- It's
- six
- weeks
- until
- the
- scheduled
- launch
- of
- the
- first
- manned
- Mars
- fly-by,
- when
- Diana
- Erden--one-half
- of
- the
- married
- "Phobonaut"
- crew--loses
- consciousness.
- The
- choice
- facing
- the
- TransMars
- Collective,
- a
- private
- venture
- on
- the
- threshold
- of
- history?
- Proceed
- as
- planned,
- or
- fail.
- Under
- the
- circumstances,
- the
- replacement
- they
- find
- has
- some
- issues
- but
- seems
- almost
- perfect.
- Almost.
- ADULT
- SITUATIONS.I
- was
- invited
- by
- a
- genre
- publisher
- to
- submit
- a
- story
- for
- an
- anthology
- of
- stories
- featuring
- witches
- with
- attitude
- and
- embroidery--human
- or
- otherwise.
- I
- was
- reluctant,
- given
- my
- troth
- to
- the
- human
- condition,
- but
- I
- thought
- the
- stretch
- might
- be
- good
- for
- me.
- Long
- story
- short,
- I
- sent
- them
- "GriffonRider"
- and
- they
- didn't
- like
- it.
- Too
- much
- science
- and
- not
- enough
- occult,
- I'm
- guessing.
- I
- can't
- help
- it--I
- was
- raised
- by
- an
- engineer
- and
- lived
- through
- Mercury,
- Gemini,
- and
- Apollo.
- Anyway,
- I
- had
- fun
- writing
- it
- and
- I
- hope
- you
- enjoy
- reading it.
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