Rei Rosenquist
1) Friends
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Below the pristine mountains of Portugal's countryside, a war rages on. Then, one day, it comes to Abrir's home. Not the war, but an official caravan, black against the pale sky.Thrown together in a dismal war camp, imported refugees share nothing but their suffering.No common culture. No common tongue. Confusion, and no more.Abrir manages to finds a few friends, but it doesn't last.One by one, they take their lives and leave Arbrir."I am the last...
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Chalu's coming of age ceremony approaches. Chalu finds it so much easier to stare into a dark cavern pond instead of prepare.
"If you go diving in, the end will come rising up to meet you," goes the saying. A proverb.
Chalu leans forward, tempted, drawn in.
A voice breaks the silence: "Cha cha! There you are!"
Will Chalu head the call and return to the people? Or is the plunge into the unknown too tempting to say no to?
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Summer 2079. Paradise, alive in Portugal. An ad claims the beaches are back. What could jumpstart a recent high school graduate's photography career like an opportunity like that?Ry travels to Lisboa for the truth. The fancy hotel, the crowded streets, the promise of adventure and success.Ry finds a bar in the basement of a random building in an unfamiliar part of the city. Time to get to know the locals.Will things go sideways or will it all pan...
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Gull wants one thing in life. To feel alive.But in this district, the sun never shines. Buildings clutter out the sky. Dirt clings to everything. Life hides in the cracks. Gull doesn't know, but suspects. If only there were a way to peek in between.Even briefly."Take Tranquility," Fox the trusted colleague advises.Once you go Tranq- you never go back.A single bar in all the district sells it. Specific behaviors are necessary to buy it. Gull agrees...
5) Come to Seed
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Early morning. Ceremony preparations begin. Amida stares out at the roots of the trees. "Amida! Hurry! The speakers are about to set the last piece. We need your voice to sing the opening of the ceremony." Amida turns from the precipice, and so-- It begins. But wait! What will this transformation bring?
6) Adrift
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A ship sits moored off the shore of exile. Broken, yes, but still afloat. And when Snow tells Temple to go secure it, the answer must be “yes.” Either that or a brutal, unforgiving death.
Temple, obviously, says yes.
But in doing so, Temple unexpectedly finds more than a moored boat.
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This is a collection of short stories all set in the Redemption Universe.Wait, but what is the Redemption Universe?I'm glad you asked.Redemption is the title of my upcoming novel series featuring the characters you see traveling roads and riding horses in these pages. Think of these stories as a teaser, a bird's eye view into a universe that is about to explode with romance, intrigue, adventure, betrayal, and…well, of course, redemption.Wait, but...
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For the first five fingers of early morning's red sunlight, Ono stands at the edge of the world. This morning, Adris stands there too."Why are you here?" Ono asks, not angry but not pleased either.Adris tells of a troubling vision. A great struggle is coming. An unknowable enemy, descending.The people must prepare.
9) Seed
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Miru scales a vat. Perching on the edge of the lidless rim, Miru plunges a dirty rebar into the mash digging for a bite to eat.The wind picks up. The tang of rot and trash slap Miru in the face. Miru slips, scrambles, nearly falls into the vat's gaping mouth. Catching the rim, Miru dangles.A scream pierces the air.The sound of a beast.Miru slithers down and chooses to go hunting. Real meat over artificial vat proteins. Killing over starving to death....
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Seika, alone.Rain covers an ugly, divided New Tokyo. Gangsters fill the streets, beating in the native inhabitants for fun.Then, one night, walking home from the factory--Seika has enough.There is power in their blood, anger in their veins, a dark magic buried in their heart.Will this dark magic be enough to take their city back?At what cost?
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In the dark of the night sky, a single nebula blinks out and falls to earth. In falling, the nebula seeks love, partnership, a human to befriend.Wills, an artist who can't seem to finish anything, needs inspiration. When the two meet in a fumbling rescue at the glittering blue water's edge, love seems to charge the air between them.But can it stand the test of time and the darkness that surrounds them?In this modern retelling of a classic fairy tale,...
12) Ocean Spirits
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Kai means "ocean," but Kai hates the sea. No one talks about why. But, the mystery floats just below the surface of Kai's life. A sneaker wave. A coast guard's report. And years of silence. When faced with the ocean again, will the truth come floating to the surface? And if so, what form will it take?
13) Stars and Dark
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Stars and Dark, a collection of five science-fiction stories, takes you to space in the far-flung future. Silicone-based lifeforms, queer non-binary AI, space stations, and queer trans post-earth humans all populate these pages, each character telling their complex and tangled story of life in a vacuum full of pinpricks of light. Let these hopepunk stories transport you to another time and another place in the great cosmos where love and hope are...
14) Barriers Between
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When Crow tastes the district's imitation jerky, they know something is wrong. Not with just the food – but with life. A barrier stands between life and the thing a person needs. Between happiness and this life.
Crow knows they can't change the big things, but getting a better perspective seems fine. So, Crow climbs to the top of a skyscraper instead of returning to work. And there, on a ledge, Crow makes a choice between life and death.
And the...
15) Memory Kodes
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Feral finds a strange box made of unbelievable material. Then, Feral starts thinking strange thoughts. And then, a stranger appears out of nowhere.
Is it all connected? And if so, where does all this strangeness lead?
Curiosity burns in Feral to find out...
16) The Exiter
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Radaa entered the dark God's Cave to save her best friend's life.Weylin was already dead, three days. But that didn't mean a thing.The gods could help if they were convinced.Radaa sat down to convince them.
17) Ready Call Jones
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Grungy space station Suptum One.Ridiculous rumors and a ridiculous bounty lead hunter Redical Jones to a seedy bar.Commotion starts. Jones, caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, makes a move to leave. A voice calls out."Just let me get to the bar a minute!"Can it be? The voice of the bounty? What are the odds?
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A Niu Lifeship travels through deep space looking for the truth about humanity's downfall. Jafen 1.0 takes care care of the navigational calculations and other such mundane things. At least, that's how things are supposed to work. But, Jafen and the ship keep agruing over the most mundane things. Until, Jafen 1.0 logs a strange distress signal. Could it be a trap? Will the Niu Lifeship Zero find more than they bargained for if they answer the call?...
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A Companion to The Grey Stride.
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Ible wants to feel alive.
But in District 6, the sun never shines, the buildings clutter out the sky, and life hides in the cracks between things.
At the suggestion of a trusted colleague, Ible visits The Grey Stride, a place of dirt, decay...and the drug Tranquility.
Rumor says Tranquility opens up the cracks where life hides, and lets you see inside.
But once you do...
If I'm not alive or dead, what am I?
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In an unkind world, Ark wanders the land looking for...what? Can't recall. Holes in the land, holes in their memory, a scar from a hole in their hand?
A dust cloud kicks up. Another rat-tag group of fools lost in the dust. They approach one another. Another cliched exchange. Only this time, something's different.
Ark remembers things...
If Ark joins their numbers, where will the journey take them? What hidden truths will they find? What kind of...