The Scaper's Muse

Through bad luck and circumstance, Gavin Camayo is very politely exiled to an alien planet. But Stahvi is a fascinating place, and his stipend keeps coming from the corporation back home, so Gavin doesn't mind the exile so much. There's plenty of strange wonders around to keep him amused. But what happens when a familiar wonder—the person who lands him in exile in the first place—appears on Stahvi, too?

The author's name is spelled "B R Sanders" in the Transcendent publication. First published in Glitterwolf #9.