Darryl Heim hunts space pirates, works alone, and good enough to be selective about his clients. When a mysterious Japanese deep space exploration firm hires him to retrieve the contents of an intercepted sample probe, the job takes him to the edge of the known universe, and into a story as old as the human imagination.

Hugh J. O'Donnell writes fiction, produces podcasts, and likes things. His writing has appeared in the Short Editions Short Story Dispenser, Factor Four Magazine, and The NoSleep Podcast, among others. You can find links to more of his work, including his ongoing flash fiction project, "Everyday Drabbles," at linktr.ee/hughjodonnell.