Elizabeth I, The Phoenix Portrait (detail), Nicholas Hilliard, 1575
The Apollo 17 lunar module on the Moon, December 13, 1972. (NASA)
Claire Novak spends years searching for something to match the feeling of flying uncontrollably past the stars, the sensation of a supernova exploding in her belly. No vice or virtue in the world can compare to the unsettling wondrous sights of nebulas being birthed behind her eyelids or the sighs of constellations on her breath.
An angel gave her the universe and snatched it away. She’s been chasing the rush for seven years and has finally caught up to her comet.
