A UFO debunker bites off more than he can chew. A man faces an unusual test for an orbital job.This collection of six flash fiction and short-short stories each shows a glimpse of a possible future of Earth. Aliens, space travel, immortality. Each of the six stories is set on Earth. All six stories were previously published - with the anchor story, "The Skeptic," published in the April 2013 issue of Analog Science Fiction & Fact.Although short, this micro-collection shows the reader six quite different possibilities - different in tone, feel, and content, but tied together by the importance of Earth and humanity. Jennifer R. Povey is in her early forties, and lives in Northern Virginia with her husband. She writes a variety of speculative fiction, whilst following current affairs and occasionally indulging in horse riding and role playing games. Her short fiction sales include Analog, Cosmos, and Digital Science Fiction, and her first novel was published by Musa Publishing in April of 2013.
