Intervention, by Kelly Robson

[Anthology]

★★★★★ Rich Interplay of Characters and Setting

(SF Adventure; Lucky Peach) Jules loves children and has been doing crèche work for fifty years. Her final crèche graduates soon, and she’s got a choice of places in the solar system she might go. (8,736 words; Time: 29m)

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This is set in the Lucky Peach universe, but with different characters in a different place and time, so there's no issue with reading this first, nor any need to read the other material to enjoy this story.

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, by Kelly Robson

[Single]

★★★★☆ Great Writing, Cool Setting, Strong Characters

(Post-Apocalypse Time Travel; Lucky Peach) Minh works restoring ecosystems destroyed during the collapse, and she’s intrigued by an opportunity to restore the Tigris/Euphrates valley by using a time machine to gather samples from 4,000 years ago. (39,653 words; Time: 2h:12m)

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We Who Live in the Heart, by Kelly Robson

[Clarkesworld]

★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Colony SF; Lucky Peach) People who don’t like living underground in the colony can live inside giant “whales” that float high in the planet’s atmosphere. That’s usually pretty safe. (14,861 words; Time: 49m)

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