In space, the lame don't walk, they soar. Setting out on their maiden voyage is the first space crew with disabilities: an all-American basketball star, a celebrity streamer, a computer genius, a military hero, a walking encyclopedia, and the first human born in space. But when a massive solar flare threatens the ship and festering secrets divide the crew, is their mission crippled from the start?

With all of those exoplanets out there, who is looking back at us? Inspired by Carl Sagan's Life on Jupiter, apexeno is a collection of short stories that explores the scientific weirdness of extra-solar planets and the sentient creatures that rule over them.

Jules Jones, a fourteen years old orphan is an apprentice to a grumpy hunter - a mage warrior whose profession is to fight demons and monsters. When they are hired to repel the curse hanging over Arvene Feud, Jules discovers the Lord's dark secret: he buried alive Melissa, the healer that wasn't able to cure his granddaughter. Soon Melissa turns into a bloodthirsty wraith - an undead whose only purpose is revenge, and Jules finds himself in the middle of an uneven fight. The hunter tries to keep Jules safe, but at the final battle it turns out the fate of the whole feud is in the boy's hands. He must fight Melissa aided only by a ghost girl, and if he fails, they all will be damned. Will Jules resist her, or will he be the tool of the wraith's victory?

Suddenly, he took a step forward, pinning me to the wall. His face was only inches away from mine. He stared intensely into my eyes, causing my breathing to hitch. I could see a faint sparkle in his perfect, grey eyes. He brought his mouth next to my ear and whispered: "Kate. There's something I need to confess...", as his hands moved down to my waist. His words sent a shiver down my spine. I stared expectantly at his face. I couldn't find the right words to say, my thoughts were all jumbled up. "I... I love you", he finished. Hold up. What? Did Tyler Davis just tell me he loved me? "Oh my god!", Tyler exclaimed, bursting into laughter. "You should have seen your face! You thought I was serious!". "I..um...", I stumbled over my words. "You know what? Fuck you, Tyler. I can always count on you being an asshole", I said, shoving his chest away and stomping out of the science lab. What the fuck just happened? Why did he just do that? But more importantly, why did I want to believe him? No. It couldn't be. I couldn't be developing feelings for Gilbert High's biggest heartthrob, or as I call him: asshole. _____________________________________________________________________ In Kate's Psychology class, the class is assigned a project, where they need to complete a famous Psychology experiment and present their findings to the rest of the class. Kate chooses the infamous experiment from Arthur Aron "36 Questions that Lead to Love", believing it was complete bs, is determined to disprove it. But when she gets partnered with Gilbert High's biggest heartthrob, Tyler Davis, things don't quite go as planned.