This book is a real mother.To celebrate bad-ass moms everywhere, Crazy 8 Press has assembled a fantastic line-up of authors to create stories spanning numerous genres, including sci-fi, contemporary, historical, and fantasy. Since moms and badassery come in infinite forms, the authors were given only one criteria: that their story be about a bad-ass mother or mother figure, whatever that meant to them.From grandmas to new moms, biological moms to adoptive moms to mom figure...

Archeologist and former Earth Military Force officer Luke Parillo finds thousand-year-old wreckage all the time. But this ancient ship came from hundreds of years in the future

Captain of her own ship and daughter of the Queen of the Fleet, Danell never ran into an enemy she couldn't chase away or elude. Until now.

One young commander on a remote interstellar base stands between Earth and all-out invasion. She fights to keep the aliens at bay, even if it costs her her life.

Comrades in arms Meg Nichols and Allie Oshikawa just want to enjoy the concert during their brief leave on Jupiter's moon. Some local rabble, though, mistakes the soldiers for easy targets.

Exploration, at the vanguard of a golden new ageA ship the size of a small planet.A century-long voyage between galaxies.A crew that will grow from five thousand to five million.A renegade group determined to ensure the mission fails.Sera Logan helped design the ship and assemble the crew. Finally, they are set to embark on the next great phase of science and exploration. Under the leadership of the woman who spearheaded the program and now captains ...

The founder of the Anillan Project--the program responsible for the entire fleet from conception through construction, crewing to launch--is attending the intergalactic gathering of all three hundred Core Ships. One of the many scientists involved, all Kaelin needs to do is give speeches. Fifty of them. If only she had the slightnest clue what to say. Fortunately, her silver tabby Adhara knows just how to help.

Zoom! Flash fiction collection. Fantasy, science fiction, mainstream.What Time We HaveHow much living can a person pack into ten years?Guardian AngelShe woke up in a burning apartment; luckily not alone.The Element of SurpriseComrades in arms Meg Nichols and Allie Oshikawa just want to enjoy the concert during their brief leave on Jupiter's moon. Some local rabble, though, mistakes the soldiers for easy targets.XivaariFleetfoot: m...

CursedModern science and weapons go up against an ancient entity who ferociously guards his solitude. He wants people to stay off his mountain. They want him to quit killing.Ill Met by MoonlightCompetition versus cooperation. Lying low versus lashing out. Relocated from Cleveland, all manner of supernatural beings inhabit Pittsburgh's underworld. But will they, and can they, stay hidden?

Restore the family name by stealing back what was stolen from them. Sounds easy. Then she meets someone who might or might not go after the same target.

The Element of SurpriseComrades in arms Meg Nichols and Allie Oshikawa just want to enjoy the concert during their brief leave on Jupiter's moon. Some local rabble, though, mistakes the soldiers for easy targets.Weights and MeasuresTechnology: the best—if not the only measure—by which to judge a planet? If not, what other criteria apply? And how much weight should they carry when a new world petitions to join the interplanetary union?Line of DutySeven g...

Seven generations of women. Seven generations of soldiers. With the youngest about to graduate from the academy, her grandmother and great-great-grandmother strive to make it to the ceremony on time.