A Rose from Red Dust

A decopunk romance short story featured in the Best of 2017 issue of Tevun Krus, and a standalone introduction of two of the major characters from my upcoming novel, "Ruby Descent". Castor and Ethlyne Blane met on Mars and fell in love swiftly. Two glamorous souls meant to be together, they nevertheless will face many trials and dangers in the desperate times ahead.
This story takes place about a year before the events in "Ruby Descent", a developmental side adventure in my retro-future series, "The Family Of Earth".
Rated 'Mature' for PG13 level adult scenes.