Since the age of fourteen Damon Leiter has had a brain-computer interface implanted beneath his skull to correct a neurological disorder. As a teenager, it branded him as an outcast—as an adult it endows...

While coordinating a tour event for her boss, the secretary general of the UN, Brooke Chappelle encounters her high school sweetheart Dylan Knox but Dylan doesn't remember her. In a public confrontation...

It's a hard thing to accept that someone wants you dead. It forces you to decide if you have anything worth living for.When radio morning host Lee Garrett finds a death threat on his control console,...

The crimes of the past—the perils of the future. Five hundred years ago the Earth's most prosperous people went to live in glittering colonies in space, promising to return one day. Killian Morningcloud...

The Oceanus CrisisA deadly blast of unknown energy strikes a jetliner over the Pacific Ocean.Hostile aliens? Or a new and unthinkably powerful form of Earth life?An ingenious troubleshooter, a reluctant...

A woman's bloodstream has been seeded with death.An American president must betray his country or sacrifice a woman he loves.And their only hope lies with a broken man and a desperate gamble.Curran Hunter...

Three thrilling tales that transcend time:A commuter train carries its passengers beyond the constraints of normal space as they strive to correct the errors of past centuries.Blueberries provide a mysterious...

Three tricky tangles with technology:When a worker at a bio-weapons lab becomes distracted by her relationship problems the fate of the human race hangs in the balance.A small island nation claims to...

Three thrilling short stories of adventure among the stars:A solo pilot in deep space risks losing his sanity when his ship is invaded by disembodied thoughts.A marathon runner on a deadly desert planet...

If you like to take an occasional ride on the dark side of science fiction consider these:The ability to walk through walls is not a gift, but a curse.A future when a criminal on probation doesn't even...

6 Speculative Tales by 3 Sudbury Authors Sudbury is not only in our blood, but it also courses through our veins, is a part of the very breaths we inhale and exhale, the way that those deposits of nickel,...