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Wild Seed
Octavia E. Butler
In an "epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant" story of love and hate, two immortals chase each other across continents and...
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The Descent of Monsters
Neon Yang
A finalist for the 2019 Lammy Award for best LGBTQ SF/F/Horror and the Locus Award for Best Novella Neon Yang...
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Afterglow
Tim Jordan
Tim Jordan returns with the hotly-anticipated sequel to his mind-bending 2021 debut, Glow Glow is not gone. Glow remains. Glow...
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Glow
Tim Jordan
A man battles his addiction to a devastating nanotech drug that steals identities and threatens the survival and succession of...
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Where it Rains in Color
Denise Crittendon
Lileala has just been named the Rare Indigo – beauty among beauties – and is about to embrace her stardom,...
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The Mayonnaise Murders
Keith A. Owens
Whoever killed Johnny Beardy ruined a perfectly good sandwich in the process. I was hungry when I found him, so...
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Binti: The Complete Trilogy
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Old Man's War
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John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife’s grave. Then he joined the army....
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