Veronica Brush

Fadia Karzai has fought harder than anyone to join the first colony on Mars and her stubborn perseverance is finally paying off. As she hurtles through space on a one-way trip to begin her new life, she has no idea what's in store for her on the red planet.She doesn't know that nearly half of the colonists are dead.She doesn't know that her former teammate was among those murdered.She doesn't know that the identity of the murderer has never been uncovered.She doesn't know how soon she'll become the next target.In this sequel to "First Grave on Mars", author Veronica Brush reveals more of her worst-case-scenario inspired by real life plans to send ordinary people to colonize Mars.

Second Deception on Mars

How do you protect yourself from a murderer on a planet that wants to kill you?In the four years between the arrival of the first team of colonizers on Mars and the landing of the second team, everything seems to have gone horribly awry. Five of the original colonists have become disillusioned with the mission and each other. The sixth original colonist is dead and it doesn't look like an accident.Now trapped on this planet and chained to the colony for life support, Sadie Blaine and her two teammates must solve the murder before the killer ends all life on Mars.In this novella inspired by multiple companies' plans to colonize Mars in real life, Veronica Brush creates the ultimate locked room mystery, where the suspects are the only eight people on the planet, and maybe Mars itself. First Grave on Mars is the debut novella and first in a series by the granddaughter of mystery author Joan Lowery Nixon.

First Grave on Mars

Marie Brennan

E. E. King

David Tallerman

Jill Hand

Buzz Dixon

Turner Campbell

Ellen Denton

Pepper Hume

Tim Jeffreys

Frank Kozusko

Mickey Kulp

Sarah M. Lewis

Valerie Manwill

Robert Millet

Karen Ovér

Liz Schriftsteller

Mariah Southworth

Art Weil

Simone Mounsamy

Beth Winokur

What do stories about ephemeral Martian settlers, fascinating dimensional rifts, Spanish-speaking hummingbirds, Loki's children, WWII twins, hitchhiking swamp cats, a steam-punk octopus, Arkham card-games, using bad luck for fun and profit, demon home security systems, alternative criminal justice, workplace time travel, marketing to body-snatchers, alien attraction, and way too many barns all have in common? Simple: in one way or another they are all Bubble Off Plumb.This genre-busting collection is meant for readers who prefer an odd story with their tea and biscuits. So sit back and let these tales delight, confuse, and surprise you!

Bubble Off Plumb

Veronica Brush

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