An Acceptable Loss
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Last published Fri, Mar 20, 2026
Survival has a price. Someone always pays.
Alone in space, a pilot watches over thousands of sleeping passengers aboard a colony ship bound for a distant world. A difficult decision forces him into a compromise. A choice that he doesn't want to make, and one that comes at a great cost.
The mission succeeds, but can he justify the sacrifice?
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A story for the Open Novella Contest, 2026. Based on prompt number 17; "You fall in love with someone whose heartbeat matches a song you haven't heard since childhood."
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