Susan Rose Sees Mars as the First Frontier
ShortStory 5,023 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Susan Rose stands alone, save for me and a photographer, on the currently sun-facing side of Mars. She has a paintbrush in her right hand and a heated, vacuum-sealed bag of water in her left. The 60x90cm canvas in front of her is tied down to an aluminum easel which itself is secured to the ground by L brackets."
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