Sara Alessa Giustino, the central character in J.K. Scott’s "Tracking Terra", tells David, possibly a former lover, what it’s like to be ageless: “My life’s purpose is to advance my consciousness. My longevity offers me a... Read More

In Arthur Hughes’s interesting tale "Pixel", the nation’s new independence is not the only historic event during the year 1776; it is also the time when an alien comes to Earth to study humans. Pixel is a young explorer from the tiny... Read More

A group of murder suspects trapped together—perhaps snowbound at a hotel or confined on a ship at sea—is a convention of mystery novels. Angela Peach’s "47" adds a science-fiction element to the scenario, resulting in a suspenseful... Read More

“Your past lives were for refinement. With one life you got close but did not master the incarnated Earth experiment, with the next you got closer, each life was a refinement to get you to where you are today.” Qan Rahn, a spirit of... Read More

Bernard Boyle, that helpful alien with the power to create soothing fragrances while masquerading as an Earthling teacher, appears again in "Boyle-Breath Breathes", the charming and thought-provoking sequel to Murry L. Peters’s... Read More

Bert Tucker has written Blind Quest: Avoiding Pitfalls as a sequel to his first "Blind Quest" novel, Deceived by Experience. Tucker writes science fiction for people who wouldn’t typically pick the genre, and his writing will... Read More

Bert Tucker’s ambitions are obvious from the first pages of Life Force Mars: Creating a New Home for Mankind, a book that, in the author’s own words, “is not just a real science fictional story—it’s an illustration of how we... Read More

Mark Hodder, author of the Philip K. Dick Award-winning steampunk series featuring Burton & Swinburne, takes a somewhat different tack in this stand-alone novel. The framing story should seem familiar enough to any fan of Lovecraft... Read More