Month: February 2021

Cover Art for Morgan’s Road

Cov­er art by Shan­nan Albright Mor­gan’s Road By Torn MacAlester Mak­ing a liv­ing on the Moon is not for every­one, but Nel­son Carmike actu­al­ly pre­ferred the air­less basalt plains over Earth’s windy prairies. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, three years of Moon prospect­ing left him pen­ni­less, and with­out funds for sup­plies he was doomed to face a forced flight […]

Story Excerpt from Morgan’s Road

free short science fiction story by Torn MacAlester: Morgan's Road

Mor­gan’s Road by Torn MacAlester After fill­ing the tank, Nel­son hur­ried inside. After remov­ing his hel­met, he saw Max look at him strange­ly. “What’s wrong, Nel­son?” she asked. “Noth­ing,” he said, feel­ing his face tug­ging with a grin. “Tell me, has there ever been an old prospec­tor called Mor­gan around the sta­tion?” “Mor­gan,” her hand […]