There should never have been a space battle, certainly not one that sent my ship full of fleeing children across the whole damn universe. Nor was I prepared to land on a planet I knew nothing about and...

With the ejection of the "demon-haters" from the settlement and the recovery of the most powerful of the Bete (shapeshifters), the group seemed in excellent shape for survival. There was just one little...

Life brings setbacks and tragedies to us all, but the suffering does not define us. Our choices do. We are who we choose to become in the aftermath.Traumatized and orphaned by the Nagasaki blast, Omoto...

Of all the ridiculous turn of events, that hot-headed interloper, Laren, took charge when a flurry of crises descended. Our leader was downed by some unknown disease, our healer mauled in our leader's...

Spooky, scary, otherworldly, magical…You can find all kinds of stories in this collection of haunting cat stories for children.And if you think the perfect solution to a frightening dilemma or phantom...

Abandoned as a child for his inborn gifts, raised by a dragon, Mage Dracul Morsus came to be the most powerful mortal man in the world. He has also renounced the world of men that reviled him for his...

In the year 2045, smart tech is everywhere, much of it devised by the teenage prodigy Dylan Chroz. But being at the top of the technical world means being in demand. Sometimes, by people who should be...

Nayna and Bryder were the two top analysts for the Randian Empire, depended upon to provide recommendation and options when facing unknown planets and ruthless enemies. But the Empire is the worst of...

The world of the Jenri is a dangerous, primitive world, where women are prized as chattel, but the Jenri women, every one from the eldest archivist to the smallest babe, strike fear into battle-hardened...

Hopeful as the third moon rising on the horizon over a dying colony.Witty as a murder of crows searching for the worst kind of soul stealer.Desperate as a man fighting against a fate that's been already...

Rejected even by her own kind, Anathema, the albino dragon, always thought she'd live her centuries alone until, on a whim—on a compulsion—she rescued a tiny black kitten from certain death.She could...

Who knew the secret library Sophia stumbled upon at Castle Herriot would sweep her into the ancient past and leave her only a torturous path to return home?The castle's caretaker couldn't help her though...

Everyone knew that, while magic was fine, demons were evil. So evil that humans had gone to war a hundred years before and destroyed them all.All except for the last few demons--chained and emasculated--...

Divorced rocket scientist, Chloe Kendall, thought she was nothing out of the ordinary.That was until a terrorist attack caused her to lose her temper. Violent offenders around the world went up in smoke.Literally.A...

Stephanie Barr is back with another startling collection of short stories, as surprising, entertaining, and thought provoking as she's ever been. From rewriting classics tales to challenging SF canon....

After nearly four hundred years as the Tarot Queen, Roxell might still appear young and beautiful on the outside, but inside she was bored and jaded. Reading fortunes and conjuring futures was no substitute...

Cats.Fluffy, soft, and cuddly,Keepers of the amazing purr.Vicious, deadly killing machines.That choose to share their lives with us.Science fiction kitties saving lives. Cat shifters. Vampire kitties....

What inspires you? For millenia, humans have found inspiration in the night sky, the moon, and the ever-spinning stars of the cosmos. In July, 1969, all of the dreams of our history culminated in Saturn...

A blind spaceship pilot.Cops and maintenance personnel in wheelchairs.Taking on bad guys with only one leg or no arms.It's not what you are that makes you something special. It's who you choose to be.Seventeen...

"Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because such a small animal can contain so much independence, dignity, and freedom of spirit." Lloyd AlexanderDelve into the world of all things feline...