vaughan stanger

Stars in Her Eyes is an exciting SF short story that presents an unusual First Contact scenario, in which an obsessive young woman tries to communicate with aliens through the medium of a consensus dream. Jerome Dalton must decide whether to help or hinder Lenora's project, which holds out the prospect of an astonishing breakthrough, but one obtained at a terrible cost.

First published in issue 17 of Postscripts (2008) and awarded an Honorable Mention by Gardner Dozois in his "Year's Best SF" anthology for that year, this first ebook edition of Stars in Her Eyes contains approximately 6100 words.