The Kaiju Preservation Society

by John Scalzi

Even your credit score is good. Well, as good as it can be for anyone who has student loans.” “Thanks. I love forever paying off a master’s I will never, ever use.”

“Gut a polar bear and crawl inside,” Laertes shouted, still off-screen. “Like a tauntaun.” “Stop helping,” Brent shot back. “I’m pretty sure they won’t let you freeze,” he said to me. “That’s what Luke thought,” Laertes shouted.

The guide suggested no more than one eight-ounce glass of the colored sugar water a day. I decided to do without. There was no need to import my crippling diet cola addiction to a brand-new world, and besides, the fountain was Pepsi products anyway. New planet, new life.