Jane Union and Peter Protean are part of the crew of the Nerine Seven, to the occasional consternation of their commander John Glenn, as he leads the first mission to Mars, in 1954. Exochemist Protean finds the first evidence of truly alien life, a triumph ruined by the crew gradually being lost to unknown parallel realities.

“The Nerine Seven” has been published in Alien Dimensions Issue #26, https://aliendimensions.com. It is available in electronic or hard copy formats at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D368937H/?ref_=nav_signin.