I love fantasy and sci-fi stories because anything can happen. The only limit is the author’s imagination. New worlds are born on the page, places full of wonders and dangers. Yet these stories deal with genuine emotions and challenges that readers can relate to, just as much as fiction set in the real world.
Stories of conflict, love and growth are all the more fascinating when set against a backdrop of the impossible (or not-yet-possible.)
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The story of two longtime friends/lovers (an inventor and a witch) who must combat a dangerous war between magic and science. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby, as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on Hoopla.
Twins with special talents are drawn apart by a war between the Machinists and the Tensors. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on Hoopla.
Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won’t set her free without a service.
This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Libby, an eAudio on Libby, and an eAudio on Hoopla.
After escaping enslavement Gilda finds chosen family with “those who share the blood.” We see her grow and mature into her new life over the course of several centuries. This title is also available for checkout as an eBook on Overdrive/Libby and as eBook on Hoopla.
Ezili, the African Caribbean goddess of love, inhabits various bodies throughout space and time, including a healer active in Haiti’s slave rebellion. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby, as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby, as eBook on Hoopla or as eAudio on Hoopla.
This short novel brings vividly to life a dystopian American Southwest and the subversive lesbian librarians who work to upset the status quo. You can also check out this title as eAudio on Hoopla, as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby or as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.