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There's nothing on the barren world of Talos IV except a small mining colony. For Carmen Peach, returning to the planet after several years away, there's something more. A painful memory, which she feels no longer equipped to live with. And a promise made to a lost loved one years ago.
Now, seven years on from a tragedy that she's never fully accepted, Carmen Peach steps foot once more upon Talos IV. Retraces those distant events, to confront a future intertwined with the past.
A stand-alone short story set within the universe of the Many Worlds Saga. Approximately 4400 words.
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Alpert L Pine
Alpert L Pine lives and writes in a small cabin, off the grid, in the Northwest United States. Once per week, he treks to the nearest town on foot—rain, snow or shine—and spends the day transferring his material into a digital format, with the help of the kindly librarians whom he has befriended. When he's not writing, he spends much of his time with a metal detector, looking for a rumored Templar treasure which is said to be buried somewhere nearby. To date, he's found a few nails, an old Liberty head penny, and a strange amulet.For free stories, news about past and future releases, and more, visit his website: AlpertLPine.com
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Closer to the Edge - Alpert L Pine
Closer to the Edge
by Alpert L Pine
Copyright 2016 Alpert L Pine
Rowing Upstream Publishing
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Closer to the Edge
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Closer to the Edge
We set down on the farside of the planet. The little mining operation and its colony housing over on the other side had probably scanned us; however, with their limited resources, they were unlikely to come over and investigate in a timely manner, if at all. Perhaps they hadn't even noticed us.
There were three of us, plus the dog.
Captain of the ship was a man called Franklin Abe. He was gruff and short with his words, but kind. His hair and beard had gone mostly grey, but there was enough of the original black to provide him with an air of aged experience and authority.
Langley was the—I don't know what—sometimes navigator, sometimes co-pilot, most times pain in the ass. He liked to sing loudly in the shower. And in the mess. And in the common room and the cockpit and cargo hold. In fact, he just about never shut up with the singing, although he was amiable enough that he managed to make you forget how annoyed with him you had just been. The next minute you would be laughing
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