This bit of flash fiction is loosely based on the novel I just started writing. Hope you enjoy!

Navigator (50 words) – written 4/4/2018

The body was a container for a mind: more fragile than silicone, yet more malleable for it. And far more capable of computing a course between stars. It looked human, but wasn’t. It breathed, and had a heartbeat, but there was no one inside. Still, none bemoaned the cursed miracle.