"To Rachel it was no sacrifice; with no regrets she traded a possible forty years of life on Venus for two years of heaven on Earth." Today's story is "The Last Two Ships," a story written by Fred Samuels and published in issue 5 of Universe Science Fiction. "The Last Two Ships" is the only story written by Fred Samuels listed at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. If you know more about Fred Samuels, drop me a note on Twitter at @SciFiShortsPod. All issues of Universe Science Fiction are available on the Internet Archive at archive.org.