Sometimes I review niche self-published books. Sometimes I brag about writing terrible Star Trek parodies. Lucky you, check the archive for both!

When I started spraying regurgitated Star Trek plots all over the internet, I did not anticipate that accessibility and mental health would become such a theme, but here we are. This is the ASD one.

I want to make clear that while I was writing the character of Extrusila, I asked my friends here on the fun half of the spectrum how to write her in a way that was respectful. They were unanymous on one point: for the love of the Budd Rail Diesel Car (Peace Be Upon It), do not make your autism avatar character an alien. Just make them a human. So I wrote her as a three-tentacled alien with a transparent brain dome. More engagement like that, and this series might actually take off.

In Episode IX: Does Any Here Know Me, the Resourceful crew contends with the tragedy of a recent death, and the more urgent problem of one of their number making what seem to be unfounded claims of missing crew members. Can Beverly Crusher convince Picard that Dr. Quaince is real, or- Wait, sorry, I’m reading from my notes. Can Extrusila convince the crew that what is happening in her mind is valid, and just as importantly, will she ever get the hang of hide-and-seek? Does Any Here Know Me is free to download for the next few days, and features special guest reference humor by Space, Above and Beyond.