A Planet Named Beatrice

 
 
Cover of Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide Volume 6. Astronaut helmet iwth shadow hand touching nebula through the faceplate

Title: A Planet Named Beatrice

Length: Short Story - 4,700 words

Publication: Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide Volume 6

Publisher: Dreaming Robot Press

Date published: December 2019

Available from: Amazon and others tbc [Kindle, Paperback]

Listed on: Goodreads

Themes: Science Fiction, space travel, mining and environmental exploitation, alien intelligence

Intro Para:

Jessamine liked three things more than anything else—insects, her best friend Ginny, and figuring out stuff that she wasn’t supposed to know. So far, the planet Delta had only one of those. Guess which one? Here’s a hint: swarms of them fly up your nose when you sneak out the back entrance of the biodome.