A favourite post-modern conflict, man versus technology, turned on its head. In a world where clicks and engagement hold more currency than gold, Red Blinders shows us what is at stake, what can go wrong when far reaching oversight sits in the lap of those with the least ethical knowledge on how best to wield it.
Wooden Dolls Game is a dark, emotional family drama with a speculative twist. Instead of grand sci-fi mechanics, it gives us something more intimate: a girl who can rewind time and a family that keeps breaking in different ways no matter how many times she tries to fix it.
“Journey from the End of the World” is a science fiction novel. It tells Luis’s story. One morning when he wakes up, everyone is gone. The street is empty. It’s quiet all around. He becomes frightened as he strolls by himself. He might be the last person still alive. He encounters an Australian pilot while exploring deserted towns. To discover what became of humanity, they journey across Europe. Do they have a chance?
In Mean Higher High Water, D.S.G. Burke drops readers into a near-future that feels uncomfortably familiar—one where climate collapse has reshaped everything, from politics to basic survival. Anchored by Nia, an older, razor-tongued forager chasing the truth behind a decades-old tragedy, the story balances grief, grit, and dark humor while keeping its environmental themes woven tightly into the plot rather than preached.
Winters were coming, stronger and harder this time. The two twin cities had fallen apart after an apocalypse occurred – a destruction.
Do you want a sci-fi story that mixes hard science, cosmic mystery, and very human stakes? That’s The Rescue: Survival Beyond the Stars by Faye Peacock Wilson.
Uneducated Jackie Jill knows how to play the game, and how to play it well. The previous period of American politics had been dominated by populism—to the economic detriment of millions, as well as damaging the nation’s hegemonic status on the global stage.
Blade Rider tells the story of a young female pilot’s determination and relentlessness in fighting gender barriers and defying expectations in a futuristic universe where humans and alien species coexist.
Cracks the first instalment is a science fiction story by L.A. Prendergast that explores what it means to be alive, to belong, and to face the unknown.
Five years on from the events at Portal in Polly Isn’t Home, and Polly West is yet to fully move on from the loss of her misguided friend, Tanner.
