SHORT STORIES
Captivating speculative fiction you can read in one sitting
THE ELIGIBILITY FORMULA
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As a veteran soldier, Darius has survived countless severe injuries and lived to fight another day thanks to the mechanical repairs and replacements to his body. When an alien attack lands him in the hospital yet again, Darius assumes he will undergo just another series of routine surgeries to get him battlefield-ready once more. But an old friend reveals a much more sinister truth, forcing Darius to choose between duty and his very survival.
CRITICAL BREAKDOWN included in BRAVE NEW GIRLS: TALES OF GIRLS WHO TECH AND TINKER
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It wasn't the alien invasion that turned the world into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. It was the plague they brought with them. Now, it's up to sixteen-year-old Logan and her trusty robot Sprocket to save her community from the deadly sickness. To do so, they'll have to travel across the desert in a salvaged alien vessel that's in desperate need of repair, all while racing against the clock and avoiding dangerous alien scavengers.
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"Critical Breakdown" is one of 29 stories in an anthology full of tales about tech-savvy girls in sci-fi worlds. When you buy a copy, you can help support women in engineering and technology as all proceeds from the sale of this book and others in the series are donated to the Society of Women Engineers scholarship fund.
THE DEAD LIFE​
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Ruben Vasquez is an experienced homicide detective with a fervent dedication to solving even the most difficult crimes. There's just one problem: he's dead.
In an alternate version of our world, the spirits of the dead have become visible to everyone, walking among the living until they pass on to whatever existence lies beyond this life. In most cases, that makes Ruben's job easier than ever before since victims are often able to provide answers in their own murder investigations. But when a body is found and all immediate signs point to suicide, Ruben isn't convinced, and the dead woman's ghost isn't around for him to question. With nothing but a hunch to go on, he sets out to find answers. But is there really something sinister going on, or is Ruben just desperate to find meaning in his seemingly endless dead life?
REPARATIONS
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The scars of war can never be erased...
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Amaya is an enchantress in a world where magic is heavily restricted. After a brutal civil war tears her country apart, she must come to terms with everything that has happened and find a way to face her past.