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    Refracted to the Stars
    Refracted to the Stars
    Refracted to the Stars
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    Refracted to the Stars

    By Stefon Mears

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    The Stellar Order. Rumors say they communicate with real aliens. Rumors say they knew the truth.

    Hiram longs for the truth. Hiram would die for the truth.

    And before the night ends, he will.

    "Refracted to the Stars", a science fiction short story. From Stefon Mears, author of Stealing from Pirates and Fade to Gold.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThousand Faces Publishing
    Release dateAug 17, 2017
    ISBN9781386164500
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      Hiram stood on the lift, clad in rough linen that had been spun and dyed into a robe of the deepest blue. His arms were folded in front of him, each hand up the other sleeve. His shorn head hid so deep within his hood that Hiram could not have seen the hall around him, even had his eyes been allowed

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      open

      .

      A full year of study as a novitiate of the Stellar Order and Hiram still felt ridiculous in the robe. And not just because he considered robes a relic of the past, not something a twenty-first century American should wear. The robe itched everywhere his body hair had been shaved to represent humanity's true nudity before the stars. It smelled of past novitiates, sweat and

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