Other Affini might have taken Sophy’s unusual request and run with it. But xenoveterinarian Anicia Hazel, Seventh Bloom, intends to take the Affini mission to help sophonts be ‘the best they can be’ extremely seriously. A classic HDG hurt/comfort tale.

You’ve been through a difficult day, and there’s a potential commitment you’ve been mulling over. So you go about relaxing the best way you know how: drowning out your thoughts and worries with some high quality programming.

Snippets of conversation with and about an extremely nerdy floret with a special interest in Shakespeare. A Human Domestication Guide microfic anthology.

An alien visiting Earth tries out her brainwashing and mind control techniques on an unsuspecting rich Hollywood family.

Madyson is eager to find new work and renew her career, but after a neighbor delivers an odd flower nothing will be the same for her ever again as she becomes ensnared in an alien diabolical mind control conspiracy.

A young man uses VR technology to win the affection of the love of his life before they leave space university.

Formerly one of the world’s most hated villains, new heroine Mercy has her hands full when a world-shaking crisis sends her best friend home subtly changed.

A despondent professor looking to make something of her life meets an earnest xenoliterarian looking for the perfect floret. A Human Domestication Guide story.

A superheroine encounters a snake-like alien who helps her get the rest she needs.

Zoey Coleman thought that fleeing into the barren tundra and becoming a rugged survivor would save her from the Affini menace, but quickly she learns that she’s not alone. and she isn’t leaving the tundra without becoming a pet.

A terraforming scientist is suffering on an isolated planetoid, separated from his wife by the war with the dastardly Affini. Unfortunately, they might be his only chance for help. Will the couple be re-united? And what internal truths will be revealed along the way?

Lilith Yew set a precedent when she ascended to the role of Mistress of her own Hive. In the years since, the Red Planet has changed, and new Hives dot the Martian soil, hungry to challenge the existing order. Will their arrogance see their ascendance, or destruction?

Corp. Smith may be the only one aboard The Defiance that Knows the war is over. His captain missing, The Defiance operating on a ghost crew, and his mind close to breaking under stress. Poor Smith. It’s only a matter of time…

When an Affini pet is too much of a danger to themselves or others, they are considered for Class-O xenodrugs. Their minds are obliterated under the constant pleasurable assault. But what if something else took over. What if that something woke up.

Atreia’s body was turned into a weapon against her will, and with the arrival of the Affini Compact she is finally able to seek freedom from the OCNI blacksite that warped her.

Lena’s job in the Terran Accord as a Space Traffic Controller is vital for safe travel around Terra, and she is sure that nothing will change that, not even an invasion by giant plant aliens… A HDG Fic

Self-proclaimed “Terran Genius”, Zeitha Rebuille, is tasked with defending humanity, but when her intellect fails her, what then is she left with? An HDG story that focuses on trauma & growth, with a sprinkle of military sci-fi.

A sneaky expedition to a factory goes….wrong?

Stygia is a psychic parasite, able, but not willing, to form a symbiotic bond with her host. After all, why would you do that when submission is so much more delicious?

A collection of my prompts for this year’s Hypnovember!