We, You, and the Gallery — Alex Penland

Trapped on a desolate world, with their Collective dead and their ship inoperable, a hive alien must survive in the presence of the human who tried to eradicate them. Trapped on a desolate world, with his comms out and his ship busted, a soldier has to finish the job and make it out alive. Enemies to lovers, 7k.

Narrated by the author.
Published in Metaphorosis on 20 January 2023.
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