Alan DeNiro. The Flowering Ape. (Asimovs Science Fiction, June 2012).
Deep space travel through a human/alien symbosis, with gender issues complicated the already awkward teenage concerns and relationshiops.
Reviewing short SF since 2000
Deep space travel through a human/alien symbosis, with gender issues complicated the already awkward teenage concerns and relationshiops.
Totally non-bogus alien buddy story.