"Divya can’t tell anyone about her secret alien rendezvous."
“Ambassador Patel, we are approaching Treaty Station,” announced the ship’s AI pilot.“Thank you,” she responded.The ship was a small one. Her position qualified her for something larger, with room for support staff, but she preferred this simpler, automated model. If...
"She greeted them with arms outstretched strutting confidently towards them. Her umbilicus extended."
He became physically and emotionally attached to her during their one-way voyage to the stars. The scientists, light years away on Earth, warned him that this might happen. Subconsciously, as they lay facing each other in their hibernated state, and...
"Where aliens appear and chairs get broken..."
The next day, with the crew well rested and cruising, Nancy received a priority message. Everyone was curious what that was about, but they didn't have to wait long."Girls, there's a sighting of a Thegonii ship," Nancy said.Jolene's jaw dropped....
"Where the crew has to engage an alien species - and they're not the only ones."
Waking up turned out to be a shock for the crew.From somewhere there was an alarm howling, which was confined to their room.Jolene sat up, ordering her sleepiness to leave. This noise meant serious business. "What's going on?" she asked,...
"In which not much sexiness happens, but we do meet penile aliens."
Jolene followed Barbie to the bridge. The bridge, as the ship itself, wasn't very large. SC type ships were small on purpose, with powerful systems and engines, making them the wasps and hornets of space. Fast, agile and a big...
"Val, Bane, Rune, and Kay search for a future. Together."
Things never turn out the way you expect, or so the saying goes.The saying should be expanded. Sometimes, things turn out in ways you couldn’t possibly expect, and then become things that, prior to them turning out, you didn’t even...
"What lies ahead?"
When Y’Dryth’s gravity finally lets go of us entirely and we’re slingshotted back into empty space, the last of the shaking abates. Neither Bane nor Rune answers my questions about our attackers/pursuers – no surprise there – but from the...
"Decisions, decisions."
“You vowed you’d take Kay home,” I repeat Rune's words, confirming with Kay via a glance at her, hoping that she’d react if this turned out to be inaccurate somehow - all just one big, hilarious misunderstanding. But she just...
"Where is this crowded spaceship headed, anyway?"
When I was sixteen years old, I had a crush on a classmate of mine. His name was Jimmy White and he looked like Andrew Keegan’s even dreamier brother, intelligent glasses and all. I may or may not have picked...
"Val and Kay become acquainted quite thoroughly, not to Rune and Bane's delight..."
So. Drahta eat and drink basically the same things as Dryth. They also have zero table manners, but when they’re not starving, it’s possible to be in the same room with them while they’re eating... so long as you don’t...