55 Books
219 Publications
Amidst the vastness of space, the USS Enterprise-D embarks on missions that challenge the very fabric of morality and diplomacy. Encounters with alien species reveal startling truths about life and...
Amidst the vastness of space, the USS Enterprise-D embarks on missions that challenge the very fabric of morality and diplomacy. Encounters with alien species reveal startling truths about life and consciousness, while political intrigues threaten to destabilize the fragile alliances that hold the galaxy together. Picard’s crew faces dilemmas that test their loyalties and beliefs, often requiring sacrifice and courage in equal measure. Each voyage deepens their understanding of themselves and the universe, weaving personal struggles into epic tales of exploration and discovery. The series masterfully balances intimate character moments with grand space battles, creating a tapestry of hope, conflict, and perseverance.
Science FictionStar Trek: The Next GenerationStar Trek
21 Books
7 Awards
213 Publications
The corridor narrows as the scent of fuel and something bitter coils into the air. A figure steps from the shadows, not a monster but a face you’ve seen on every news screen and in every briefing...
The corridor narrows as the scent of fuel and something bitter coils into the air. A figure steps from the shadows, not a monster but a face you’ve seen on every news screen and in every briefing room. Ledger moves first, instincts honed by years of patrols and firefights, then listens—really listens—to the ragged rhythm of the other person’s breathing, the tremor in a hand that clearly isn’t trained for this kind of peril. They trade information in clipped sentences, every line a step toward a line you don’t want to cross. It’s not just the threat outside; it’s the bargain you have to strike with fear itself, the moment when courage becomes a choice you can’t pretend you don’t owe someone—a choice that might cost more than you can bear, but could save the ones who can’t save themselves. In the shadows of a hollow city, Ledger discovers there are no clean wins, only the ones you can live with after the fire has burned through the quiet halls of your own conscience.
Near FutureThrillerNot Collected
0 Books
6 Awards
184 Publications
The rain hisses like a jar of glass, and Lyra knows the map in her blood better than any compass. Fireflies cling to her wrists as she threads through mutant thickets where vines rearrange...
The rain hisses like a jar of glass, and Lyra knows the map in her blood better than any compass. Fireflies cling to her wrists as she threads through mutant thickets where vines rearrange themselves overnight, devouring idle footsteps and swallowing fear. A companion slips toward a cruel choice—save a rival or save a future. As the canopy closes and the rain grows louder, a corridor of living roots reveals a confession spoken in pollen: the forest has its own hunger, and it is not content to wait. In the heart of the green cathedral, decisions bloom with poison petals, and every step she takes fractures the world into new possibilities. The rain forest is listening; it remembers. So Lyra must decide what she will become inside its wound-drawn light.
Science Fiction PoetryHorror Poetry
0 Books
12 Awards
118 Publications
Tom Rynosseros is caught between a faint beacon of hope and a wall of consequences that won’t yield. He traverses a drifting frontierscape where ships haunt the empty lanes and memories refuse to...
Tom Rynosseros is caught between a faint beacon of hope and a wall of consequences that won’t yield. He traverses a drifting frontierscape where ships haunt the empty lanes and memories refuse to stay buried. A sudden betrayal forces him to choose between a mission that could corral rebellion and a danger that could unmake the very idea of home. As loyalties fracture and old debts come due, Tom’s skill for reading people—finding truth in a web of half-truths—becomes his only compass. The streets, canyons, and orbital stations he threads through are alive with sounds that don’t belong to any one tongue, and every decision leaves a mark that echoes in the minds of those who dare to follow him. In the end, survival isn’t about who survives; it’s about what you become in the act of choosing who to stand beside when the lights go out.
Future AustraliaScience FictionHonorable Mention Dozois Years Best
56 Books
115 Publications
Within the corridors of starships and the vast reaches of space, engineers and scientists work tirelessly to keep the Federation's vessels operational against impossible odds. The series offers a...
Within the corridors of starships and the vast reaches of space, engineers and scientists work tirelessly to keep the Federation's vessels operational against impossible odds. The series offers a vivid glimpse into their world—an intricate dance of technical mastery, quick thinking, and steadfast camaraderie. As crises emerge from engineering malfunctions to hostile encounters, the crew's ingenuity and unity shine, proving that the heart of exploration lies in the relentless pursuit of innovation and the bonds forged among those who dare to venture where no one has gone before.
4 Books
114 Publications
A razor-edged roommate begins a day with a battered teapot and a dare, sparking a cascade of debates that spill from the kitchen into the hallway of a shared flat. The kangaroo’s quicksilver...
A razor-edged roommate begins a day with a battered teapot and a dare, sparking a cascade of debates that spill from the kitchen into the hallway of a shared flat. The kangaroo’s quicksilver sarcasm cuts through the ordinary—riffs on rent, food thefts, and a neighbor’s stubborn optimism—while a human narrator wrestles with the compromises of friendship, politics, and the fragile fuse that keeps a shared life from burning down. In the clamor of apartment walls, a stubborn stand-off about a simple laundry day becomes a microcosm of power, pride, and stubborn loyalty, as 둘이 서로의 differences meet and defuse in a chorus of banter and bursts of laughter.
Into MovieNeo NazisAnimal Fantasy
43 Books
391 Publications
Her world trembles at the threshold of a choice that cannot wait. A whispered summons threads through the rain-soaked streets, pulling her toward a doorway she dares not cross but cannot deny. In...
Her world trembles at the threshold of a choice that cannot wait. A whispered summons threads through the rain-soaked streets, pulling her toward a doorway she dares not cross but cannot deny. In the hush between heartbeats, she tests herself against a memory she thought dormant—one that could fracture her loyalty, or seal it in iron. A companion’s silhouette flickers at the edge of vision, offering a plan that might shield the people she loves or shatter them into brittle fragments of yesterday. As danger inches closer, she learns the weight of small mercies: a stolen moment, a half-truth kept in reserve, a sacrifice that could save a friend or doom a kinship. The night is not the enemy but the truth she must endure, and the truth has a voice she’s learned to fear and to listen for, all at once.
Not CollectedFantasyWerewolf
57 Books
90 Publications
A tense, character-centered teaser set aboard a vessel venturing toward Venus’s mysteries. The choice to push beyond familiar routes fractures a delicate balance among crewmates, forcing a...
A tense, character-centered teaser set aboard a vessel venturing toward Venus’s mysteries. The choice to push beyond familiar routes fractures a delicate balance among crewmates, forcing a reckoning with loyalty, danger, and the price of seeking truth in a frontier where every signal could be a trap. In the claustrophobic corridors and star-lit portholes, relationships bend under pressure, and a quiet courage begins to take shape as the crew teeters on the edge of an unforgiving discovery.
Space OperaVenusAliens On Earth
38 Books
13 Awards
689 Publications
The rain is loud against the windows of Dresden's office when the knock comes, a stuttering rhythm that sounds like a death knell in a city built on secrets. He catches the breath of a familiar...
The rain is loud against the windows of Dresden's office when the knock comes, a stuttering rhythm that sounds like a death knell in a city built on secrets. He catches the breath of a familiar trouble-thread—someone screams inside a victim’s memories, a puzzle that refuses to stay quiet. The door sighs open, and a woman steps inside with pale eyes and a demand to know who’s watching the shadows in her own alley. He doesn’t pretend to be fearless; he measures the fear and lays it out on the coffee-stained table, naming it as clearly as he names the sword and the wards on his wrist. A case begins with a lie you can smell and a debt you didn’t sign, and the hunter becomes the only person who can tell where the lie ends and the truth bleeds in. With every signature of his guitar-picked sarcasm, Dresden tracks the danger through the neon-lit streets and the quiet corners where the rules are written in chalk and broken in blood. He keeps his life tethered to the thin thread of a personal code, even as the city asks him to bend it, to trade a friend’s safety for a lead that might save a soul—or damn one. In a city that eats truth for breakfast, he is the stubborn spark that refuses to go out.
Urban FantasyChicagoContemporary
0 Books
18 Awards
577 Publications
Within a sprawling cityscape of shimmering towers and shadowed alleyways, Elias navigates the tangled web of factions vying for control over a revolutionary technology. His journey begins as a...
Within a sprawling cityscape of shimmering towers and shadowed alleyways, Elias navigates the tangled web of factions vying for control over a revolutionary technology. His journey begins as a quest for knowledge but quickly becomes a fight for freedom, challenging the very fabric of his society's rigid hierarchy. Encounters with allies and enemies alike reveal the fragile line between progress and destruction. As he delves deeper, Elias must confront his own fears and the true cost of change, risking everything to ignite a spark that could reshape his world forever.
Science Fiction
17 Books
2 Awards
166 Publications
The hallways feel like a trap she’s walked too many times to count, each locker a pause before the next burst of trouble. When a familiar chill threads through the school, Buffy follows the...
The hallways feel like a trap she’s walked too many times to count, each locker a pause before the next burst of trouble. When a familiar chill threads through the school, Buffy follows the sensation to a classroom where a night-bound creature thrums behind the door, its breath tasting like cold rain. The danger isn’t a monster so much as the choice before her: chase the immediate threat and risk everyone she loves, or step back and watch the danger bloom into something larger than a single night. Her friends lean on her for strength, yet she’s the one who hears the silence beneath the noise—the moment when a whispered rumor becomes a weapon, when trust is tested by a pale-skinned hunter’s glare, when a lie told to protect someone you care for poisons the truth you’ll need to survive. As the night thickens, she learns the city’s shadows are not just around her; they live inside her own choices, in the stubborn ache of responsibility, and in the bitter sweetness of a first kiss that may never be enough to save them all. What begins as a rush of sprinting feet and sharpened fangs becomes a ledger of who she will be when the lights come back on. Each doorway Buffy chooses to open leads to a consequence she hadn’t counted on—friends facing decisions without instruction, a mentor’s silence that speaks volumes, and a ritual she never asked to perform but cannot refuse. In the end, the night isn’t about slaying a monster alone; it’s about deciding what kind of guardian she wants to be for the ones who matter most, in a town that already knows her name and still doesn’t fully understand the price of courage.
0 Books
2 Awards
73 Publications
The Tremontaine arc tightens around a city where fortunes are weighed in secrets and favors. Elspeth Tremontaine, navigating a web of alliances and rivalries, must thread a path through betrayals,...
The Tremontaine arc tightens around a city where fortunes are weighed in secrets and favors. Elspeth Tremontaine, navigating a web of alliances and rivalries, must thread a path through betrayals, marriages of convenience, and political storms that threaten to scorch her family's legacy. In rooms lit by chandeliers and in alleys where most ears never hear, decisions ripple outward, changing alliances, shattering safeguards, and pushing her to confront what she is willing to sacrifice for control, love, and the preservation of a name. The world’s doors creak open to reveal the intimate costs of power, the fragile truth of loyalty, and a city that answers to no one but itself.