"The Next Life" is a short story by Gre7g Luterman. It is the eighth story in a collection called "Tales of Hayven Celestia," which was published in 2020. As I have already stated, this is a universe created by author Rick Griffin, in which he allowed many other people to write stories in.
The story here has to do with a geroo song-writer named Kaari who is very suddenly and unceremoniously ripped out of her life onboard a geroo generation ship and sold in an auction by a very devious krakun, looking to turn a quick profit. There is also another angle to this story having to do with a lio (lion-like alien race) war criminal who is also captured. The lio and the krakun are at war presently, so krakun would bid for him in order to torture and kill him. Tough stuff.
The crazy part of this story is just the very suddenness of how life can completely and utterly change in a moment. Much of it has to do with Kaari's attempts to struggle with this fact, and it is done with flawless precision. No spoilers here; just understand that this is one of the best stories in the series that I have read so far. Very touching!
"The Next Life" is a brilliant slice of life out of the Hayven Celestia series. I loved it. I even took it slowly because of how much I was enjoying it. I definitely give this story one of my highest recommendations.
This blog was written on November 13, 2025.
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Catchy title to match the premise!
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