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Luz Beyond the Glass

By Ava Kelly | January 31, 2020

Short Story: Science Fiction, Artificial Intelligence, Symbiosis.

Release date: 28 February 2020

Around the world, glass spheres sit in gardens. Everybody knows what they do. They are here to absorb the pollution out of the ground and water and air, to cleanse the filth the ancestors left behind. Most don’t know, however, what resides inside them.

Anthology: Vast: Stories of Mind, Soul and Consciousness in a Technological Age

Editor: C.R. Dudley

Publisher: Orchid’s Lantern

Sunbound

By Ava Kelly | December 16, 2019

Flash: Science Fiction, Winter holiday.

Release date: December 2019

Laura met Martha on the Eve, standing on the frozen shore of the river that flows through the entire virtual reality deck.

Anthology: Gay Apparel | A queer holiday anthology project collecting stories from all over the world. Includes contemporary, historical romance, space epic, weird western, post-apocalypse, gay, lesbian, trans, ace, neurodivergent, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, New Years, and some new holidays, too.

Editor: Rachel Sharp

How and where to get it: from the authors! To receive the anthology, donate to an LGBTQIA+ supporting charity of your choice (or if you want to support me directly buy me a coffee). Then send me an email with proof, what file you want (epub, mobi, or pdf). You can get it from me or other authors (see thread below)!

Out now! Goodreads | Twitter | Thread of authors

Release Day: Snowdrop in a Storm

By Ava Kelly | November 18, 2019

Snowdrop in a Storm, the 3rd installment of the Snow Globes series is out now!

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Snowdrop in a Storm

By Ava Kelly | November 18, 2019

Novella: Contemporary, Holiday, Interracial, Transgender, Romance.

Release date: November 2019

Daniel Wu’s life is wonderful. He has an amazing family in his partner, Jeff, and their adopted daughter. The only thorn in his happiness is Abby’s biological father, Nick, who can’t seem to let go of the past.

Ridden by guilt for trying to tear apart Jeff’s family a year prior, Nick Mariani struggles to find a place for himself in a future that seems bleak. With the backdrop of a holiday vacation, he embarks on a journey of redemption. An unexpected surprise is Leon, who flirts shamelessly from the moment they meet. Leon brings Nick hope, but the shadows of the past threaten to swallow all that newfound brightness.

Series: Snow Globes

Publisher: NineStar Press

Silence, Entwined

By Ava Kelly | November 17, 2019

Flash Story: Horror, WLW.

Release date: June 2020

“The sides of her neck—her ears—are wet.

If there’s someone out there calling her name, she can’t tell.”

Anthology: Neon Horror

Publisher: Artemisia’s Axe and the Corpse’s Tongue

Out now! Haunted Bouncy Castle | Neon-Horror Crowdfunder |

A Sudden Displacement of Matter

By Ava Kelly | November 15, 2019

Short Story: Science Fiction, Nonbinary.

Release date: December 2020

On the space station Dankmar, the Gender Equality Monument has been stolen.

Anthology: Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers

Editor: Lydia Rogue | Series Editor: Elly Blue

Publisher: Elly Blue Publishing

Lambda Awards Nomination: The anthology Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers has been nominated for the 2020 Lammys! Details here.

Out Now! Microcosm Publishing | Exclusive cover reveal | Goodreads | Kickstarter | Twitter

Peripheric Synthesized

By Ava Kelly | September 29, 2019

Flash story: Science Fiction, Space, Artificial Intelligence, Fictional Non-fiction, Time Travel.

Release date: September 2019

“The following annex contains an excerpt of relevant action logs submitted by the representatives of the applicant entity (see Annex 1) as described in Section 17, Par. 2 of the Sentience Recognition Code.”

Sci Phi Journal, Issue 3/2019

Out now! Story online | Issue 3/2019

Erebus

By Ava Kelly | August 30, 2019

Short Story: Science Fiction, Space, Mythology, Death, Slipstream.

Release date: August 2019

“There’s a dull pain inside her chest, radiating with the breaths in her lungs, and Nth latches onto it. Maybe if xe consumes it, she’ll be able to catch up to the others. Reach the end.”

Selene Quarterly, Volume 2, Issue 2

Publisher: Aurelia Leo

Out now! Aurelia Leo | Selene Quarterly | Read Online

Release Day: Migration

By Ava Kelly | July 24, 2019

Across the Mirror Lake has received a Honorable Mention in Queer Sci Fi’s Sixth Annual Flash Fiction Contest.

MI-GRA-TION (noun)

1) Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.

2) Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.

3) Movement from one part of something to another.

Three definitions to inspire writers around the world and an unlimited number of possible stories to tell. Here are 120 of our favorites.

Migration feaures 300 word speculative flash fiction stories from across the rainbow spectrum, from the minds of the writers of Queer Sci Fi.

Details here.

Across the Mirror Lake

By Ava Kelly | July 24, 2019

Flash Story: Science Fiction, Space Travel, Portals, Transgender.

Release date: 24 July 2019

This story has received a Honorable Mention in Queer Sci Fi’s Sixth Annual Flash Fiction Contest.

“In the forest there’s a mirror. Taller and wider than the settlement’s largest shelter, it rises vertically like a paper-thin lake. The only way off the planet is through its rippling surface.”

Anthology: Migration

Publisher: Other Worlds Ink