Sometimes, a lone holorecorder is all you have left for telling what really happened…A short story of about 2600 words.

Murphy’s Law should’ve warned her...When Canni’s friend Leever bribes her into playing arm candy for dinner, she expects that he’s trying to dissuade some wannabe girlfriend, again. He thinks that Canni’s just a slightly odd Earthling who doesn’t realize one or more of her ancestors were from another planet (such as, perhaps, his). They’re both wrong.(A short story of about 3100 words.)

Includes:“Catati Test”“Yatorun Transport”“Jungle Catatan”“Noveez Error”“Alien Relations”(Totals about 18,000 words / about 70 minutes of reading for the average reader.)Catati TestWhen Earth’s new spacefaring allies let Humans into their school, Tammy leapt at the chance. Maybe one of these days, she’ll even pass—preferably before her alien friend gets a girlfriend.Yatorun T...

Tammy's spent nearly a year working as a base-level tech—read: electrician—on a Catati vessel, and her shipmates still give her special treatment, because she's the only Human. But not all "special treatment" is a bad thing.(A short story of about 4,000 words.)Catati TY #02

Theoretically, Tammy should be able to handle all the tech issues for a small freighter, but that would require her to pay attention. She's screwed up big time, and meeting her best friend's family for the first time might not make things any better.(A short story of about 3,700 words.)Catati TY #03

After the events of "Noveez Error", Tammy knows her husband's hiding something from her. He wouldn't do that unless whatever he was hiding would upset her, so what doesn't he want her to know? And what are they going to do about it?(A short story of about 7k words.)

Tammy’s husband, Yakí, is supposed to be in the mountains of his homeworld, but somehow he’s ended up captive of enemies even Tammy hadn’t known the Catati had. Tammy’s no diplomat, but she’s the only Human available to try to buy time for an extraction team to get Yakí; out. But can she pull it off without screwing up?(A short story of about 6,400 words.)

When Earth’s new spacefaring allies let Humans into their school, Tammy leapt at the chance. Maybe one of these days, she’ll even pass—preferably before her alien friend gets a girlfriend.(A short story of about 3,800 words.)Catati TY #01

A year has passed since the Paladin Nation was exposed to the public. Their mission is still to protect humanity from whatever may threaten them. Previously, it was the human duplications, but now that they've been extinguished their biggest challenge is dealing with the complications of public image.Socket Greeny, now 17 years old, has been a Paladin cadet for the past year and is nearing the final test. But that's the least of his problems. He's trying to live two lives: one as a...

A discosurf champion living on the planet of Marinopolis discovers one day that his sister has been kidnapped. Assisted by his faithful android, Jenkins, he investigates. Little does he know that his enquiry will lead him to the depths of the Great Ocean, to places where mysterious intelligent living forms, the Azal’nams, are evolving.

Theo Waitley has lived all her young life on Delgado, a Safe World that is home to one of the galaxy's premier institutions of higher learning. Both Theo's mother, Kamele, and Kamele's onagrata Jen Sar Kiladi, are professors at the university, and they all live comfortably together, just like they have for all of Theo's life, in Jen Sar's house at the outskirts of town.Suddenly, though, Theo's life changes. Kamele leaves Jen Sar and moves herself and Theo back into faculty housing,...

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