Lauren C Teffeau

Dr. Jorna Benton is proud to be the Principal Scientist for the Climasphere, a massive, sea-going ecological nursery capable of supporting nearly every biome on Earth. On its inaugural mission to restore and re-wild collapsing ecosystems along the Atlantic coast, Jorna manages the Climasphere's habitat and harvest, while her colleague-and inconveniently attractive commander-Ava Kaysar directs the rest of the vessel's critical operations. When an explosion rocks the Climasphere, Jorna's carefully-managed world is thrown into chaos, threatening both her personal and her professional future. And worse: she's the prime suspect. To clear her name, save the mission, and preserve her chance at a future with Kaysar, Jorna must finally confront the secret she's been running from all these years: a family and a faith that could destroy her.

Thurava of Astrava is intended to become a herder, a most honored position for her dwindling community that clings to life on the banks of the Najimov, the river that's the lifeblood of the high desert. But the Glass City on the horizon threatens the delicate balance the Astravans have managed to hold on to for centuries, polluting the air and water as the city grows bigger and bigger. The Glass City's clockwork liaisons offer to bring the Astravans into the Glass City's walls, but they will have to give up their ways and their precious herds to do so. Thurava must decide who she is without her animals, using the stars as her guide, putting herself on a collision course with the secrets the Glass City holds dear.

Thurava of Astrava is intended to become a herder, a most honored position for her dwindling community that clings to life on the banks of the Najimov, the river that's the lifeblood of the high desert. But the Glass City on the horizon threatens the delicate balance the Astravans have managed to hold on to for centuries, polluting the air and water as the city grows bigger and bigger. The Glass City's clockwork liaisons offer to bring the Astravans into the Glass City's walls, but they will have to give up their ways and their precious herds to do so. Thurava must decide who she is without her animals, using the stars as her guide, putting herself on a collision course with the secrets the Glass City holds dear.

When college student Emery Driscoll is blackmailed into being a courier for a clandestine organisation, she’s cut off from the neural implant community which binds the domed city of New Worth together. Her new masters exploit her rare condition which allows her to carry encoded data in her blood, and train her to transport secrets throughout the troubled city. New Worth is on the brink of Emergence – freedom from the dome – but not everyone wants to leave. Then a data drop goes bad, and Emery is caught between factions: those who want her blood, and those who just want her dead. File Under: Science Fiction [ Blood’s the Thing | Under the Dome | Going Viral | Mega City Bytes ]

The Singularity is a speculative fiction magazine, based in London, England, that publishes short stories that are singular in voice and style. Issue 4 features another ten stories from award-winning and new writers from around the world, and marks the end of the publication's first year. The Shell, by Jon Wallace Automatic Diamant , by Philip A. Suggars Foreclosing on the House of God, by Andrew Wilmot Motherhood, by Elana Gomel A Weekend with Malume, by Tom Learmont Beer, Wine & Spirits, by Jon Etter Birthmark, by Himanshu Goel Jump Cut, by Lauren C. Teffeau Caveat emptor/Caveat venditor, by Edward Ahern, and The Extractor, by Corbett Buchly.