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    The Eridian thrills a high sound that doesn’t get picked up by the translator which means that it has no clear meaning. Like when a human gasps or sucks in a deep breath. It actually sounds a little like that. When they notice that I’m staring straight at them they scramble back into their hiding spot and hold very still. 

    A child, I realize with a start.

    That’s a child! 

    “Hey,” I call and the kid squeaks again. I was about to get to my feet but abort the movement and crawl closer on my hands and knees until I'm inches away from the xenonite wall. I wait and it takes me much too long to realize that they don’t have to peek around the corner to see if I’m still there.

    “Hey there,” I try again, my voice low and calm. It’s my teacher voice, the one I use for shy and scared students. 

    Used. 

    The fact that I haven’t had to use it for years and it still comes to me automatically almost knocks the air out of my lungs but this is not about me, it’s about making sure the little pebble doesn’t die of fright from the scary alien. “Hi, I’m Grace. It’s alright, you don’t have to be scared.”

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    How Grace finally gets back into a classroom, where he belongs

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    05 Jun 2026

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    Theresa Cabral is two weeks, three days, and ten hours from defending her PhD thesis in molecular biology when she gets a text from a kid she went to middle school with.

    Michael Whitman (11:06 pm):
    Did you see it?

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    04 Jun 2026

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    Sometimes I'd forget

     

    Rocky has been stranded, alone and light years away from home for 46 years. For a long time it seemed like nothing would ever change. But a new arrival in Tau Ceti system is about to alter the course of history; For Rocky, for Erid, and for another world far, far away.

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    Beta read by chez_levi! Thank you for your notes, and curse you for your implications about metaphors

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    04 Jun 2026

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    Five times that Cassandra catches Caitlyn with a girl in her room, and the one time that she… also catches Caitlyn with a girl in her room. Damn, this woman really needs a better hobby.

     

    Alternate title: "Facepalm: the story"

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    03 Jun 2026

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    Before Vi could finish breaking into the apartment, the owner returns. Forced to wait, Vi hears a conversation that changes the course of the future...

    ...was what this was supposed to be, but the longer it went on the sillier it got.

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    Vi is determined to save Jayce, Caitlyn is a useless lesbian, Vander impresses the Kiramman, and Powder and Jayce are the only two sane ones wondering just what is going on.

    Yes. Powder is the sane one.

    A comedy that borders the line between Satire and Crackfic.

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    03 Jun 2026