The Viability of a Seed - The Inside Scoop

Have you heard the story of the last remaining Judean date palm? It was germinated from a 2,000 year old seed. The palm was named Methuselah and stands as the last hope of resurrecting a species that has been all but wiped out. I'm not making this up. If Methuselah is a female palm, the species will live on. If it turns out to be male, the story doesn't end as well.

The tale is one that inspired me to write "The Viability of a Seed" -- one of the hardest stories I've ever written. It took abou...