Green, A Short Story
By Sara Zaske
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An off-world trader and a green civil rights activist walk into a trendy restaurant on a desert planet...
This unusual and provocative short story by Sara Zaske was shortlisted for The Reader's 2012 Short Story competition.
Sara Zaske
SARA ZASKE is an American writer who lived in Berlin for six and a half years. Her articles on her family's experiences in Germany have appeared on Time.com, in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Bild am Sontag, Germany's largest Sunday paper. She lives in Idaho with her husband and two children. Sara is the author of Achtung Baby:An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children.
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Green, A Short Story - Sara Zaske
GREEN
a short story by Sara Zaske
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GREEN
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GREEN
A hiss of disapproval greeted Luis Romero and his date when they walked into the restaurant. Luis tightened his grip on Mira's arm as he led her to their table, but she just smiled back at the offended faces, like a wide-eyed schoolgirl out for her first dinner at a fancy restaurant.
Luis didn’t understand their aversion. He loved looking at Mira. She was green—so different than any color Luis had seen on Earth. The trendy Philots restaurant was frequented by elite of Mezotia, so