Discovering someone using magic against the Queen she serves, Guardswoman Anna d’Gart is plunged into political intrigue. Although magic is prohibited, she must work with a witch and use all her skills and courage to save the Queen and the Realm.
Cyrstal reaches maturity—and with it comes an overwhelming need to mate, a compulsion so strong he must die of pain unless fulfilled. But Crystal’s silicon-based biology makes him a singleton, a unique lifeform—no mate for him in the Milky Way.
A media company gives on-air talent a drug that makes them extremely charismatic, capable of getting anyone to do almost anything. Three unlikely allies come together to stop this: a rebel tech head, fearless teen and a secretive executive.
Picture a near-future adventure set mostly on the Moon. Our intrepid explorers find artifacts left behind by ancient alien visitors – and you just know nothing good can come of their poking around. Even if the novel’s title weren’t Déjà Doomed.
A collection of short works by J.A. Lawence
Women scientists having fun saving the world…unless someone kills them first and steals their tech.
In a world much like ours, Ray Amalfitano works in a copy shop down the street from Johns Hopkins University and dreams of the day when he’ll be able to enter the Tournament of Festive Combat at the annual FaeFaire. That day is today.
A young scholar’s ambition threatens to reshape an empire determined to retain its might in this epic tale of violent conquest, buried histories, and forbidden magic inspired by ancient West-African empires.
We’ve colonized Mars, but we never should’ve come back.
A 13th-century woman joins the army and discovers they plan to abandon her home region to invaders. Should she be loyal the military she admires? Or should she side with her sisters, who plan to defend their homeland with magic?
The only interesting thing about fourteen-year-old Jena is other people. Her mother disappeared when she was a baby, and her best (and only) friend, Sisi, is not just the lost heir to a noble Numbered house, but also the Kingdom’s most famous beauty.
Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki is a Nigerian writer & editor. He won the Nommo award for best short story by an African & co-edited the Dominion Anthology. He has works in Tor & Strange Horizons, & is the author of the Ife-Iyoku novella.
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