Wind of Earth, Wind of Tau Ceti

Wind is born in south Texas. Her childhood is in run-down residential neighborhoods around Austin. At 17, her mom gets custody and takes her to the domed cities of Tau Ceti F, and a future life terraforming a hostile world. Both Earth and Tau Ceti will carry her memory forever, in their ways.

Joe M. McDermott has a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston, and an M.F.A. from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. He has been publishing in SF/F since 2008. Other books include The Fortress At The End of Time (Tor.com 2017), Maze (Apex Publications 2011) and Never Knew Another (Night Shade Books 2012).