Approving women to get off a dying world is easy, right? Not when the woman giving the green light has to stay behind.I've stayed on Earth with my husband, even though I was a perfect candidate for the bridal program that sends human women to safety on the alien planet Lukrim. I have a good job, a husband who loves me, and a hobby watching old movies where the sky was still blue. I've worked my way up to be the director at the very program I denied myself from, but...

Humans hoard cats. Kytol hoards raccoons. I'm just the animal control officer trying to get a leash on the situation.Earth's Wildlife and You: A Primer should be required reading for aliens. Unfortunately it isn't, and now I'm stuck in the unenviable position of explaining to green-skinned Kytol that no, raccoons aren't pets. Calls involving animal hoarding is one of the fastest ways to get me angry, but Kytol's menagerie of rescued raccoons is happy, heal...