We’re going to the moon!

Have I mentioned that I have a couple of stories headed for the moon? Digital copies of First Contract and Sashelle's Quest are “unofficial stowaways” on the Writers on the Moon datacard that is part of the DHL Moonbox on the Peregrine lander. The mission has been delayed a couple of times, but the current launch date is early (EARLY!) morning on Monday, January 8th.

First Contract was part of Beyond the Stars: Rocking Space, an anthology edited by Patrice Fitzgerald and is traveling as part of her body of work. Sashelle's Quest was originally published in the Hellcats Anthology, and was kindly snuck onto the mission by fellow hellcat Sonia Rao.

You can read both of those stories for free.

First Contract – this is available right here on my blog in four installments. It's a silly, stand-alone short story about a brother and sister who accidentally discover aliens. Or get discovered by aliens…

Sashelle's Quest – this story is free to my newsletter subscribers, but you can sign up and grab it here. This story can stand on its own, but it's backstory of a character from the Krimson Empire series. If you don't want any spoilers, you'd want to read the first three books in that series first.

There are several other payloads that include authors and artists from all over the world. Check out the Peregrine lander's wikipedia page for more info.

If you want to watch the launch, register on NASA's official event page. And Writers on the Moon has a Discord channel where you can chat with other readers and writers.

I love that it's on the Peregrine, since Millennium Peregrine is the name of Lou's space ship in Krimson Empire. As Lou says, “Falcon has trademark issues.”