Some journeys change far more than your destination. In Forsaking All Others, Jo Horne takes readers back to 1858 Missouri, where Annabelle “Belle” Carrington's life appears carefully planned. However, as her engagement approaches, she begins to have doubts. At the center of her world is...

Russ Colson’s Minding Earth is a fascinating anthology that pulls readers right into a series of thought-provoking scenarios where science meets human nature. In one standout piece, a skeptical geologist named Nate decides to investigate a time-travel company, convinced their dinosaur tours are a corporate...

In Fractured Memory by Robbie Sheerin, the year is 2045, and it has been twenty years since the UN and WHO established the Human Preservation League (HPL). HPL was tasked with enforcing a government ban on AI and digital technology. Since microprocessors and CPUs were...

In Caryn Green’s Better Angel, a sixty-six-year-old Chicago journalist sets out in 2017 to cross America by train while researching a story about the Transcontinental Railroad. Lost in Washington, DC, she meets a lanky thirty-one-year-old man who claims to be Abraham Lincoln, physically returned from...

Robb Erwin’s A Refuge of Last Resort follows twenty-two-year-old Lorelei Rücker, a former wildlife student trapped in debt bondage at Saino-Blatt, a Florida consulting company built around corporate scams. Lorelei has hyperosmia, which lets her detect odors other people miss, but no warning prepares her...

Lifelines by Carla Marie Headlee is a story about love, loss, and the unpredictable nature of life. The story follows Carrie Hojem, a thirty-year-old artist and creative director. Her life began to unravel when her relationship with Jack Nielson started to break down as her...

The Art of Being Let Go by Amulya Veldanda Vadali aims to comfort anyone who has ever lost their job. After an hour's drive to the office, a tired, hardworking woman is told she is being let go. She is given a generic layoff speech...

In Capitol Sins by Bill Halamandaris, evil people have gone after Theo Alexander. His life has been in danger, and they even abducted the girl he loves, Taylor. Theo was the director of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, but the committee was disbanded after the...

Cyberpunk 1876 by Stephen Kagarise is a collection of poems inspired by words and phrases from The Daily Astorian, a historical newspaper. These poems wander through a world chasing after shiny prizes like gold bracelets, falling into habits like opium, and losing people along the...

Tales from the Texas Timberlands, Volume 2 by J. Andrew Rice features five interconnected stories set in East Texas. It shows ordinary folks whose character, persistence, and everyday values end up shaping the next generation. The first tale, “Sawmill,” follows the dauntless Berry brothers who...