From the exploration teams studying new life forms, to a woman flung to the edges of the galaxy to save (or sabotage) a ship full of alien bacteria, to the forbidden longings for other sentient species, Coming Together: Among the Stars will take readers to the very edge of the universe and back. All proceeds will support the International Still's Disease Foundation. CONTENTS Duali-Teaze (Rose Caraway) Repair Mission (Annabeth Leong) Situation Normal (Lynn Townsend) A Matter of Taste (E.S. Wynn) Getting Even (T.B. Bond) Love in a Space Elevator (T.B. Bond) Longing (Elizabeth Black) Forbidden Goods of the Galaxy (Zee Giovanni) Birth of a Monster Whisperer (Nobilis Reed) Gyozo's Mate (Essemoh Teepee) Yvette (George Box) The Joy Ride (Jade Waters) S.E.T.H. (Nickie Jamison) Sense-Think-Act (Elliot DeLocke) Love is a Virus (Delilah Night) Rose of High Barbary (V.L. Locey) Of Gods and Men (Adrik Kemp) A Fully Functional Lo^ghi (Skilja Peregrinarius) Navigator (Kathleen Tudor) Bleeding Red (Elizabeth L. Brooks) The Power of Positive Thinking (Malin James)