Splinter

When Raj Kumar investigates Pluto for possible life signs - standard procedure before adding a manned space station - he is surprised to find them. He's even more surprised that they want to communicate with him.What do they want?Why him?And what does Doctor John Patel of Space Station X-1a have to do with all this?Find out more in Splinter. #26 in the Science Fiction Short Reads Series, and a prequel to the introduction of a character at the end of the Stellar Flash novel The Andromeda Effect. Splinter is a short story of about 4600 words