OPPY: A Short Story

by Greg Krojac

Archaeological cosmologists on Mars are looking for artefacts that will shed light on their own prehistoric history. They find something.

36 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 25, 2019

About the author

I started writing about a recent trauma that I'd experienced in the hope that it would prove therapeutic. It didn't. However, I did discover that I enjoyed writing. I wrote an (unpublished) contemporary thriller but realised that i should perhaps be writing science fiction stories instead. I've always had a passion for science fiction, ever since I used to watch the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, starring William Hartnell as the first Doctor. I don't believe I watched it from behind the sofa (as science fiction lore would have us believe was the practice of anyone under ten years of age) although I'm sure a couple of episodes probably had me watching through my fingers.

Eight years later, I've penned ten novels, two novellas, and five short stories.

My writing philosophy is that a story should be as long or as short as it needs to be. I refuse to pad my stories out just to reach an arbitrary word count. In my opinion, to do so would be dishonest and disrespectful to myself, the story and - above all - the reader.

​I share my life with Eliene (a successful amateur distance runner), our cat, Tabitha, our dog, Sophie, and another cat, Jess, who kept invading our house until we let her stay. I'm also an avid Tottenham Hotspur fan (nothing comes between me and my TV when they're playing).

Reviews

[Keyla Damaer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short story tells us about the destiny of the Mars rover Opportunity. Delicate and enchanting, this tale takes the reader 100,000 years into the future. In an archeologic expedition on Mars, scientists find something they didn't expect. A little jewel to add to your bookshelf, or gift it to someone else.