"The Sigh of a Shrieking Puff" Published

Short Story published today!

"The Sigh of a Shrieking Puff" on Del Sol SFF Review, Summer 2022. Originally inspired by
No Man's Sky's exploration and vivid, retro aesthetics.

🚀Space Explorers
🐛Giant Alien Monsters
😏 Snarky Protagonist

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A Snippet:
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—Specimen Scanned—

A hologram of the critter hovers in front of me, a faithful reproduction, detailed and crisp.

—Record Specimen Name—

Sol's sake. How can they expect me to think up a unique name for every stray I find?

I hold the tiny alien up to my visor—nothing more than a small ball of translucent blue jello. It squeals at me, wriggling in my grasp. I jab at my Scanner with a free thumb.

—Enter Name: Jello Ball—

—Error: Specimen cannot be uploaded. Please upload to Solnet to claim 100 credits—

Still out of signal, then. At least the scan has been saved to local data.

Tossing Jello Ball over my shoulder, I engage my jetpack thrusters again, a plume of flame billowing out under my feet. I launch over the nearby edge of the rock bowl and realise I just incinerated a large portion of the Jello Ball population, but no matter. I’ll still get paid.