Spoken For

"Spoken For" by Joseph Samachson is a science fiction story set on Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, that follows Callendar's journey to find his wife and children after waking up from L-treatment, an experimental life-extending procedure. Lost in time, he meets Carol Marsh, who develops feelings for him, while her father wrestles with telling Callendar that he has been gone for two centuries, and his family has long since passed. As Callendar faces the devastation of his lost past, the story illuminates themes of identity, love, and the burdens of technological advancement on human connection.