Proxima B - Completed
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A short story about the difficulties of building an extrastellar space colony.
Marcus Mason is part of the Proxima B space colony and terraformation team. After four years on a lightship, and even longer spent working in the dome, he's not ready to give up his dream. So when an unexpected stellar flare jeopardizes life support, he'll do anything it takes to survive.
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