Ken Hinckley's "The ostracons of Europa" (flash fiction, first contact, free)
![Illustration accompanying the original publication in Nature magazine of short story The ostracons of Europa by Ken Hinckley. Image shows human explorer on Europa meeting a local xeno-arachnid deep under a subsurface ocean there.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiW4JGYnQGC8ELG-oZGYZA2bB8RBngH-0sEtN2EwY1mfZE0xgDSNXytEDoxGh8_o-OzSWfkB6u9rr1vEvFzARiKVRKdOdkJ2XE04LZXhiqvu-CrNM1KKHJjBoxGsB_sMDypIfyQOG1it0/s1600/Ken+Hinckley+-+The+ostracons+of+Europa+(illustration).jpg)
Very exotic locale.
Fact sheet.
First published: Nature, 4 July 2013.Download full text from publisher's site.
Rating: B.
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