Space Opera Comedy

Kelly Frank is EarthCent's top diplomat on Union Station, but her job description has always been a bit vague. The pay is horrible and she's in hock up to her ears for her furniture, which is likely to end up in a corridor because she's behind on rent for her room. Sometimes she has to wonder if the career she has put ahead of her personal life for 15 years is worth it.

New ER doctor Alexi Sur always intended to join an aid agency. She'd just expected to work among humans. When the Pax Galactica Corps becomes her only option (don't ask—the debts aren't hers, but the family is, much to her regret), Alexi finds herself traveling the galaxy and learning alien physiology and culture, all while becoming a reality TV star. Being pursued by camera drones and starring in her very own Welcome-to-the-Universe documentary was never on Alexi's to-do list.

Clunk, a clapped-out robot, is convinced he's about to be junked. Instead, his penny-pinching boss is sending him off to be refurbished. Being old and wise, Clunk knows there's a catch, but at first it doesn't seem too bad. He just has to help a freelancer pick up some cargo. Unfortunately, Hal Spacejock - the freelancer - is obstinate, over-confident, and woefully under-skilled, and he's never going to let a lowly robot fly his precious ship. Is there any chance this pair of misfits can lift off, collect the cargo and deliver it in one piece?

🚀 Three books. One captain. Too many women to handle. Captain Jaxon Orion didn’t sign up for this. The job was supposed to be simple: fly a relic, make a fortune, and disappear. Instead, he ends up with a cyborg welded to an alien artifact, a fugitive scientist with nanotech secrets, and a High Priestess who thinks “first contact” should happen in her bed. Now Orion’s crew of misfits is running from bounty hunters, dodging cults, stumbling into conspiracies, and trying not to destroy the galaxy while they’re at it. Oh—and holding together a starship full of brilliant, ...

Jax Dart, Space Bastard: Pirates of the Lagrange Belt A Queer Sci-Fi Comedy of Space Pirates, Old Flames, and Bad Decisions Gone Worse Captain Jax Dart just wanted a quiet week mining asteroids, drinking cheap whiskey, and avoiding her mounting debt to the Galactic Loan Union. Instead, her ship gets hijacked by the most flamboyant pirate crew in the quadrant—led by her smoking-hot ex-lover, Vera Kincaid. Vera still carries a torch… and a grudge. She’s out for payback, plunder, and maybe another night with Jax—though not necessarily in that order. As Jax schemes to seduce, bluff, and...

Cullen Bright is the greatest athlete in human history. With over fifty victories in the Enhanced Pentathlon, no one can fight, shoot, or run like him—but it's not enough. Adrift and bored with wealth and fame, he finds his cause when an alien enemy launches a savage war of extermination against The Ten human star systems under Unity control. In a flash of anger, he enlists in the Unity Marines, determined to bring his limitless talent to a cause that is spiraling into chaos and madness. But Cullen will learn that being a Marine isn't a solo sport, and respect isn't given—it's earned.

A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented - something to cheer up everyone who was left and bring the shattered worlds together in the spirit of peace, unity, and understanding. Once every cycle, the civilizations gather for the Metagalactic Grand Prix - part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part continuation of the wars of the past.

James Merriot has a shiny new space engines certification, a mountain of self-doubt, and exactly zero job offers. Desperate for work, James swallows his anxiety and takes a leap of faith, applying for a position in a remote, tiny mining village hidden deep in the asteroid belt. He expected to fix heavy machinery and hide from the world. He didn't expect the station's beautiful manager to steal his heart the moment he arrived. He gets the job, but James quickly realizes this station is nothing like he imagined. Here, mining isn't done with massive drills, but with a unique herd of mechanical...

This dazzling anthology includes epic interstellar adventures, tales of space and wonder, from some of the brightest names in science fiction.

When petty criminal Cal Carver is locked in a cell with a deranged, semi-naked cannibal, he suspects his life has hit its lowest point. He is mistaken. Abducted by aliens and whisked across the galaxy, Cal is thrown into a team of misfits and criminals and sent on a top secret mission for the president of Space. And that's when everything starts to go very, very wrong....

The last gas station in the Milky Way was supposed to be quiet. Then an alien battleship pulled up to the pump. For nineteen years, Earl Vickers has run Last Chance Fuel & Sundries at the edge of civilized space, where the customers are scarce, the coffee is hot, and Pump Three is usually broken. Earl likes it that way. Then an enormous warship emerges from hyperspace, damaged, running low on fuel, and very far from home. The aliens want Earl to fill it up. There's just one problem. They can't pay. Before Earl can figure out what to do about a four-million-credit fuel bill, the human navy ...

I've never been a fan of giant space robots…until I found myself fighting one. Once again, Alex, Lucy, Joey and the rest of the Starflare crew must save the galaxy. The humorless Commander Sarrik informs them that their help is needed urgently. This time a city-sized space robot with a personality problem and a laser cannon to match is threatening to destroy all life as we know it. Now it’s heading straight for the galactic core, blasting through everything in its path like a kid in a toy store with no adult supervision. The authorities are helpless. The space cartels are panicking. And...

She just wanted to find the perfect space-orchid. The universe had other plans. Agnes Peabody, a sixty-two-year-old retired botanist, has finally purchased her dream vessel: a rusty, second-hand scout ship named The Rusty Petal. Her mission? To travel the cosmos cataloging rare alien flora. Her ship’s AI, however, is a hyper-logical, overly cautious program named ALBERT who views dirt as a biohazard and considers Agnes’s beloved houseplants to be a security threat. ALBERT prefers optimal flight paths and sterile environments; Agnes prefers impromptu detours to asteroid belts that might ...

In a jungle of monsters, the real danger is falling for one... Cora A monster is chasing me through my home. On prehistoric planet Xren, where alien dinosaurs roam free, perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. My home in a treetop was supposed to be safe. Nobody should know I’m here, a hundred feet off the ground. But this thing even knows my name. I think this is a caveman chasing me. He’s huge and terrifying, with spikes on his face and a big horn growing from his head. He has something even bigger under his loincloth. Yeah, I know their game on this woman-less planet: abduct Earth girls ...

My robot hates me. Sadly, he's the only competent member of the crew. When Johnny convinces his older brother Tom to invest their life savings in a secondhand starship, he promises adventure, profit, and the chance to finally see the galaxy. The seller swears it's in top condition. As it turns out, the seller has a flexible relationship with the truth. The ship has questionable wiring, unreliable engines, and a navigation system that treats coordinates as friendly suggestions. Worst of all, it comes with a complimentary onboard robot named COSMO—who hates humans, hates space, and ...

Captain Jax Dart just woke up with no memory, lipstick in five shades of regret, and a galley shrine dedicated to her robot crewmate. That’s not even the weird part. In Time-F@cked, the sixth snark-soaked installment of the Jax Dart: Space Bastard series, the Lucky Bastard’s crew is trapped in a timeline so tangled, even their exes don’t remember why they’re mad. A botched heist, a sexy artifact called the Slip Core, and a memory-wiping cult are only the beginning. Reality fractures, alternate versions of the crew keep showing up, and Jax finds herself caught between different ...

Space, Guns, and Poor Life Choices In a galaxy full of crime syndicates, warlords, and corrupt governments, the most dangerous thing in the universe might be barbecue sauce. Cinderella Ashcroft didn’t plan to save the galaxy. She just wanted a paycheck, a rack of ribs, and maybe a quiet afternoon where nobody tried to shoot her. Instead, she lands the strangest bodyguard job in the sector. Her client is Arty Grrmf, a lizard-man barbecue mogul whose legendary secret sauce has people willing to steal it, kidnap for it… and kill for it. Now Cindy has to keep him alive. Good thing she’s ...

Welcome to the Glory Hole. Last fuel for 330 million light-years. One docking port. Everybody wants in. Out in the Boötes Void, the emptiest stretch of nothing in the known universe, sits one tired little fuel stop. Station manager Dee Kowalczyk has four crew, a dad-joke AI, a fry cook who cries into the hollandaise, and a gift shop full of eleven thousand snow globes nobody wants. Nothing ever happens out here. Then two ships need her single port on the same night. One carries forty monks under a vow of chastity. The other carries AdultCon Galactica: fifteen hundred of the galaxy's most ...

Cullen Bright no longer wears the uniform, but his capacity for violence is unchanged. The Unity Alliance has declared an end to the Hardshell War, but the true threat remains hidden in plain sight. The Haiksos continue to build their genetically modified armies, intent on consuming human systems to feed their hideous plans. With the Unity Marine Corps caught in a political stranglehold, who will stand in their way? Cullen Bright thinks he has the answer. Bright Applied Technologies.

"Oops, We Saved Humanity!" - A Briliant Sci-Fi Comedy of Adorable Chaos, Technological Mishaps, and Unexpected Heroism. An Absolute Must Read! Dr. Felix Bumblesnap never intended to trigger a global revolution—he just wanted to solve world hunger and have clean socks. But his latest invention, the Quantum Replicator™, has an unfortunate typo problem, and now the planet is overrun by intelligent robotic kittens capable of viral social-media campaigns, philosophical debates, and coordinated mischief. Soon, humanity finds itself caught between adorable technological overlords, politically ...