Orion
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Orion, the legendary hunter of Ancient Greece, has fallen back to Earth from the constellation he was transformed into centuries ago. He searches for somewhere to live and to hunt, and for a new woman to make love to.
I returned to the lake where I had crash-landed from the constellation in outer space that bears my name. Plummeting millions of miles through clouds and ice. Fighting for air. Trillions of particles penetrated my flesh, like stings from the scorpion I fled from centuries ago. Falling… falling through space. Four hundred and fifty light years. In seconds. Falling to… Planet Earth… where I was born… The atmosphere burned my skin. I screamed. I plunged down. The blue-green-brown paradise I was expelled from hurtled towards me. Impact. I hit water. A gigantic fountain erupted skyward as I plunged deep, deep....