Starshine | Mindwielders

6: Red Velvet Dress

Nia Ross scares me a little bit. We smash through the prison’s perimeter barrier in a relentless surge of acceleration and streak away...

5: Melvin and the Magic Hand

The air in prison is stifling, just enough oxygen to keep us alive, just enough carbon dioxide to cause distress. The guards use oxygen...

4: Chance Holland, Space Cadet

A couple dozen cadet recruits for the Martian special forces line up, rigid and silent, facing their new instructor who paces in front of...

3: November Adams, Immortal

Three agonizing days passed after November Adams died, and then life returned and the child awoke. The adult Adamses, who had by some...

2: Antonia Ross, Smuggler

Nia is a pilot, a damn good one. Her day started just peachy; it was supposed to be a routine smuggling run to a remote Martian canyon,...

1: Melvin Jayce, Levitating Scooter Salesperson

I’m not quite sure who I am. I don’t do much, don’t know much, and I don’t need to. I know literally everything about levitating scooters...