An otherworldly visitor.

A shattered promise.

And an unpaid debt.

Alma didn’t know her days on Earth were numbered, but when a mysterious visitor from a distant galaxy reappears after a centuries-old deal was struck, everything changes.

Set days before aliens from space collect their debt from Earth, follow Alma and her family in this sci-fi retelling of the classic terrifying fairy tale, The Pied Piper of Hamelin. 

Read the interview about this award winning story here:

Shay glimpsed escape that fateful day in the woods.

She might have been wrong.

Where have all the faeries gone?

When Shay was nine, a magical encounter in the woods gave her hope for an escape from her troubled home. As she grows, she searches for the faeries she once met, but now they have vanished. Where have all the faeries gone? 

A strange dog.

An even stranger realm.

Silas follows a mysterious dog through a portal to a strange place where logic is absent. Meet a unicorn in denial, talking luggage, and more oddities in “Brutus.” 

Alone.

Afraid.

And hungry.

Find out what lurks in the woods in "Ravenous," a standalone short story by Chandra Snicker.

This story was created for The Reading Riot Podcast.

Listen to Chandra Snicker read her story aloud on The Reading Riot Podcast: Episode #15 where you can also hear Kim Riot read her terrifying tale, as well!

Go to anchor.fm/thekimriot to read along! 

Worlds will collide.

Magic meets tech.

Lena lives on Naukan, a planet overrun with illness and insanity--A world of dying technology.

When a mysterious, antlered creature appears, it could be the hope Naukan needs, even if that hope is in something as far-fetched as magic.

Could this be Lena's chance to save the people of her planet, learn more about Naukan's sister planet, Kuozlon, and possibly process the romantic feelings she has towards her best friend and fellow survivor? 

The living mourn the dead.

The dead mourn the living.

But more than that, the dead mourn life itself.

Julie returned to her home after the death of her parents. She doesn’t know what direction her life will take after dropping out of college to move back. With no dreams or ambitions, her only goal is to restore the home. She doesn’t realize the dead have a plan to restore their home, too. 

A tale of endless space.

A song of ancient stars.

And a collection to complete.

Julian Walker came aboard The Serendipity to experience adventure and new worlds. He’s heard the tales of sirens whose ancient calls echo throughout the universe, but when an attack takes the crew of The Serendipity down, he didn’t imagine the tales to be true. 

Destined to be together.

For better or worse.

Fate can be cruel.

Madelyn Turner isn’t having any luck in her love-life. When she swipes right on Caleb Coleson, she thinks it’s just going to be another failed attempt at love. Little does she know there is so much more to Caleb than meets the eye, for better or for worse. 

A tale of endless space.

A song of ancient stars.

And a collection to complete.

Julian Walker came aboard The Serendipity to experience adventure and new worlds. He’s heard the tales of sirens whose ancient calls echo throughout the universe, but when an attack takes the crew of The Serendipity down, he didn’t imagine the tales to be true. 

Dragons are calling.

Rika arrives at Enion on a transport from the Cosmic Alliance ready to join the rush for the latest commodity: Dragons. Used for their power source, meat, and bones to manufacture the newest technology and finest cuisine, next to the technology of those willing to hunt them, the dragons are little more than a resource. But the Dragon Rush has a price for the natives of Enion, and Rika must decide if the cost is worth the profit. 

Life everlasting.

Except, when it’s not all it seems to be.

CharonRx is designed to solve the problem of overpopulation in a world of the forever-living, but at what cost?