“My heart knows love as well as it knows pain, and I know that I am meant to carry both across the universe with me.”

This story is the audience-selected topic poll winner for September 2023 “Dissident Space Cultures.” It’s also an origin story for Kristoff Mikkel (aka Juice) from “The Misfits” series. If you haven't yet, you can check out the “Misfits Origins” playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWl-Jc_I2wPB5Ac8AZvlVyCNBxaof6Nif

If you prefer to read rather than listen or would like to read along, full text of this and all my Sci-Fi Weeklies are available through my Substack: https://perowe.substack.com

https://perowe.substack.com/p/empty-fields

Rowe’s Bookstore:

https://www.amazon.com/Age-Deception-Stories-P-Sci-Fi-ebook/dp/B0CDQXLQV4?ref_=ast_author_dp

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More on this project: https://www.rowelit.com/sci-fi-weeklies

For the serious writers out there: Mechanics of Fiction Writing Series

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About Rowe Writes: https://youtu.be/aDxWwMVkL6M

About this project: I am writing a weekly sci-fi story to the theme of Isaac Arthur’s SFIA videos. It’s a crazy challenging timeframe to create a good short story in, and to do so publicly is even more daunting. I’m just hoping some good stories come out of this, I have fun writing them, and most importantly, the audience enjoys!

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