off-planet - Stories

A washed-up captain steals an alien saucer, crashes it into a pre-spaceflight civilization, and accidentally abducts a terrified teenage local. Now he's stranded with a hostile hostage, a sarcastic AI, and a teleporter that turns livestock inside out. To make things worse, his estranged husband is tracking him across the galaxy—and the real owners of the ship want everyone dead. A chaotic sci-fi romp about bad decisions, found family, and learning that running from your problems just creates bigger ones.

In a universe where constructs are bought, sold, and wiped clean, a repurposed intimacy model named Lukas discovers he's been many people—soldier, pop star, lab rat, cop. Now he's on a stolen ship, a hacker, a thief, and a clock counting down to neurological collapse.

Some ghosts won't stay buried. Some truths won't stay hidden. And some love stories begin with a gun to the chest.

Aboard a deep-space explorer vessel, a strict lieutenant and a playful chief engineer navigate the pressures of active duty through a secret romance. To melt his partner's rigid professionalism, the engineer uses his hyper-precise cybernetic touch to drive the lieutenant into a helpless state of ticklish surrender—turning a breathless, playful ritual into a deep anchor at the edge of the galaxy.

Jaded and cynical, Malik just wants two things: escape his abusive stepdad and be left alone. But when a chance encounter opens up an entire new world for him, Malik finds out that some things, and some people, are worth fighting for.

Mickey Ryder is twenty-three, deeply in debt, and the captain of a barely-functioning mail ship held together by salvage tape and bad decisions. When a runaway cult boy named Isaiah hides in his cargo bay, Mickey does the one thing he never does—he says yes. Now they're running from New Eden, hauling mystery cargo, and trying not to kill each other. But between a dead exploration ship, a screaming alien in a crate, and a religious mandate that just dropped a nine-year-old son on his doorstep, Mickey's about to learn that surviving is easy. Living? That's the hard part.

Gravity and love work in similar ways. Sometimes they even make people into Satellites of one another.

Ark II is now on the new world and life begins for them.

Matt and Valerian spend an evening with their oldest sons.

Charlie and the gang set out to trouble-shoot a problem for old Mr. Elias Grampet, who thinks he’s being stalked. The investigation soon leads them offworld, and into another adventure far out among the stars, where they’ll meet new friends, and an interesting new enemy!

Lando Carbonara is a wanted man aiming to clear his debts and secure a safe haven on Ularah-18 by accessing a legendary vault filled with treasures from a long-lost king. He carries a data crystal and a map from Simeon, an old treasure hunter who recently passed away, entrusting Lando with a final mission that could change his fate. However, Lando faces imminent danger from Roco, a ruthless bounty hunter sent after him, and must navigate a web of syndicates and informants to survive and succeed.