Tag: Vestibule

Backstories: "Vestibule" (2022)

Plant: Nepenthes maxima (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Xenoarchaeology is a risky endeavor under just about any circumstance. In the field, researchers face hostile wildlife, fascinating new diseases and parasites, and the ever-present danger that a billion-year-old artifact might be carrying a quantum black hole facing a critical failure on the insulation of its containment vessel. Those back in academia usually envy the field researchers,…