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This debut collection of short stories from author Michael E Smidts takes the listener from the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of the solar system, from bygone eras to the distant future and everywhere in between. Each story is captured in exactly one hundred words and will spark your imagination and self-reflection.

The disappearance of a beloved TikTok influencer sends shockwaves through the affluent community, unraveling dark secrets and testing loyalties as neighbors grapple with the price of privilege and the lengths they'll go to protect their pristine social status. From exclusive social club meetings to shadowy backstreets, follow Mia, a fearless female sleuth, as she embarks on a quest to find her missing best friend, through this gripping tale of deceit, betrayal, and unexpected alliances.

This anthology attempts to preserve the place of women in American society and imagination by collecting some of the best stories by women pulp writers, including Katherine MacLean, Greye La Spina, Judith Merril, Sonya Dorman, Alice Eleanor Jones, Sophie Wenzel Ellis, and Francis Stevens.

Disgraced detective Charlie Phillips is used to dealing with the murky underworld thriving in the city of London. But usually those committing the crimes are human. Now, something far more sinister lurks beneath the streets. A malevolent presence that has been in existence for centuries. It is drawn to violence; it savours humanity's endless appetite for self destruction. Once the gateway opens, the fate of humanity is sealed. And Phillips is the only one who can stop it.

Maiden Voyage, Book Three of Daphne Birkmyer's COMFREY, WYOMING series, finds twins, Amadeus and Marcela, on very different paths to self-discovery. As their guardian, Heidi Crow, attempts to weave a safety net as original and complex as the twins themselves, she prays it will hold through Marcela's gender affirming surgery and Amadeus's uncertain future in Alaska's lucrative and dangerous fishing industry.

 Humans live, work, and play throughout the solar system. Ferdinand Abernaum, born with multiple birth defects, is now a premiere coder who has augmented his abilities beyond general human capabilities. Now he is a member of an elite team of universal explorers, The Marlagans. 

A midnight escape in a crippled aircraft carrying a rescued child. Jagged peaks below, dodging bullets, losing altitude. And she asks herself, “Is this what it means to do God’s work?” Knoxi Musket has a scholarship to play basketball for Texas University, but that must wait. International power brokers are enslaving thousands of children with impunity. Someone must bring them down. The three-year-old boy she is protecting holds the key.

Humans live, work, and play throughout the solar system. Ferdinand Abernaum, born with multiple birth defects, is now a premiere coder who has augmented his abilities beyond general human capabilities. Now he is a member of an elite team of universal explorers, The Marlagans. Join us as the Marlagans face threats from every angle on their latest controversial and confidential mission. After a mission start unlike any other, the crew must try to survive unforeseen perils at every turn and stay ahead of obvious sabotage...and something else that's lurking.

Against a backdrop of high prairie winds and soaring snow-capped peaks, an uneasy friendship makes its final appeal when the words "Aunt Heidi" and a phone number are found written on the arm of a five-year-old Arapaho child. When Heidi Vogel arrives in New York to open a restaurant, the ambitious young German-born chef could never imagine that six years later, she would be managing a soup kitchen in Wyoming and sharing her home with an abandoned dog and a secretive young woman named Nara Crow.

MLB star fights child-trafficking head on! Cody has become an American baseball icon, but plays a more dangerous game, spearheading a secret war on child traffickers. The South American cartels become wise and retaliate by abducting seven-year-old Knoxi. Cody and Brandi lead a team of avengers to rescue her, but the resourceful girl has the traffickers right where she wants them. A daring flight to freedom through 27 miles of jungle, leftist terrorists in hot pursuit, and Brandi faces ridicule from some of Cody's hardened associates as she insists on leading the group in prayer.

Say Hello is the story of sisters wrestling to find their own identities in a loving but dysfunctional family. On the one hand, Meg seems to have it all—a boyfriend, plans for a career, a fun-loving personality, and confidence in abundance. But that all comes crashing down when she receives the goodbye letter from Mark. On the other hand, her sister Maura sees that behind the façade of perfection, Meg is hiding a secret.

Book Two of the Comfrey, Wyoming series by Daphne Birkmyer introduces a small army that gathers to support Heidi, guardian to the Crow twins, as she reopens the town's only restaurant and helps Marcela transition to her authentic self.