Curated Fiction Discovery
A new story and a first chapters look, every week.
Clean, compelling speculative fiction — curated by editors, not algorithms. Stories that sit comfortably on a family bookshelf.
This Week
Short Story
Floor Thirty Backward
by M. J. Harlan
Mira Chen pulls an abort on Meridian Continuum Lab’s morning pulse — and Floor Thirty finds itself stranded before humans, with a failing tower and a way home that may leave people behind.
Read story →First Chapters Look
★★★★
Star Angel: Awakening
by David G. McDaniel
A girl on a backyard swing in Idaho, a stolen Holy Icon on another world, and a white-hot object falling from a cloudless sky — Star Angel: Awakening opens on dramatic irony and a protagonist who runs toward the crash.
Read the look →Short Stories
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