Machine Language

by Sherry D. Ramsey

On the damaged colony ship Strelka, limping toward the sanctuary of a nearby planet, Yuka and the other surviving colonists--even the children--struggle to keep the ship moving. They pilot remote rovers on the planet's inhospitable surface, searching for a region where they might have a chance at survival. But tensions on the ship are high, and the few left uninjured in the disaster--the Fulls--hold themselves separate from the many who survived, but not intact. When Yuka's remote rover encounters a robotic explorer that didn't come from the Strelka, she's not sure what it means...or who to trust with the information. If she can communicate with it, she might gain valuable planetary data. But what if it poses a threat to the colony even more dangerous than the ones they already face?

21 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 9, 2021

About the author

Sherry D. Ramsey is a speculative fiction writer, internet publisher, artist, creativity addict, co-founder of Third Person Press, and Second Life denizen. She's published by Tyche Books and Dreaming Robot Press, and dabbles in self-publishing as well. She lives in Nova Scotia with her husband, two children, two dogs, and a stack of novels in various stages of completion.

Sherry is a member of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, and a past Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer of SF Canada. She is currently serving as SFC's webmistress.