Seventeen SciFi & Fantasy short stories packed with wonder and adventure. - Uncover the chilling consequences of breaking a Blood Debt- Unravel the secrets of FTL travel in a muddy field.- Face the terror of… trees! No, really! Prepare to be transported to realms where the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and where the boundaries of reality are shattered. If you crave exhilarating escapades and unforgettable characters, this is the anthology you've been waiting for.

Hungover wizards, an android with a questionable taste in music, and a very different were-creature than you’ve heard of before. Find out when you really shouldn’t boil the water, watch someone who’s determined to time travel and kill his Grandfather (in the name of science), and join a band for what will absolutely be their last ever show. This collection of twenty-three stories is packed with action, magic, science, and wonder. Dive right in today!

Kaira isn’t dead. That’s… unexpected. She thought she’d sacrificed herself to save Tarkus - but somehow, he’s kept her alive. For now. The devices inside her are still tearing her apart, and Tarkus has only managed to slow them down. A cure exists - but the only ones who know how to deliver it are the same corporation that created the horrors now killing her. They’ll help… for a price. They need a job done - one that only a pilot with Tarkus’s skills can pull off. Will they succeed? And if they do, will the corporation keep its word - or let Kaira die after all? As the mission unfolds, Kaira begins to suspect even her life won’t cover the cost they’ll be asked to pay and she’d happily walk away and face what she must. If only it were that simple.

Jenna spent her entire life wanting to travel to new star systems… ...now she has, and it’s likely to be the death of her. When a Tagrale activated in the Sironus system for the first time in thousands of years, Jenna sent her ship through... despite the ship being sabotaged, those who wanted her dead having just gone through, and having no idea at all where it would take her. It was an impulsive decision, one she may regret it for the rest of her life… which might be much shorter than she’d always expected. Unless she can survive the Desolate Stars!

Come in, take a seat by the antimatter heater and don’t worry about the buzzing… it’s supposed to do that. Honestly!If you came here looking for SciFi and Fantasy short stories, as well as some which don’t fit easily into any category, then you’re in the right place! STARSHIPS. GHOSTS. DANGER.The Panther's captain doesn’t believe in ghosts... but that doesn’t stop them coming aboard!  Can the captain overcome his disbelief in time to save his ship?(Starflare Universe – Ghosts)DESPERATELY SEEKING A LOST RELATIVETheodore will go to any lengths to find out what happened to his missing nephew Jimmy……and he’s certainly not going to let any folk tales about monsters scare him off.That was his first mistake.(The Disappearance of Jimmy Trent)BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU LOOK.Sometimes what looks back from the mirror isn’t truly you.What is it?Life or death!(Dark Reflections)If you love fast paced science fiction, exciting fantasy, and being transported to worlds far stranger than our own, then you need to read this collection of stories from SciFi-Shorts.com today!Sit back, relax… maybe move a little further from the antimatter heater… and enjoy!

Kaira’s in the kind of trouble only Jess and the Wanderer could fix - but they’ve been gone for a thousand years. What she gets is Tarkus and the Glimmer - a run-down ship with a captain who flies alone and doesn’t even know she’s stowed away. Yet. If she’s lucky, Tarkus will dump her at the next station. If she’s unlucky, she’ll be spaced without a suit. If she had any other option, she’d take it. But she doesn’t. Now all Kaira can do is huddle in the darkened hold and hope the Glimmer gets her where she needs to go before her world collapses completely… and before Tarkus discovers she’s on board. Will she reach her goal? Will she even survive? Read Wanderer – Millennium now to find out!

The worst has happened. Drake has failed his crew. They don’t know it yet, but they will soon… and when they find out things will get ugly! As if wrestling with the life-changing disaster he’s inflicted on his crew isn’t enough, he still has the Phoenix Conglomerate and a powerful pirate fleet both pursuing him and the Dagger. Both know the crystal in his possession is linked to bringing new hellships into existence. He would rather die than let either get their hands on it. With darkness everywhere, Drake has only one option left… one which risks him becoming something far worse than any of his enemies. Can he resist the dark temptation? Or will he give in, dooming himself and his crew to darkness forever? Will he survive? Grab Hellfire – Autonomy today and find out!

Hunted for information he doesn’t have, Drake’s only option is to run. Drake is used to being the hunter, not the hunted. He spends his time destroying hellships, not fleeing from humans. But everything has changed now. The Phoenix Conglomerate and the most feared pirate across a thousand systems are both convinced Drake has learnt the secret of how hellships are created… and both want that prize. So, Drake and the Dagger’s crew must run, and Drake is wrestling with a different secret. One which endangers his entire crew. One he knows he must never share… and which is likely to lead to the deaths of everyone under his command. Will he escape? Grab Hellfire – Tyranny and find out for yourself!

She dreams of travelling the stars… but she’ll be killed if she tries! All her life Jenna has strived to reach the Tagrale, the gateway to the stars, but if she does she’ll be executed for a crime someone else committed. For hundreds of generations scientists have tried to reactivate the Tagrale and escape the Sironus system. All have failed. Since childhood Jenna dreamed of being the one to unlock the puzzle, but how can she if she can’t even go near it without forfeiting her life? With her plans in ruins and a ship that has fallen apart around her, her dreams seem to be long dead. Then she receives an offer of work which is tantalisingly vague but will set her on the path to her dreams once more… and bring more danger than she could possibly imagine. Will Jenna reach the Tagrale? Will she be able to solve its puzzles? Or will the dangers overwhelm her? Buy Tagrale – Gateway to the Stars and start this epic space opera story to find out.

The universe survived. Humanity may not. Jess and the Wanderer may have saved the universe, but the threat isn’t over. The shattered remains of the Empire have unleashed something worse: the Limited - mindless, obedient slaves who feel no fear… and show no mercy. If no one stops them, the Empire will rise again - stronger, colder, and completely unstoppable. And once more, “someone” means Jess and his incredible ship. The war isn’t over. And if peace is to be more than a fleeting dream, Jess and the Wanderer must fight one last time.

Freedom is never free. You can outrun your enemies, but not your past.Jess and the crew of the Wanderer are fugitives, pursued by an empire that wants their ship back - and them silenced. Desperate for allies, they turn to the criminal underworld, where trust is scarce and betrayal comes cheap.But even in the outer fringes of civilization, the past casts a long shadow.  Chance traps them right between the Empire and a powerful criminal faction.  As danger closes in from all sides, the choices they make will shape not just their survival - but who they become.Wanderer: Echoes of the Past continues the epic sci-fi saga of escape, loyalty, and the price of freedom among the stars.

Running saved their lives. It may doom the universe.The Wanderer’s escape has pushed the Empire too far. Now Jess and his crew are being hunted with relentless precision - and their only path to freedom leads through a narrow corridor of space under tight Imperial control.Outgunned and outnumbered, the crew must thread a deadly needle, evading overwhelming Imperial forces. But beyond the bottleneck, the stars are not as they should be. Imperial fleets are stretched thin. Worlds lie abandoned.Something even the Empire can’t withstand is spreading… and the Wanderer is flying straight into it.

A hunted girl. A marked soul. Will he choose redemption or damnation? Daniel can barely control his aching bloodlust. The newly-made vampire’s diminishing humanity compels him to fight off the cravings and let sunlight incinerate his abominable flesh. But when the soft light of dawn takes his darkness instead, Daniel is left with incredible powers and no memory of who he used to be… After helping a family fight off bandits, he discovers a girl with dark abilities of her own. In a world where magic is a death sentence, Daniel must help them ward off witchhunters while convincing his allies that he’s regained his soul. But with their persecutors closing in, can the reformed vampire protect the magical girl or will his darker nature destroy them all? Dark Soul Silenced is an epic fantasy crafted in a medieval world. If you like vampires with teeth, complicated characters, and evil with a twist, then you’ll love Simon Goodson’s imaginative saga. Buy Dark Soul Silenced to tempt the darkness today!

Hunted by a powerful Imperial fleet and with his friends infected by the Taint, Jess has only one place to turn… the homeworld of his remarkable ship, the Wanderer. But his journey will reveal far more than just the Wanderer’s origins - and both the Empire and the Taint are ready to strike at any moment. Jess expects to learn how things began. What he discovers reveals how the universe may end… an end which has already begun. Wanderer - Origins unearths the buried truths of the past - and points toward a future that may already be lost.

The Taint is spreading. Nothing can stop it. Nothing short of the destruction of the entire Universe, and that’s what the Wanderer’s creators have set in motion. Jess is faced with an impossible choice. Stop the destruction - and hand the universe to the Taint. Or stop the Taint at the cost of everything. The Wanderer is the only force capable of finding a third way, but even it may not be enough. With time running out and the life of the woman he loves hanging in the balance, Jess races toward a solution which might not even exist. And if it doesn’t Jess will have to choose between erasing the universe or letting the Taint take it all. Wanderer - Extinction is the explosive fifth chapter in the Wanderer’s Odyssey series, where survival and sacrifice collide, and freedom may demand an impossibly high price.

They defeated the darkness… but evil always creeps back in. Thanks to Daniel, Mary and Josef the town of Echtberg is now free from the powerful vampire who ruled over it for hundreds of years, but as a wave of dark magic driven attacks are unleashed on the town trust between factions is in short supply. Despite his leading role in freeing the town, Daniel’s magical abilities lead to suspicion and outright hostility leaving him battling the fear of the townspeople as much as the attacks themselves. Daniel learns that the Ghost is behind the attacks, but who or what that is he does not know. Can Daniel possibly protect the town and defeat the Ghost before the frightened factions in the council tear the town apart? Find out today by grabbing this action packed sequel to Dark Soul – Silenced.