
A lone, massive being drifts through the alien swamps of a distant world, its sinuous body moving like living shadows beneath a violet‑tinged water. The creature’s ancient mind, honed for survival, suddenly encounters an unexpected spark of curiosity when a terrified human explorer, lost from her ship, appears on the mist‑filled shore. The stark contrast between her fragile form and the hostile, luminous flora awakens in the monster a feeling it has never known—an awe for beauty that borders on love.
As the two strangers circle each other in the thick, humming vapors, the creature’s telepathic link brushes against hers, sharing images of danger and longing. Their brief connection hints at a fragile bond forming amid a landscape where every ripple could mean death. Listeners are drawn into this tense, otherworldly encounter, feeling the pulse of alien emotion and the delicate tension of a first, fragile contact.
Language
en
Duration
~20 minutes (20K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2020-11-16
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1918–1988
A hard-working pulp writer with a gift for suspense, adventure, and strange ideas, he moved easily between science fiction, television, and mystery. His stories helped shape mid-century popular fiction, from magazine racks to early TV screens.
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