Wish-Granting Aliens: Science Fiction

[penthius]

It's about the radiation, you see. It doesn't matter how much better for a kid it is to be with their mother--or their father--when it means going up into the solar radiation range. And when you get that drafted-to-work notice? Well, they don't have an exception for people who are the only parents of their children, not after the first six months. Like the kid would even remember you later if you left them after six months! So what you end up with is a bunch of people in space, and half of them are heartsick because they had to leave their kids behind. The ones who got deferred until the kid turned 6 months are the worst, because they had to leave their baby behind right when all the hormones and crazy brain chemistry and everything is fully kicked in to make them the best protectors ever. So is it any wonder that when wish-granting aliens showed up, our first sign of it was a passel of kids running through high-risk areas?


Inspiration: That icky story about the tanning mom.
Story Potential: High.
Notes: Wish-granting aliens who aren't there to make contact but who keep granting wishes....