Barry's Tale

Recipe for an entertaining and humorous SF novella:

Take one mesmerizing rogue and an adorable, flatulent pet.
Add a barbecue competition...
American bison and martian thoats...
A child with the power to destroy a world...
An old man with a secret that could rock humanity...
A woman from college who hasn’t aged in fifteen years...
Alien beings with instantaneous, galaxy-wide teleportation...
And a plushie!

* nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella 2012