Walking to Aldebaran

I’m Lost. I’m Scared. And There’s Something Horrible In Here. My Name Is Gary Rendell. I’m An Astronaut. When They Asked Me As A Kid What I Wanted To Be When I Grew Up, I Said, “astronaut, Please!” I Dreamed Astronaut, I Worked Astronaut, I Studied Astronaut. I Got Lucky; When A Probe Exploring The Oort Cloud Found A Strange Alien Rock And An International Team Of Scientists Was Put Together To Go And Look At It, I Made The Draw. I Got Even Luckier. When Disaster Hit And Our Team Was Split Up, Scattered Through The Endless Cold Tunnels, I Somehow Survived. Now I’m Lost, And Alone, And Scared, And There’s Something Horrible In Here. Lucky Me. Lucky, Lucky, Lucky. A New Standalone Novella By The Arthur C Clarke Award-winning Author Of Children Of Time.