Cosmic Runner
By @Anna Nollinc
Alana, a naive courier with an uncanny, almost supernatural, ability to run at impossible speeds, navigates the sprawling, neon-drenched megacities and forgotten cosmic junkyards of a future Earth. Her latest delivery, a seemingly innocuous data chip, embroils her in a galaxy-spanning conspiracy. Whispers of a dying star and an ancient, forgotten race haunt her steps as she outruns corporate enforcers and shadowy cultists. Every stride she takes brings her closer to uncovering a truth that could either save humanity or shatter her perception of reality. The fate of countless worlds, and the very fabric of space-time, might just rest on how fast Alana can run, and how quickly she can shed her innocence to confront the overwhelming darkness.
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Moonwalk
By @Isaiah Viruet (Vee)
In 2045, eccentric NASA astrobiologist Hank Parker embarks on a solo mission to Titan, Saturn's enigmatic moon, fueled by a naive dream of cosmic connection. His isolated habitat becomes a crucible as he meticulously documents the unprecedented discovery of microbial alien life beneath Titan's icy crust. This groundbreaking find thrusts him into an international spotlight, forcing him to navigate the chaotic public and scientific responses from Earth, all while grappling with his own internal cosmos. The crushing isolation amplifies his deep-seated anxieties and forces a confrontation with his gender identity, threatening to unravel his sanity and the very fabric of humanity's understanding of life itself. Can he secure humanity's future amongst the stars or will his own internal struggles prove too great?
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Orbiting Grace
By @orbiting☆grace
Mia Morgenstern does not play by the rules. As a hot-headed tinkerer within the Petrova Task Force, her unorthodox methods and raw intuition make her a brilliant problem-solver - and a constant liability. When she is paired with Dr. Ryland Grace, her chaotic spark meets his structured mind. In the shadow of extinction, an intense love ignites between them. But when Grace is forced into a desperate, one-way suicide mission to the Tau Ceti system to save humanity, Mia faces a devastating reality. He is going into cryosleep, a process that might wipe his memory of her entirely. Driven by a desperate refusal to let him die alone in the cold void, Mia makes a reckless, unauthorized decision to breach the Astrophage mission protocols. Even if he wakes up with no recollection of her name, she will be there in the dark. In the silent expanse of space, she must survive her own impulsiveness to keep them both alive.
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