Hard to believe they were once human. Five hundred years of genetic modifications had created yeti out of the population of ice planet Skadi. Their zealot prophet Khione made them monsters.
News feed, year 3145: “Thousands more killed in New Earth Alliance’s outlying regions. Authorities advise evacuation of all low-population zones to larger settlements.”
Mom and Pop had lived that land since colonization. There was no convincing them to go. I watched their farm burn on the news feed. Gone, like so many others.
The next day, I signed up for military service. Goddammit! We would take this galaxy back.
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Alison McBain
Alison McBain writes fiction & poetry, edits & reviews books, and pens a webcomic called “Toddler Times.” In her free time, she drinks gallons of coffee & pretends to be a pool shark at her local pub. More: http://www.alisonmcbain.com/
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