Swords and Spaceships for May 18

Ophie learned she could see ghosts on the day her Georgia home and her father were both cruelly taken from her. After starting a new life in Pittsburgh, Ophie’s mother has gotten her a job as a maid at Daffodil Manor, where she already works for the wealthy Caruthers family. It’s a manor haunted by memories, misdeeds, and prejudices… and also ghosts that only Ophie can see. She befriends one of the unjustly dead, and looks for a way to help… but she might already be in over her head.

Pinki comes from a long line of demons who work to build up interspecies relationships and overthrow their serpentine oppressors, the rakkhosh resisters. But she’s less concerned with the greater struggle and more with taking care of her cousins, maintaining her fierce reputation, and trying to figure out how to control her fire breathing after accidentally setting fire to her school. Then the charming son of the serpentine governor offers to help her control her fire… and all she’s got to do is hand the resistance over.

The year 2001 brought the world the WyldBoyZ, the world’s first boyband to be made entirely of genetically engineered human-animal hybrids. But when their producer, known famously as ‘Dr. M’ is found murdered in his hotel room, the band members are the first and most obvious suspects. And the detective on the case only has 24 hours to figure it out, before the WyldBoyZ head back to their secret home.

Montverre is an ancient and elite academy, hidden away in the mountains, the place where the elite of society are trained in “the great game,” an arcane, multidisciplinary competition. Léo once excelled at this game, but left the academy after being struck by violent tragedy, turning his talents to politics instead. Now exiled back to the place he wanted to escape, he finds Montverre no longer the domain of just men, and centuries-old traditions are on the brink of being overturned.

Raina is the mechanics ensign on board the deep space freighter Demeter, a ship with a small crew that’s been gathering botanical samples throughout deep space for the last two years. She can’t wait to jump ship to escape her abusive ex and her overbearing boss, preferring to run rather than fight. But when an alien entity sneaks on board and starts cutting through the crew–which is all to happy to turn on itself–she doesn’t have a choice but to stand her ground.

Goblin is an ordinary small town where it’s always raining, time lives on the brink of night, and secrets hide behind every closed door. Six novellas expand on this mysterious place, a location that is a character in its own right.