Collection: Fiction

Seventeen-year-old Philippa Laakso is found dead, and police question everyone who knew her: a confused elderly neighbour, a secret-hoarding best friend, an ex-boyfriend, strangers from her videos, and older men she met online. Each tells a different version of her life, revealing shifting truths...

When mysterious symbols appear as graffiti around Oxford, lexicographer Martha Thornhill recognises them from a runic alphabet created by a deceased fantasy writer whose papers she once worked on. But this is no publicity stunt, and tensions intensify when further graffiti is found near the body ...

Travis Smith is Death in the modern world. He lives with his cat in a grey English town. He offers people comfort in their final days and hours of life. He's stoic, gentle, a little naive, despite what he knows. He's handsome, he seems young, despite what he is. Each death has a meaning to him, a...

It is 1911, and a man boards a ship at the crowded docks in New York City. As he steps on board, the memories begin flooding back, and we learn he is no ordinary man, and this is no ordinary journey. This transatlantic sailing is the poignant final journey of Gustav Mahler, a renowned composer at...

Torian Razner finally bought a starship, and contrary to Amelia's assessment, it was not 'a meteoric sign of stupidity.' Sure, the alien starship may have been abandoned for a century, and it may be covered in moss now but it's Torian's ticket to freedom, regardless of what her ex ah, captain said.

Reya Connery, the Crimson Dagger, is a legendary thief bound by strict rules and a dangerous secret. When a job goes wrong, she's forced to work with Caelan Halcyon, an immortal warrior seeking a cure for a deadly curse. As they journey to the edge of the world, they uncover a threat far greater ...

Vincent Silk is back in the decaying maw of Australia's Steel City after losing everything. He wants to make amends but first he has to pay off his debts to an unhinged loan shark. With no way to make good, Vincent is forced to take on a brutal new role: working as an enforcer, a Teeth Kicker.

Christmas Eve, 1974. As Cyclone Tracy tears through Darwin, four girls disappear into the heart of the outback. No tracks. No bodies. No answers. Decades later, one returns. She claims to be one of the missing. But is she? There is no proof of who she is, only a keepsake that once belonged to ano...

The dream apartment. The start of a grand adventure. And two lives about to unravel. Devika is living her best life, moving out of home in her final year of university. Close to the beach and away from her mother. Independent and self-sufficient, just like Kalyani. There's just one awful secret t...

Alba DeTamble, an involuntary time traveler, slips through decades while trying to build a normal life. Anchored by her loving partner Zach yet drawn to fellow traveler Oliver, she navigates desire, secrecy, and shifting timelineswhere every relationship is tested by time itself.