Sean Monaghan's gripping science fiction stories brim with challenging situations and characters at the brink.Search and rescue expert Harli Gaddis crouches in thick, pungent undergrowth in a vast colonized alien construction. Searching for vanished colonists.An impossible taskAnd before they find anyone, Harli and her Crew must face unimaginable horrors.Never mind finding survivors. First they themselves must survive.A fantastic story of nick of tim...

With a quirky, deft touch, Sean Monaghan's weird sci-fi stories engage and enthrall.Studious student Juniper Groves just wants to catch up on assignments and figure out paying for rent and groceries. When a loud car approaches from an alley, she needs to take control. Before things tumble into dangerous territory.An unexpected arrival, though, might just change everything.Not just about the moment, but for Juniper's whole world.Another odd tale of self-deter...

The best short science fiction and fantasy published by authors from Aotearoa New Zealand in 2018, collected together for the first time.This inaugural edition of the Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy brings together the very best short speculative fiction published by Kiwi authors in 2018.Explore worlds of hope and wonder, and worlds where hope and wonder are luxuries we wasted long ago; histories given new life, and futures you mi...

Enthralling novelist Sean Monaghan throws readers yet another curveball.Crispin Calderton listens to soft piano music in his cool office at tip of CeeVoll 617's spire. A brief respite from governing the million or more people living hardscrabble lives on the floors beneath.Meanwhile, hundreds of floors down, Ernst Marbee finds himself swept up in Abie's explorations. After all, there must be treasures worth discovering in the city tower's labyrinthine structure.What...

Mastermind storyteller, Sean Monaghan delivers another astonishing tale of deep space with a deft human touch.Astronaut Deacon Winchler loves his easy life shunting Pallets around Luna Orbit, dining on greasy pizza and even indulging in the occasional beer.When an offer comes in to go investigate a whirling interstellar visitor plunging into the solar system, Deacon barely hesitates.After all, what could go wrong?A compelling Novel of disaster and destructio...

Sean Monaghan's stories truly deliver.Cool and calm bagman Shepherd Gregory just wants a simple, plain day. Put gas in his Mustang. Grab a decent coffee. Finish off a job. But when he meets The Man With The Hat, Shepherd's day seems as if it might turn out a little differently from his plans.Or a whole lot differently.Another stunning, challenging story from the author of Tishomingo, and the Cole Wright Thrillers.

A gritty, desperate struggle for survival in the harshest conditions.When disaster strikes the deep space vessel Cumberland, Ed Linklater faces terrible choices.Under Wildest SkiesJust one of the stories in this pacey, dramatic collection filled with danger and disaster at every turn.

Can human connections form in a world of artificial intelligence?In remote Fordholm, draped in ice and snow, Mette Gilbert faces research challenges that defy imagination.And she truly needs more than imagination to set the world right.—"By its very definition," Mette said, "'breach' means 'uncontained'."—Can Mette put things right before time runs out?Dark and compelling, overrun delivers the heartfelt emotions and complex situations we expect from ...

Worn, battered and bruised from years as a cop, Cole Wright wants a moment of peace.But the Spokane locals have other plans for his vacation sabbatical.And Wright just has to stick his nose in, whether wanted or not.

Galaxy explorers, Matti-Jay Menthony and the crew of the Blue Defender deal with all kinds of unusual events.Discovering a drifting vessel, they make preparations to investigate.But things change fast.And what they find might just change everything about their mission.If they make it out alive.

When Liv Driscoll's grandmother―the woman who raised her―dies, Liv's life changes forever.Suddenly, Liv finds herself embroiled in a dangerous race to unlock the many secrets her grandmother―a brilliant scientist―hid away.Torn between her own instincts and the law, Liv grasps for help from her old friend Amian. Together they embark on a perilous journey that takes her farther than she ever imagined.An interplanetary mystery of hidden secrets and found courage.

Straightforward days can go bad real fast.Searching for survivors on planet Ludelle, Matti-Jay finds herself meeting unexpected locals. Locals who might just have other ideas about exploring.Matti-Jay and Dub find themselves in a desperate battle for survival. Will they make it through?