Red Planet Refugees: 14 (Inklet)

Blue lightning red clouds searing heat and a dwindling water supply: just a typical day on Spiral. Jessa watches the monitors daily waiting for the return of the ice ship. Her family died in the last water rationing crisis--and she longs for good news to share with the colony this time. The ice ships mission lasts six more months. But of course Jessa looks anyway--just in case. The stand-alone sequel to Brooks short story Seventy for everyone who wants to believe in hope. 1400 words / Life On Other Planets (Science Fiction)Welcome to Inklets a series of short (and sometimes short-short) stories ranging from sci-fi to fantasy to lingering just on the edge of normal. One things for sure: you wont look at the world the same way again.