The Aliens Sent a Debt Collector to Earth — Humanity Bought His Contract

The aliens never invaded Earth — they sent something worse: a debt collector. When the Galactic Bank claims Earth owes twelve trillion credits in unpaid star-lane rent and lands their collector Krol with a briefcase ready to repossess the planet, Earth's lawyers find one loophole in the fine print. Under galactic law, any debtor can buy the collector's contract at market price — so seven billion humans crowdfund the buyout, and the collector ends up working for Earth, collecting the hundreds of trillions the galaxy owes humanity. Welcome to HFY Galaxy Tales — home of epic HFY sci-fi stories where humanity always wins. A science fiction short story for fans of HFY sci-fi stories, alien stories, space stories, and epic humanity-wins stories.