Danny thought taking his girlfriend's kid and his dog on a geocaching hike would earn him some points and make the kid happy. He didn't count on discovering something very different from the usual cache...

Vonni's life on Unity Station seems normal enough--school, gaming, watching the traders and starships come and go. No-one suspects she's hacked into the Virtual Reality learning program, Station Run,...

Captain Sable and the crew of the pirate ship "Able Mouser" might be the scourge of the seas, but Sable has a soft spot when it comes to underdogs--of any species. When a birdfolk stowaway is discovered...

When Nicole called for a photocopier repairman, she wasn't prepared for him to tell her there was something living inside the machine. She also hadn't gotten up that morning expecting to be recruited...

In 1919, racers are gathering on the rocky island of Newfoundland to attempt the first transatlantic flight. And while young Collie is excited to see the pilots arriving with their crates of airplane...

Kim can't find the courage to leave a mentally abusive relationship, so she runs daily in the comforting forest with her dog Fergus to relieve her stress. But when the haunting strains of a bagpiper echo...

When Luta Paixon and the crew of the Tane Ikai discover a dying wormhole explorer who's been missing for decades, it's a mystery; but the bigger mystery lies in her only words: "Save Lillifleur." Because...

If you have two weeks, you can write a short story.  Do you find planning, starting, or finishing short stories a challenge? Does it take forever to reach "The End" of that first draft–if you ever do?...

Is your story the best it can be? You've made it through that first short story draft…but you know it needs more work to turn that draft into a saleable manuscript. What you really need is a workshop...

Paicia and her family live in a future of green rooftops, shared makerspaces, and community gardens. With the help of beacon technology, they've even managed to save bees from colony collapse and protect...

Larry is a call center employee at ePrayer, a service that offers computer-generated prayers recited on the customer's behalf. He harbours a secret affection for his supervisor and simmering doubts about...

Acacia Sheridan is a private detective with a special gift for communicating with the supernatural. When patrons of a local homeless shelter start turning up dead, with suspicious-looking bite marks on...

If humans ever do encounter aliens, will it be for good or ill? These five short stories explore our possible interactions with aliens, and the thought-provoking and sometimes uplifting outcomes. This...

Do you love adventure, science fiction, and fantasy stories about amazing young people? Delve into these pages for stories about first contact, underwater aliens, moon rocks, clockwork dinosaurs, stolen...

A cache implies a hidden treasure, although what we find inside is not always what we hope for or expect. Sometimes it’s less; sometimes more; sometimes nothing we’ve ever imagined. The eleven stories...

Robots don't always know best!When a meteorite storm wreaks havoc on their family's cargo ship, sort-of-twins Rudi and Trudy find themselves stranded on an alien planet. In their search for help, they...

Acacia Sheridan is a private detective with a special gift for perceiving the supernatural. When a local coven of urban witches mistakenly summons a malevolent spirit, they look to Acacia to help track...

Many things can go wrong when you're apprenticed to an absent-minded, sometimes crotchety wizard, and all you really want is to learn a few new spells! Follow Albettra as she faces magebattles, murder,...

The stones uncovered by a young couple in the back garden of their new home seem harmless, even useful--until the nightmares start. Now they must look to the past for answers before a malevolent entity...

Kellianne hasn't fallen prey to the Rapture virus--yet. But it's taken hold of her stepmother, threatening Kellianne and the other survivors in her neighborhood. Now her uncle is missing too, and Kellianne...

Acacia Sheridan is a private detective with a special gift for communicating with the supernatural. When a heartbroken Greek goddess comes asking for her help, Acacia's investigation takes her from an...

"A fun adventure fantasy...a great choice for middle grade students."VOYAWhen you can't remember most of your life, you'd better be prepared for anything. The day a talking crow meets her on the way home...

Traveling scribe Jalia and her cat (who is not a cat) Gemmin stumble into a land where winter seems to have settled in permanently, and the people are suffering. With her penchant for problem-solving,...

Captain Luta Paixon of the far trader Tane Ikai needs to know why she looks like a woman in her thirties–even though she's actually eighty-four. She isn't the only one desperate for that information.The...

When they finally came to Earth, the aliens turned out to be little green men, just like everyone expected from those old pulp sci-fi stories. Governments welcomed them, and the knowledge they brought...

"The next nearest inhabited planet had just been blown into its constituent particles...In response, the thaumic force of that world—colloquially known as magic—had mere seconds ago fled the planet like...

Kit Stablefield is a detective with a secret and a crush on a guy she knows only online, in a future where magic is a part of everyday life. But when millionaire Aleshu Coro walks into the offices of...