"Spores" is an engaging novelette full of action and suspense.
Harriet Borne and Dentin Burk are both related through an event in their lives: a connection to the heart dropping Larkektodon hovering above Earth in their spaceship. Governments around the world have been feeding humans to the Larkektodon's alien plants that provide them chemical necessary to live out of fear the they will come to Earth and kill everyone. Harriet Borne is among the selected and her clock ticks to her death while Dentine Burk tries to help the world understand the presence of the Larkektodon. Will Harriet escape before her time runs out? Will Dentin succeed in aiding the people of Earth in the knowledge of the alien species, showing the corrupt governments worldwide? Read this novelette to find out.