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“Almost invisible under all that soot. The sky was blue; no vapour trails, no smoke. The air above her shimmered hot, and it was hours before I dared to touch her. She was only small, thankfully, and so light that for a moment I thought the suit might be empty…“
Kaitlin Out Of Space is a short story about an elderly woman who discovers an astronaut in her back garden – a mute astronaut who doesn’t seem entirely human. Tired of being alone, she adopts the new arrival.
It was published in Abyss & Apex, which has been around for what seems like forever. It publishes speculative and imaginative fiction and poetry.
Kaitlin Out Of Space by Krishan Coupland is marked CC0 1.0. As with a lot of my short fiction, I have released this story into the public domain. This means you can use it any way you like, including making a profit from it. Let me know if you do anything interesting with it!