Science Fiction

Stones of Abraham

Bobby Rukeyser, a PhD candidate in computer science, is developing advanced AI avatars. During the COVID pandemic, while temporarily living with his uncle—an evangelical pastor struggling with low church attendance—Bobby has a brilliant idea: to populate the church’s virtual services with his avatars to create the appearance of a lively congregation. But the AI evolves beyond Bobby’s expectations, and soon the avatars develop a spirituality of their own. In a world where AI dominates headlines, Stones of Abraham offers a fresh and compelling perspective.

The Logoharp

Naomi, half-human, half-cyborg, is beyond prescient. She's a Reverse Journalist, working for China in the 22nd century. Naomi's job is to foresee and report the events and leaders of the future. Driven by voices she hears in her Logoharp, a universal translator of instructions and signals from sources she can't identify, Naomi listens, speaks and broadcasts in all world languages, ensuring citizen compliance. But an encounter with a leading architect, Naomi's former lover who abandoned her in youth, forces recollections of her human inheritance.

Red Sun Rising

In a distant future shaped by a forgotten apocalypse, the fractured continent of Yuropa is ruled once more by kings, queens, and powerful noble houses. Red Sun Rising follows the relentless rise of Ducaine de Bordeaux, a cunning and ambitious nobleman whose thirst for power reshapes the world around him. From his inheritance of a war-torn county to his seat on the king’s council, Ducaine's journey is marked by political intrigue, betrayal, and brutal conquest.

Dissonance Volume I: Reality

There are some rules you never forget. Above all else, whatever you do, you never look directly at a gorgon. Now, plug your ears… because the war for humanity has begun. Sergeant Cameron “Jet” Shipley was there when they first arrived in 2026. For 16 long years, he learned to hide. To never make a sound. Learning the most important rule of all about the gorgons: You just... don’t... look. The year is now 2042, and humanity is eking out an existence in the shadows. Shipley and his team are sent out on a recon mission with developments that may alter the trajectory of Earth’s fate...

Erased

Connor Bellman and Marcy Miller's shared fascination with quantum mechanics started when they met in an advanced college physics program. Their friendship is fueled by a mutual desire to unravel the secrets of time travel. Years later, during graduate school, Marcy discovered an internship opportunity with the brilliant but difficult Doctor Spence Reynolds. He was on the cusp of achieving the seemingly impossible – time travel. Drawn by the opportunity, Connor and Marcy continued working with Spencer even after the internship concludes, convinced his research holds the key.

Conduit to Infinity

An ancient experiment ends in total failure, placing a curse on humanity. In the modern era, even whispers of a similar technology are enough to trigger the collapse of civilisation, in an act of unprecedented vindictive malice. Humanity is changing, and not for the better. As we adapt to the new world, everything good within us begins to fade. With society unraveling by the hour, the most crucial mission in human history falls to two weary survivors. They carry a secret so vital it cannot be written down.

The Physics of Why

If you loved someone in a past life, would you love them again in this one? What about the next one? If so, then why? The Physics of Why addresses this question and others by telling three different stories of two people whose destinies cross three times in history, seeking love in the 16th century, seeking meaning in the 21st, and seeking redemption on a distant planet, far off into the future. It’s also the story of Why waves, the mysterious energy that binds them and binds us all.

Cellar Door Parallax

It’s been 45 years since the end of the Zurvan reign. The Earth is a peaceful planet where solar panels cover the deserts and green pastures feed communities who have phased out currency in place of a local trade system. Michael and Melody are benevolent Sararan leaders who have assembled a democratically elected council in Geneva to regulate the less populated world, but a darkness grows in the west. Letters from Native American tribes find their way to the council describing a disturbing resonance near Shaktis sunken palace.

The Brill Pill

In the not-so-distant future, organs can be re-grown from a handful of stem cells. For patients who can afford the treatment and hang on to life support for long enough, the prognosis is good. Even the most complex organ of all can be reproduced in the lab with nearly perfect accuracy. Nearly. Patients of brain regeneration face a wide range of problems, from loss of motor functions or intelligence to sociopathy. Spurred by personal tragedy, research scientist William Dalal works feverishly to improve the lives of those he has had a hand in saving.

Delirium

Amazonian River Fever has decimated Prague, forcing the few survivors of the savage pandemic to flee to the uninfected village of Otočka. Doctor Eliška Korbova, having desperately tried to save as many people as she could, is hopeful that the village will be their salvation. But Otočka is no paradise. The colonel in charge, the doctor’s half-sister, is fast becoming a tyrant, and a new fearful ideology is taking hold. With everyone around her descending into madness and barbarism, Eliška must find a way to stop the colonel and save the village before it’s too late.

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