Wattys 2021 shortlist. Shipwrecked on a criminal-infested mining colony, military telepath Reid Kaplan needs answers about the attack on his ship and the unusual alien activity on the planet he's stranded on. Unfortunately, some of those answers might lie in a mind as unique as it is dangerously flawed. Customs inspec...
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Three women. Three tangled lives orbiting Mars aboard the Phobos Transit Space Station. Val loses her station operation engineer job under false pretenses, Exo-biologist Cassy is blackballed for doing the right thing, and ex-marine Kate suffers a broken heart. Fortunately, Mavis, the owner of the Starlight Tavern and...
In the late 21st century, the Earth has been ravaged by climate change. With the help of a bioengineered virus, the billionaires of the early 2000s have become immortal, divided the last habitable biospheres on the planet into their personal shares, and moved to Mars. The rest of humanity subsists on bug proteins and...
It is a time of great unrest in the M'Verse. Warring factions are spread throughout the galaxies. Planets crumble after a series of seemingly random mass invasions from universes abroad. The dark science threatens to poison the minds of all who dare to seek it out. But yet there is hope. Hope lies in the hands of a ra...
[Animal Crossing Fan Fiction] After many accomplished degrees, Blathers makes his way through his final semester ending his academic career, ready to graduate with a doctorate in archeology. Before he can receive his PhD, however, he needs to hit the books , pass his courses, and win the big games! Although not direct...
Alien resurrections, rogue spies, prophetic brain worms -- a sample pack of snack-size sci-fi and speculative fiction. Included stories: Junkyard Doll, The Future of Goobishen Prime, Final Facet, Outer Prospects, Return to Eden, Alien Requiem, the RiST linked short story series (Big oops, The Saviour, Red Pill, Beyond...
As the sun rises over the Wild Lands, some life-forms stir awake while others hunker down to sleep after a night of hunting and foraging. This is a world rich in flora and fauna. And yet it is not natural. Each of the animals roaming these forests and grasslands has been enhanced through technology. That leopard can c...
**** Top Pick, 2023 Amby Awards **** **** HighFantasy Book of the Month, June 2023 **** To save the world, Mage Aria sacrificed herself, becoming trapped with the personification of Darkness within an impenetrable tomb of rock and magic. But she had not realized how much of a hell that would be. Dreams of deep despa...
Thirty days. The countdown has started, North America shivers under the shadow of a massive alien spacecraft, and humanity is hurtling toward an unknown future that lurks at the end of the timer. Somewhere, somehow, the heroes are making their plans to fight the extraterrestrials. But this isn't about them. From the...
AN-E wakes to the sound of a drill against her shoulder strut. After eight months shut down, corroding in a junkyard, she has a choice to make: resume her deadly duties for the One Empire or resign herself to reality -- she's abandoned scrap. Reader advisory: bad language, mature themes