Addie Markovic is mistakenly assigned to an automated cargo hauler on a months-long journey. After she begins suffering from isolation and idleness, the ship’s AI, Celeste, offers a solution that taps into a deep desire of Addie’s. One she never quite realized she had.

After the “Orion Nexus” incident, Captain Elara Velus realizes she cannot erase the new part of her mind, the “personality” E-77, from her thoughts. Elara’s robotic assistant, X-7, helps devise a collaborative solution: creating an art piece together. Will it work?

Janice learns that the antiquities dealer she’s investigating has obtained a magical artifact, and finds herself on the receiving end of its power.

Megan isn’t as much of a “good girl” as her religious community thinks she is. Written after being given a prompt in exchange for another prompt I asked for on Reddit, first real attempt at this kind of writing, so I’m open to critique