This was another entry in the Writers of the Future Contest in 2010 and won an Honorable Mention. I've polished it a bit more.
TOURIST SEASON
by Kathryn Flatt
Miranda Embry admired the most magnificent panorama ever known to man framed in the viewport of her spacious office. Years of long, hard work had won her the Chief of Station position for McMillan Consortium’s resort in orbit around the fourth planet of the Cybel system, and satisfaction from the achievement made the view all the more breathtaking. The cloak of clouds surrounding the globe shimmered with every color imaginable, but like most extraordinarily beautiful things in the charted universe, it could also be deadly.
“The year is 2011 and Samuel Elmsmore is adrift in the universe. After a series of breakdowns he awakens as a virtual prisoner in a hostel for the mentally ill. He’s estranged from his family and friends, and is jobless after an unfortunate incident
The AL-EX Project (ALternative EXistence) is my first foray into light science fiction, written under the name of C M Donaldson (my real name) with a tale that tells of what happens when our main character aims to explore the dream state and manipula
MONSTROSITY n. 1. That which deviates greatly from the norm in appearance or structure. 2. The quality or character of being abnormal; hideous; frightful; shocking.
