Stellar Moods

Patrice Martinez

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Stellar Moods by Patrice Martinez
A Short Story
It is only a small planet lost in the vast mantle of the Milky Way, still harboring a primary life: immense steppes providing shelter and cover for wild animals and a few human tribes taking advantage of the little nutritional largesse Nature gives them. But that was more than enough for the albino people… Osh'Kalishan was the greatest beater, an illustrious hunter with fine hearing and sharp eyes. One day he goes on a hunting expedition, accompanied by the young Ash'Ranashan who is just emerging from childhood, but his ego was hard as rock, impossible to shape. So they make the trip across the immense steppe, among the lions, and antelopes, making an encounter which the stars will judge at nightfall...

Disponível desde: 25/08/2023.

Comprimento de impressão: 78 páginas.

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