Offshoots: Humanity Twigged (Third Flatiron Publishing, July 2024), pp. 101-112 [Third Flatiron #33]
Ed. Juliana Rew
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17-year-old N. Smith-Dandekar lives comfortably on one of the terraformed microplanets of the Greater Astrolasian Spiral. His family’s estate is a sprawling paradise. He is at one with nature; his days brim with dance. Why then has he volunteered for the Interparadisal Leap, a solo exploration mission that will plunge him deep into the lonely horrors of the void?