A grumpy alien. A chatty, sunny human. For some insane reason, he wants her to look at him and see her mate.BashI dislike people. I despise humans. A cruel mandate from one of my region's rulers has saddled me with a slew of little alien humans: I'm to put them to work. One problem? I run a rock quarry, where humans' thin skin is a detriment to productivity. Overseeing these humans is like trying to herd yanaks. If I don't burn, beat, or strangle t...

I always lose the women I love...I'd been assigned to visit Earth's Interstellar Penitentiary System, Concord, where my girls were imprisoned.Stick to the plan, Sol, I tried to tell myself. That went to hell when the prison ship crashed. Well, a little before then. See, the ship wasn't just holding prisoners--they were being used for experiments.They were torturing them.They were torturing my girls.I consider myself a level-heade...

I was gifted as a slave-bride to an alien giant.That's the start of my day. At least I have my guide dog, Kota, with me. I'd be lost without her . . . literally.Yes. I'm blind.And our new alien owner is kind enough that he's not holding me to the wife or slave deal even though that's what I was intended for. We've basically been dropped into a scene from Little House on the Alien Prairie, complete with his one-room cabin, and he's been the perfect gentleman. He's pr...

I was abducted by aliens.The aliens that I've been auctioned to don't speak my language, and I definitely can't speak theirs. I didn't expect to get married by accident to the sweet one.I didn't expect to have a grumpy alien bond to me and go a little crazy if other males get near me, or if I try to leave. It doesn't matter if they've won my heart. I can't stay.Somehow, I have to explain that I need to go home. Because the bad aliens that ab...

In The Thematic Evolution of Sports Journalism’s Narrative of Mental Illness: A Little Less Conversation, Ronald Bishop contends that the conversation developed and sustained by sports journalists about professional athletes’ experience with mental illness has evolved through three slightly overlapping stages, each marked by a primary theme. During the first stage, from the end of the 19th Century to the middle of the 20th century, sports journalists sensationalized the experience...