Lasers and Tiaras (short story)

It’s not every day your alien bestie gets turned into a child – something she hasn’t been for a few thousand years – but true friendship means dropping everything to turn her back, even if it means posing as her mother for as long as it takes.

Sally, Zander, and tiny-Blayde are now your typical suburban family, albeit one secretly on the hunt for a mad scientist and his youth-ray. Fitting in isn’t easy when your ancient-warrior-turned-first-grader refuses to embrace her role, especially when the only way to save Blayde is to enter her in a local child beauty pageant. Between local mom groups, terrified teachers, and secret alien spies, suburbia is a lot more complicated than it ought to be…