Being a 'difficult woman', Oklahoma farm-gal Mavis wasn't having much luck with the local dating pool. Her Pa signed her up to emigrate to newly terraformed Mars, because 'Mars needs women'. Maybe there she could find a good man to marry. But Mavis...
So, I jumped into the 2024 ONC pool. Lots of swimmers, but there's room for everyone.
I chose prompt #88: "Your father is forcing you to marry someone younever met. The night before your wedding, you tie your sheets together and makeyour escape through the window. Half way down you make eye contact with someonedoing the exact same thing a few windows over."
This story is a stand-alone prequel to my last year's winning ONC entry (The Phobos Transit Quilters Guild), featuring Mavis, who was a favorite character for many readers. We'll see how it goes.
Hope you enjoy. As always, comments, suggestions, corrections, and words of wisdom are welcome.
Bill
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