Lisa Shapter, Author

Fantasy and Science Fiction

No Woman, No Plaything

First Settlement, Unnamed Continent, Planet Catalogue #11811

“Magistrate Resada Gestae, welcome to the Mother City, Colonial Planet 11811.”  The man smiled.  “I am God, this is my co-founder Red.”
Personnel records showed the man was right:  his legal name was ‘God’ and the man standing beside him at the end of my farspace ship’s landing ramp was legally named ‘Red’.  I hoped their children were not named “Seraph” or “Orange” but I kept the polite and accepting expression of a visiting Exploratory Corps officer here for an unannounced courtesy visit.
God had a firm, friendly handshake.

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