"What starts as a simple rescue mission for a crew of teen aliens to recover one of their own soon becomes an interstellar encounter no one will forget. Captain Iona is organizing an impromptu retrieval for her brother, an undercover alien posing as a movie star. But her efforts go awry when a technical malfunction turns her heroic rescue into an unintentional invasion. With tales of disguised extraterrestrials stuck in theme parks, starship engineers hitchhiking to get home, and myth-inspired intergalactic sibling reunions, each story in this multi-author anthology explores the universal desire to be loved and understood, no matter where you come from. After all...aliens are just like us."-Amazon

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Prologue: no strangers to love / by Vania Stoyanova and Rosiee Thor -- One last shot before the end of the world / by Julian Winters -- Username: I'm an actual human / by Eric Smith -- Skill issues / by Laura Pohl --

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time for all things / by Alex Brown -- Red carpet blues / by Maya Gittelman -- Impact crater / by Maya Gittelman --

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taste of county / by M. K. England -- Parts of a system / by SJ Whitby --

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road less traveled (because there's a detour sign) / by Emily Lloyd-Jones -- Look up / by Beth Revis --

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