She understood why she’d been chosen. That didn’t make it easy.

Welcome to November (a couple of days late, but hush). I have a new short story for you this month: “Chosen,” following a ship of human refugees into space… but not where they planned to go. It’s a side-story to THE SUNDERED, AND IT IS SPOILERY, but it stands alone just fine. 

She understood why she’d been chosen. That didn’t make it easy.

“Imagine it, Sykes,” said Jason Iskinder, his dark gaze weighing her down, holding h...