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[2018 WATTYS WINNER] Louise Johnson was an African American teen living on the brink of the Space Race. Her hobbies included studying the twinkling night sky, ignoring her racist classmates, equally fantasizing about both killing and kissing Patricia Morris--and oh, using quantum teleportation to her own advantage by the means of a perplexing silver Ring. That was, until she found herself knee-deep in a heap of files revealing that the newly-formed NASA was hiding inconceivable research from Project Vanguard that should've destroyed the entire planet worse the than progressing Cold War. Now obviously, the forty-eight states of America are still intact, and so is our beloved Earth. But why? Fortunately for humanity, Louise Johnson and her diverse team of science-loving geeks turned the imminent apocalypse into just another facet of American history. And this is the entirely illegal story of how.[©2017-2018. All rights reserved.]…

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[Short Story] When Robin Park is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, her entire world seems to change. Her only constant is the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary-- a tool that comes in handy whenever she needs to define things like complex human emotions. Until she meets Vana, that is. Now it seems the dictionary isn't helping her much at all.🏆Featured in Short Story's Puppy Love reading list.🏆🏆Featured in LGBTQ+'s GirlxGirl Teen Fiction reading list.🏆[©2017-2018. All rights reserved.]…

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Five-year-old Kendall Frodell is a genius and has been ever since she was born. The fact that she can and does read high school material, can mentally solve a wide array of equations, and has an incredible memory for trivia could've all easily skipped her from Kindergarten to fifth grade. But Kenny's intelligence (along with her voice) hides behind vague, situation-based index cards and rewritten answers.Things quickly change when she becomes afflicted with peculiar fainting spells-- ones where she walks, writes, and even solves equations while seemingly unconscious. Her erudition is unwillingly revealed, and she's whisked off to an academy for people like her. Very suddenly becoming aware of a whole society of gifted children, school has never been more challenging. An enforced social hierarchy, infamously harsh teachers, blockheaded children-- and the brief disappearances of her classmates only add to everything.In the style of both Ender's Game and the X-Men, The Prodigies is a piece of speculative fiction that will leave you...curious.Highest Ranking: #2 in Science Fiction[©2017-2018. All rights reserved.]…

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Genderqueer detective Zander Ibrahim, better known as Z Abraham, is fresh out of training and scouring the entire universe for an enthusiastic crime-tackling partner. They've met with graduates from the most prestigious of PI instruction programs and investigators with the highest numbers of solved cases in history all in search of a Sherlock to their inexperienced, eager Watson. But according to...well, everyone, not just anyone will be able to handle the spontaneous, awkward genius that is Abraham. As both one of the first and youngest Tellurian members of the homo genus working in their field, they'll need to work alongside someone who's just as spirited as they are. On a trivial trip to the Intergalactic Psychiatric Hospital for the Criminally Insane, Abraham finds themself one Sophie Drake-- a human inmate chained by her obsessive disciplines and supposedly violent tendencies. A slew of brutal murders and one lockdown later, the two become a mystery-solving team prepared to fight against all odds to protect themselves and wrongfully placed patients. But the lines between good and evil are not as simply sought as Abraham assumed-- and the ever so mercurial Drake herself is proving to be a clear example of that.A futuristic murder mystery peppered with very...familiar social issues, A&D: Genesis is sure to be unlike anything else you've ever read.[©2018. All rights reserved.]…

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"existence is nothing more than an illusion we're all forced to take part in.""that sounds incredible.""oh my god. i've never met someone so willing to become a slave to the whim of the universe."she laughs, and my heart fills to the brim with amaranthine joy. "are all corporeal beings so melodramatic?"i smile against her forehead. "not all, i don't suppose. only the immortal ones."[©2018. All rights reserved.]…

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[On hiatus.] What would you do if the apocalypse started right now, forcing your entire town to its knees within twenty minutes (1,200,000 milliseconds)? It was a generic summer day when Ben and Nate Healy's parents accidentally caused an apocalyptic viral outbreak, leaving the two teens to fend for themselves in the disease-ridden state of Florida. They're left with nothing but a series of videos and an entryway to a mysterious set of underground tunnels to find their way to the safe haven their parents have locked themselves in. However, after realizing the first video was broadcast to the public, they discover they're not the only ones looking to stay healthy. Max and Margot Iyengar will do anything to get into that haven. After losing a friend to the virus, they make a pact to stay together and keep each other out of harm's way. But Max starts to see a different side of Margot-- the side willing to sacrifice anything to find a cure for the virus and save her girlfriend from the label of "Infected." Including Max and anyone else who comes across her path. Fighting for their lives and a spot in the Haven, these four angsty teens team up to take on the other teenage gangs and the conscious diseased that roam the chaotic subworld of the tunnels. But can they survive the Epidemic without becoming Infected? Or will the hazardous disease of insanity get to them first? [©2017-2018. All rights reserved. Rated mature for strong language, brief depictions of violence, and comical references to sexual activities.]…