Shelf 1
Strange Worlds Sampler
I want a taste of the Splinterverse before I commit to one full-length story.
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What kind of story are you in the mood for?
Welcome to the bookshelves at the edge of the universe. Pick your reading mood and we’ll point you toward the right shelf.
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Station Directory
PICK YOUR READING MOOD
Each shelf gives you a starting point, plus a quick path to explore the recommendations below.
Shelf 2
Fantasy Western Grit
I want sorcery, desperate quests, and a frontier that bites back.
Shelf 3
Sisters, Secrets, & Rebellion
I want YA sci-fi/dystopian stakes, dangerous systems, sister bonds, and characters who will risk everything for family.
Shelf 4
Funny Alien Chaos
I want absurd sci-fi, alien romance, catastrophic misunderstandings, and comedy with heart.
Shelf 5
Tech, AI, & Existential Malfunctions
I want weird tech, AI, anxious coders, future danger, mystery, and reality behaving badly.
Station Recommendation: Anthology Shelf
Strange Worlds Sampler
For readers who want a sampler tray of speculative trouble before choosing their next book.
Best starting point
Earth(ish): Tales from the Splinterverse
If you’re not ready to commit to one strange world, start with several. Earth(ish) is a doorway into the Splinterverse: odd futures, sharp turns, weird premises, and stories that refuse to sit politely in one genre box.
Best for readers who like:
- Short speculative fiction
- Anthologies
- Weird premises
- A mix of tones and worlds
- Discovering new voices
Station Recommendation: Fantasy Shelf
Fantasy Western Grit
For readers who want magic and gunpowder, desperate quests, morally complicated alliances, and redemption arcs.
Best starting point
Song of the Sands
Lugh Ahearn needs to save his dying sister. The path leads through lawless frontier country, old legends, blood sorcery, dangerous alliances, and choices that may cost more than he knows.
Best for readers who like:
- Fantasy westerns
- Magic and gunpowder
- Desperate quests
- Redemption arcs
Station Recommendation: Dangerous Systems
Sisters, Secrets, & Rebellion
For readers drawn to sister bonds, controlling forces, survival choices, rebellion, and characters who have to risk everything for family.
OPTIOn ONE
Between Tungsten & Gold
Alyona is clever, stubborn, and sharp enough to get herself into serious trouble. Add teleportation technology, a toaster, her older sister, her best friend, and a problem much bigger than she expected, and suddenly trust becomes the most dangerous experiment of all.
Best for readers who like:
- YA science fiction
- Teleportation technology
- Brilliant heroines
- Sibling relationships
- Adventure with humor and romance
OPTION two
Mere Mortal
For readers who want dystopian stakes, dangerous systems, family pressure, and the emotional cost of survival when the rules are rigged.
Best for readers who like:
- Dystopian fiction
- Immortality stories
- Teen Angst
- Family stakes
- Rebellion against controlling systems
Station Recommendation: Comedy Shelf
Funny Alien Chaos
For readers who want comedic sci-fi, alien/human romance, footnotes-and-chaos energy, and a story that knows exactly how ridiculous it is.
Best starting point
Sorry, Humans (Especially Greg)
Boy meets girl. Girl lies to boy about being human. Girl accidentally destroys planet. Girl apologizes super hard.
Start here if you want comedic sci-fi, alien/human romance, footnotes-and-chaos energy, and a story that knows exactly how ridiculous it is.
Best for readers who like:
- Comedic sci-fi
- Alien/human romance
- Chaotic heroines
- Absurd humor with heart
- Hitchhiker’s Guide-style weirdness
Station Recommendation: Systems Acting Weird
Tech, AI, & Existential Malfunctions
For readers who like code, AI, anxious minds, mystery-flavored sci-fi, and ordinary people pulled into very non-ordinary danger.
First feature
The Dissection and Reassembly of Cohen Hoard
A sticky title, an instantly clickable premise, and a shelf for readers who want their technology unsettling, their mysteries strange, and their reality just a little unstable.
Best for readers who like:
- AI and code elements
- Anxious protagonists
- Sci-fi mystery flavor
- Destabilized reality
- Ordinary people in non-ordinary danger
Also on this shelf
Splinter's Edge
Future danger, destabilized systems, and sci-fi mystery energy for readers who want the edges of reality to feel sharp.
Best for readers who like:
- Future danger
- Tech-driven tension
- Mystery threads
- Reality behaving badly
- Stories with sharp speculative edges
Reading Oracle
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