Backstory for With All My Hearts

This is the second story like this I have tried to write. The first one didn’t quite work, but I think this one does, quite well. It heightens the fear of not finding someone that can accept you for who you really are and highlights how early in a relationship we have many masks we wear but must ultimately have the courage to take them off to truly find love and partnership.

This is where sci-fi is so much fun for me. Aliens and “skinsuits” lets this story make literal what is usually figurative, make more real the thing we all deal with in intimate relationships.

And, really, doesn’t it make sense that some of those slowly aging Hollywood stars are actually aliens wearing top-end skinsuits?