I had a new story drop this week, “Pulling up the Moon.” It was written from a prompt provided by my editor and online-buddy, Bruce Bethke. Essentially, Bruce wanted stories that were inspired by the fictional events of Space:1999, that delightfully cheesy SF series produced by folks better known for their “Supermarionation” shows like Thunderbirds and Fireball XL-5.
September 13, 2024 is the 25th anniversary of the disaster that never happened. Could I write something that shared the same themes (if not DNA) of the disappearance of the moon following a massive nuclear explosion that drove our beloved satellite from orbit?
Sure, why not? I was at Worldcon in Scotland and I’d been listening to talks about technology (good and disastrous), storytelling, and our response to climate change. I was also pushing through the first week of post-COVID. Coughing and wheezing. Taking lots of OTC medications.
Apparently, the part of my brain that criticizes every single damn sentence as it’s written was offline, and I wrote the opening sentence: “Every night we pull up the Moon.”
Enjoy. Thanks for stopping by.
