Trapped Inside the Dream Forever

For the Fantasy and Science Fiction class I took I had a choice of writing an essay or a short story for the final project… This story is the result. The setting was inspired by Shambleau by C.L. Moore and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Princess of Mars, with psychic powers inspired by Babylon 5 and Firefly, and some teen (or at least college-age) angst.

I like how it turned out, though I think the ending needs work… I was originally thinking of having it be so that Selene and Peter have to fight a Martian beast that only Peter can see (because of his block), and then because he saves Selene’s life, Venusian custom they’re supposed to get married… But it wasn’t working and it would’ve made the story too long for the assignment.

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