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Travel Documents 71: The Fifth Sacred Thing

The Fifth Sacred Thing  Starhawk Genre: near-future, speculative fiction, solarpunk  Link To Buy The Dust Cover Copy An epic tale of freedom and slavery, love and war, and the potential futures of humankind tells of a twenty-first century California clan caught between two clashing worlds, one based on tolerance, the other on repression. Declaration of […]

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Travel Documents 68: Secondhand Angels

Secondhand Angels  Eugene W. Cundiff  Genre: far-future, post apocalyptic, dystopian, weird west, techno-fantasy  Link To Buy The Dust Cover Copy Exiles, outlaws, runaways, and traitors – they’re the scum of the earth, but they’re Verlorene’s last hope. Frontier scavenger Billy Barrows has no love for the cruel Authority that rules the planet Verlorene, though his rebelling has […]

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Travel Documents 67: Four Futures

Four Futures Peter Frase    Genre: near-future, non-fiction, futurism, social theory  Link To Buy The Dust Cover Copy Peter Frase argues that increasing automation and a growing scarcity of resources, thanks to climate change, will bring it all tumbling down. In Four Futures, Frase imagines how this post-capitalist world might look, deploying the tools of both […]

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Travel Documents 66: Bone Dance

Bone Dance  Emma Bull Genre: near-future, post apocalyptic, dystopian, gender diversity, techno-fantasy  Link To Buy The Dust Cover Copy Sparrow’s my name. Trader. Deal-maker. Hustler, some call me. I work the Night Fair circuit, buying and selling pre-nuke videos from the world before. I know how to get a high price, especially on Big Bang […]

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Travel Documents 65: Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead Jason Dias Genre: near-future, post apocalyptic, dystopian, zombie attack  Link To Buy The Dust Cover Copy It’s the end of the world. Lucy is the last living human. She’s surrounded by corpses that won’t lay still. And she has a cure. She can cure seven people. Out of the millions of dead–doctors, […]

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A Wildcards Playlist, Part 4

  *Note: All Songs quoted in the book are property solely of the authors, and are cited below in accordance with Fair Use standards   *Paul Freeman, ’Against The Ropes’, The Lost & Found EP 2005 *The Who, ‘Sound Round’, Endless Wire, UMPG Publishing 2006 *Journey, ‘Keep On Runnin’’, Escape, Columbia Records 1981 *The Who, […]

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Aces and Eights, Event File 04

Available On   Event File 04 Event Tag: Mission Assignment Timestamp: 20:00-2-6-2157/ 10:00-2-17-2157 Kevin kicked the door of their quarters closed as he grabbed Aidan in another tight hug. Aidan was nearly dizzy with joy. He still couldn’t believe the message scheduling his final surgery had shown up. “The timing on this couldn’t have been […]

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Aces and Eights, Event File 03

Available On     Event File 03 Event Tag: Security Measures Timestamp: 2-4-2157/ 2-6-2157                                                                           “Tweak, I could use a hand. Got any spare time?” “Yeah?” Tweak asked, turning in her coding chair and pushing her headphones off one ear. Kevin gave her a tired little smile. “This contact has me jumping […]

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Aces and Eights, Event File 02

Available On     Event File 02 Event Tag: Required Reading Timestamp: 07:00-2-2-2157                                                                           Kevin began his work with the full mission description. Regional had sent the results of their little test farm up the chain of command, along with the results garnered by a number of Rest and Retirement bases who’d […]

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Aces and Eights, Event File 01

Available On   Reader Advisement This book contains romantic and sexual scenes between people whose genders may not fit your expectations. Scenes of torture and intentional misgendering are included. Buckle up for the ride. Event File 01 Event Tag: Celebratory Occasion Timestamp: 16:00-2-1-2157                                                                     “Hey birthday boy! Catch!” The box sailed through the air. Kevin […]

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