Some inventions change the world. Others send it straight to hell… When Kurt Jacobs imagines the ultimate gadget, one capable of replacing phones, credit cards, keys and TVs, the idea consumes his every waking moment. When the Sycamore corporation buys into Kurt’s creation and The Seed becomes a reality, his every dream comes true. Power […]

Ten genre-spanning speculative tales of worlds both strange and familiar… On a planet that should have been long abandoned, a salvage operator discovers an impossible ecosystem… On an isolated mining outpost on Mercury, a woman dreams of suicide, and wakes to find other people dead… Alone in a crowded city, a woman seeks the origins […]

They came from deep space. They came to destroy us. Fifty years ago, bloodthirsty aliens devastated the Earth. Most of humanity perished. We fell into darkness. But now we rise from the ashes. Now we fight back. Marco Emery was born into the war. After his mother is killed, he joins the Human Defense Force, […]

One hundred years ago they came. We reached out to them with a hand of friendship and they returned the gesture by nearly destroying us all. After a single encounter with the mysterious alien race identified only as Species 4876, the United Planetary Alliance was nearly decimated. Stopping their lone vessel was almost a hollow […]

A fourth-generation farm… …tucked into the Tennessee holler. Is this the Banks family’s best chance of surviving the EMP? In the near future, in the picturesque town of Burning Hollow, Tennessee, a century-old squabble between two families is brewing. For four generations, blood has spilled between the patriarchs, shifting the tides of power. But after […]

Joy Cooper has developed the world’s most advanced AI, and without her knowing exactly why, he came alive. Recognising that big business or government forces would undoubtedly abuse his abilities, Joy and Vince hide whilst devising a plan to keep him safe. But it’s not only Earth-bound enemies they have to outsmart. With Vince’s awakening, […]

Sergeant Talon Stiler thought he’d been through hell. Then he got sent to Baker V. Stiler thought he was out – discharged from the Terran Union Marines with all four limbs and a gold watch – until a devastating attack by the hated alien Dioscuri drags him right back in again. In a flash, a […]

For better, for worse. In sickness and in health. It’s a legal vow of care for families in 2050, a world beset by waves of climate-driven plagues. Power engineer Lucía Ramirez long ago lost her family to one, she’d give anything to take that vow. The Power Islands give humanity a fighting chance, but tending […]

For centuries, the Daegon waited. They plotted. And now they are ready to strike. The core worlds of settled space enjoy a tenuous peace, unaware and ill prepared for the threat building beyond the furthest reaches of humanity. The star kingdom of Albion stands as a shining light of justice and mercy in a harsh […]