S A Melia’s Heirs of Empire (Dodecahedral) follows the boy-king Teodor, thought dead after being lost in the wilds of Sas Darona; he returns riding the Charliki, the black Queen of Spiders. He finds out his cousin Tomas Storm has seized command of the Dome...

Imagine a world where your existence is determined by a computer script long before you can even walk. That is the reality in Ryan David Ginsberg’s In the Algorithm We Trust, a terrifying glimpse into a hyper-regulated America where the central character, Hugo Rodríguez, lives...

In Larry Lentchner’s I Should Have Known Better, retired social worker Phil Green looks back across five decades at his recurring connection with Sheila Allenberg, the woman he first meets at an Alphabet City party during the Sixties. Their attraction begins almost instantly, yet Phil’s...

In J.M. Erickson’s Deadly Going Dark, ten-year-old David Strong lives in the Great Third Republic, a future America rebuilt after environmental collapse into sealed habitats divided by caste. Born into the ruling patrician class, David is expected to enter military school and uphold the social...

In Çağlar Bingöl’s Longing, we follow an Indigenous woman named Hehewuti and her grandson, Huka, through a series of very dramatic historical events. The backdrop is a cold, dangerous frontier where military raids fracture families. After her first home is destroyed by soldiers, young Hehewuti...

In M. Ainihi’s Patchwork, readers are plunged into a grim fantasy realm alongside a solitary outcast named Patricia. She finds a brass key in a mundane thrift shop. This magical item unlocks a gateway into Knowhere, a ruined, decaying landscape that actually resembles a shattered...

It is the start of the MotoGP season, and thirty-two-year-old Catarina Navarro has just received the worst news: her father’s cancer is back. His condition is confirmed to be fatal. Catarina is currently working for twelve-time MotoGP champion, thirty-six-year-old Vince Vasquez, as his P.A., assistant...

Students and Secrets, Another Murder by Christa Nardi follows an intuitive academic who must use her sharp observational skills to solve a campus tragedy. Sheridan Hendley’s simple trip to visit her stepdaughter Maddie becomes a nightmare when 23-year-old Neal Fox is found beaten to death...

Rustwater by J.G. Macdonald brings wedding photographer Jane Dougherty to a small Arizona town, filling in for her cousin who’s won a prize but can’t attend the ceremony. The first things she sees are the red fountain on Main Street and Greer’s Books & Little...

The Third Man by Malachi King is a novella about two young men lost in the Alaskan wilderness in the winter, and a mysterious third man who guides them to rescuers. Tom and Jarvis are high school students with a taste for adventure, which frequently...