Tak! quoted Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty
Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to …
A sentient space station should have perfect temperature, Mallory Viridian thought.
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Tak! quoted A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather
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Sarah knew Rebecca's babe was dead as soon as the head slid free, from the look on Mistress June's face.
Tak! quoted Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami
From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction masterpiece envisions …
Let’s go to the baths today, Miss Ikuko said, so we all got ready.
Tak! quoted Where the Axe Is Buried by Ray Nayler
In the authoritarian Federation, there is a plot to assassinate and replace the President, a …
The axe cleaved the log in two.
Tak! quoted Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance—from the perspective of the monster—by Nebula Award-winning debut …
Each year when Shesheshen hibernated, she dreamed of her childhood nest.
Tak! quoted North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher
On Nakharat, every contract is a ribbon and every ribbon is a secret, braided tight …
I met the khanym when I tried to kill her.
Tak! quoted Saturation Point by Adrian Tchaikovsky
A group of scientists and soldiers are hunted by mysterious enemies in a terrifying new …
They asked me, “When was the last time you saw Doctor Fell?” and the memory hole I tripped into was ridiculous.
Tak! quoted A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors …
There was a fly walking on Cordelia’s hand and she was not allowed to flick it away.
Tak! quoted Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis
So. I’m not in an ideal situation right now.
Tak! quoted Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba (Stormbringer Saga, #1)
In this an enthralling Filipino-inspired epic fantasy, a nun concealing a goddess-given gift is unwillingly …
The sea breezes keened of death in Lunurin’s ears, a cacophony of voices urging her to act.
— Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba (Stormbringer Saga, #1)
Tak! quoted Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The world roared.
— Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Tak! quoted The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
Perhaps he’ll die this time.
Tak! quoted Dual Memory by Sue Burke
Sue Burke, author of the acclaimed novel Semiosis , returns with Dual Memory, a standalone …
I want to feel everything, the light, the noise, the dark, even the cold and fear.
— Dual Memory by Sue Burke
Tak! quoted Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad
Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA …
We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other.
— Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad
Tak! quoted Roadside Picnic by Борис Стругацкий
Roadside Picnic is set in the aftermath of an extraterrestrial event called the Visitation that …
The other day, we’re standing in the repository; it’s evening already, nothing left to do but dump the lab suits, then I can head down to the Borscht for my daily dose of booze.
— Roadside Picnic by Борис Стругацкий, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky