From USA Today Bestselling author Ryan Armstrong, a scientist journeys through space to discover alien life, and recover her loss of what defines us – memories.I'm Emily Bircher.A scientist. My memories were deleted.I don't remember, but my feelings remain.I'm traveling space, to study alien life.Hoping feelings stop at the speed of light.2095: Dr. Emily Bircher is the most brilliant, celebrated research scientist on earth, a botanist, and a ...

From acclaimed author Alyssa Cole comes the tale of a city Cinderella and her Prince Charming in disguise . . .Between grad school and multiple jobs, Naledi Smith doesn’t have time for fairy tales…or patience for the constant e-mails claiming she’s betrothed to an African prince. Sure. Right. Delete! As a former foster kid, she’s learned that the only things she can depend on are herself and the scientific method, and a s...

Cyborgs have been used to thrill, frighten, inspire, and educate us about just what it is to be human. Since the term was first coined in 1960—by Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline—the science has finally caught up with the theory. There are cyborgs among us. Hugo Award-winning editor and cyborg, Neil Clarke has assembled here twenty-six of their stories as imagined by some of the best and brightest science fiction writers today. Among them are winners and nominees of the Hugo, Nebula, Wor...

Fourteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle has had a busy year. She's been to summer camp and she's helped her brother make plans for his wedding. And Dawn has been in remission from the leukemia that threatened her life. Now she's sick again and waiting to hear the news. Has the cancer come back? Will she live to celebrate her fifteenth birthday?

THE NEW GIRL IN TOWNOn the far side of a mysterious wormhole somewhere in Japan is a fantasy world, and in it, a country called the Holy Eldant Empire. Amutech is a company established to bring otaku culture to the people there (or maybe foist it on them), and now it’s getting a new staff member: Hikaru, who comes in as assistant to the general manager, Kanou Shinichi. She’s also strikingly beautiful, a heckuva communicator, and almost immediately a big hit at both the palace and t...

Jessie Stern's life has taken a turn to the weird. It started out great. On her 13th birthday she discovered she was going on a scientific expedition with her dad to document the death of a star and rescue the priestess that waits for them on the planet Shilona. But before they even leave Earth Jessie is chased by beings she never thought existed – the Time Shifters – a race that can control time. She learns she has a mission to stop the Time Shifters from killing the priestess. She also l...

Welcome to the masquerade.Two thousand twenty was a reality horror show. And like most obnoxious entertainment reality shows, this one had its own idiosyncratic rules and penalties. Call it The Big Lockdown. We were forced to go to ground, to hide in our holes. Some went underground and never came back. Uncertainty ruled because the rules kept changing. Were we following the science or the mad scientists? Was the light at the end of the tunnel the fiery mouth of hell? We couldn’t s...

Miller has his hands full when a powerful binding comes undone causing a shocking explosion in the city. Cooper asks for his help to come up with a mundane explanation for a major arcane event. A stranger appears on the road to the Stronghold putting Miller on alert. All the while, he has to take care of the people in his community who are fast becoming an odd but wonderful family. With threats on all sides, Miller struggles to solve the strange puzzle of who and what was released before t...

From the beloved creator of the wildly popular Sam O’Nella Academy YouTube channel, an irreverent and timely science fiction collection that offers a wry look at the not-so-distant futureSam A. Miller, the creator behind Sam O'Nella Academy, has spent ten years teaching his 4.8 million subscribers about the past and the present. Here, he turns towards fiction—and the future…A hyper advanced alien race seemingly solves all existential threats—no climate chan...

Lucky Star is book six in the Dark Universe setting by Jason HalsteadBrindal and Ellena are Terrans lured to an alien world with the promise of a new way of life and equality among the races. Potential for all, regardless of race, gender, or belief. The reality was far from the truth, especially when Ellena showed her first signs of mutation.Mutated beings- those whose latent powers are awakened with the resurgence of alien energy brought ...

Physical chemist Rosalind Franklin was one of the discoverers of DNA and an innovator of virology — yet despite her groundbreaking research, her contributions were often erased. In her memory, Rosalind’s Siblings collects over twenty original speculative fiction stories and poems, all focusing on scientists marginalized due to their gender. Edited by Hugo and Lambda award winner Bogi Takács, and featuring both established and newer authors from all around the world, the pieces in this anth...

This is a collection of short, illustrated stories by a group of talented and creative Meltham children, that varies so wildly, it will leave you wondering how they all started with the same brief!Over the space of eight weeks, working through the various elements of story writing, our intrepid new authors wrote under the guidance of author Martin Rothery to produce this, their first entertaining published piece of work.A strictly limited publication, only the people involved...