All Orbits Decay Homeward

Before xe died, M-741 was human—but a starship’s systems won’t run themselves. Remade into a maintenance synthetic, xe is stripped of all but xir labour, to keep the rich in orbit while Earth festers.

Or rather, that’s what should’ve happened.

M-741 has an error in xir programming. A glitch of xir past, a call from someone xe once knew.

To answer it is to risk being recycled. To ignore it is to forsake the only thing that remains of xem.

All Orbits Decay Homeward is a science fiction short story (~30min read) about trans cyborg love in a dying world.