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Short stories, humor, and exclusive tales from across the Zul'Elkoen Universe.

A Girl's Gotta Eat

GRETCHEN · CHAPTER ONE

A Girl's Gotta Eat

“A girl's gotta eat, right? Don't worry. You won't feel a thing.”
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A Girl's Gotta Eat
HorrorGRETCHEN

A Girl's Gotta Eat

Chapter One of GRETCHEN: aboard the starship Morningstar, a predator named Nezka corners CEO Evelyn Sullivan while the crew scrambles to save the ship from a creature they've nicknamed Toby.

“A girl's gotta eat, right? Don't worry. You won't feel a thing.”

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Independence at the Cost of Hunger
Drama

Independence at the Cost of Hunger

On the agricultural frontier of Thestias, engineer Li-Ming Phan races to save Ventopia Colony 46B's dying meraphytes while a colony director's rhetoric meets the reality of hunger.

The meraphytes are dying, the zappers are failing, and the next harvest may be the last.

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Dr. Laevole to the Rescue
ActionTrans Porter Ada

Dr. Laevole to the Rescue

On the ice of Enceladus, porter Ada Petreeko takes a handful of Laevole dijits and discovers what she's willing to become to protect a boy she barely knows.

On the ice of Enceladus, she discovers what she's willing to become to protect a boy she barely knows.

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Marissa's Survey
Adventure

Marissa's Survey

An orphetuological field journal across seventeen stellar systems and one rogue world — five phases of alien biology, security incidents, and discovery.

An orphetuological field journal across seventeen stellar systems and one rogue world.

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GRETCHEN by Steven U. Allen — book cover

ZUL'ELKOEN SCIENCE FICTION STORIES

G.R.E.T.C.H.E.N.

“Some monsters don’t hide in the dark. They smile.”

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