Welcome to the Tomorrow Factory. On your left, post-human hedonists on a distant space station bring diseases back in fashion, two scavengers find a super-powered parasite under the waves of Sunk Seattle, and a terminally-ill chemist orchestrates an asteroid prison break. On your right, an alien optometrist spins illusions for irradiated survivors of the apocalypse, a high-tech grifter meets his match in near-future Thailand, and two teens use a blackmarket personality mod to get into the year's wickedest, wildest party. This collection of published and original fiction by award-winning writer Rich Larson will bring you from a Bujumbura cyberpunk junkyard to the icy depths of Europa, from the slick streets of future-noir Chicago to a tropical island of sapient robots. You'll explore a mysterious ghost ship in deep space, meet an android learning to dream, and fend off predatory alien fungi on a combat mission gone wrong. Twenty-four futures, ranging from grimy... Views: 29
Trouble always comes in pairs... Madeline has lived a good quiet life as an aspiring scientist, but all of that changes when she's at the wrong place at the wrong time. Not only does she witness a gruesome robbery on board a moving train, but her entire life changes too. Just one night, one night when she wanted to forget everything will make her future completely different. The curvy young woman was not prepared for what was going to happen, and the worst part is, she might lose her heart right along with everything else.Thatch and Tex are werewolf Alpha twins, ex Navy SEALs and members of the elite Squad Six. They didn't expect to find their mate and even less were they prepared to lose her, but fate has its ways of messing with even the toughest shifters' plans. But when they find her again by chance, now the mother of their firstborn sons, all bets are off.Risking their loyalty, their future and their friendships, the brothers will do anything that they have to in order to keep their mate and their sons safe. Yet sheer force of will means nothing when they're pitted against the most dangerous terrorists in the world. And they want blood.Will Madeline, Tex and Thatch find their happiness or are the sharp claws of destiny too brutal to pass through? Views: 29
All things must come to an end… London is in the frozen grip of an unnatural winter and Queen Victoria wants answers. Cara and Nate know who - the Curator. The queen’s artifact hunters just don’t know what is responsible. Cara is on the trail of an ancient and powerful artifact capable of freezing a city and stirring demons. First she must confront her past and her father’s history. Only in learning why her father became a disciple of the Curator can she hope to learn what the old noble seeks and why he is so fascinated by her. Then tragedy strikes and the bond forged by Nefertiti’s Heart is severed. Nate without Cara succumbs to his darkness and he lashes out at those he holds responsible for her loss. Meanwhile, in the shadows, Inspector Fraser waits for his opportunity to pull down the man known as the villainous viscount. With London entombed in ice and all hope lost, could this be the end…?** Views: 29
A magic spell gone wrong, an ancient demon with a penchant for mischief, and three young witches who are in more trouble than they can handle. Views: 29
