New Release: Chronicle Worlds: Half Way Home (The Future Chronicles Book 22)

I am very excited to announce that my short story MOON LORD is included in this anthology. Right now it's only available as an eBook, but paperbacks are in the plans according to the publisher.

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In the distant future, alien planets are settled by A.I.-piloted starships. The journeys from Earth to these worlds could take hundreds of years - so the ships contain human embryos, preserved until the ship is in orbit, then thawed, raised to fully-grown, and trained by the A.I. with the skills needed to colonize their new world.

This is the seed for the universe in the bestselling novel Half Way Home, which followed one colonial foray on a new world. But this was only one world of a thousand worlds targeted by Earth's ships. That adventure, one of a thousand...

From acclaimed anthologist Samuel Peralta, Chronicle Worlds: Half Way Home brings together fifteen of the most exciting new voices in speculative fiction to explore the universe created by NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Hugh Howey, to chronicle the astounding unexplored worlds of Half Way Home.


★★★★★
"The best place to discover new SF authors, I think, is any of the anthologies coming from Samuel Peralta"
-- Hugh Howey, NewYork Times bestselling author of the SILO trilogy, now a limited series on AppleTV+

★★★★★
"A powerful new voice in speculative fiction"
--Nick Webb, USA Today bestselling author of the Legacy Fleet trilogy

About the Future Chronicles

Created by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Samuel Peralta, The Future Chronicles is the #1 bestselling anthology series that brings together work from visionary new voices and from the grandmasters of modern speculative fiction.

Its unique take on major science fiction and fantasy themes - A.I., time travel, dragons, robots, aliens, zombies, immortality, galactic battles, cyborgs, doomsday - has made it one of the most acclaimed anthology series of the digital era.

CHRONICLE WORLDS: HALF WAY HOME

A long long time ago I wrote a story about a young man living alone on a distant planet. He was mutated but the only one to survive in his colony. He starts to think he’s going crazy. And he just might be…

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From Windrift Books: “In the future, distant planets are colonized by A.I.-piloted starships. Journeys take centuries, so the ships carry human embryos, to be thawed, fully-grown, and A.I.-trained with the skills to colonize their new world.

This is the universe of Hugh Howey‘s bestselling “Half Way Home”, which followed one colonial foray on a new world. But that was one world of a thousand worlds targeted by Earth’s ships. That adventure, one of a thousand…

The FUTURE CHRONICLES is proud to present CHRONICLE WORLDS: HALF WAY HOME – bringing together fifteen of the most exciting new voices in speculative fiction to explore the universe created by Hugh Howey, to chronicle the astounding unexplored worlds of HALF WAY HOME.”

I am thrilled that my short story Moon Lord is included in this anthology!

A Review: Beyond the Stars: A Planet Too Far: a space opera anthology

I got my paws on a copy of Beyond the Stars: A Planet Too Far, and it was amazing!

Awesome collection of short stories. I read this entire collection all in one sitting and then went back to re-read again. I highly recommend this anthology.

5/5 twinkling stars!

The Blurb:
On the heels of the bestselling DARK BEYOND THE STARS anthology comes another collection of spectacular tales by eleven authors both well-known and brand new.

Space opera. Big, sprawling sci-fi stories that encompass strange new worlds, alien life forms, and deep space battles. You'll find all of that here.

Take a journey across the galaxy with these short stories and go BEYOND THE STARS to A Planet Too Far...

"I absolutely loved this book. All the different stories were great. My favorite characters were Alex White and Zelle. I recommend this to anyone who loves urban fantasy and space stories." SciFi/Fantasy Enthusiast