Deborah L. Davitt Analog 2022 ShortStory Science Fiction 7,347 words details

"The point of Mars,” Serafina said over the radio as her rover crunched over the fine lacustrine surface of the Argyre Planitia, “is that it’s the opposite of a safe place. Why else would we be here, except to challenge ourselves, to challenge humanity?”...

Near FutureMortalityRestrained Prose

Deborah L. Davitt Analog 2021 Novelette Science Fiction 7,988 words details

"Dominic Vadas hadn’t set out to break records. Hadn’t intended to become the furthest outpost of humanity in existence, or famous in any way. He’d simply wanted to slip away from the rest of humanity unnoticed. One billion miles from Earth, 2.5 hours of...

First ContactRedemptionEpistolary Adjacent