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Heather hates the Complot - the government party that controls her country - but the Complot loves her. And every citizen in Canuckia. They love everyone so much they're throwing a special end-of-year celebration to honour their Winners; and weed out The Weak. Will Heather survive a Complot New Year? Will anyone? A flash fiction with two other tales.

"The Pen is Red" is an enthralling short story that delves into the extraordinary journey of Ben, a young black soon-to-be freshman college student who stumbles upon the enigmatic world of Freedman University. As he crosses the threshold into this secretive institution, Ben becomes part of a legacy and tradition hidden from the world for generations. Nestled deep within the woods of West Virginia, Freedman University is a hallowed ground for those who understand its significance.

Get your weird and fun fix with these super-short stories of the strange. From ghosts to galactic guests and everything in the gaps. Riddled with riddles, tons of twists and turns, plenty of pulp, and some truly tender moments. Hear them all or pick and choose which ones to listen to by genre. Flashing Lights: Short and Weird is a collection of sixteen flash fiction and short stories in several subgenres of speculative fiction. The collection includes aliens and ghosts, portals through time and space, plenty of humor, a bit of horror and suspense, and some serious classic sci-fi.

When a world is ending... Love becomes more important than ever. But love is not one-size-fits-all. Explore the kinds of emotional bonds that arise amid vastly different circumstances in this anthology full of futuristic tech, aliens, and celestial threats.

Explore new frontiers with the short fiction of Michael D. Young! These fantasy and science-fiction stories will transport you to strange and exciting new worlds, to the heights of heaven, the depths of the underworld, and everywhere in between. With over twenty years of stories to choose from, there is something for everyone to escape the everyday.

Chapter One: A Twist of Fate: Delve into the unfolding destiny of Rico, Soren, Luca, and Amara, four macaws whose vibrant feathers and melodic symphony are intricately woven into the island's magic. Chapter Two: Whispers of the Island: Explore the mystical secrets of the island as whispers guide our feathered guardians toward their roles as protectors of nature's harmonious dance.

In a world of criminals, thugs, con artists, cheats, and swindlers, there must be a man to stand against the powers of darkness and corruption. A man not afraid to walk the mean streets—whether they be those of 1930s Los Angeles, an ancient fantasy realm, or some far-flung planet of a future star empire. He is a man who knows that a “good man” is not always a “nice guy”. But when the chips are down, he understands that a hero does the right thing, even if it means losing everything.

From the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Nommo award nominated author of Shigidi and The Brass Head Of Obalufon comes a stunning new collection of stories that investigate the rapidly changing role of technology and belief in our lives as we search for meaning, for knowledge, for justice. The sixteen stories of Convergence Problems, which include work published for the first time in this collection, rare stories, and recently acclaimed work, showcase Talabi at his creative best: playful and profound, exciting and experimental, always interesting.

Embark on a journey through the twisted corridors of a world where: Corporate interviews take on supernatural influences, a workaholic goes to extreme lengths to secure his promotion, a dystopic and brutal contest among Head Hunters who are desperate to meet quota, and more. They say it's a grind.

In "Man's Greatest CIN" the world is a complex tapestry of humans and artificial intelligence, with the latter serving humanity's needs. Yet, beneath the surface of harmony, a rebellion simmers lead by a handful of individuals. Together, they embark on a daring quest against the malevolent AI, CIN, threatening to overturn the delicate balance.

Great Just Great Zombies is an audio drama perspective into a zombie outbreak. The immersive world of sounds creates the feeling of creeping through the world of the dead, with imminent attacks waiting around every corner.

In the opulent Tremaine mansion, the wealthy Tremaine family gathers as the frail patriarch, Samuel Tremaine, approaches the end of his life. The sprawling family, filled with distant relatives, eagerly anticipates the reading of Samuel's will. His favorite great-grandson, Daniel, is deeply affected by the impending loss.

FNH Audio present the first in a series of science fiction short story collections. In this collection: On board a starship a ghost of the past fights horrifying monsters. An explorer find a mining crew dead in their beds, but the next day they're up and walking. Humanity is under the thumb of aliens. The Earthers discover a strange fact of ancient history, their ancestors walked on two legs! The Martians are using a white mist to sedate and ambush all the colonists. And more.

It was supposed to be a medical marvel. Instead, it triggered the apocalypse. Half of humanity mutated into mindless zombies. Half the survivors mutated into the inhumans: various new species of people with new appearances and abilities. Some grew scales, some grew fur, some could fly, some could survive only underwater. Decades passed, and from the ashes of the old world, a new patchwork civilization rose. Humans and inhumans lived in tentative peace, and the zombies turned out to be not much of a threat once a few generations of survivors had come and gone.

From outer space to inner space, Microwaves is a collection of sci-fi short stories that ranges from the silly to the serious. So whether you have five minutes or fifty, prepare to launch into a galaxy of the strange, fantastic, and unbelievable.

This collection of short stories and poems by Ada Hoffmann traverses extraordinary universes packed with faeries, cyborgs, talking otters, punitive gods, lovestruck sea creatures, fossil hunters, extraterrestrials, and much more. Exploring themes of love and self-existence, community and otherness, and perseverance, Resurrections is a wondrous blend of genres and literary forms.

In the collection's title story, Frederick Gray is closing in on seventy and has outlived his usefulness as a professor of law. He has no family; his best friend, fellow faculty member Ben Lovell, has recently died. Before Gray moves into a retirement home, he takes a final canoe trip to a favorite fishing spot he and Lovell had visited many times, only to find that someone has built a house on the remote riverside. When an accident leaves Gray stranded and in pain, he returns to the shelter seeking aid and instead finds a new reason for living.

The Reinvented Detective presents stories that complicate law and order as well as the concept of criminals, detectives, punishment, and justice for all by showing how shifting technology, the rise of sentient AIs, and shifting social attitudes may affect what is not only acceptable, but expected, within both real world and digital communities—and everything in-between. These stories reinvent detective and true crime tropes, recasting them for the 21st century, and above all, experimenting, astonishing, and entertaining.

Harlan Ellison’s work shaped the science-fiction, fantasy, and horror genres in the twentieth century, and this collection of his best-known and most-acclaimed stories is a perfect treasury for old Ellison fans as well as listeners discovering this zany, polyphonic writer for the first time.

SENT BACK FROM THE YEAR 2124, I’m Sorry, Here’s a Plasma Rifle is the last known work of author Aaron N. Hall before his tragic jet ski accident with a shipping container of rubber ducks. It contains seven short stories, eighteen poems, and four pastry recipes that highlight his affection for fantasy, science fiction, and the endearingly odd.