Finch was sent to the moon as a canary. They were one of the expendable—a soul desperate enough to risk their life for the safety of the 'real' astronauts. A decade later, they are the last canary left alive. Alone at the first lunar water mining station, Finch finds peace in solitude and the safety of routine.Ray grew up hearing her father rant about corporations 'making the moon gay.' For her, that sounded like hope. She shaped her life around reaching a place where she could fin...

Max Canes can see spirits—a gift he has spent years trying to ignore. He arrives in Immortal, CO, hoping to make one exception: a last conversation with his recently deceased grandfather. But his grandfather has already moved on, leaving Max alone in Immortal—burned out, autistic, and not sure what comes next.Then he meets Sam—a warm, chaotic artist with ADHD who has somehow forgotten that she's dead. The moment she remembers, she blackmails Max into investigating her murder. Not f...

With nothing left, Lucas arrives in Ember, Colorado—a town that holds the only clue to his past and the parents he lost at a young age. Taken in by Rocko, the compassionate local bar owner, Lucas dedicates himself to saving money for top surgery and building a new life.Everything changes when Veronica walks into the bar. Unbeknownst to Lucas, she is a vampire sanctioned by the council to take his blood. Neither of them realizes that Lucas carries a hidden legacy—his parents were va...

Alex Porter’s life goes up in flames the night his tiny bookstore catches fire. Powerless to stop it, he can do nothing but stand by and watch as the only thing he’s ever loved is taken from him.Fire sergeant Matt Fields is ordered to Cliffside, Maine by the privileged Porter family, which doesn’t mix well with his quick temper, to investigate exactly what happened. When he meets Alex, he can almost taste the sexual tension hanging between them and fights to focus on his job to fin...

Some stories were never meant to be told. Those are the stories that need to be heard the most.The United States has been taken over by a political ideology that favors the rich and those who play within the system. When they stop paying foster parents, Pixy finds herself back on the streets.Pixy has survived through grit, determination, and a skill with computers. Desperate to survive, she hacks a backdoor to a government server and discovers the canary program.

When Ian Fisher walked away from his life a year ago, he had no plans to ever return to where he grew up. However, after a run-in with the cops, he’s forced to move in with his sister Rachel—in his dead parents’ house.Back home, Ian can’t stop thinking about his ex, Sam. He still loves him and knows Sam loves him too, and he will stop at nothing to convince Sam to face his true feelings. But Sam has moved on. He has a fiancé, and he rejects Ian’s repeated attempts to fix their rela...

Jupiter J’nell just wanted a place to belong since their own family kicked them out while they were still in high school. They thought they had found their place in Long Beach, CA, working as an educational consultant on games designed for autistic kids. Being autistic themselves and an avid gamer, it was their dream job. Instead, they were too autistic, and the West Coast was not as accepting as they had hoped.Would they ever find a place they could belong?Fired a...

Sometimes life doesn’t turn out how you thought, but you can still find your place.Alicia is a single mother to her eight-year-old son, Kenny. Being a single mother is hard enough, but her son’s principal seems convinced that she is unfit because she is on the autism spectrum.The school keeps accusing her son of the weirdest things, such as making the school garden grow and disappearing in the middle of class. Uncertain if the school is being delusional or if more is going ...

In a world divided into three rigid roles, everyone has a place. With a stronger build, the Ous are in charge of construction and manufacture. Nits devote their time to running society, from government to commerce. The Travil are caregivers. They bear and raise children. Deviating from your role is punishable by death.This is the story of a Travil, who never quite fit in. They were forced to attend a school that taught caring for children and reproductive anatomy. In secret, they d...

Riley has lived her whole life as an elite daughter of one of the five ruling earthen corporations. She was supposed to be a beautiful figurehead working behind the scenes to help her husband. But the dresses they stuff her in are uncomfortable, social situations leave her confused, and she never really has been a woman. When she was diagnosed with autism, her father’s only hope was to marry her off. As she aged, her usefulness to her husband has diminished, and he plans on trading her for...

Do we really know what people are capable of?Life on Johnson Station is about to change forever … and no one is prepared.Finch is having difficulty adjusting to life on Johnson Station, when they are faced with the reality that one of the canaries’ deaths may have been more than it seemed.Ray is trying to balance leading a team and her relationship with Jack. It doesn’t help that the commander seems to be sabotaging her at every turn. She can’t help wonderi...

Quark knows three things: his nose doesn't lie, doors are the enemy, and humans cannot be trusted.But when a thief steals the last piece of his family's history, he'll have to risk everything to get it back—even if that means accepting help from the strangest human he's ever met.Finch asks his pronouns, gives him a name, and calls him a friend.And together, they might reclaim what was stolen—and find something neither expected along the way.Quark's Quest...