LA RUBIA

How far will Francisca go to protect her colony of Mexican refugees from pirates roving the asteroid belt?

PASE DE UN DÍA

Chalo could teleport to the U.S. every day and work for a better life for his family—if he kept his day pass.

MIKE FINK GOES TO BIG BEND

Characters from American, Mexican, and Native folklore meet in west Texas in the 21st century.

THE THIRTIETH AMENDMENT

Gonzalo had to pass the test of English fluency to prove himself a U.S. citizen. So did others willing to cheat.

AFFECTIVE DISORDER

Texas PI Albert Jimenez found more than the usual when he investigated an heiress' "suicide."

In these pages, you can...

...race against time to solve mysteries hidden in a planet's vast desert—and in a woman's heart
...learn the true story of a president's assassination
...journey 14,000 miles to a high-tech fountain of youth
...win or go "home"—to an Earth you've never seen

and explore six other worlds created by a distinctive voice in twenty-first century science fiction.

In these five stories, Raymund Eich posits new amendments to the United States Constitution.

Amendments written to better bestow the blessings of liberty on the American people and their posterity.

Amendments that those same American people, ranging from common men and women to Presidents, try to evade for personal gain.

From 21st century asteroid settlements to World War II Romania, from an Earth dominated by immortal aliens to Christ's empty tomb, a fresh, distinctive voice in science fiction will take you on journeys to the photosphere of the sun, the coding regions of DNA, and the complexities of the human psyche.

Five stories named as Honorable Mention or Semi-Finalist by judges of the Writers of the Future contest