Extinction is playing a waiting game and it seems it doesn't have long left to wait. A plague that slowly took the lives of every man and made pregnancy a deadly lottery is tragically close to finishing its work. With Earth already doomed, Mars is the last refuge for half a million people, and what seems likely to be humanity's final generation - fewer than a thousand young women already in their twenties. Zoe has the tragic distinction of being one of the last people to have kissed a boy - a far distant memory, one of many that are all she has left of a life left behind, far in the past on a dying planet she once called home. Living an isolated life in the Martian desert, one thing lifts Zoe's life out of this lonely numbness: a distant house, and her telescope, through which she sees a beautiful woman who owns a telescope of her own. At the same time every day, she showers and steps out onto her balcony and reveals herself to this enticing stranger who wears precisely the same outfit: fresh air, and mystery. It's a ritual that seems to lead nowhere, until one night the mystery stands in her doorway, leading her into new places and stirring up long abandoned hopes. Hopes that she might feel again, and that there may be hope for humanity after all.

Beth Fields had known since high school that she was going to sign up for the New Hope colonization program. The daring and mystery of a voyage through space were calling her name. The adventure of exploring an unknown planet tugged on her heart. This was her chance for a fresh start. A new life. Of course, there were risks involved. Space was unpredictable. Numerous things could go wrong, but it was a risk she was willing to take. --- Co-written with my sister @SapphireSky_

[THIS STORY IS FREE WITH EXCLUSIVE BONUS CONTENT] A fake relationship, a diabolical plan and a threat to the human race. The only thing that ties them together is an eighteen year old girl's choice, that could change the course of everything. *** Every year five hundred children are abducted from planet Earth and taken to Pluto to serve as slaves to aliens who are far superior to the human species. When a slave turns eighteen they are allowed to choose their fate for the rest of their lives. They are only given three choices; remain a slave, become a fighter or serve as a Plutonian's lover. For the past eleven years, Aria has spent every second waiting for an opportunity to escape and when she's offered a dangerous but rewarding arrangement by a prominent Plutonian, she is quick to agree. But when the lines between love and hatred blur, will Aria ever be able to escape or will her risky circumstances kill her first? Editor's Picks 2021 *Winner of the Spotlight Awards* *Highest rank so far: #4 in Aliens #1 in dystopian #3 in romance (10/2/21) Cover by @Greenteadragon