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Conrad Rice

  • An Iron Sea pt. 1

    The helicopter approached McMurdo Station as the sun teetered as close to the horizon as it would during the summer months. The rapid-fire whap whap whap of the machine's motors ...

    6 min read
  • An Iron Sea pt. 2

    Back down the halls raced Dr. Claireborne. He had no clue what might await him back in the room, how his team might possibly have messed up a simple hypothermia ...

    6 min read
  • An Iron Sea pt. 3

    Fitful dreams plagued Dr. Claireborne. In one, a naked miniature Buddha chased him around the station on a giant snowmobile. It had a giggly laugh, and it never stopped using ...

    6 min read
  • An Iron Sea pt. 4

    Again, Dr. Claireborne found himself at a loss for words. He could only stare dumbfounded at what lay before him. With slow steps he walked forward. “How did it happen?” ...

    7 min read
  • An Iron Sea pt. 5

    The three of them made their way to the front door of the medical center and stepped outside. Sure enough, as the nurse had said, a large group of chest ...

    7 min read
  • An Iron Sea pt. 6

    Danforth was not at his room. His roommate, an engineer named Juarez, said that he had gone off to the bowling alley with some other biologists a while ago. They ...

    15 min read
  • An Iron Sea pt. 7

    Dr. Wallert and the rest of the team were already there when Dr. Claireborne arrived with Maxwell. The elder doctor cast a questioning eye at Dr. Claireborne. “Ms. Hallie is ...

    9 min read


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