Visit other worlds, alternate universes, and places just like home that demand to be explored in this collection of short stories and novellas. Fans of both science fiction and fantasy can get lost shadowing the compelling people who inhabit these places. Visit a world where humans are slaves on an alien planet, but murder still brings everyone together in a fight for survival. Follow a fighter on her quest to save her people and her world from the mad tyrant who would destroy them all through dark magic. Experience the fear wrought by a powerful vampire lord over the immortal families of a...

Hanson and Kripter are the best detectives at the Center on the planet of Sangi Prime. Together, they've solved the toughest cases in the star system, tracking down murderers and terrorists. How did their partnership begin and will it ever end? Find out in this first ever collection of Hanson and Kripter stories, including the first installment, "Hanson and Kripter: End-Life Investigators," originally published in the short story collection "Eyes Open at Dawn." Three new stories will take you on never-before seen cases with the detectives, including an investigation into an ancient prophecy...

Seven new science fiction and fantasy stories in the vein of the original collection, including new installments in the Hanson and Kripter and Adventures in the Galactic Police Force universes. The first continues the story of the noir detectives after one of them has died, and the second travels to a dangerous part of space, where the sun is deadly. Inside this cover, you'll also find young prince on a hero's quest, a future society ruled by tarot-using robots, a spirit dealing with her own suicide, a girl getting dream-like messages from another world, and a mystery involving a future world...