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    Sunset on Mars and Other Stories
    Sunset on Mars and Other Stories
    Sunset on Mars and Other Stories
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    Sunset on Mars and Other Stories

    By Laura E. Bradford

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    From the author of Flyday, Sunset on Mars is a collection of four sci-fi flash fiction stories: two lovers are separated by distance and a sunset; a dentist is undeterred by a zombie invasion; two high school students discover a terrible secret about the zombies; and a captain and a robot are lost in space.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLaura E. Bradford
    Release dateMay 21, 2011
    ISBN9781476191416
    Sunset on Mars and Other Stories
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    Laura E. Bradford

    Author of Flyday and Saturnine.

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      Sunset on Mars and Other Stories - Laura E. Bradford

      Sunset on Mars and Other Stories

      by Laura E. Bradford

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2011 Laura E. Bradford

      Cover by K. B. Wittke

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      Contents

      Sunset on Mars

      …And Let the Apocalypse Happen

      How to Catch a Zombie

      I Don’t Dream Like That Anymore

      Sunset on Mars

      He chased her even as her ship touched the stars.

      At night he gazed through the glass of his telescope, feeling tiny compared to the evening sky, but his days were all routine: get up, go to work, watch the flying cars crisscross and block his chance to catch the faintest patch of gold in the sky. The streets of the city felt empty, even if a thousand people passed by him every day.

      He waited in her favorite café, ignoring the news reports flashing on the screen behind the counter. The world continued on without her--how could it, and how could it not? Now he

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