In case you missed it, I have a new science fiction short story (quite short, but not flash) out on tor.com: Loss of Signal. It's free to read online!
Here's a preview:
When the doors drifted open like wings, when I trained my cameras to the star-flecked blackness, when the metal arms released me from their embrace: that was the moment my first dream came true.
I checked it off the list.
“You’re clear of the shuttle, Toby. Begin translunar injection.”
Mission control’s voice sounded in my ear, but I had no ear. I had adapted to that change early on.