The Girl From GALEOP

By Carrie Wexford

The Girl From GALEOP is a science fiction short story by Carrie Wexford.

On her first lunar mission, Galactic and Low Earth Orbit Program intern Hazel Riverton discovers a strange artifact that reveals the future of the United States.

This short fiction is also available in The Girl From GALEOP and Other Stories.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carrie Wexford
• Release date: Jun 24, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386780014

Carrie Wexford

An L.A. native, Carrie Wexford is an author of contemporary and historical fiction.  Her recently published work includes Meet Me After Work, the story of a successful career woman waiting for a marriage proposal, Fab or Flab, the adventures of an actress struggling to make a comeback, and Wolves Behind You, a modern classic suspense thriller about West Coast Mafia call girls.  Carrie’s current project is an historical novel about a young actress in 1920s Los Angeles. Visit Carrie’s blog for new book releases and promotions: http://carriewexford.blogspot.com Follow her on Twitter @CarrieWexford and on Facebook www.facebook.com/carrie.wexford    

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Hazel’s nervous blue eyes followed the man in the long, white coat.

The doctor, a fiftyish man with large hands, exchanged whispers with the military guard outside of the examination room.  Then he returned to his patient, pressed his stethoscope to her back, and listened to her lungs again.

Clad in a navy T-shirt and khaki slacks, the teenager perched on the end of the cushioned platform.  She breathed deeply at the doctor’s command.  Her bare feet dangled six inches above the cold floor tiles. She wore no makeup or fingernail polish.  Her shiny brunette hair fell in layers below her jaw.

She turned her head.  Her uncle, Colonel Matt Riverton, leaned against the austere stucco wall, his arms crossed over his royal blue flight jumpsuit.  His uniform bore the emblem of the Galaxy and Low Earth Orbit Program.  He had not left Hazel’s side since she had been carried off the transport from the Orbital Station.

Her fingers tightened on the lop-eared stuffed rabbit resting on her knees.  The toy animal had been her sister Tamara’s favorite playmate when they were little girls; Hazel had promised to take the faded lavender bunny all the way to the moon and back, as a special souvenir.

The doctor removed the