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    Shermmies' Planet
    Shermmies' Planet
    Shermmies' Planet
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    Shermmies' Planet

    By Ryan M. Williams

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    Bad enough the planet smelled like lemon meringue pie. But for Uplift Agent Holly Kirk, her future hinges on convincing the furry natives to adopt her uplift contract—before her competition beats her to it. Unfortunately, the natives are more interested in dancing!

    Work and play collide in this story of first contact.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGlittering Throng Press
    Release dateSep 3, 2023
    ISBN9781946440723
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      Shermmies' Planet - Ryan M. Williams

      Shermmies’ Planet

      SHERMMIES’ PLANET

      A SHORT SCIENCE FICTION FIRST CONTACT STORY

      RYAN M. WILLIAMS

      Glittering Throng Press

      CONTENTS

      Chapter 1

      Approach

      Chapter 2

      Meeting

      Chapter 3

      Set Backs

      Chapter 4

      City

      Chapter 5

      Departure

      About the Author

      Also by Ryan M. Williams

      1

      APPROACH

      Project coordinator Holly Kirk didn’t trust any planet that smelled like lemon meringue pie. She stood at the base of the squat saucer-shaped lander with a scanner held up to her eyes. Her tight blue enviroskin clung to every curve and the smooth line of her body from her tiny ankles to her long neck. A brisk breeze carried the lemon meringue smell across the bright orange spring grass plain. The wind tugged at her black hair, but her glittery silver hair bands kept every strand in place. Her space-pale brow, unmarred by unfiltered starlight, wrinkled as she surveyed the area.

      Worse even than the smell, was the impossible cuteness of Shermmies’ Planet. The smell came from the spring grass, each coiled orange stem leaking tiny sap beads out through pores. The odor attracted the sipper moths that crawled around each stem, nibbling on the sweet syrup as they left behind their eggs. Even those bugs were cute to human eyes as if a Disney god had designed their bright multi-colored wings and big faux-eyes. Nothing was cuter than a shermmie, the technologically adept, if backward, natives that she’d come to uplift. Through the scanner she watched a contingent of them skipping through the spring grass toward the lander.

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