Official Description: Dane Stiger is a man on the run, but running is expensive when you're the Captain of a small cargo ship. To make ends meet, Dane and his crew take up mercenary jobs. Yet wherever they go, trouble never seems to be far behind. On what should have been a routine cargo delivery, the ship is forced to make an unexpected pit-stop on the barren wastelands of Earth. There Dane meets a young man with no name or past, whose only companion is a leopard by the name of Spot. Feeling a connection to him, Dane takes the duo onto his ship, unaware of the trouble he has invited in. When the young man's memories begin to surface, Dane leads his crew across space in search of a hidden past, to a backwater planet where something is very amiss. Original Prompt: Dear Author, He was wrong, that's why his family left him on Earth. It was for his own good. The Elders would have taken him away, tried to 'fix' him. It wasn't safe for him on his home world, ever. This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's "Love is Always Write" event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.
Author
Daniel Alexander Kaine is a writer of gay fiction, who is proud of his British-ness and correct spelling of doughnuts. Born and raised in the northeast of England, Daniel found himself struggling for work after graduating university with a degree in Applied Biology. It was at this time he stumbled upon fan-fiction, and decided to try his hand at writing one of his own. Since then, Daniel has gone on to write original fiction, preferring the hard, gritty nature of serial killers, vampires, and dystopian realities. When not writing, Daniel enjoys a variety of activities, including reading, running, music, going to the gym, and playing video games. Daniel lives with his four loveable furballs - Mik, Ash, Spidey, and Flash - and one very greedy leopard gecko named Harry.
