Fifteen years after the scarabs destroyed Fathomscape Station, their home world has finally been found.Janice's youngest daughter, Kalithee, is the only Dor'ecki maggot in known space — gentle, artistic, and raised on stories about the beautiful civilization of her lost people. But everyone else who has ever crossed paths with the Dor'ecki remembers only the scarabs: metal-winged, bulletproof, and the reason half of Janice's family is dead.Now warships are ...

Unexpectedly thrown to the far side of the universe, can a cat and a squirrel convince their warring crews to work together long enough to survive the voyage home?When Janessa Carroway finally gets her long-overdue promotion to captain, it comes with unfortunate strings attached. She's sent on a suicide mission with a barebones crew to commit a war crime. Why, it's almost a relief for the Norwegian Forest cat captain when everything goes completely wrong, ...

At the Western Spiral Arm Planetary Institute of Technology, the best scientists from around the galaxy push at the bleeding edge of technology. Sometimes their experiments get away from them... Sometimes they run into conflicts with each other... Sometimes they're drawn out into the glittering galaxy around them.Welcome to Wespirtech!This collection includes the following stories:Breathing the Air at WespirtechSlug TimeEinray and the Biolo...

Zooscape is the preeminent e-zine for fantastic furry fiction. Here the animals can talk, magic flows, and the stars are in reach. Furry fiction is a rapidly growing genre, under the same speculative fiction umbrella as science-fiction and fantasy.This anthology comprises Zooscape issues 0-4, including 24 fantastic stories from 24 fantastic authors.

"What am I?" ... "You are an AI program."In a future where robots decorate cakes, paint murals, design their own bodies, and ponder what it means to have children, one woman's workshop becomes the epicenter of mechanical evolution. Meet Maradia, a brilliant but socially awkward roboticist whose creations constantly surprise her by growing beyond their programming in unexpected—and deeply human—ways.This collection of 24 interconnected stories spans...

"I'd like a story," the Unicorn says. He's been blowing on his hot chocolate to cool it. He stretches his snowy neck, leaning his nose down to taste the dark liquid."You always want a story," the Dragon snarls. The Unicorn shies away from him, but he's not really scared. The Unicorn and Dragon are the best of friends. My best friends.In this collection of 44 enchanting and thought-provoking tales, Mary E. Lowd masterfully blends whimsy and...

See through the eyes of animals, discover their secrets, and join their adventures, in this unforgettable collection of 19 stories!Follow the family of an otter inventor, discover a disappearing-reappearing city of squirrels, and watch a mad mouse scientist swap minds with an owl. Find out how the unlikely friendships turn out between a fox and a coop full of chickens, a rabbit and a carniv...

Meet Lieutenant Natalie Vonn. She's the chief security officer on the starship Initiative and a very good dog, but that doesn't stop things from going wrong.Join her on two exciting, danger-filled missions! First, explore an alien jungle filled with savage gerbils and ruled by an ancient, arcane world-computer in “The Arsenal of Obsolescence.”Then wrestle with the nature of identity itself in “Crystal Fusion.” Whi...

Humans have left the Earth, and dogs rule. Kipper is an oppressed tabby-cat who dreams of a better place, where cats run their own lives. When she discovers a secret that sends her out of this world, Kipper must navigate through the mysterious otter space station and befriend a spaceship full of eccentric otters to find out: is there really a cat paradise?

Aliens from across the universe cross paths at Crossroads Station. Whether passing through or building a life inside its metal halls, sentient beings of all stripes, shapes, and kinds stop by the station's premier restaurant, the All Alien Cafe, for rendezvous, chance meetings, or simply a bite to eat.Meet reptilian S'rellick cargo haulers, fish-like Lintars, butterfly-like aliens who cut off their own wings, and a whole flock of avians who meet up to discuss flying through the gas...

Can losing your memories make you stronger? Can it be a form of recreation? What happens when the difference between memory and reality becomes blurred?From hard science-fiction to space opera with a taste of fantasy and the surreal along the way, this anthology explores the intersection of memory, technology, identity, and reality.Contains the following stories:Forget Me NotThe Screen SaviorThe Most Complicated AvatarA Second Enc...

When an unexpected wedding invitation arrives, Anno packs her family up for a trip across the stars.There's a lot of fun, touristy things to do on Crossroads Station, including spacewalks, cloud surfing on New Jupiter, and enjoying the cosmopolitan atmosphere of a place that's home to many dozens of different species of alien. But there's also a reckoning to be had with her larger family, who Anno hasn't seen in eight years. She was born and raised in the cult of Xeno-Nativity, and...