One slave. One ship. One chance for freedom.To the Empire, the ship was just another derelict booby-trapped wreck. To Jess, a young slave, it was a death sentence. But the ship had other plans.When Jess takes the pilot’s seat, the ancient vessel awakens - a powerful, self-aware craft lost to legend. Seizing the moment, Jess escapes Imperial control and vanishes into the stars.Now he’s on the run in a ship that shouldn’t exist, hunted by a ruthless e...

A thousand years of guilt can break anyone.Stormharbour is safe. For now.PradCorp can no longer crush the rebellion with overwhelming force, so they turn to other weapons. More subtle weapons. And one truly terrible weapon.A weapon which first needs a test. One which will also flush out another thorn in the Corporation's side. A weapon the Wanderer can't stop - but that won't stop Kaira and Tarkus from trying.But not all threats come from we...

She dreams of travelling the stars… but she’ll be killed if she tries!All her life Jenna has strived to reach the Tagrale, the gateway to the stars, but if she does she’ll be executed for a crime someone else committed.For hundreds of generations scientists have tried to reactivate the Tagrale and escape the Sironus system. All have failed. Since childhood Jenna dreamed of being the one to unlock the puzzle, but how can she if she can’t even go near it with...

One slave. One ship. One chance for freedom.To the Empire, the ship was just another derelict booby-trapped wreck. To Jess, a young slave, it was a death sentence. But the ship had other plans.When Jess takes the pilot’s seat, the ancient vessel awakens - a powerful, self-aware craft lost to legend. Seizing the moment, Jess escapes Imperial control and vanishes into the stars.Now he’s on the run in a ship that shouldn’t exist, hunted by a ruthless e...

Don't. Get. Caught.The only thing worse than fighting a Hellship, powerful starships controlled by entities of pure evil, is being captured by one!Drake’s sister was taken by the hellship Azimuth, dooming her to a life of pain followed by an agonising death. Unless Drake can save her.Tales of his quest are told across hundreds of systems, but Drake doesn’t care. All he wants is to stop the Azimuth continuing with its reign of evil and keep his promi...

What is left when the darkness is burnt from a vampire? Nothing but ashes normally, but if the vampire has refused to feed then something amazing remains. Something not seen in thousands of years.A chance encounter leaves Daniel in just that position. With no memories of who he once was, and powers he barely understands, can he survive in a world where all magical powers are viewed as a sign of darkness? Can he convince others that he is free from evil?And ...

Even monsters have to deal with Mondays!Mythical creatures like vampires, werewolves, and gremlins aren't lurking in shadows, they're trying to survive just like everyone else.From a vampire craving the feel of sunlight to a gremlin who desperately wants to fix things but never can, from duelling with the devil to being a most unusual type of were-creature, these misfits are just trying to live their best normal lives.But fitting in isn't easy when ...

Hungover wizards, an android with a questionable taste in music, and a very different were-creature than you’ve heard of before.Find out when you really shouldn’t boil the water, watch someone who’s determined to time travel and kill his Grandfather (in the name of science), and join a band for what will absolutely be their last ever show.This collection of twenty-three stories is packed with action, magic, science, and wonder.Dive right in ...

Kaira’s in the kind of trouble only Jess and the Wanderer could fix - but they’ve been gone for a thousand years.What she gets is Tarkus and the Glimmer - a run-down ship with a captain who flies alone and doesn’t even know she’s stowed away. Yet.If she’s lucky, Tarkus will dump her at the next station.If she’s unlucky, she’ll be spaced without a suit.If she had any other option, she’d take it.But she doesn’t.Now all Kaira ca...

Jenna spent her entire life wanting to travel to new star systems…...now she has, and it’s likely to be the death of her.When a Tagrale activated in the Sironus system for the first time in thousands of years, Jenna sent her ship through... despite the ship being sabotaged, those who wanted her dead having just gone through, and having no idea at all where it would take her.It was an impulsive decision, one she may regret it for the...

Come in, take a seat by the antimatter heater and don’t worry about the buzzing… it’s supposed to do that. Honestly!If you came here looking for SciFi and Fantasy short stories, as well as some which don’t fit easily into any category, then you’re in the right place!STARSHIPS. GHOSTS. DANGER.The Panther's captain doesn’t believe in ghosts... but that doesn’t stop them coming aboard! Can the captain overcome his disbelief in time to s...

Tarkus and Kaira - aboard the legendary Wanderer - are on a mission to expose the Pradagash Corporation’s darkest secrets. But when a freighter carrying thousands of freed slaves is sabotaged, their plans are thrown into chaos.Forced to seek refuge in the rebellious Stormharbour system, they arrive just as a massive Corporation fleet closes in to crush all resistance.With time running out, Tarkus must face his deepest fears and Kaira her darkest trauma. An old enemy is hunt...