Noah Chinn – författare

The first half of the worst week of Peter's life happened when he was a young boy. Being cursed by a witch was bad enough, but what do you do when you don't even know what the curse is, or when it is supposed to go off? Twenty years later, in a part of London shrouded in myths and urban legends, it does. Peter might have found his one true love, but there's a problem. His friend might be able to remove the curse, but there's a catch. There's a monster hunting people in London, but no one believes it. A secret government branch is investigating, but they're incompetent. And the woman Peter loves is doomed to die, but it's not the first time. The second half of the worst week of Peter's life is about to begin.

It's the end of the world – but not as we know it.A woman wakes up in a motel on the outskirts of a remote Oregon city with no memory who she is and a gun at her bedside. As she explores the world around her it seems that civilization has come to a violent end.That's bad.It might also be the most normal thing that happens to her all week.

Maurice "e;Moss"e; Foote used to be somebody. Then nobody. Then somebody again, for a while. Now he's back to square one, using his last hundred credits to try and get back his old ship and start over. Again.Hel doesn't have a last name. Or maybe she does. She was born a slave. Or maybe she wasn't. It's all rather confusing to her, just like the strange compulsion that has her trying to build... something out of spare ship parts in the junkyard she calls home.When she sees an opportunity to escape on board a rebuilt transport, she takes it, not realizing what she's getting herself into. All she knows is the answers she's looking for are on board that ship. Or maybe they're inside her head.Roy "e;Hellno"e; Herzog left the Silver Legion in favour of becoming a pirate, only they didn't like his attitude any more than the Legion did. Now he's got a lead on a prize so big it could set him up for life, if he can stomach working with other people.All he's got to do is track down one runaway slave.

Out of fuel and captured by pirates in his beat up chimera of a ship, Maurice "e;Moss"e; Foote is having a bad day, until he gets a lead on the score of a lifetime. Easy pickings, if his crew doesn't mind doing a bit of pirating themselves.Moss certainly doesn't. His ship's computer, Violet, might. And his co-pilot, Hel, definitely will. But one tiny little lie might get them both on board.What's the worst that could happen?Roy Herzog is having a worse day. He lost everyone he could stomach working with, then crossed paths with the Silver Legion, the very organization he deserted to become a pirate.Unfortunately for him, the Legion does not forget, and does not easily forgive. But there might be a way out, and perhaps a shot at revenge against the pilot who nearly killed him.A pilot who flies a chimera.

Abbey's not a bad writer, but she's a terrible journalist. Forced to work at a small bookstore after losing her job, she decides to work on a personal project: recreating a story about 1920s Chicago told by her late grandfather—a story that may or may not be true.Only her co-worker Finn is frustratingly directionless (even if he is attractive), strangers are running pub quizzes in her store, her roommate is going on tour with her band, and one of her customers might be a psychopath.Oh, and the bookstore is located above a sex shop. Perfect.People tell Abbey she needs to lighten up, but how can she when the world is so darn annoying? Can't a girl just write in peace?

You can go your whole life in the Void without trouble ever finding you. Moss doesn't have that kind of luck.First, there was the stowaway, the pirate, and a centuries-old mystery drifting through the void of space.Then, there was the robbery that became a rescue mission, and a race to escape the Silver Legion.Now, the past is on a collision course with the present, and Maurice "e;Moss"e; Foote is stuck in the middle... again.For Moss, nothing is ever simple, not even a day on the beach. It's not long before he and his crew are on the run from the authorities, hiding out, finding more trouble, and cleaning up what should have been a simple diplomatic matter. But it's only fair—he did help create the mess in the first place.Actions have consequences, and soon the events from Lost Souls and Lost Cargo collide in the most unexpected ways.Lives will be lost, but with luck, a future will also be found."e;The best of escapist science fiction, the way it ought to be written."e; - On Spec Magazine