ONLY THE WORTHY PASS THE HARVEST Ever since WWIII devastated the surface of the Earth, emotions have been strictly forbidden. Childhood friends, Eve and Hana, have grown up in an underground compound, their emotional control monitored at all times. But the harvest is approaching . . . In two days, the low-ranked students will be culled and the worthy assigned to their permanent positions in society. Eve is a high-ranked student, but harbours secret concerns about her brother leaving-feelings that she must conceal from her monitor if she wishes to succeed. Hana has always struggled to control her emotions, and she fears that this harvest will be her last. Both know there's no place for friendship when they're competing for their lives. The harvest is coming, and only the worthy will remain.

Woken in a world ravaged by war, the planet is deteriorating quickly and Aeris is a lone survivor. Her one hope of survival seems to be a strange man boarding what seems to be a space ship. Left with the choice of death as the planet implodes or risk of danger from the unknown, she finds herself stowing away on his ship. But as the ship shoots into the sky, she gets more than she bargained for and worse yet, is this stranger even a man...or something else?

A short novel about interstellar colonization, the dangers of scientific discovery, and the end of the world. Image credit goes to Space Engine.