Bees versus murder hornets—not just a natural occurrence.Beverly Nautilus discovers something strange during an assignment in the Texas prairie: a derelict sculpture of a giant bee. When she investigates, the sculpture comes alive and begs her for help.Beverly wants nothing to do with talking bee-ships, but when she returns to her city apartment, the bee appears and shows her images of the danger approaching—giant space hornets intent on world dest...

The human colony on Timmistria is attacked in an escalating series of clandestine acts damaging food production, medical equipment, and technology. Colony manager Cara Harvestmoon, her partner, Paul, and the colony's leadership team scramble to increase security and identify the vandals and their motives. Can they believe the evidence that points to the vandals being a rogue sect of the native Timmistrian peoples? The acts of sabotage are serious and crippling to the colony's progress and ...

He was a large yellow man in a green world.When pirates disable his interstellar transport, Lonin, the first Timmistrian ambassador to the Co-Operative League of Systems, is forced to abandon ship in an escape pod. Now alone and lost on an unfamiliar human world, he is captured by traffickers and thrust into an international war that threatens the stability of the entire planet — and any chance of escape.With only his untested diplomatic skills and the timeril sense that al...

TIMMISTRIA!"Golden World of Opportunity and Adventure!"Or so said the emigration brochure. On that promise, Cara Harvestmoon had given everything so she and her brother Shawn could escape the hell of their home world for a new life on the golden forest planet.But they soon find themselves trapped at the center of a building global war between the two races of native peoples. The Timmon welcome the human colony for its promises of te...

Demina.Protector Queen for all Timmistria's PeoplesA title that no native woman had ever assumed, and certainly no human woman. For Cara Harvestmoon, the leader of the human colony, the title is a call to arms and a crushing responsibility.With the threat of the human empire advancing, can Cara wield the power of a goddess to protect all her peoples and still maintain her humanity?Timmistria Rising is the second book in the Yellow World series by CJ...

Magic is never a free pass...Step into a hidden supernatural ecosystem operating just beneath the surface of our daily routines. In this captivating volume, fifteen urban fantasy storytellers pit their characters against real-world issues in settings that are simultaneously arcane and all-too real. Play along with a gambler who discovers the terrifying cost of his lucky streak, listen in as a musician learns a hard lesson at the hands of a trickster, and ride shotgun with a detecti...

Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023, 2024" by Chill SubsCarefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of technology. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions.Story Summary ListAbrama's End Game: Abrama learns the gods created her dimension as their ...

This anthology follows the same theme as Ruth and Ann's Guide to Time Travel Volume I. In this anthology, 30 authors provide their amazing visions on the theme of time travel, showing their storytelling skills while delighting readers. These stories take readers to the past, alternate present, and the future.

Cats move around. In fact, a cat’s very nature requires them to explore, to move from place to place. Even if their realm lies indoors, they still check out each window and watch every detail of their world.In this fantastic group of stories, cats roam from place to place, bring home presents from their adventures, get lost, and even find romance, as far as romance and cats go together.Follow these cats on their entertaining travels and see what they get up to.Inclu...

Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill SubsCarefully curated stories from After Dinner Conversation magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of bioethics. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions.Story Summary ListSacrificing Mercy: A devout Christian refuses a heart transplant b...

Named Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill SubsCarefully curated stories from After Dinner Conversation magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics of research. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions.Story Summary ListThe Mind Reader: An outspoken bar patron runs an experiment to see if the wo...

Winter holidays mean lights, decorations, and delicious food. They bring about a sense of joy and a giving spirit that seems more abundant than at other times of the year.This anthology holds a Hanukkah story, two stories about the solstice and two about some lesser-known holidays. Two authors made up their own holidays, and three looked at what people who don’t celebrate do during the holiday season.With so many creative ways to celebrate, this volume will surely lift the ...