"Raising Father" by Zichao Ye (Writer) / Nathaniel K. Isaacson (Translator)

An emotional grounded sci-fi tale that speaks to the sandwich generation and the role reversal parents and their children grapple with as they age, Raising Father follows an estranged father and son who get a unique opportunity to re-do their relationship when the son elects to raise his father, born anew from a legal yet controversial reboot technology.

"Safe with Me" by Libby Cudmore

Stripped of her identity, a dispirited woman who is stuck in hiding risks an illicit affair with the only man who can keep her safe, only to discover he's not protecting her from the danger… he is the danger.

"Icarus 7" by Tyler Clifton

Decades after his closest friend vanishes from his orbiting space capsule, Dr. Thomas Loeb–a retired NASA mission controller–receives an impossible phone call. The missing astronaut and friend, Frank Parker, has been arrested for the murder of a young boy. Now, Thomas must piece together the truth behind Frank's disappearance before the answers vanish with him once again.

"Sign Night" by JG Mack

On the precipice of an important debate and starting her career as a real adult, Riley's friends drag her away from her law-school books for a night on the town: her Sign Night. As is tradition, she's presented with a sign she must wear around her neck, with 21 wild tasks she must complete before dawn. Each task is more brazen than the last, daring her to pour out not only liquor, but her own heart—finally gaining the liquid courage to go after the crush she's had for years, and to hold onto the friendships left behind.

"The Christmas Cabinet" by Timothy G. Huguenin

When a babysitter gets stranded with a Hallmark-perfect family over the holidays, their cheerful traditions start to feel less like Christmas spirit and more like ritual. The daughter's unsettling obsession with a locked cabinet opened only on Christmas causes a growing dread for what is unleashed on December 25.