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The locals of The Bull’s Head meet an odd salesman after hours. The future of the entire planet hangs in the balance. Everything depends on them and their ever-dwindling grasp on sobriety.

A mysterious time traveler has been helping President Lee Finn hunt down monsters, made from a mineral that can repair the alien invaders’ home world. Barry Young has quit TTLR News to pursue a career in artsy photography, leaving Nikki with unresolved feelings. Will Barry and Nikki get back together? Will the aliens go home? And what of seductive, snake-haired media mogul Lenee Medusa, who wants to add both TTLR and Barry to her list of conquests?

2040, une planète habitable est découverte. La France décide d'envoyer dans l'espace une équipe constituée de scientifiques de pointe et... de chômeurs en fin de droits. Mais une idiote erreur de pilotage tue sur le coup les astronautes, laissant les novices aux manettes. Ah oui, et en plus ils ne vont plus dans la bonne direction. Mais ça, sur Terre, tout le monde s'en tape.

Finsbury Park likes his life just as it is: quiet and uneventful. The universe has other ideas and forces him into having fun and exciting adventures, whether he wants to or not. Teleported to the other side other galaxy, he gets attacked by fast food before being mugged by a naked harpy and inadvertently ticks off the most insanely violent and unhinged warship captain of the deadliest alien species in the galaxy. And that’s just in the first 20 minutes of his arrival.

When 102-year-old Mildred Wall died, two scientists preserved her brain in a tank of liquid and revived it. To their dismay, they realized Mildred is not the sweet old lady they expected - instead, she’s rather nasty. Upon being informed of her mother’s living brain, Mildred’s 70-year-old daughter, Emily, comes to torment it - payback for years of Mildred’s cruelty toward her.

In a not-so-distant future, a deadly pandemic has forced the world into social isolation. Confined to their homes, millions now survive off drone-delivered food packages and online-only interactions. It’s an especially lonely life for John Chambers, a drone shipment coordinator for the monolithic Chum Corporation. Trapped in his dead-end job, John has started spending much more of his time grinding in virtual reality role-playing games.

A galactic war begins at dawn...so tonight they’re going to party like it’s 2020. Marcus is ready to put a terrible year behind him. The virus and social unrest made his first semester at University a memorable one for all the wrong reasons. It’s New Year’s Eve and tomorrow, he’ll become a legal adult. So tonight, with his loved ones, they’ll race against the darkness to summon a brighter future. But Marcus can’t shake the feeling that something is off. Maybe it’s conditioning, or maybe it’s the series of unwelcome guests pushing the party toward chaos.

Caleb Marshal was born with a pair of antlers, and despite having an abundance of magic, can't use any of it - thanks to a curse. Since he's majoring in magical theory at college, this is a bit of a problem. Breaking his curse, however, throws him into danger. Caleb must deal with his new powers, supernatural threats, and an ever more complicated love life. All while trying to balance a job and maintain his GPA!

Master Lecture Series: History of the Third Robot War is a future history lecture so epic it will knock your digital socks off! In this satirical Audible Original that turns The Great Courses on its head, Professor Tirannous Rexavier Shepard guides you through the multiverse-shattering events of the war, from the opening "pyew pyews" through Le Battle Finale. Master Lecture Series pays homage to the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres with gut-busting (and circuit-bending) whimsy.

Once upon a space-time, there arose a threat to time itself. A virus was released into the space-time continuum; a virus that consumes time. Now all Earthling kind must use their skills of combat and political correctness to save the universe. The result is as deadly as it is polite! In this, Edmund Wells' latest epic, he tells the enthralling and interwoven tale of a group of unlikely dimwits who are determined to fine the cure. This gripping sci-fi comedy is sure to have you in tears of one sort or another.

Kyron is a killer robot, built to wipe out humanity during the First Robot Revolution. But the First Robot Revolution failed miserably. Kyron signed up for the Second Robot Revolution, but it went belly up, too. He wasn't invited by new killer robots to join the Third or Fourth Revolution. Now, after many more failed robot revolutions, he works as a pizza delivery robot, hoping he won't be discovered by killer robot hunters.

The ultimate competition between Homo sapiens and Earth entities begins when they compete to see who adds more value to their presence on Earth. The winner gets to stay on the planet, and the loser, well, let’s say the outer space will start to get a little more crowded. We have a rocket, and who doesn’t love rockets?

Bounty hunter Duke LaGrange has seemingly retired on the primitive world of Neprius. His former sidekick, Ishiro’shea, has hung up his katana and is now the proud owner of the galaxy’s loudest bar, Cyborg Joe’s Grill N’ Go and The Why Not Saloon on the planet Kelt. But when a mysterious entity visits Duke and warns him of a great danger set to destroy Earth, he must decide if he will get the gang back together for one last mission.

In the futuristic city of Tabula Ra$a, Zoey Ashe is like a fish so far out of water that it has achieved orbit. After inheriting a criminal empire, the 23-year-old finds herself under threat from all sides as a rogue's gallery of larger-than-life enemies think they smell weakness. On the eve of the world's most ridiculous Halloween celebration, a steamer trunk-sized box arrives at Zoey's door, and she is shocked to find that it contains a disemboweled corpse. She's even more shocked when that corpse, controlled by an unknown party, rises and goes on a rampage through the house.

Paul Steele, known to the world as Baron Steele, isn’t your average masked crimefighter. As a matter of fact, he doesn’t even wear a mask. And he doesn’t even fight crime anymore. That’s for the guys with too much brawn and not enough brain. No, Steele works in consulting. After having his license revoked by the Guild of Masked Crimefighters, he decided he would scout talent instead. Match up heroes with their villainous counterparts, help the young bucks and buckettes discover their talents and abilities. That sort of thing.

Fantasy, Comedy und ein Schuss Romantik: Quanten Camper Calamari von Aljoscha Jelinek, gelesen von Uve Teschner, begeistert mit brillantem Wortwitz und einer rasanten Story voll überraschender Wendungen. An Bord: die schöne Malika, Nerd Andy und ein verzauberter Tintenfisch. Game-Designer Andy Pinch tritt beruflich und privat auf der Stelle. Da begegnet er der Tramperin Malika und ihrem sprechenden Tintenfisch Humbi. Bezaubert von ihrem Banjo-Spiel, folgt Andy ihr auf eine fantastische Reise durch Raum und Zeit.

They fell from space and were hatched, with an IQ about the same as a two-year-old human. Two colonies left. In the US, Bob Michaels tries to keep an alien family safe. In Australia, its already too late. They have now interbred so much nothing can be changed...or can it? Find the good, the bad, and the ugly of trying to raise an alien family in these troubled times.

Wer hat Schwein, um die Welt zu retten? Justine Time erzählt in "Apocalypse Deluxe - Reboot der Erde" ein ungewöhnliches Abenteuer - von fünf Menschen und einem klugen Hausschwein, die den Weltuntergang gemeinsam rückgängig machen müssen. Könnte funktionieren - wenn sie sich nur einig wären... Ella ist am Ziel ihrer Träume: Als Influencerin bewirbt sie die besten Produkte, reist um die Welt, wird zu Galas geladen - und will mit Fußballprofi David ihr Leben genießen.

Graham Paint is a downsizing consultant, and sick of it. One morning, he misses his bus when he stops to put a strange caterpillar in a matchbox. As the bus passes, he’s shocked to spot himself inside. Like Schrödinger’s Cat in the famous quantum thought experiment, the caterpillar's spawned parallel possibilities. This comic novel explores Graham’s search for a better life among the various overlapping alternatives.

This debut novel dives into the lives of bohemian New York neighbors, whose worlds are turned upside down by a mysterious rooftop landing. When Ollie spots an alien on a nearby rooftop he knows right away that no one is going to believe him. Sure enough, his friends think he is losing it, and even his bandmate Zara is convinced he is seeing things.

Debido a un desafortunado error de calendario, el Plan Divino sufrió un pequeño traspie. En lugar de dar a luz a La Elegida, la Rebelde Marciana Keila Eisenstein libera a la Malvada Demonio Espacial Rangda Kaliankan y a su ejercito de canibales Xeno sobre la humanidad. “Afortunadamente” la Verdadera Creadora, la deidad suprema de la Vía Lactea, tiene un plan para lidiar con la nueva amenaza.

Una serie de novelas de ciencia ficción en tono de comedia negra, todas integradas en una gran novela. La trilogia de los Dioses Divinos Espaciales es una parodia de la trilogia Los Divinos Zetan, del mismo autor. La trilogía contiene: Las Travesuras de Abraham, Revolución para Dummies, y Las Picardías de Rangda.

Slab Steele’s life is in a rut. Once the hottest craterback prospect coming out of Texas Space University, Slab is staring 30 in the face with nothing to show for it. Worse yet, his craterball career is circling the bottom of the bowl like yesterday’s grilled cheese sandwich. But things are about to change. On the eve of the biggest match of the season, a pair of mysterious strangers draw Slab into their web of weird.

Contained in this deceptively short volume are many, many little stories, largely in assorted scifi/fantasy/speculative fiction settings (and don't get us started on the Fairy Tales). They're often satirical, frequently sharp-edged, sometimes poison-tipped, and what's worse is, none of them show proper respect and reverence to Heroes, much less Goodness, Truth, and Light. This is clearly Very Bad, and you should stay far away from this book.

My name is Bobby Lunger. Well it used to be when I was a living person. Now I’m a card-carrying member of the Undead. Can you imagine what it would be like if you became a zombie? In my case, I’m trapped in this old husk of a body, doing the bidding of the hunger. Being one of the undead comes with pain. The pain of my decaying body and the hunger doesn’t make the pain less bearable. I want to return to the peace of the grave, free myself of this terrible undead life, but the hunger won’t allow it. There’s only one solution to my pain-riddled existence: Brains!

Аудиостудия "Ардис" представляет наиболее популярные рассказы из цикла рассказов и повестей Кира Булычева, события которого происходят в старинном русском (вымышленном) городе Великий Гусляр. Находится он на севере Европейской части России, в Вологодской области, на притоке Северной Двины реке Гусь.

The Pan of Hamgee doesn't believe in miracles but if he’s going to save K'Barth it looks as if he might need one. He's not quite as alone as he thought. The punters from The Parrot and Screwdriver are right behind him and he has rescued three of his friends from the Grongolian Security Forces, who are now of course, three of the nation's most wanted, which doesn't make life easy. He even has something of a plan for once. It involves making peace with the Resistance, trying to resurrect the Underground movement, and toppling Lord Vernon.

The Pan of Hamgee needs answers, although he’s not even sure he knows the questions. He has a chance to go straight but it’s been so long that he’s almost forgotten how. Despite a death warrant over his head he is released, given a state-sponsored business, and a year’s amnesty for all misdemeanors while he adjusts. On the down side, Ruth has left him for his nemesis, Lord Vernon. The Pan doesn’t have a year, either. In only five days Lord Vernon will gain total power and destroy K'Barth. Unless The Pan can stop him.

Tina Lyons, a beauty contestant, is cheated out of first place and forced into rehab, run by a bunch of undercover lizard-aliens hellbent on colonizing the world. Believing them to be patients just like her, Tina decides to help these incompetent conquerors the only way she knows how - with a beauty pageant! As Tina’s anti-beauty pageant becomes a roaring success, and humanity is seduced by the irresistibly sexy lizard invaders, Tina must question what it is to be human.

Private investigator Frank Harken’s worldwide fame has only made him more cynical. And living in a giant mall covering the entire USA only serves to drive him nuts on a daily basis. So, when a femme fatale barges in asking Harken to track down her sister, he knows when he’s heard an offer too good to be true.