I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.
The second one is by Sam Maggs, and I'm not sure how I feel about it: love the character, and what she does, but it's a bit depressing.
The first story made no sense: a mineral that causes gravity in deep space? Why are the Klingons not using their mechas more if they have them in this one story? Yeah, no sense.
The art was pretty, though!