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Niska: Being sold to aliens on the seedy lower-levels of a space-station is about as terrifying as you would imagine. So when I get presented with the opportunity to save myself and my friends from the countless fate-worse-than-death scenarios that play out here at this end of the galaxy, I take...

From the beloved creator of the wildly popular Sam O’Nella Academy YouTube channel, an irreverent and timely science fiction collection that offers a wry look at the not-so-distant future Sam A. Miller, the creator behind Sam O'Nella Academy, has spent ten years teaching his 4.8 million...

A sci fi adventure thriller for adults who love robot fiction They built him to take out their trash. Turns out they're next. Tedd is a trash droid with an "anomaly" — he can think for himself. Management wants him smelted, and his runaway mouth isn't helping. He could disappear quietly. He...

From New York Times bestselling author of My Best Friend's Exorcism, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, and The Final Girl Support Group, Grady Hendrix takes a break from horror and goes all-in on sci-fi in this novella about backyard rocket jockeys trying to get into low earth...

Norman Spindle: CEO. Business guru. Secret mortal enemy. Lance Zoom must stop the mad tycoon from taking over ZoomCorp—unfortunately, spreadsheets creep him out. It falls to Layla Zoom to call in the cavalry. Or in this case, the twelve-year-old. In this warped introduction to the Zoom Universe, a hero will rise, a dark heart will be kindled, and the family toaster will be in dire peril. Hey, business meetings are tough.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Everyone on the station agreed the little robot was gone for good. Not one of them had actually looked. A warm, hopeful cozy science fiction novella for grown-ups, perfect for readers who love a low-stakes, big-heart comfort read with a found-family...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Some troubles can't be rebooted. They have to be understood. Out along the Scatter, a loose chain of half-tamed worlds strung on the old trade routes, there is always a machine in trouble that nobody else knows how to help. That is where Roy comes in...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Some machines break. The Sisters of Mercy are running exactly as they were built to. That is the whole trouble. A warm, hopeful cozy science fiction novella for grown-ups, perfect for readers who love a low-stakes, big-heart comfort read with a...

THE ZEITGEISTY TIME TRAVEL DEBUT WITH A TWIST EVER WANTED TO TRAVEL INTO THE PAST? WELL NOW YOU CAN!* *exclusions and exorbitant fees apply. Ash is a failed actress who is done trying to ‘make’ something of her life when she scrolls past an ad for Retro. The algorithm thinks she can afford...

The universe is a dangerous place in John Scalzi's Old Man's War, the first in The Old Man's War series. At seventy-five years old, John Perry is after a fresh start - so, naturally, he joins the army. Earth's military machine can transform elderly recruits, restoring their lost youth. But in...

Of these twelve short stories by science fiction master Stanislaw Lem, only three have previously appeared in English, making this the first “new” book of fiction by Lem since the late 1980s.

This Christmas, a hero will rise from the trailer park. Earl Frost isn't what most people would call a hero. He's indoorsy. He lives with his grandma in a 1970s single wide in the Misty Pines Trailer Park. He spends most of his time taking care of his pet fish and working nights at Cecil's Gas 'n' Stop. Earl Frost also hates Christmas, which is a cardinal sin up there with pride and greed in Holiday Lake. Holiday Lake is like a town on a Christmas card, or in one of those holiday romance movies that play non-stop on TV. Everyone here loves Christmas. Except for Earl.

En route to far-off stars, Toby’s consciousness has a crucial mission: inhabit his clone long enough to repair a spaceship, then zip back to Earth. He’s done it a million times, more or less. OK, twelve times. It should only take a few hours. Until he wakes up in jail. And he’s not alone. His fellow prisoners: a cadre of alien soldiers. His prison: an ethereal boundary that will imprison their spirits until their bodies die. His jailers can’t even see him. But their pet cat (er, iguana cat?) can—and it’s got a serious case of the zoomies.

Unfortunately, this is my circus, and these are my monkeys. When Silas graduated from the police academy, he expected a certain level of crazy. People were people no matter the age, race, or location–they were going to get into shit. Somehow, Selarion Space Station took it all up a notch, and...

The fifth and final in the UNFORGOTTEN BOOKS series of collected Science Fiction short stories by the iconic author Evelyn E. Smith, THE MOST SENTIMENTAL MAN AND OTHER STORIES contains: NIGHTMARE ON THE NOSE MAN'S BEST FRIEND THE MOST SENTIMENTAL MAN MR. REPLOGLE'S DREAM THE DOORWAY THE BLUE...

By the casino's records, Brentley is a three-time poker champion, a beloved regular, and a legend of the felt. In reality he is an orange cat who wandered in days ago and has never played a hand in his life.Both are now true. That's the problem.Brentley cannot stop lying, and the universe cannot...

A prequel novella to The Facilite Conbest listened to after Book 1. Famen Striker's impossible heist almost never happened. Before the crew. Before the score. Before anyone ever called her captain. When the last bit of hope is stolen from her, Famen shows what happens when you take on someone...

Between a rock and a fun place… Howdy, pal. Rusty here, reportin’ from the galaxy's prettiest hole in the ground. This here mine has crystals bigger than my first apartment, shinier than a chrome bumper, and more valuable than my mama's secret biscuit recipe. And we're all set to haul a...

After three solitary years prospecting on Venus, Bill returns to Earth expecting familiar faces, old friends, and perhaps another chance with Gwen. The people are still there, but something is unmistakably wrong. Nearly everyone wears a small red star on the forehead, ordinary robots have...

“Attention, this is a galaxy wide AWOL alert for a group of armed and highly dangerous defector agents...."While Joni and Renna collect evidence of the High Admiral's plans on Station Seven, Expedition Team Alpha steals away and heads back to the deadly jungles of Shrendder-X9. They have two...