Absence of evidence is not evidence of absenceEverguard’s mission: Establish a multidimensional gate inside Alpha Centauri A for Interstellar Command to fuel their new faster-than-light starship.Lieutenant Commander Torrance Black, career already on shaky grounds, finds himself facing a quandry.Did they just contact sentient life in the Centauri system?Will humankind sacrifice an entire alien species in their quest for the stars?

You’ve heard all the quippy reasons, I’m sure. The glib, hyperbolic, hollow, or snarky answers that people give when they are asked why they write.Because I’ve got a story burning inside, they might say. Or because I might be good at it someday.Because I want to change the world. Because I can’t not write.These things are all over the place. And as long as we’re not really paying attention, those answers are fun. They’re lofty. Or trut...

A mage's apprentice.Sorcerers on the hunt.Unnatural magic of devastating power.Garrick is a mage’s apprentice, soon to be a full-fledged sorcerer. The course of his life is clear—he will be an apprentice, a mage, and then a superior. But a tragic accident finds him wielding a god-like power over life and death, and as rumors of mage war grow stronger around him, he learns his future is not fated to be as simple as he dreamed. Glamour of the God-Touched follow...

For many of us, those opening words “Captain’s Log…” were our introduction to our science fiction dreams. Voyage to explore strange, new worlds, seek out new life, and boldly go. What will we find there when we go? What dangers will we confront? Who will survive? And who will not?Twelve authors explore what these words mean to them in stories ranging from the silly to the sublime.Join us for the first exciting issue in a new quarterly speculative fiction magazine.We...

War across the systems.A lifelong quest to find intelligent life.And—on a harsh, desolate planet—a sentient species, struggling to build a civilization.Stealing the Sun, a space-based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Amazon Science Fiction author Ron Collins---STARCLASHTwo star systems, one galaxy

War across the systems.A lifelong quest to find intelligent life.And—on a harsh, desolate planet—a sentient species, struggling to build a civilization.Stealing the Sun, a space-based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Amazon Science Fiction author Ron Collins---STARGAMESIntergalactic War Is ChaosDeidra Francis: Director of the U...

A dedicated officer. A dismissive command.Rebel factions breaking away.And—on a harsh, desolate planet—a sentient species, struggling to build a civilization.Stealing the Sun, a space-based Science Fiction series from frequent Analog contributor and bestselling Science Fiction author Ron Collins---STARFLIGHTAbsence of evidence is not evidence of absenceEverguar...

Stars in the Darkness is a collection of stories about why being just matters, and what the ramifications are for individuals, groups, towns, countries, or even worlds if justice is not expected, encouraged, or enforced.The stories cover a wide range, from historical fiction to fantasy to alternate realities. Every tale, whether set in ancient Egypt, in a future where only the rich can afford to increase their children’s intelligence through genetic engineering, or about a man turn...

Reeling from war, the United Government’s Interstellar Command wants control. In constant fear of discovery, Universe Three wants revenge.Amid a changing starscape of intrigue Torrance Black—hero turned science ambassador—gets one more chance to find intelligent life outside the Solar System: convince the most prominent scientists alive to spend one of their precious Star Drive missions on a trip to Alpha Centauri A.Win and he saves an alien species. Lose and his career is ...

First You Have To SurviveTorrance Black: wounded, alone, and adrift in deep space. His tiny shuttle holds short rations and scant fuel.Ahead lies his only chance—a planet too desolate to support life. At least that’s what his “experts” told him. But someone must have sent the signals that changed his life back when he was on Everguard.Torrance believes. He’s always believed.He might die, but if he makes it to the planet he ...

Alex is graduating the Academy. His father takes him on a star cruise. But when your father is a high-ranking member of the United Government, nothing is as it first appears.STARCRUISE, a short story in the STEALING THE SUN universe of bestselling Science Fiction author and frequent Analog contributor Ron Collins.

Water has always intrigued humanity. We walk along the shores and banks of oceans and waterways, take boats across the surface, or swim in the waters.But water hides secrets - including those of the creatures that live in its depths...- What if mermaids really do exist, and they lure men to their deaths?- Why might bodies suddenly start washing up on shores all around the world?- What if you discovered a lost girl is the daughter of a water spirit?This...