Jonathan C Gillespie: 2 books

From a young couple struggling to look after their baby to a new captain's reluctance to take command of her ship, and from a sun-addled stranger's appearance in town to the emergence of a sentient AI, the twelve tales presented here explore the central theme of an arrival by someone or something new. There's even an alien puppy.

An anxious farmer believes a strange ship that crashed nearby may be a sign involving his unborn child. But he has no idea what the sign might mean, and the ship's passenger has his own agenda. Aprox word count: 16,000 words.