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The mundane and the extraordinary are celebrated equally in two stories by Aya Rothwell.
In “Mark and the Aliens,” Mark has crashed his ship on an alien planet. His dire concern seems to be that he can’t get anyone’s names or faces right, among the locals. Will he ever succeed?
In “How I Learned to Tolerate Vegemite,” a young college intern gains valuable experience in the corporate environment. Acquired skill sets includes organizing the workplace; working in a team setting; eating Vegemite and traveling through time. Undoubtedly, this will help her job searching process, when she graduates from school.
About the Author:“Mark” was initially drawn when Aya was working as a production assistant on film sets in New York City (and living out of a backpack). She sketched the story during a day off. Then Aya moved back to Boston to live more normally, where she re-drew the story. Regarding “Vegemite,” Aya was recently asked if it was a true story. “Oh, no,” she replied. “I still don’t like the taste of Vegemite. I never did learn to tolerate it.”
Michael A. Burstein won the 1997 Campbell Award. His short fiction, collected in I Remember the Future, has been nominated for ten Hugos and three Nebulas. He and wife Nomi live in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he is a Library Trustee and Town Meeting Member. He has two physics degrees, and attended Clarion.
As you all know our publication will feature a prose section featuring new and ground breaking short fiction authors. To this end we welcome Michael to our team and look forward to read his contribution on the upcoming Outbound #1.
Copyright 2009 Outbound Science-Fiction Comics Anthology. A River Bird Comics and Boston Comics Round Table Production. All stories and characters are Copyright and Trademark of their respective creators 2009.
