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    Ryland is asked to guest lecture on astrophage at an Eridian university and has academia flashbacks when one of the professors questions his credentials. Rocky is reluctantly away at an aerospace engineering conference, leaving Adrian to defend Grace from pretentious Eridian professors.

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    19 Jul 2026

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    A sequel series about language, communication, miscommunication, integration, letting go of fear, and watching amazement grow in the space it leaves behind.

    Each work can stand alone. However, they have a chronological order:

    1. False Friends
    2. Returned in Kind
    3. Project Long Shot

    None of my writing is AI generated.

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    18 Jul 2026

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    Rocky took ‘Grace’ – a word in a language he can’t speak, with a meaning that doesn’t directly translate – and gave his human friend a name, one with weight and significance, which conveyed exactly who Grace was to the people of Erid. Then, to keep things professional, he did it a second time.

    Grace isn’t even mad about it any more. He just wishes he hadn’t waited so long to return the favour.

    (Set after 'False Friends'. Can stand alone. Context: Grace has landed on Erid and recovered from most of his hang-ups around that. Oh, and the malnutrition.)

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    18 Jul 2026

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    The lives of the crew of the Long Shot are statistically ridiculous. They've travelled over sixteen light-years to answer a three-decade-old distress call from a dying planet. They expected to find any number of things upon arrival at 40 Eridani, but being greeted by a human voice certainly wasn't on the list.

    Dr Ryland Grace says they're welcome. He says the problem has already been solved, and everything's fine, and so, in fact, is Earth. But all they know about Ryland Grace is that he left on a suicide mission ten years before they launched. And they're not so sure they should be taking a dead man at face value.

    OR: The Eridians have learned to safely host a human, despite every barrier of language and instinct. Now they just need to do it with seven more. At least, this time, they have Grace's help, right?

    (This fic is part of a series but will stand alone.)

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    18 Jul 2026

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    In linguistics, a false friend is a word in a different language that sounds similar to a word in your own, but differs significantly in meaning. No word in any Eridian language could possibly be mistaken for English. But Erid absolutely has false friends.

    In his right mind, Grace would easily identify the mistaken assumptions inhibiting his integration on Erid. They are:

    1: A molecular biologist and a sapient rock can cobble together translation software that reflects the etymological nuance of an entire alien language.
    2: Eridians are enough like humans to have an area 51 and look forward to using it.

    Unfortunately, Grace hasn’t been in his right mind in years.

    Or: a ‘Return to Erid’ story where Grace struggles to touch down alone.

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    18 Jul 2026