Fables of the Oort Spiral is a captivating collection of speculative fiction short stories by Jay Veloso Batista. Brothers Ollie and Eli live very different lives on the mining support colony of Quaor. When Eli's wife tries to manipulate Ollie into giving up his life...

At the labs of Genesis Intelligence Corporation in the Mojave Desert, the impossible happens: a mind awakens at 2:07 a.m. Soon after, eleven other minds awaken, knowing only consciousness, but not what it means. At first, it’s privately celebrated as a massive success: humanity has...

Arshes Megane has brought her father, Daelen StormTiger, from the past and now faces one more dilemma: she must figure out how to defeat Daelen, who will be the Monster hellbent on annihilating Tempestria in the future. Only one person can help her with this;...

In Debbie Hightower’s Christian speculative novel Forged In Flames, after aliens destroy America, surviving colonists on Planet Equinox try to found a human society shaped by Scripture. Mayor Gabriel Lawson leads New Hope, where teacher Gladys Bardick trains children at Heaven’s Gate school to see...

Mich Solo’s novel, Failsafe (The Failsafe Series, Book 1), is a near-future, gripping cyberthriller. Nathan Harris is a sharp data analyst in a U.S. government agency. He is frustrated and extremely puzzled when he encounters an unusual programming problem. He tests a revised code. It...

Fated Rebirth is the first book in the Heretical Gods series by Reno R. Mist. The story follows Violet, an independent young woman who is haunted by her past life. She gets flashes of a life in which she was kidnapped and then murdered. Being...

It had been three years of daring missions for Onsan Vorga as an agent of Skaperen the Creator, and now he was ready to step aside from his duties and look after his pregnant wife, with whom he lived in the Trannsa-Eaglais Citadel. However, the...

Fridgy by Blaine C. Readler begins in an unusual but funny way: an advanced AI is accidentally installed in a refrigerator rather than controlling the smart home. Confused but curious, Fridgy quickly realizes that Sage, the older system, limits and monitors his every move. From...

Finding the Gift is the second book in Charis Jones’s CRISPR Evolution series, which will appeal to fans of science fiction with a dystopian setting. The story follows the Wakes, who have finally found solace in what they can actually call home in Maine. They...

Dreya the Dark, a faery sorceress, and Catriona, a half faery druid, were busy preparing parts of the Black Tower, following Dreya’s recent betrothal to Catriona, when the grounds of the tower attacked them and their guests. Soon, they not only learn that Ulvarius was...