The Cozy Fantasy Hearth/Backpack Spectrum

Kass and Evie haven’t been on speaking terms since the incident… which involved their dad and brother disappear on a camping trip. Dad was found wandering around a few days later, lost and claiming he’d been abducted by aliens; their brother never showed back up at all. Evie has dedicated herself to finding Jakob and become a UFO conspiracy nut, while Kass has given up on him as a runaway burnout. And then Jakob suddenly returns, talking about an intergalactic war…

Judah finds herself wandering in an unknown forest beyond the Wall after leaping from the top of the castle tower, choosing freedom and possible death over betrayal. Alone for the first time in her life, she has a chance to try to figure out who she is and what she wants… but she won’t be free for long. Within her lies the key to unlocking the power long trapped in the world, and there are many who wish to find her and use her.

In the 2050s, those with privilege and means have left the Earth behind for the comfortable orbiting space colonies. Those left behind must struggle to survive in a world where, one piece at a time, everything good they could call their own is being sent up to the colonies, one piece at a time.

A new retelling of The Nutcracker, in which a young woman named Marietta Stelle wishes only to be a ballerina, but will have to give up that dream to marry at the behest of her family. But when Dr. Drosselmeier, a mysterious toymaker, moves into the townhouse nextdoor, he brings hope and dark magic in equal measure. He builds her a set for her final performance that will lead her to a realm she could never have imagined.

Shade Nox is a lone witch among wizards, branded an abomination and a criminal by the Brotherhood church. In defiance, she wields her obsidian blades and wears her tattoos openly as she protects her fellow outcasts. With the land around them growing ever more unstable, she resolves to raise a Veil to protect her people, something no one’s been able to do in the last century. And the church swears to destroy her before she has a chance to complete her spell.