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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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Author Nicky Penttila
Hello, I’m Nicky

Science journalist by day, world-builder by night

I write cozy space opera and warm-hearted science fiction — stories about decent people in over their heads, the crews and families they build along the way, and the small acts of courage that keep a starship (or a heart) from coming apart.

Before the fiction, I spent years as a science journalist, translating how the brain works and how research shapes everyday life into stories anyone could follow. That habit — finding the human being inside the big idea — is exactly what I chase in my novels. My science fiction is less about the hardware and more about the people living alongside it.

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