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"Space Story is a simple but earnest story about a family fighting against the odds to reunite and survive. It’s a classic, universal plot, and one that works well here. . . it’s an enjoyable story to read in an afternoon and a great example of one that effortlessly includes queer women. And (spoiler alert) it has a happy ending, to boot! Space Story put a smile on my face and makes me hope Fiona Ostby will have the opportunity to keep drawing and creating."
—Multiversity Comics

"This is a creator who I want to find more, to read more, I can’t wait to see what’s next. . . I hope it gets the recognition it deserves."
—Graphic Policy

Praise from booksellers for Space Story:

"This graphic novel combines three different storylines, each designated by one of the primary colors. There is a story of love, a story of loneliness, and a story of longing. Ostby's unique use of color perfectly mirrors the emotions expressed within each storyline, and the manner in which they are intertwined feels like fitting puzzle pieces together."
—Grace, Foggy Pine Books (Boone, NC)

"Space Story is, in many ways, exactly what it says on the time: a story about space, and about how love can bridge it. Fill it. Make all that space worthwhile. Told in 3 primary colors across 3 different time periods, Space Story is the very definition of 'deceptively simple.' Are you looking for a quick-reading comfy lesbian love story set in the near-future with characters who are aren't stick-thin for once? Fiona Ostby's got you covered. Are you looking for a story that will settle in your ribs and warm your gay little heart? Space Story is for you. Ostby's world-building is sparse and character focused—a doomsday in microcosm—which makes it easy to overlook everything that goes carefully unspoken. How intensely hopeful is the love that drives a couple to have a child mid-apocalypse? What does it mean to be an elder dyke after the end of the world? Space Story is a rarity among graphic novels: I read it in an hour, but I've been thinking about it for weeks."
—Terrance, Epilogue Books (Chapel Hill, NC)

"Space Story captures the feelings of the characters so vividly that as a reader I could feel their emotions jumping off the page and embedding themselves into my own heart. The use of the colors to tell the POVs and the deeper meaning of them that gets revealed at the end was a fantastic aspect of the story."
—Hannah, Bookery Manchester (Manchester, NH)

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