Dark Mother is a short story written by David Farland. It was first published in the 2017 anthology Aliens: Bug Hunt, edited by Jonathan Maberry.
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Dark Mother happens concurrently with the events of Aliens. It details the final hours of Carter Burke at Hadley's Hope, including his capture by the Xenomorphs and his imprisonment inside the Hive at the colony's Atmosphere Processing Plant, as well as shedding light on his unhappy upbringing.