By: H.G. Wells

“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!” — drowned everything.

By: A. Merritt

“Kiss the bride, Doc!” cried the O’Keefe.

By: Joshua Glenn

Ann Leckie’s ANCILLARY JUSTICE

By: H.G. Wells

“They aren’t firing much, but every shot’s a hit.”

By: A. Merritt

Abruptly the tortured crystal chimings ceased.

By: Joshua Glenn

Matthew De Abaitua’s THE RED MEN

By: H.G. Wells

“Whit, whit, whit,” sang something in the air.

By: A. Merritt

“Lugur is mine! None but me slays him!”

By: Joshua Glenn

Nnedi Okorafor’s LAGOON

By: H.G. Wells

“Louts,” he whispered. “Cunning, elementary louts.”

By: A. Merritt

“Your Love; Your Lives; Your Souls!”

By: H.G. Wells

“What would you do if you were the enemy?”

By: Joshua Glenn

Becky Chambers’s THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL, ANGRY PLANET

By: A. Merritt

“You forget that the nobles will have the Keth…”

By: Joshua Glenn

Matthew Sharpe’s JAMESTOWN