Lost And Found: A Short Story From ODIN'S EYE

By Maria Haskins

Somewhere in the vast depths of space, a mission has gone horribly wrong. Now a woman is trapped all alone on an alien planet with nothing but her pain and her harrowing memories. At least, she thought she was alone...

Lost And Found is a chilling and evocative science fiction short story from Maria Haskins' book ODIN'S EYE. Two poems from Maria Haskins' new collection of poetry 'Cuts & Collected Poems 1989-2015' are also included.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Maria Haskins
• Release date: Nov 29, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310846342

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LOST AND FOUND

- A short story from ODIN'S EYE -

By Maria Haskins

Copyright 2015 Maria Haskins

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ODIN'S EYE

'CUTS & COLLECTED POEMS 1989 - 2015'

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Table of contents

Lost And Found

Two poems from 'Cuts & Collected Poems 1989 - 2015'

Dragon

Grandmother

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LOST AND FOUND

She was standing by the window, gazing out at the disappearing frost while sipping the last of the soup from the thermo-jar. The pain in her left foot was always worse just after waking, and she was leaning on the wall to take the weight off it until the pills kicked in.

She liked looking at the frost in the mornings. The ground was covered with a thick layer of sprawling ice crystals, and the windows were coated with swirls and intricate patterns, shimmering like glass prisms in the first sunlight. Soon it would all melt away, and trickle down the capsule’s metal hull to be absorbed by the sand. Only in the deeper, shaded valleys would the frost remain until afternoon, the sand there hard and frozen, shattering beneath the soles of her boots.

How long now? she wondered, instinctively checking her watch. It was flashing the same useless numbers over and over again. The same numbers