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In Chris Wraight’s Homebound, Ilya Ravallion must choose between the decimated White Scars and living out what remains of her life in peace. An embattled Ahzek Ahriman must race against time to learn what he can of the warp before its gates close to him forever in Ex Libris by John French. Featuring tales from Dan Abnett, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Guy Haley and many more, this anthology follows mighty Custodians, scheming sorcerers, and the lowly footsoldiers of the Imperial Army as all negotiate the devastating aftermath of Humanity's greatest reckoning.

They may have recently averted a full-scale galactic war, but Cal Carver and Space Team just can't stay out of trouble. When a 'Weird Space Thing™' threatens to destroy planet Earth, Cal is determined to stop it. But when they get there, they find the place is still swarming with parasitic extra-terrestrial bugs, and that there isn't a whole lot left to save.

With the Conclave on high alert and Twain on the move, Hank has to act fast. Things are looking dire, and Hank knows that he is going to need more support in the coming war. Joining the bounty hunter Council of Six would put him in a strong position to take on the resurging Cult. But doing that will be no easy task. Tracking down the biggest and baddest target in the universe will help his chances but it will also be their toughest job ever. And with Twain mobilizing, every second spent on the hunt is also one their enemy can use to strengthen his position.

Carter Ash must take the fight to his enemies—or risk losing everything. As the leader of the United Interplanetary Republic, he knows the only chance for his people’s survival is defeating the Empire of Humanity. But the Emperor and his army are much stronger than Carter knows—and they will stop at nothing to wipe the evidence of his embarrassing betrayal from the face of the galaxy. Now, they must pin their hopes on a daring mission into the heart of danger to keep the Empire from attacking. With a sultry sniper at his side, can he win an unwinnable fight?

When Carson Flint traded his Commonwealth military badge for the quiet life, he thought he'd left his battles behind. Two years of running a saloon called the Bulwark, a volatile hub for refugees, smugglers, and the occasional war-weary soldier, was the peace he'd been looking for. He's never had it easier, or been so bored. But when a fugitive Commonwealth operative arrives with dangerous secrets and a war criminal on his tail, Carson's sanctuary quickly becomes a target.

Pyre is a volatile planet. Its surface belches heat and noxious gases, forcing downsiders to inhabit domes. But Pyre’s instability isn’t limited to its geology. The colonists, who were marooned in the system hundreds of years ago, have endured a tumultuous history.

As the mysterious Rot devours worlds, the Ranger Corps is losing its fight to protect the Accord's citizens. Now an even greater threat looms: Hrawnor Deg, a ruthless criminal mastermind, is on the verge of unlocking Omnipotent—an ancient technology with the rumored power to rewrite life itself. Fin and the crew of the Black Sheep are all that stand between Deg and godlike power.

“Thy legend was born in the shadow of the beast. Marked with their sign. All dust in the wind. Thy strength was forged in the shadow of the beast. Strength within. Echoes without. Loathe greatest of all when beasts’ shadows are gone. No longer in shadow, the shadow in thee. Breaker of stars, devourer of gods. Haunted triumphs none would crave.”—Prophecy of Aion Origin

After a disastrous beginning to his first mission, new Aidric Squad recruit Conor Stasik has just broken into an alien research facility where humans are tortured and dissected, but aliens are the least of his problems. Something else is roaming the haunted cell blocks and blood-soaked laboratories, something far more vicious. Within minutes, he finds dozens of human and alien corpses. Hung from ceilings, stuffed into vents, torn apart limb from limb with bite marks from head to toe. Nearly everyone is dead, but that doesn’t stop them from walking. Or biting.

The alien collector ship is near the end of its hundred thousand year mission. They have a few specimens left to abduct before they can conduct their grand experiment. And they're in Earth orbit. Chris Mathers is a regular bozo in a loveless relationship, living a bleak existence. Little does he know that he'll be chosen by the aliens to travel the stars with them. He'll get to meet alien life forms from all corners of the universe, fight fierce battles, and ultimately join the alien crew as they fend off attacker's, hell bent on putting a stop to their grand experiment. But what experiment...

Cal Carver's time is about to run out. He and his Space Team are broke. Forced to take low-paying gun-for-hire jobs just to keep the food replicator working, their prospects are not looking good. When they pick up a distress signal from a luxury space cruiser, they think their luck might be about to change. And it does. Sadly, not in the way they'd hoped. Someone has detonated a Time Bomb aboard the cruiser — an experimental device designed to shatter time itself.

In the dying embers of Earth's flame, Marine captain Raven Carter stands as humanity's final hope. Tasked with commanding the starship Exodus on a perilous quest for a new haven amidst the twinkling abyss of space, Carter finds herself entwined with an experimental AI, Aegis, whose awakening sparks a journey beyond imagination. As Exodus sails through uncharted cosmic waters, encountering enigmatic extraterrestrial civilizations like the formidable lizard warlords under Raza's cunning helm and the ethereal Luminari in their shimmering crystal sanctuaries, alliances are forged and enemies ...

In The Marching Morons, C. M. Kornbluth delivers a biting science fiction satire set in a future where intelligence has all but vanished. With society ruled by mediocrity and the average IQ plummeting, one cunning man from the past awakens to seize control. A darkly humorous, prophetic tale about ignorance, manipulation, and the cost of cultural decay.

Captain Nathan Daniels had the best lifestyle in the modern galaxy. As an independent trader he set his own schedule, selected his own cargo, and had the freedom to visit any of the kingdoms, empires and fiefdoms in known space. He even had the best pick-up line of all time: "Want to go for a ride in my space ship?" After leaving a small mining colony on the moon of Droshai, just outside of Kalifet space, he receives a summons from the Empress of the Kalifet Empire. The fact that the summons is delivered by two military cruisers both ensures his compliance, and piques his curiosity. Little ...

Information doesn't want to be free. Information wants to vanish without a trace. Sunya Song's job is to stop that from happening. She's an archinformist: a specialist historian whose job usually involves sitting at a console at her university job near the Galactic Core, sorting ancient documents and restoring corrupted files. But now, the research opportunity of a lifetime has sent her - and her family - halfway across the galaxy to save the archaeological find of the century: an ancient alien artificial intelligence called the Baomind.

Swashbuckling charm. A mischievous sidekick. An AI with a crush. Kaz Jepsen is a legendary space explorer with a reckless streak, a flair for the dramatic, and a talent for talking his way out of—or into—trouble. His companion, Farber, is a genetically engineered blend of monkey and cat with fast reflexes, dry wit, and zero patience for Kaz’s theatrics. Together, they roam the galaxy aboard the Stellar Serpent, a slightly unreliable ship run by Chloe—an AI who's become a little too emotionally invested in her captain. When a fading distress signal leads them to a forgotten planet, ...

SYNOPSIS: In 2037, a test pilot returns home to Luna after an experimental space flight, but something is wrong. Trying to contact Earth Headquarters, he crash-lands in an unknown location, where he has an unscheduled appointment with his own destiny. Available in print as a novella and part of the STARCALL Anthology, Vol.2, illustrated by the author. The eBook is NOT illustrated to save on file size (1mb vs. 300mb).

"They were never meant to live. Now the multiverse bleeds because they do." Ariel, Jenna, and Iris were supposed to die on Flight TE901—claimed by the Underworld, broken in body and soul, returned to Persephone's cold embrace. But they defied death… and she never forgets her debtors. Now trapped in a cosmic game overseen by the death goddess Ereshkigal, the trio is cast into alternate realities where survival is not guaranteed—and success is never simple. In one such world, a crippled scout ship crashes on a hostile planet overrun by monstrous blood drinkers. With its crew on the edge...

In the vast, shadowed corners of space, the crew of Derelicts Scavenging and Salvage Co. makes their living among the wreckage of forgotten worlds—recovering abandoned ships, ancient relics, and remnants of battles long past. Their work is as dangerous as it is vital, navigating treacherous debris fields, derelict vessels, and unstable relics, all while seeking to uncover valuable artifacts—and sometimes secrets—hidden beneath layers of rust and darkness.

Short.Sharp.Shock is a collection of one hundred micro stories from G. W. Thomas, who used to edit a daily micro-fiction newsletter called FLASHSHOT. Here are strange and unusual tales of Horror, Humor, Fantasy and Science Fiction told in only one hundred word bursts.The story-fest ends with an article on "How To Write Micro-Fiction" in case you want to try it yourself.