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For three thousand years, an alien oversight body has watched Earth from a station hidden in the darkness between star systems. The work was never meant to be complicated. Catalog the species, measure their development, predict their trajectory, file the reports every fifty years like clockwork. Humanity was difficult to assess but not impossible. Violent, chaotic, repeatedly on the verge of destroying themselves, but survivable as a subject of study. Routine, in the way that difficult things become routine when you have been doing them long enough. Then the reports stopped. When ...

Charles DeWitt has spent his entire life alone. Orphaned at seven, passed through the hands of strangers, he built his interior world out of mathematics and silence and the singular obsession that would define everything that followed. When he proved the existence of parallel universes and collected his Nobel Prize, the world wanted to claim him. He gave it a year and then closed the door and disappeared into a private laboratory in rural Vermont to do the only thing that had ever mattered to him. Not just proving the multiverse exists. Getting there. What he builds in that laboratory will ...

The Auster is a commercial salvage vessel that thrives in the blind spots of deep-space law. Owned by Renova Extraction, she runs the jagged edge between what is technically legal and what is actively prosecutable. Her crew is a collection of people who have run out of better options—individuals who do their jobs, keep their histories to themselves, and understand that mutual silence is the only thing that makes the ship function. In the lawless reaches of the shipping lanes, oversight doesn't exist, and corporate interests always override human life. When Renova dispatches the Auster to ...

The Gunmen of the American Wild West Collection brings to life the history of the frontier west of the Mississippi in the latter parts of the 19th century. The gunmen ranged from lawmen to cowboys, ranchers, and outlaws. Most of the outlaws in the Old West preyed on banks, trains, and stagecoaches. Although spread thin, the law was present, usually on the level of deputy US marshal, county sheriff, and the town marshal or constable.

The New York Times Bestseller Mike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the front man of The Beach Boys, the most popular American band in history -- timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of "Good Vibrations." As a founding member...

Introducing Today-ish — hosted by James Li and Dani Love — Together, they go where the mainstream won’t. A live show bringing you the truth about current events, pop culture, conspiracy theories, the news, and the absurd theater of celebrity and politics — nothing’s off-limits. Tune in for amazing conversations and interviews with people we find interesting. Support us on Patreon and become a founding member!

In the shadowed streets of turn-of-the-century Europe, Van Helsing walks a fine line between humanity and something far older, far deadlier. Haunted by the safety of the Countess and driven by vengeance, he follows the cryptic trail of a mysterious, arcane device that points to a shadowy organization controlling monsters, machines, and men alike. From the fog-choked alleys of London to the chaotic, industrial heart of New York, Van Helsing battles clockwork automatons, monstrous creations, and cunning assassins. Each confrontation tests his centuries-honed reflexes, his semi-cursed ...

When the job goes wrong, it doesn't go wrong the way Owlantoo expects. He's a professional. He's been doing this for a long time, across more star systems than most species know exist, and he has never once left a contract unfinished. The target on Bardland — a dim, tidally locked world orbiting the dying ember of Barnard's Star — is no different from a hundred others. Get in. Get it done. Get out. Except the target gets one last piece of him on the way out. A bite. Small enough to almost miss. Carrying inside it sixty thousand years of evolved biological weaponry. The Skriath don't ...

He never wanted to change the world. He just wanted to be left alone. Hytemer is nobody special. A practical man on a distant world who fixes broken machines and explains things plainly. But when a casual conversation gets recorded and spreads across a dozen worlds, the most powerful corporations in the galaxy discover something terrifying buried in his DNA — not what he has done, but what he is capable of doing. The financial modeling is unambiguous. The decision is coldly rational. Hytemer has to die. He isn't arrested. He isn't warned. He simply becomes the target of a contract that ...

He thought freedom was the next step. He thought surviving the system meant surviving the pod. But nothing prepared him for the world beyond its walls. Every corner of the city hides a choice, every stranger carries a question, and every routine is a test he didn’t know he was taking. He moves through streets that feel both familiar and alien, tracing the paths of a life that has gone on without him, retracing connections that may never return, and confronting forces that still watch, still wait, still calculate. He has knowledge that could change everything—laws, procedures, futures—...

In a universe ruled by precision and control, survival is never guaranteed. Hive tells the story of a population designed to serve, to extract, and to obey—but what happens when the systems meant to sustain them vanish? Facing scarcity, decay, and the unknown, these engineered beings are forced to confront the limits of their design. Every action becomes a gamble, every decision a test of ingenuity. As routines collapse and resources dwindle, they must find ways to adapt, collaborate, and overcome obstacles that were never meant for them to face. Hive is a gripping exploration of ...

Tomil didn't plan to visit Earth. He didn't plan to visit Earth the way most people don't plan to step in something unpleasant — it simply happened, against all reasonable expectations, and now he's stuck with it. After ending a three-year relationship with a woman whose primary contribution to his life was spending his money on vacations he hated, Tomil books himself a solo trip across the outer systems. He has a rental ship, a synthesizer that produces anything from food to currency to flawless diamonds on demand, and a detailed itinerary that does not, under any circumstances, include ...

In the sprawling neon jungles of Nexara‑7, psychopathic assassin Baparaket unleashes a merciless campaign of destruction—then escalates into a planetary war across alien worlds and finally returns to obliterate his own creators. This high‑octane space‑opera takes you from crowded alien markets where civilians don’t matter, to molten industrial worlds where collateral death is weaponised, through orbital HQs and command cores bathed in exploding conduits and collapsing architecture. Baparaket catalogues every scream, every machine failure, every panic‑induced mistake like a cold ...

In a world teetering on the edge of absurd chaos, humanity discovers that their planet is under the care of a detached cosmic technician—an impartial, indifferent maintainer who fixes disasters they didn’t know they caused. Entire continents shift, cities vanish and reappear, and weather patterns spin into impossible combinations. Governments issue contradictory orders, citizens improvise with duct tape, kayaks, and inflatable flamingos, and social media explodes with viral documentation of humanity’s spectacular failures. Panic, guilt, and paranoia grip the globe as people attempt to...

Brett and Julia lead a crew to a distant planet, Paradise, on a mission filled with hope and ambition. But what begins as a routine exploration soon spirals into a nightmare. Unseen environmental forces begin altering the crew, affecting their DNA and challenging their very humanity. As transformations escalate, the couple is forced to make impossible decisions: flee the planet, leaving colleagues behind, or risk themselves to survive. On a failing shuttle pointed at a distant colony, the mutations slow but cannot be stopped. Each passing moment heightens tension, fear, and moral ambiguity....

In a distant, hostile world, Lucian Varro wakes to find himself trapped in a brutal alien prison designed to test endurance, obedience, and morality. The planet’s merciless sun scorches the sands, metallic structures flicker with hidden intelligence, and guards perform their rituals of authority with unsettling precision. Survival demands wit, observation, and a sharp, sarcastic mind. When Lucian receives a cryptic message ordering him to “SPACE DOCKS NOW,” the stagnant monotony shatters, thrusting him into a cycle of deadly games, false escape attempts, and orchestrated terror. ...

The Future is a Vast and Unpredictable Frontier. This comprehensive collection of science fiction short stories spans the full spectrum of speculative fiction, offering a deep dive into the "what ifs" that define our species' potential. From the silent, cold reaches of deep space to the neon-drenched corridors of high-tech urban landscapes, these narratives explore the intersection of humanity and the unknown. This anthology serves as a gateway to multiple worlds, each crafted to challenge your perceptions of reality, technology, and the ultimate fate of the human race. Whether you are a ...

Brennan Shale has spent his career saying yes to the jobs no one else would take. Dangerous postings. Impossible timelines. Assignments that left marks. He has always had reasons, and the reasons have always been real, and none of them have made him easier to live with or harder to replace. When a man in a grey suit sits across a conference table in Geneva and opens a folder, Brennan discovers that his entire career has been preparation for one final assignment. Someone has to hold station at the edge of a supermassive black hole for ten minutes. Someone has to bring back what six probe ...

Dorothy Gale didn’t arrive on Veridia-7 by choice. She arrived because it was the only place left to run. A prison transport failure, a stolen opportunity, and a desperate landing leave her stranded on a quarantined planet that most navigators refuse to even map. Veridia-7 sits on the edge of the sector, wrapped in rumors, abandoned surveys, and a silence that has lasted longer than most governments. At first, survival is simple math: stay alive long enough to find a way off the planet. But Veridia-7 is not empty. The forests glow with their own quiet light. The ecosystem behaves with a ...

Humanity has reached for the stars, pushing far beyond the solar system in a desperate search for a second home. Colonies on Mars and nearby moons thrive, but every expedition to distant worlds ends in failure: hostile environments, deadly microbes, incompatible ecosystems, or alien species that react unpredictably to human intrusion. As exploration fleets journey ever deeper into space, tension escalates with each encounter, revealing a species that is bold, ambitious, and dangerous in its own right. Back home, fear grows within human command. What if a unified alien force retaliates? ...