Otters In Space 2 – Chapter 28: Europa

by Mary E. Lowd

An excerpt from Otters In Space 2: Jupiter, Deadly.  If you’d prefer, you can start with Chapter 1, return to the previous chapter, or skip ahead.

“I’m a chef,” Emily signed. “Not a physicist. And this looks like physics.”

In the middle of the Europan ice desert, many miles beyond New Persia and under the watchful eye of Jupiter’s great red spot, Kipper and Emily sank into the moon’s interior on an old, abandoned elevator.  The shaft rose up around them, shrinking the circle of sky they could see.  They deeper they sank, the smaller it got.  Kipper turned off her helmet light and stared up at the receding stars.  Eventually, a metal iris closed above them, sealing them into the darkness. Continue reading “Otters In Space 2 – Chapter 28: Europa”