Space & Aliens - Stories

Jemya Hanlon was born on Benteen, a planet settled 500 years earlier from Old Earth. But the lines of communication with the mother world were broken after only 200 years, and the colonists have been on their own ever since. Jem was raised in the cold northern lands of New Australia, the only continent where the settlers have a foothold. The nearby town of Nocksic Bay is a seaport, where the ships sail forth to hunt the great orx, a staple seafood of the settlers. Jem has longed dreamed of going to sea, and now he has his chance. And he is just in time to encounter a new mystery, one that may change the settler’s lives forever!

This sci-fi romance follows a color-changing alien named Pipolphi (Pip) who flees slavers, crash-lands on Earth, and forms a deep bond with Zane, a former gymnast, and his dog Louie. As Pip's best friend Tilbei escapes captivity with the help of Jasper, the group reunites in a daring rescue that forges new friendships across worlds.

A pirate Captain and his bastard son get thrust together after the mother dies. They had never met. On a starship of hundreds, the lad has no friends, so his father buys him a slave when the boy is against slavery.

The story of a young man working in the family business aboard a cargo ship.

WARNING: Mature subject matter including consensual sex among adult family members. If this offends, please do not proceed.

Here is a link to the story discussion from when it was first posted. It has some interesting background:

Facing a life-changing medical procedure, 14 year old Shay approaches it with the same detachment, confusion and dread that has haunted his emotions for as long as he can recall. Yet what follows instead is something that he could not have anticipated in his craziest dreams, and everything he knows is about to change forever.