The Hall of Immortals (Space Hotel Series #5)

The Hall of Immortals is an elite society of alien scientists with a very special initiation process: their brains are removed from their bodies. Member 2686 is the first human scientist to ever be admitted. Unfortunately, she didn't have much choice in the path her career suddenly took and she finds that she may not be up to the task of adjusting to her new state of existence.

Short Story, approx. 2,000 words