Humans In Space

Aliens optional

Fukusha Model Eight by S. J. Pajonas

“Being human is the apex of life. It’s the top, not the bottom.”

I’ve lived my entire life on Kleptha IV, on my family’s elmgern ranch.

They took the sky from her, and her memory, but no one could take away her rebellious spirit.

Even outcasts can change the course of the universe.

She’ll do anything for her son. Even marry an alien.

Contract by proxy — Yumi is owned by a corporation.

I was supposed to be saving lives… Not falling in love with my coworkers…

Mari has terrible taste in men.

M, no longer a nerdy nobody, has finally been acclaimed Sovereign Emileia, ruler of the Martian colony Nuath.

How do you mend a broken heartstone?