Story Details
Published on 2020-12-31
Categories Science Fiction Hard SF Adventure
Robert Harpold has operated spacecraft, designs trajectories for the Orion missions, and has been to some very cold places. It all comes together as he imagines a discovery on Europa.
Author Details
Robert Harpold
In previous jobs, Robert worked in Greenland and Antarctica for weeks at a time or operated spacecraft. In his current job, he designs trajectories for the upcoming Orion flights to return people to the Moon. He hopes these experiences have textured this story, his first in print.
Illustrator Details
Frank Schurter
As a boy growing up in Columbus, Ohio, Frank Schurter read a lot of Ray Bradbury short stories, watched a lot of Star Trek and Twilight Zone, and wanted desperately to draw comic books. He discovered the joys of digital illustration while earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Major in Illustration at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Against considerable odds, he found employment doing illustration, animation, and game design, including many years at DreamForge Intertainment in Greensburg, PA with Scot and Jane Noel (later to become founders of DreamForge Magazine). Nowadays, Frank is a Web Design and Development instructor at Pittsburgh Technical College. A lifelong student of comedy, he also leads and performs with the Amish Monkeys comedy improv troupe (see amishmonkeys.com).
Extremophile
Author Details
Robert Harpold
In previous jobs, Robert worked in Greenland and Antarctica for weeks at a time or operated spacecraft. In his current job, he designs trajectories for the upcoming Orion flights to return people to the Moon. He hopes these experiences have textured this story, his first in print.
Illustrator Details
Frank Schurter
As a boy growing up in Columbus, Ohio, Frank Schurter read a lot of Ray Bradbury short stories, watched a lot of Star Trek and Twilight Zone, and wanted desperately to draw comic books. He discovered the joys of digital illustration while earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Major in Illustration at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Against considerable odds, he found employment doing illustration, animation, and game design, including many years at DreamForge Intertainment in Greensburg, PA with Scot and Jane Noel (later to become founders of DreamForge Magazine). Nowadays, Frank is a Web Design and Development instructor at Pittsburgh Technical College. A lifelong student of comedy, he also leads and performs with the Amish Monkeys comedy improv troupe (see amishmonkeys.com).
