There’s no place like home—and sometimes that’s a good thing.When Quinn returned to the Sisters of Cygnus, she didn’t plan on staying. But two years later, she’s still there—and her enemies are closing in.Desperate to escape, she’s offered a job on the high-profile research vessel Quantum Fold. The offer seems too good to be true. And maybe it is—everyone is watching, including those who won’t hesitate to sell her out.Quinn can’t run, because her se...

Something is wrong at Adzari Net Academy. Really wrong.It all seemed so right—Quinn’s big chance! She’d leave the mud, giant lizards and back-breaking labor behind forever and gain so much more: skills, connections, a job, a real life.Then Quinn arrives to find the academy under new ownership and everything’s changed. Mean girls, strict schedules and tough teachers aren’t a problem. Quinn’s got the brains, discipline and training to beat them at their own g...

Alone in space, in a ship that shouldn’t carry humans...The Sa'sa never travel with other species, but Saree is a special case, one that must remain secret. After folding space to a far-distant system, the girl wakes surrounded by her unconscious alien crewmates. To wake them, she must discover how and why they were incapacitated. But first, she must get the ship out of an asteroid field before they’re pulverized.Saree doesn’t know how to fly the ship; she ...

Soaring means leaving the nest.Q of Cygnus is tired of running. She’s safe with her found family, healing and learning to control her talents. But her enemies are getting stronger, too. She must take the fight to them and eliminate the threat, once and for all.Before she can go on the offensive, former allies destroy her plans. Trapped with a possible traitor, Q must outsmart artificial intelligences, Familia operatives and her own self-doubt. While battles...

Some vampires live in castles. I live paycheck to paycheck.Running the hottest drag bar in Vegas takes equal parts charm, wit, and steel backbone. Running it as a vampire surrounded by tempting humans? That takes iron-clad self-control.I'm Char Flammen, and I learned restraint the hard way—back when I was still breathing. Now I use those hard-won skills to keep my bar running and my fangs to myself. I'm nobody's pushover, vampire or not.Too bad Klau...

Lucy is a successful hotel manager. But her boss's son has it in for her and plants some jewels on her. Accused of theft, her only hope of rescuing her career lies in submitting to everything the hotel's staff want to do to her. They display incredibly devious imaginations! Poor Lucy is used in every conceivable way in every part of the hotel, from the bedrooms to the kitchens and all stops between!

They call me Emo Barbie. And they're not far off, though I consider myself a little more alternative than that. I just so happen to do everything in six-inch heels and blood-red lipstick.I like it when people stare. I like the attention.I've never been drawn to the meek or mild. At least, not until I met Hannah Kate, the journalist hired by Dallin to do a story on Twisted Ink and feature me as its best artist.Even her name screams good girl...

Being a romance writer means drawing inspiration from many things, and when I met Dallin, I knew I had the perfect muse.He was everything women read about—tall, tattooed, and irresistibly delicious. Oh, did I mention successful too? He swept me off my feet and right into his bedroom where he awakened things in me, I had only ever written about.He was the bad boy who rode a motorcycle, and I was the good girl next door, yet together we were perfect.O...

With the beautiful red pointe shoe of On Thin Ice, cover artist Ann-Marie Brown offers this issue’s poignant opening act. Just as a dancer en pointe appears weightless, suspended in a moment of grace, so too do our authors, balancing the weight of beauty and sorrow.Blood and booze set the stage in ‘Wrap Party’ as featured author AM Dellamonica takes us behind the scenes of community theatre.It’s turtles all the way down as ...

We are living through a fascist uprising. Do not wait for fascists to call themselves fascists. They are ascendent, and we have to learn how to fight back. Authors and poets have always spearheaded efforts to articulate danger and envision a better future. In the Antifa Lit Journal, these talented writers will tug at your heartstrings, draw you to take action, and help you find hope. Volume 1 begins with Rachel A. Rosen's brilliant "What If We Kissed While Sinking a Billionaire's Yacht?" a...

Nineteen original horror stories exploring ancient sites, uncovering forgotten histories and prising open the tombs of the past, from award-winning authors and editors Dan Coxon and Philip Fracassi.Perfect for fans of Ellen Datlow.Unearthed digs beneath these crumbling structures to reveal their archaic pasts, and their darkest secrets. Featuring the best modern writers of horror and dark fantasy, these stories explore the caverns and the c...

Nineteen original horror stories exploring ancient sites, uncovering forgotten histories and prising open the tombs of the past, from award-winning authors and editors Dan Coxon and Philip Fracassi.Unearthed digs beneath these crumbling structures to reveal their archaic pasts, and their darkest secrets. Featuring the best modern writers of horror and dark fantasy, these stories explore the caverns and the catacombs, the ruined temples and the monoliths – and drag an ancient evil b...