Found 3 works tagged 'mining'.
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Brief Candle (Io, #2)
Published Mar 3, 2020 · 7,835 words (29 minutes) · 95 views
Science Fiction Romance genetic engineering mining volcano Jupiter Jupiter moon
Magrian is an Iod, a genetically engineered "non-person" destined to spend his life as a brutally oppressed miner on Jupiter's hostile moon, Io. But his life is turned upside down when he meets Jazri, an expert on volcanism from nearby Europa. This story is a sequel to “In Place of Darkness” which first appeared in the Strange Bedfellows anthology of Political Science Fiction, (Bundoran Press, 2014).
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In Place of Darkness (Io, #1)
Published Mar 3, 2020 · 3,444 words (13 minutes) · 81 views
Science Fiction Jupiter moon political persecution genetic modification mining volcano Space Station Jupiter industrial dispute
An apparently rich and privileged young man is sent by his industrialist father to deal with a potentially explosive labour strike on an Io mining colony. The miners are strange, troll-like, radiation-adapted beings who most people dismiss as barely human. The young man nevertheless agrees to meet with their leader and ultimately comes to question whose side he's on, the miners' or his father's? Originally published in Strange Bedfellows: An Anthology of Political Science Fiction.
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The Invisible Empire
Published Jun 8, 2019 · 7,760 words (29 minutes) · 2 likes · 270 views
Fantasy Horror Historical cthulhu Colorado mining racism mythos
Here's a story of Colorado gold mining in the late 1800s, racism and Cthulhu in equal measure. There are men who are monsters, and then there are monsters.
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