Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff (ed) by Far Frontiers

Author:Far Frontiers
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-08-25T23:35:10+00:00

The spaceport was only the size of two or three barns. I saw no one except a lone man behind a counter at the far end of the building. I went to one of the chairs in the middle of the room and sat down. I wondered how long Zeta's spaceport would be like this. One day soon it would be rebuilt, turned into a massive complex filled with throngs of people, restaurantS and stores, like something in one of the middle st& systems. The solitude felt strange. I realized that I wasn't used to being away from Emma.

Since getting married, we'd always been together. I tried to think of even a night we'd been apart--yet couldn't. I wanted to call her and somehow change her mind, but I knew better. When Emma made a decision, she stuck to it. She had often accused me of the same thing. Time passed slowly.

I began to think about what life on New Wyoming be like. I knew it would be harsh, like it had

I wondered who my new neighbors would be. I tried to imagine the landscape. Would it look like Zeta? Later I looked out the picture window and saw a land. It was a couple of hundred feet long, a triangular end. A more modern design than any I'd seen before. This was the ship that would take me on the first leg of my journey.

I thought about New Wyoming again. The days I would spend out in the fields, tilling the soil in the old-fashioned way and the nights in my new house. I thought about freedom, a new land, a new beginning, about living a dream.

A worker came over to me and said, "The transport for Oceamus is boarding now."

'Thanks," I said and stood up.

As I walked out of the building and onto the landing field, I replayed in my mind what I'd heard at churc

h the night before. I questioned whether I hated

the destruction of the wilderness and encroachment of civilization more than I loved Emma.

I stood on the landing field and looked at the spaceship. Little multicolored lights embedded in its side blinked on and off like a Christmas tree. I slowly turned around and began walking back to the spaceport.

I went through the building then exited out front and got into my aerocar. I lifted off the ground, turned the vehicle toward home and accelerated.

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