Nineteen-year-olds Molly Long and Betsy Nelson have been best friends for years and are traveling to their first semester of college. But an unexpected invitation to join Joe Murdocks Interstellar Projects derails their plans. They decide its a challenging proposition and a way they can use their high ideals and values to protect planet Earth.Molly and Betsy are impressed with the concept of the projectsusing alien technology and the idea of trying to upgrade science and improve hu...

A single mother, Julie Broadrick doesnt know how to tell her two young children, seven-year-old Lisa and five-year-old Jimmy, that she has cancer and has only a short time to live. But a fluke accident on a camping trip gives her new lifenot only are her injuries miraculously cured, but her lung cancer is gone and she has no desire to drink or smoke. That miracle was performed by Joe Murdock, who has discovered an advanced technology installation left by aliens more than four thousand year...

'Why read Jack McDevitt? The question should be: Who among us is such a slow pony that s/he isn't reading McDevitt?' Harlan EllisonTo boost waning interest in interstellar travel, a mission is sent into deep space to learn the truth about 'moonriders', the strange lights supposedly being seen in nearby systems.But the team soon discovers that their odyssey is no mere public-relations ploy, for the moonriders are no harmless phenomenon. They are very, very d...

Get even better value for money when you purchase the Logan Ryvenbark's Saga Box SetThe planet Titus has become unstable and is on the verge of catastrophic collapse. The only chance the colonists have is to relocate before the planet's destruction. Logan Ryvenbark and his squad are sent to Jardoval to make sure the planet is prepared to handle an influx of new settlers. But when they arrive, they find the planet devoid of life. Now Ryvenbark and his team are in a ...

Darius Crossborne joined the Sol System's Armed Service to find purpose in his life. Though he had never left his colony on Saturn's moon, Titan, he longed to give meaning to his otherwise trivial existence. When the opportunity came to join an off-world mission to Earth, he readily accepted. However, on the re-born blue planet run by a giant corporation, a purpose far more important awaits him.

This is a free short story that originally appeared in Twit Publishing Presents: PULP! Winter/Spring 2012.

Fluffy leads the perfect life. Her cat bed, her kibble, a human to wait on her. Until they come. And they will change everything—unless she finds a way to stop them.One of award-winning writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s most popular stories.“Rusch is a great storyteller.”—RT Book Reviews

Four men set out to prove their mettle by crossing the bright side of Mercury when it is closest to the sun. A feat which no one has ever done and survived. The odds are against them and they will need all of their expertise and courage if they are to succeed. Even that might not be enough.

An exclusive J.D. Robb short story.Aboard the Staten Island ferry, a tourist comes across something she shouldn't have seen - something someone needs kept very quiet. Soon no one can find her. But if she didn't jump, and she's not on board, where is she?Homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called to the scene and is quickly faced with a shocking web of lies. With time running out and a deadly trail of intimidation and revenge emerging, Eve and her team must fi...

"A well-written and worthy sequel to one of SF's enduring classics" —the Hugo and Nebula Award winner The Forever War —now with a bonus story ( Publishers Weekly ).Ranked at the top of virtually every list of the greatest military science fiction adventures ever written is Joe Haldeman's Hugo and Nebula Award–winning classic, The Forever War, now celebrating its 50th ann...

After years of searching the sky's and a successful career, something finally caught Bill's eye. Discoveries by an astronomer seldom turn the world upside down. Read My Mine first, for background.He had his son's education and life planned out, but years ago when his son married, he rebelled. Could and would he help him now? Family is usually something you can depend on.Retired and sitting in a restaurant in San Francisco, there's an earthquake. Bill is wheelchair bound at th...