I was born in Canada and remember as a small boy crawling in my snow-fort. I closed my eyes, and when I tried to open them, they were frozen shut. I didn't panic, but wiped away the ice crystals, unglued my eyes and kept on building my tunnel. Those were great days! I moved to Central California before seventh grade and couldn't believe I lived in a land where oranges grew on trees and you could pick grapes from the vine.

13th February - Shadow War - Marc Alan Edelheit A lone destroyer.An enemy lurking in darkness.A deadly mission that could turn the tide of war. Caught behind enemy lines, Captain Jaxon Steele fought his way out and saved the Union fleet from a devastating ambush. Now, as the Hegemony attacks on all fronts, Steele prepares to fight back.

TM Yomide writes epic stories that blend sci-fi and fantasy into dark, cosmic worlds. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, he was raised across several cities, acquiring a perspective shaped by movement. When he is not crafting flawed protagonists and pitching fate against free will, he dives into human psychology at the University of Lagos. He's a dog person and an MCU fan.

C K Galloway writes stories about rebellion, transformation, and the cost of freedom. Flight of the Aura is her debut novel, born from eight years of learning the craft and asking questions like, "what if angels weren't the good guys?" When she's not writing about the distant future and political deities, she lives a quiet life, working at a rural Scottish farm shop, walking her Brittany Spaniel, and spending time with her family.

26th January - The Regicide Report - Charles Stross An occult assassin, an elderly royal and a living god face off in The Regicide Report, the thrilling final novel in Charles Stross' epic, Hugo Award-winning Laundry Files series. When the Elder God recently installed as Prime Minister identifies the monarchy as a threat to his growing power, Bob Howard and Mo O'Brien - recently of the supernatural espionage service known as the Laundry Files - are reluctantly pressed into service.

Yoon Ha Lee is a Korean-American sf/f writer who received a B.A. in math from Cornell University and an M.A. in math education from Stanford University, and is pursuing an MFA in media composition and orchestration at ThinkSpace Education. Yoon’s novel Ninefox Gambit won the Locus Award for best first novel, and was a finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, and Clarke awards.

20th January 2026 - A Hole in the Sky - Peter F Hamilton Sixteen-year old Hazel lives in the Daedalus, a generation ship on a centuries long flight in search of a new world. The ship has been traveling for 500 years, searching for a world to settle in after having to abandon its last world. Everyone on board Daedalus lives a very simple existence in farming villages.

Photo by Tom Pepperdine Adrian Tchaikovsky is a British science-fiction and fantasy writer known for a wide-variety of work including the Children of Time, Final Architecture, Dogs of War, Tyrant Philosophers and Shadows of the Apt series, as well as standalone books such as Elder Race, Doors of Eden, Spiderlight and many others. Children of Time and its series has won the Arthur C Clarke and BSFA awards, and his other works have won the British Fantasy, British Science Fiction and Sidewise Awards.

15th January 2026 - Flight of the Aura - C K Galloway The planet of Sayyora has endured three cataclysms, and it is the duty of the gods to protect the humans who remain from themselves. At least, that's what the godling Arawan believes, until she sees the surface for herself. Arawan is an Aura, a genetically engineered angel living in the sky realm, where logic and obedience are divine virtues.

Federico Carro (born June 15, 1991) is an Italian author, screenwriter, and creative producer known for his expansive fantasy universe The King of Light, his award-winning novels, and his original film and multimedia projects. Raised in Vernazza, Italy, Carro developed early passions for art, storytelling, music, and world-building, which later shaped his multidisciplinary career.

Benjamin Robert Murray Evett is an author of post-apocalyptic fiction. His first book, JOY, was shortlisted for the 2024 Rubery Book Award. Ben came to writing later in life. He spent most of his life as a professional actor. Ben grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, then attended Harvard, where he studied Classics, but always knew that the arts were his home.

Tim works in digital marketing in Toronto and is well-traveled, having visited over 80 countries. When he is not working or writing, he likes to spend time with his family and German Shepherd and go cycling. Tim has written fifteen books: The Secret Policemen and The Secret Service, both dystopian dark comedies, and eight science fiction novels: Extinction, Annabelle, The Three Lives of Mr.

26th December 2026 - Warp, Rinse, Repeat - Julia Huni Surviving motherhood is hard enough—try doing it when the universe keeps hitting reset. Triana Moore thought pregnancy would be messy—but not this messy. Between malfunctioning baby simulators, her mother’s attempts to fire her (again), and a snarky “smart” house that refuses to learn her name, life on SK2 is already chaos.

Al Hagan is a retired IT project manager. His career also included a four-year tour of duty with the Marine Corps and a number of years in the intelligence community, working in Washington, D.C. and in foreign countries.

15th December 2025 - Skull X Bones - Anthology Avast, intrepid reader! Behold yon inky treasure! A beautiful airship corsair determined to reveal a government conspiracy. An interstellar outlaw bent on avenging the murders of her fellow crewmates. A pirate captain whose hatred of mer-people endangers his ship and crew. A ghost trapped in the wreckage of a privateering ship.

Like his main character in "The Unlived Lives of Raymond Quinn", William Matthies served in the U.S. Army including a year-long stint in Vietnam during the war. After leaving the service, he graduated college, married, raised two sons, and eventually found his true calling as a serial entrepreneur. His first book, The 7 Keys to Change, is based on years of research on personal and professional change management.

8th December 2025 - The Lost Battleship - Vaughn Heppner The effort almost killed him, but Maddox temporarily closed the breach to an alien dimension, one where genetic supermen rule humanity as gods. The trouble is the master race’s Ninth Assault Fleet is still inside Commonwealth space—and destroying worlds with hellburner missiles. Without the hyper-spatial tubes of the smashed Nexuses, the Grand Fleet can’t jump straight to battle.

Jonathan Sears was born in Brampton, Ontario. From a young age, he loved Science-Fiction, with particular interests in Star Trek and Star Wars. He enjoys working with young people, playing his Trumpet, listening to music, and telling stories. He is a big fan of the Toronto Blue Jays and the Winnipeg Jets.