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.
Snake Eyes and Boxcars, Part II is a collection of 14 sci-fi/paranormal stories and is author Jay Dubya's 13th story collection and is also his 33rd hardcover book.
This chair is not your grandmother's rocking chair! In fact, you wouldn't want your grandmother or any loved one near it! So find a well lit room and enjoy an intense read of this Sci-Fi thriller.
