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Monday, January 4, 2021

Such Variety | AstraDaemon

On a savage backwater world, the last ragged survivors of an expedition to hunt down the infamous war criminal known as The Beast Magrison set off into an inhospitable wilderness in search of the alien village that may be sheltering this beast. The hunters are aliens from two different species, the village is inhabited by strange aliens of yet another species, and Magrison himself is no sterling advertisement for humanity.

OUR HUMAN by Adam-Troy Castro is a fascinating sci-fi short about a group of aliens, all criminals from their home worlds hunting down a human, who is also a criminal. As they track him down to a village full of isolated aliens, members of their hunting party die, until one finally realizes his fatal mistake.

I love the inclusion of the Trivids POV. I laughed at their final thoughts, but I'm not sure if the author intended their perspective to be humorous.

The author has a great talent for creating characters/species, and I highly recommend this short to science fiction readers.

As always,
AstraDaemon


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