… to Basement Stories, where Issue 1 has a story by the lovely Rajan Khanna http://basementstories.org/index.html.
Flowing Shapes
The human came to She Shalu on the Day of Flowering Awareness. Damo met him near the Still Garden, the fumes of the exiting shuttle mixing with the sharp spice of the tall, white twizak plant. Damo wore a humanoid shape so as to minimize the stranger’s discomfort.
For the rest – http://basementstories.org/flowing-shapes-by-rajan-khanna.html