Fragilebeings Stories

in which a strange boy meets a strange girl.

Astronaut Lance Hartman is on the first manned interstellar voyage in history. The mission is expected to take at least twenty years. Twelve light years away in the Tau Ceti system, there is only a four hour window of time in which communication is possible with Earth. Now, Lance is getting ready for the one and only conversation he will have with his wife for the entire duration of the voyage.