Embark on a flight of discovery with ten stories from the fertile mind of M.E Owen, including:A group of extraterrestrials finds an exciting new venue for date night—Earth.A Seattle bar houses a clandestine interplanetary waystation nicknamed the "Vortex of Hell."An alien discovers that the small child of the powerful human she was sent to observe may hold the key to initiating peaceful relations.A generation ship's engineer wakes up as a clone o...

The life of the independent trucker in space. Hauling things and having adventures while just trying to make your payments to the bank. At least until something goes desperately wrong.

Solarpunk is a movement in speculative fiction, art, fashion and activism that seeks to answer and embody the question ‘what does a sustainable civilization look like, and how can we get there? That was the challenge put to the writers, to show #13 me a happier future than the one that grim-dark, post-apocapytic that is so popular today.Here, the gritty present gives way to the hopeful future, whether your future lies in Seattle, Venus, or some distance colony hidden from the dark ...

So it turns out Einstein was right. FTL is not possible and we are pretty much stuck here. What happens to humanity when the stars turn out to be unreachable dreams?Join this unusual cast of authors as they explore what it means when your science fiction has to be hard and local. When there is no going anywhere else in the galaxy, in anybody's lifetime.Be sure to get the rest of the Boundary Shock Quarterly series and keep up with us as we delve into the future.

Science fiction does not have to be about alien planets, galactic exploration, and huge space battles.Instead, science fiction can cover the future that lurks just around the corner. Science fiction that exists after Dieselpunk and before Cyberpunk, where the Makers and the Hackers dwell, modern rebels and punks, hiding just out of sight.Eleven authors peer into that short distance into the future to see what lies ahead.This is Boundary Shock Quarterly, Issue 002: T...

The end of the world might come in many forms: ecological disaster, alien invasion, cosmic chaos…the possibilities for destruction seem endless. So, how will those facing the end of the world deal with impending doom? The fourteen talented authors of Fiction River’s latest volume explore just that. From an intrepid adventurer fleeing a world-destroying terror to a man who discovers the most savage destroyers of civilization are closer than he thought, to a chilling tale of our whole planet...

AI stories. Are you with the Resistance? Programming a better android? Homo Technologus? Or worshiping your eternal God-Emperor Machine?What does a future look like when machines can be made truly sentient?Boundary Shock Quarterly. The science fiction you want to read.

New worlds, new civilizations.What will we find out there when we go looking? Who might find us?Join us as we go looking for life beyond the farthest star.Be sure to pick up the whole set of Boundary Shock Quarterly at your favorite retailer.

Pirates!Space Pirates, Cyberpirates, Sea Pirates, Ice Pirates. Tales of adventure and derring-do as we stick it to the man.Join your rowdy crew on the high seas and cold spaceways for another,exciting adventure of Boundary Shock Quarterly.

What is science fiction, if not an exploration of who we’ll find when we get out there? What will they be like?Alien life.Alien viewpoints.Alien Dreams.Join us as we explore worlds where humans aren't always the heroes. Maybe the villains. Possibly the victims. Be sure to collect the entire series of Boundary Shock Quarterly, available at most distributors.

What happens to all the fighter pilots after the Galactic War ends? What happens to all the Super Soldiers after World Peace is declared? What do they do with all the leftover Admirals when everyone just wants to move on? How do the soldiers react? Or don’t react?Boundary Shock Quarterly, Issue 018: Veterans. A science fiction look at the day after the war.Be sure to pick up all the issues of Boundary Shock Quarterly magazine - now in its fifth year!

Medicine is on the verge of conquering disease and aging. Of making it possible to clone ourselves and make our children super beings.Or morlocks.What will the world be like when science conquers life itself?Join us as we explore all the possible futures of mankind.