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J Scott Coatsworth
Silya finally comes into her own, but will she be enough?
Silya finally has everything she always wanted: She's the Hencha Queen, head of the Temple, and is mastering her…
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In Space, No One Can Hear You Sing ...
Grayson Eck's life is a drag, in all the best possible ways. He's perfectly happy working in the belt alone as…
So you want to be an indie author. Or maybe you're scared to do it all yourself and are looking for a publisher, buts want to know more about the…
So you want to be an indie author. Or maybe you're scared to do it all yourself and are looking for a publisher, but want to know more about the…
How the world has changed in the last seventy-six years. The next seventy-six will change things too, in ways we can barely even begin to imagine. Eighteen writers tackled this…
How the world has changed in the last seventy-six years. The next seventy-six years will change things too, in ways we can barely imagine. Eighteen writers tackled this challenge, creating…
Aik will never be the same ... and neither will his world.
War is coming. Aik has become the Progenitor, and the Seed Mother has released him to transform the…
J. Scott Coatsworth
Jameson, a psych from a religious colony, and Xander, a skythane with a troubled past, must save the strange world of Oberon–and journey to the edge of reality to discover…
Following the reunification of the split world, the winged skythane people struggle to survive and prepare to face their old enemy, Obercorp, while Xander and Jameson discover their love might…
Spells & Stardust is Scott’s first anthology - eight sci fi and fantasy shorts that run the gamut from regeneration to redemption.
The Bear at the Bar: A gay fish…
Over a century after the end of the Earth, life goes on in Redemption, the sole remaining lunar colony, and possibly the last outpost of humankind in the Solar System…
Raven's a thief who just swallowed a dragon.
A small one, sure, but now his arms are growing scales, the local wildlife is acting up, and his snarky AI familiar…
A guard and a thief. What could go wrong?
Aik has fallen hopelessly in love with his best friend. But Raven's a thief, which makes things ... complicated. Oh, and…
The Earth has died.
Five years after the Collapse, the remnants of humanity travel through the stars inside Forever: a living, ever-evolving, self-contained generation ship.
When Eddy Tremaine and Andrissa…
Jameson Havercamp, a psych from a conservative religious colony, has come to Oberon-unique among the Common Worlds-in search of a rare substance called pith. He’s guided through the wilds on…
The world needs saving, again.
Xander and Jameson thought they’d fulfilled their destiny when they brought the worlds of Oberon and Titania back together, but their short-lived moment of triumph…
After saving the world twice, Xander, Jameson and friends plunge headlong into a new crisis. The final battle of the epic science fiction adventure that began in Skythane will decide…
Some stories are epic.
The Earth is in a state of collapse, with wars breaking out over resources and an environment pushed to the edge by human greed.
Three living…
IN-NO-VA-TION (Noun)
1) A new idea, method, or device.
2) The introduction of something new.
3) The application of better solutions to meet unarticulated needs.
Three definitions to inspire writers…
Alex always thought love was enough to keep him and Gio together. Why did they need wedding rings or legal certificates? But now, with Gio lost in a coma after…
Sera is the last runner from Earth, bringing badly needed supplies to the Tharassas Colony across a twenty-five year gulf between the planets. Jas works on a hencha farm to…
What if you could hear the words behind the words? Brad Weston’s life seems perfect - GQ handsome, chief of staff for a GOP California state senator, and has a…
Spaceman meets wolfman.
When his own world is destroyed, Aldiss and his crew barely manage to escape, leaving friends and lovers behind. What was meant to be an exploratory trip…
With Christmas just a week away, two men have to figure out if there’s something left to be hopeful for after the zombie apocalypse, and if they might have a…
A group of strangers meets at Ragazzi, an Italian restaurant, for a cooking lesson that will change them all. They quickly become intertwined in each other’s lives, and a bit…
Life after the Crash.
Over a century after the end of the Earth, life goes on in Redemption, the sole remaining Lunar colony, and possibly the last outpost of humankind…
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The Earth is dead.
Rise of the Inthworld.
The fight for the future isn’t over yet. It could lead to a new beginning, or it might spell the end for the last vestiges of…
Time is running out.
After saving the world twice, Xander, Jameson and friends plunge headlong into a new crisis. The ithani the aliens who broke the world have reawakened from…
Tangents & Tachyons is Scott’s second anthology - six sci fi and sci-fantasy shorts that run the gamut from time travel to hopepunk and retro spec fic:
Eventide: Tanner Black…
Twenty ways to fix the planet.
Climate change is no longer a vague future threat. Forests are burning, currents are shifting, and massive storms dump staggering amounts of water in…
From her humble beginnings as a seedling saved from disaster to the start of her journey across the void of space, this is the tale of a world called Forever…
The fight for the future isn't over yet. It could lead to a new beginning, or it might spell the end for the last vestiges of…
Together, Jameson and Xander will journey to uncover the secrets of the strange and singular half-world of Oberon, even as it takes them beyond the bounds of reality itself to…
The world needs saving, again. Xander and Jameson thought they’d fulfilled their destiny when they brought the worlds of Oberon and Titania back together, but their short-lived moment of triumph…
A group of strangers meets at Ragazzi, an Italian restaurant, for a cooking lesson that will change them all. Everyone in the River City has a secret, and sooner or…
clarity
(noun)
Four definitions to inspire writers around the world, and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell:
1) Coherent and intelligible
2) Transparent or pure
3) Attaining certainty…
Clarity features 300-word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from the minds of the writers of Queer Sci Fi.
