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. Yet. That’s quite a surprise. She thought she’d given her life to save Tarkus, but somehow he’s kept her from dying… for now. Yet the devices within her are still intent on ripping her body apart, and Tarkus has only managed to slow them down. She needs a cure, and the only place to find that is the corporation which created the horrific devices. And they’ll help… for a price. They need a job done, one that only a pilot with Tarkus’s skills can possibly pull off. Will they succeed? If they do, will the corporation honour its side of the deal? Or will it simply leave Kaira to die. She has no idea, and as their mission unfolds she starts to suspect even her life won’t be worth the price they’ll have to pay. She thinks they’d be better off simply walking away. 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 is in the kind of trouble it would take Jess and the Wanderer to fix, but they’ve been gone for a thousand years. What she gets is Tarkus and the Glimmer, a rundown ship and a taciturn captain who doesn’t even know she’s stowed away. Yet. If she’s lucky Tarkus will throw her off at the next station if he finds her. If she’s unlucky she’ll be ejected into in cold space without a suit. If there were any other options she’d take them. There aren’t. All she can do is huddle in the darkened hold and hope the Glimmer gets her where she needs to go before her world caves in… and before Tarkus realises she’s there. 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.

Jess saved the entire universe from destruction… wasn’t that enough? Jess and the Wanderer may have saved the Universe, but a deadly threat still remains. The remains of the Empire continues to turn everyone in its path into Limited, near mindless slaves who show no fear and no mercy. If someone doesn’t deal with the Empire now then it will become unstoppable… and yet again ‘someone’ means Jess and his incredible ship.

Freedom was only the start. The crew of the Wanderer face ever greater challenges as their journey continues. Knowing the Empire will hunt them down Jess and the others must seek help from another source. Turning to the criminal underworld seems like their only option, but it soon threatens to end in disaster. Especially when past events return to haunt the present. Will even the incredible Wanderer be enough to keep Jess, and those he cares about, safe?

Doing the right thing can bring the wrong type of attention. Now the Empire knows the amazing things the Wanderer is capable of, they want the ship for themselves. As powerful as the Wanderer is it is no match for the imperial fleet that seeks to capture it. Jess has only one option – run. With the imperial fleet dogging his steps Jess continues to head for the Wanderer's homeworld, but in running from the Empire he is running blindly towards a far greater danger.

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, his friends infected by the Taint, Jess has only one place to turn — the homeworld of his amazing ship, the Wanderer. But his journey will reveal the origins of far more than just the Wanderer, and both the Empire and the Taint will be ready to pounce at any moment. Jess expects to learn how things started, but what he learns might also point to how everything will finish… and just how close that end may be.

Jess and the Wanderer race to save the Universe from extinction… but will saving everything just mean handing it to the Taint? The destruction of the Universe has started and only Jess and the Wanderer have the slightest chance of stopping it, but that's only the start. Jess must also find a way to stop the all-consuming Taint once and for all. Failing will just swap the extinction of the Universe for the extinction of humanity, and every other free-thinking race. Join Jess and the Wanderer on their thrilling journey, as they race to save everything and everyone, including the woman Jess loves. Find out whether they succeed in Wanderer – Extinction.

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.