What would you sacrifice to keep a secret from yourself?Mason Riley knew death lay behind that old cellar door in the woods. He'd known it since his tenth birthday, when his father handed him a hammer and told him to drive his first nail. "We hold it back," his father said all those years ago. "To protect the family." He met death again when he was sixteen and in dire need. Now his father is dead and Mason has a son of his own. It's his decision whether to carry on...

Error Code is a collection of twenty-two short science fiction stories about robots and AI by Addison Smith and Eric Fomley. Within these pages you'll find dark, chilling, absurd, and emotional futures with robots and AI. Twenty of the stories and this collection were originally published in magazines and anthologies, with a new story from each author as well.

Parallel Worlds collects the works of science fiction and fantasy author Addison Smith. Many of the works within have previously appeared in a series of publications. Each volume of Parallel Worlds collects five stories of science fiction and fantasy interspersed with tiny drabbles - stories themselves in small, 100-word bites.Volume 01 includes:Alien Taxidermy and Love Have Four Things in Common is a light science fiction story originally published in F...

Darkling Dreams is a collection of seventy-five bite-sized dark science fiction drabbles from the mind of Addison Smith.Dimensions of darkness and fear. There's aliens and evil robots. Genetic engineering gone wrong, dystopian settings, parasites, and body horrors. Strange encounters and dark oceans. Within these pages are tiny worlds of science fiction in their darkest light. There's something here for every fan of the sci-fi genre.Venture to other worlds,...

The Bullet Points anthology offers classic stories alongside stories from up-and-coming authors, including: Harry Turtledove, "The Phantom Tolbukhin"; George Tomkyns Chesney, "The Battle of Dorking"; Mia Dalia, "Forget Me Not"; A. P. Howell, "Used Armor Smell"; M. V. Melcer, "Ships Made of Guns"; and Marc A. Criley, "The Golden Rays of the Morning Sun." This is an anthology based on Bullet Points, an online military science fiction magazine. Bullet Point Press publishes fiction that contri...

Bullet Points captures the complexity, tragedy, and hope of warfare and violence in human and nonhuman society, with reprints and original stories every three months. The October 2024 issue (Volume 7) presents stories that examine what motivates us in combat:Original StoriesAddison Smith, "Witness for the Dead"Dawn Vogel, "Child's Play"Wesley Zurovec, "Cold Cowardice"Anatoly Belilovsky, "Loyalty"ReprintsMyna C...

Parallel Worlds Volume 02 collects the works of science fiction and fantasy author Addison Smith. Many of the works within have previously appeared in a series of publications. Each volume of Parallel Worlds collects five stories of science fiction and fantasy interspersed with tiny drabbles - stories themselves in small, 100-word bites.Volume 02 includes:Sounds for Crustaceans is a fantasy story of transformation originally published in Fantasy Magazine. I...

Ever since Hardy left his previous employer, his memory has failed him. Thoughts refuse to make connections, and his past has become a mystery. When he finds himself addicted to the breath of a mysterious woman, Hardy knows that his past is coming back, whether he's ready for it or not.

Fayra’s colony ship has been waiting for five years for the Anvin to allow any of their personnel to wake. She is the first one to wake up, and she is also the only one. She is briefed on her situation—she must prove her species’ worth in order to earn a place on this new world. To do that, she needs a mate, a child and nerves of steel.The five Fire Bringers never imagined that they would have a chance at a mate, let alone a family. They have to use their charms to win Fayra’s favo...

In Robert A. Heinlein’s controversial Hugo Award-winning bestseller, a recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the Universe—and into battle against mankind’s most alarming enemy...Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the f...

Rick Riordan Presents Yoon Ha Lee's space opera about thirteen-year-old Min, who comes from a long line of fox spirits. But you'd never know it by looking at her. To keep the family safe, Min's mother insists that none of them use any fox-magic, such as Charm or shape-shifting. They must appear human at all times. Min feels hemmed in by the household rules and resents the endless chores, the cousins who crowd her, and the aunties who judge her. She would like nothing more than to escape Ji...

2015 Best Science Fiction and alien anthology, Publisher's Weekly Science Fiction Best SellerThe future is here…the future is now! Orson Scott Card, Kevin J. Anderson and Larry Niven have seen the future. Now, you can, too.A constellation of the brightest lights in the Science Fiction and Fantasy firmament have judged these authors to be the best, the brightest, the truest emerging stars in the field.From Alien Invasion to Alternate History, from Cyberpunk to Comic ...