Aphelion

I like this story (all twenty stories of it). My only complaint might be that it was a little wordy in a couple spots.

Very good mechanically, but some of Alice's internal thoughts didn't get italicized, as they should. Nice job, though, showing her internal process.

I fully sympathize about the neighborhood issue; I've seen it happen in a couple of places I've lived. Farms sold off and turned into strip malls and tract housing. I just wonder what happened to the hoe.

Cute illustration. Nice job, Peter.