Status: eBook available

Length: Short story

Genre: Science Fiction - First Contact - Mystery

Premise: On her maiden first contact mission, instead of helping establish diplomatic relations with the birdlike Preeners of Prolaxon, Dr. Bryony Sherman is tasked with solving a mystery. The colonists of Empousa IV who requested the First Contact Team have disappeared. A deserted town and an unusual find in the local cemetery indicate whatever the cause, it was terrifying and happened fast. Colonists are dead or missing but neither the aliens nor her leadership are interested in her warnings or where the clues are leading.

A Fashionable Misunderstanding