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I write space adventures for readers who believe the future can be better than today.

In my universe, people try to do the right thing—even when it's complicated. Ships break down at the worst moments. Cats have opinions. And sometimes, the family you choose saves the universe (or at least a small corner of it).

If you're tired of grimdark futures and military hierarchies, pull up a chair. We do things differently here.

I'd love to share a story with you: Start with my novella CARGO TROUBLE-- It's my gift to new readers. (also may be found on nickypenttila.com and other major retailers)

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Frankie Styles escaped fame for edge-space cargo runs. Simple plan. Quiet life.

Then came the stowaway cat. The monopoly bullies. The weird cargo. The friends who refuse to leave her alone.

Rollicking space opera novella where family finds you.

For readers who love: Found families, heists gone sideways, morally gray choices, and cats causing chaos

Your crew: Frankie (terrible at planning, great at improvising), Spike (cyber-enhanced feline with opinions), and a rotating cast of misfits

First in the Frankie Styles Cozy Space Opera series (5 book so far)

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Vacations never go smoothly.

A courier wanting beach time. An old friend showing up. Frankie's week off explodes into spy games on an enemy's moon.

Undercover chaos, found family hijinks, in a rollicking space opera that chooses laughter over revenge.

Book 2 of Frankie's Journeys

210 pages

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Frankie takes an undercover gig: rescue a damsel in distress. Except the damsel refuses rescue, the accidents keep multiplying, and the glittering resort sits at the bottom of an alien sea. Frankie and Spike hunt truth where lies run deeper than water.

Space opera mystery with snark, stakes, and stubborn hope.

Book 3 of Frankie's Journeys

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A courier with rules. A cat with upgrades. A package with plans. Out on the edge, looking for answers can get you erased.

Sharp banter, big momentum, and a cozy‑adjacent space‑opera mystery that bites back.

Book 4 of Frankie's Journeys

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What's worse than being the poster child for your planet's destruction?

Being invited back to the Capital that made you famous for it—on the anniversary. Ugh. But Frankie Styles, cargo captain and reluctant icon, can’t say no when her best friend Beth announces she’s marrying into the Regent’s family.

A week of state dinners, perfected manners, and questions about That Photo? Fine. Plus her not-quite-a-cat companion Spike keeps vanishing to “meetings.” But seriously, how bad could a wedding be?

Book 5 in Frankie's Journeys

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Eight stories where ordinary people discover extraordinary solutions. A preschool teacher protects children from dangers only she can see. A grad student misses a Metro train, and finds herself. A widow's grief transforms into a gift that seeds change. From a Michigan university library that has hidden depths to Maryland suburbs where justice arrives in cream-colored robes, these tales find magic in unexpected alliances and clever workarounds. For readers who believe the best resistance happens when people who \"shouldn't\" matter decide that they do.

Nicky Penttila writes science fiction and fantasy about competent outsiders who find belonging in the most unlikely places—and change their worlds in the process.

Stories include:

Cure of the Century (48 ms)

The Archive of Echoes

Casting Seeds

The Memory Bazaar

Floaters

Precious Cargo

The Rescue

The Witness

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Eight stories of ingenuity at the edges of space. Where maintenance workers outsmart corporate stations. Where medical officers and botanists save colonies through partnership. Where a janitor's kindness opens doors decades of searching couldn't find. On platforms and stations designed to divide, these characters forge unexpected connections—across species, across class, across the void itself. For readers who want their science fiction served with solidarity, where the recycled air might be thin but the human connections run deep.

Nicky Penttila writes science fiction and fantasy about competent outsiders who find belonging in the most unlikely places—and change their worlds in the process.

Includes these stories:

Chrome Bloom

Floating the Law - first published in The Expanding Universe, vol. 11

Just Breathe

Round Sandy

Seek and Find

The Air Between Us

The Convict's Daughter

The Girl from Bennia Station

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