreds of people squeezed their way through the almost homogenous mass. Valles Marineris has become a hotspot, providing exit points to all major planets and stations inside and near Federation space. The surge of people increased by a hundredfold and the construction of ...
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