Entered in the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

Guess it'll make for good television back home.

And not the usual ones, either-a whole new set of challenges, just for me.

Now, even though they're supposedly over, I'm back in the Games. Bad enough that my name had been drawn in the Bride Lottery. But then a bright red alien passed me in a hallway-and the next thing I knew, we were all over each other. None of the Khanavai warriors had chosen me, and I was scheduled on the next shuttle off the filming station. I was one hour away from washing out of the Alien Bride Games. Claimed for the Alien Bride Lottery I thought I'd escaped being given to an alien warrior. Instead, I cut out my bio-tracker and walked away from everything. No way in hell was I going to be handed over to some giant man to be brutalized into bearing his children. Men registered for the draft, women registered for the Bride Lottery. Somehow, I knew my name was going to be drawn in the Bride Lottery-the hellish agreement that Earth's leaders had made to sell us to the aliens who protected our planet. Captured for the Alien Bride Lottery I refused to be in the Bride Lottery-so now I'm a runaway bride. All because I was Entered in the Alien Bride Lottery. I only hope I can avoid catching the eye of one of the giant, rainbow-hued brutes whose mission is to protect Earth-and who can claim me as a mate.

And no matter what, getting drawn in the Lottery means you have to compete in the Bride Games. Most of the lottery-drawn women come back to Earth every year and resume their lives as if nothing changed. And even if your name is drawn, the odds are slim that you'll match up with an alien who's looking for a mate. I mean, why not? The chances are astronomical that your name will get chosen to be one of the hundred or so women who get shipped off to space every year. You can also accept extra entries for legal infractions-instead of paying a parking fine, for example, you can request an extra entry. Every unmarried female human over the age of 21 gets entered once a year.

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Entered in the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins