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Cargo Trouble, a free Cooperative Realm story by Nicky Penttila
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A boring delivery run. One crate marked LIVE ANIMALS. And cargo captain Frankie Styles about to have a very bad, very funny day. It’s the perfect doorway into my universe — grab it free and meet the crew.

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Cozy space opera with the Frankie Styles Adventures, the deep and wondrous Cooperative Realm, and standalone galactic suspense.

Author Nicky Penttila
Hello, I’m Nicky

Science journalist by day, world-builder by night

I spent years as a journalist explaining how the brain works and how science shapes our lives — and somewhere along the way I fell for the kind of science fiction that’s less about lasers and more about people. My stories run to the cozy end of the galaxy: found families, decent people in over their heads, and the small acts of courage that hold a crew together.

Whether it’s cargo captain Frankie Styles talking her way out of trouble or the deep, generations-spanning world of the Cooperative Realm, I write the sci-fi I most want to read — warm, curious, and a little bit funny.

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