Short stories written in the Human Domestication Setting made up of random ideas that come to mind.

On this most chilling of nights, let us discover together what scares nightmare plants from beyond the stars. A short, silly story about a scary story set in the Human Domestication Guide universe. A sneak peek at a potential spooky future!

As human worlds fight a losing battle against the affini, one ambitious human will fight with words rather than ships. But are all the struggles for power really worth it or will they find more happiness as a pet? A human domestication story

We’ve captured an Affini, they said. This will turn the tide of the war, they said. She is every storybook monster you’ve ever wished would steal you away and you have never known anything as surely as you know that this will not end well.

A poor depressed Terran, lost in space. The only thing there to save their sanity is a text communicator and affini propaganda. A Human Domestication Guide story

A homeless, anxious, and lost woman on her way to find a job in the big city is interrupted by the terran colony getting invaded by aliens, the affini. An oddly friendly 10-foot tall plant alien finds and rescues her, and uh… wait, what’s this about human pets? An HDG story

Lena’s wife brings home a new houseplant. One which is very adept at relieving stress, and showing her a new perspective on life.

(A story in the Human Domestication Guide universe) A human, lost for their purpose in life, had always felt weird whenever they thought about florets. But they didn’t want to be one. They were just curious! Just curious what it feels like, that’s all…

Venisin Lanse, Eighth Bloom, has been assigned a problem floret-to-be. And she might just be the right affini for the job. But not all is as it seems… An HDG deconstruction.

When Serena, a Terran rebel pilot, discovers her girlfriend has been captured by the Affini Compact, she launches a bold rescue. It doesn’t go well. But are the affini as bad she thought? Or can Serena and her girlfriend find happiness together as pampered pets? (yes, they can)

In a scifi space future, humanity has just lost a war to the Affini, a civilization of highly advanced plant aliens who really want to make cute, drugged up pets of their subjects. A human, the warship pilot Elvira, has just been captured & delivered to her new mistress.

As the Affini Compact exerts its dominion over Terran space, one girl finds adjusting to her new life under alien occupation to be much more pleasant than she anticipated.

Over her long life, Alcea Pallis sees the best and worst which the universe and its inhabitants have to offer. In the end, she sets out to build something better, and, with the help of her loved ones, forgives herself for falling just short of absolute perfection.

A plant seduces a hero and makes him a part of itself.

This story now updates on Archive of Our Own exclusively. https://archiveofourown.org/works/44762863/navigate

An Affini composer who doesn’t think she could ever take proper care of a Floret. A human musician who craves Domestication, but wants everything on her terms. After an old friend nudges Presa and Sia together, can they make a relationship work despite themselves? (A HDG story)

Held as a political dissident and resigned to die, a woman is saved by a terrifying creature from beyond the stars. She couldn’t have wished for a better start to her love story.

Petal has a problem, but fortunately for her, Delphinium Vinia, her Affini Mistress, is there to solve it. A possible future for Petals and Vines. A Human Domestication Guide story.

Carina is a virologist who absolutely does not want to be domesticated. Unfortunately for her, she is now stuck in a quarantine hab with an affini for two weeks! Will she survive with her freedom intact? An HDG story.

A struggling young woman and a hypercompetent alien get stranded in space, and need to figure out how they can work together to get home despite their… cultural differences. Wiggle on over to https://archiveofourown.org/works/41618376 for the rest.