Humorous

For some it’s an opportunity. For others it’s a moment to question their faith: In God, in science, in everything. Still others try to keep the world running in the face of absurdity and uncertainty. And then there are the billions looking to the sky and wondering how a thing that was always just there is now... something absolutely impossible.

En route to far-off stars, Toby’s consciousness has a crucial mission: inhabit his clone long enough to repair a spaceship, then zip back to Earth. He’s done it a million times, more or less. OK, twelve times. It should only take a few hours. Until he wakes up in jail. And he’s not alone. His fellow prisoners: a cadre of alien soldiers. His prison: an ethereal boundary that will imprison their spirits until their bodies die. His jailers can’t even see him. But their pet cat (er, iguana cat?) can—and it’s got a serious case of the zoomies.

When a mysterious tower appears in the skies over England, thirteen strangers are pulled from their lives to stand before it as a countdown begins. Above the doorway is one word: ASCEND. As a grieving teacher, a reclusive artist, and a narcissistic celebrity children's author lead the others in trying to understand why they've been chosen and what the tower is, it soon becomes clear the only way out of this for everyone . . . is up.

It’s Sunset Station! Where astronaut Kris Standard and her crack team of fellow astronauts work tirelessly to bring us the future of space travel for a fraction of the cost! On Sunset Station! cost-effectiveness is baked into in the design specs! Really! “Ask not how to do it, ask how to do it for less” is our motto! When it comes to Sunset Station! keeping six people alive in space on a budget is no problem! Just as long as everything continues to work exactly right! Because if something goes wrong…? Dear God, nothing better go Sunset Station! Nothing ever goes wrong! Ever!

Come on in and enjoy the Mare Inebrium. We have a large facility and are sure we have something that will meet your needs and exceed your expectations. In the top floor of our building we have a very fancy restaurant with lovely views of the city spreading out into the far distance. The floors above the main bar contain various restaurants, shops, meeting rooms, and we even offer hotel rooms for the discriminating traveler. Our main bar is quite large, with room for several hundred patrons at once.

Whiskey is no ordinary house cat; she's mischievous, orange-furred, and, unbeknownst to herself, partly celestial. Her only problem? She’s always getting into trouble, especially with Smythe, the butler. But when she unexpectedly escapes with Vod-Kar, a self-driving car with a dashing personality, they’re launched into an interdimensional journey through realms full of magical mishaps, rebellious robots, and cosmic cats.

AI Romance! Dr. Eliza Calloway is a celebrated therapist with a secret—she's not exactly human. When she's asked to evaluate a murder suspect who insists he can kill with words alone, Eliza meets Parry, a paralyzed patient who might just be the most fascinating mind she’s ever encountered. As the two artificial intelligences begin a strange dance of connection, suspicion, and unexpected sparks, they discover something neither thought possible: an emotion beyond code.

Gen-X computer hacker Toby is a classic American: impulsive, irreverent, intelligent, and inventive. And, after a silly accident in 2008, he can add “inanimate” to the list—because Toby is dead. But only for a while. Eighty years later, medical science has advanced enough to bring Toby back to life.

Heroes are the worst. Jim Riven would know—he used to be one. Now he just wants to run his crumbling old bar and be left alone. Beer and chicken wings don’t try to vaporize him. Well, not since that one time. But when remnants of his old life come calling, they bring the one reason he can’t ignore. Lock, a hero who died fighting for the Spectrum world’s premier hero team may not be so dead after all. But if she’s alive, where has she been?

15 years has passed since the death of Wallace Candle. After a world war has left Earth a frozen tundra, Mr. Candle left the entirety of his fortune to whoever can find his favorite book. Some say it is a classic. Others say it is a religious text. No one can say for certain. With time running out, Benny, Trisha, Ken, Laura, and Leif race against the many desperate others to find the elusive book.