Set in 1970s Mississippi, There Used to Be People Here follows Samuel Barkley, the only Black detective in the small town of Wenton, as he investigates a mysterious death at a local gay bar. Alongside his temporary partner, Harvey, Samuel uncovers a suspicious plane crash, a disturbing cover-up, and something far more sinister than murder….
Tag: Science Fiction
Monsters of Ohio
In a small Ohio town that’s seen better days, the unexpected arrival of monsters shakes things up in more ways than one. As the mystery surrounding them unfolds, we follow a handful of characters trying to figure out exactly what’s going on. Blending sci-fi with a little detective work, the story is about more than…
Headlights
FBI Special Agent Daniel Stansfield is ready to walk away from the job for good but on his last day, he’s pulled back to Denver with a chilling message: it’s happening again. Seemingly innocent people are waking up on the side of the highway wearing the skin of victims they’ve never met, each with a…
The Jellyfish Problem
Marine biologist Dr. Jo Ness prefers jellyfish to people. Since her best friend Aldo died seven months ago, she’s been hiding away at an underfunded aquarium, finishing the jellyfish guide they were writing together and keeping his voice alive through his notes in the margins. When Nadia, one of the few other humans she’s ever…
Constituent Service: A Third District Story
I absolutely loved Constituent Service by John Scalzi. It was an irresistibly fun, fast-paced sci-fi novella that had me grinning the entire time. In this audio-exclusive novella, we follow Ashley Perrin, a recent college grad who’s just started her job as a community liaison in the Third District—the only part of the city where aliens…
The Shutouts
The Shutouts picks up in the wake of Yours for the Taking, plunging us back into a dystopian future unraveling under the weight of climate catastrophe, government betrayal, and identity politics. Though billed as “set in the same world,” make no mistake, this is a true sequel imo, and you’ll be lost without reading book…
Kaiju Preservation Society
Alright well John Scalzi is now an auto-read author for me. After thoroughly enjoying Start Villian I decided to dive into his 2022 release, The Kaiju Preservation Society and I was not disappointed. We follow Jamie Gray as he deals with unemployment in a COVID-19 world. When he runs into an old college friend who…
Yours for the Taking
It’s 2050 and the Inside Project is ready to accept their applicants. Jacqueline Millender a women’s rights advocate and billionaire has funding and treated the project as her own personal experiment. As arrival of those accepted into the Inside begin to arrive, they notice that the lottery to enter might not be as random as…
Starter Villian
The supervillain business just got a new overlord…or at least Charlie’s long-lost uncle Jake just left him his entire estate which happens to potentially include his reputation as a villain. With Jake out of the picture, his enemies are now Charlie’s enemies and they’re coming to claim what’s theirs. Good thing Charlie has a hyperintelligent…
The Future
The Future is a primarily science fiction dystopian, as a group of billionaires and those closest to them navigate (you guessed it) a future where society has collapsed. As we start the book, we meet our three billionaires who control almost all of technology, and who have utilized all of their resources, money, and connections…