StarShipSofa No 337 Brad Torgersen
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Main Fiction: \\u201cRay of Light\\u201d by Brad Torgersen
\\u200bMy\\xa0crew\\xa0boss Jake\\xa0was waiting for me at the sealock door. \\xa0I\\u2019d been eight hours outside, checking for microfractures in the metal hull. \\xa0Tedious work, that. \\xa0I\\u2019d turned my helmet communicator off so as not to be distracted. \\xa0The\\xa0look on Jake\\u2019s face spooked me.
\\u200b\\u201cWhat\\u2019s happened?\\u201d I asked him, seawater dripping from the hair of my beard.
\\u200b\\u201dJenna,\\u201d was all I got in reply. \\xa0Which was enough.
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Brad R. Torgersen\\xa0is a healthcare computer geek by day, a United States Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer on the weekend, and a speculative fiction writer by night.\\xa0 Award-winning and award-nominated, he is a regular in the pages of\\xa0Analog\\xa0magazine, and has published numerous pieces of short fiction in other venues such as Mike Resnick\\u2019s\\xa0
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