Searching for Space Jesus: “For All These Worlds, a Messiah” Printed in Latest Issue of Outposts of Beyond

I also have a story in this book – Bysen the Beggar Girl. It’s set in the world of The Brigstowe Dragons. Mike Morgan writes entertaining SF and I recommend his work.

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Outposts of Beyond Jan 2019

Priests in space!!!

My story For All These Worlds, a Messiah is now available in the latest issue of Outposts of Beyond, a biannual science fiction magazine published by Alban Lake Publishing. I say magazine, but with this issue, it has switched to being a 190-page long book – a very substantial, very impressive publication that’s well worth your time.

Any description of this story is liable to sound like the opening line of a joke: “A Catholic priest and a Benedictine monk go looking for Jesus in space…” It could’ve been worse – they could’ve been walking into a bar.

As for the Jesus part, that’s the fault of the 40th century CE monk. He reasons that the Lord would want each planet with sapient life to have its own incarnated redeemer, its very own version of Jesus Christ. If they can happen upon a world where that savior…

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