Ratatoskr Press: 49 books

This box set collects the three novels in the Slums of the Solar System shared world: MITWA, THE MARS OF MALCONTENTS, and A WHOLE WORLD FOR EACH. MITWA: When a deadly plague ravaged the Earth refugees fled into space, crowding into any space station or lunar colony that would take them....

They travelled for generations to reach this planet, to turn it into a bread basket for the universe. Rich soil, abundant sun and rain, a perfect site for agricultural colonization. But nothing grows, and no one knows why. A generation raised to become the forefathers of millions now ages alone,...

These tales span from Heian era Japan to the near reaches of space, from alternate world fantasies inspired by Babylon and Mohenjo-Daro to post-apocalyptic air ships that never touch the ground, from light-hearted fare like "Trifle" to the darker "On Desperate Seas", based on the...

Scout Shannon's whole family died the day the Space Farers dropped an asteroid on their domed city. Now she lives alone, out in the wild with only her dogs for company. She prefers it that way. But Scout finds herself at a crossroads. One road leads back to a quiet life snug under the protective...

Having escaped yet another closing trap, Scout Shannon finds herself on a snowbound mountaintop far from civilization. With assassins eager to kill her, laying low on an alien world is the smartest play. But wherever Scout goes, trouble follows. And a hamlet in the mountains gets far more remote...

Akeli lives in a village of tethered balloons and airships far above the unlivable surface of the Earth, but under the cruel thumb of her uncle. Her baby girl fell down to Earth a year ago. An airship full of sailors docks and her uncle demands Akeli get a new baby for the good of the clan. Her...

It all started with Penelope. Or perhaps Jane, for Jane’s letter sent Edgar on the first leg of his improbable journey. The man Penelope wed in Edgar’s place lies at the bottom of the sea, her heart with him. Bedridden, she vomits sea water and slowly drowns. She needs her heart...

"Tales from Ancient and Future Times" collects five stories from fantasy and science fiction writer Kate MacLeod: The science fiction story "Taren and Keui", tale of two alien beings finding a way out of a zero sum game. The dark fantasy tale "The Story for the...

Kate MacLeod writes both fantasy and science fiction. This books collects four of her previously published short stories as well as one new bonus story. These tales span from Heian era Japan to north of the Arctic circle, from light-hearted fare like "Trifle" to the darker "The Onmyoji’s...

Enid, the baker’s daughter, married a lord. All thanks to a very special cake recipe. Now a widow, she lives alone with her grown son. She runs his household with all the skill she learned as a baker’s daughter combined with the grace she learned as a noble lady. She loves it, but nothing...

This box set collects the entire six book series The Travels of Scout Shannon, namely Under Falling Skies, In Quaking Hills, Among Treacherous Stars, Against Impassable Barriers, Over Freezing Altitudes and At Galactic Central. Under Falling Skies Scout Shannon's whole family died the...

Sarsuti, goddess and river, bathes her City in her life-giving waters, and the People prosper from her inundations. But now she runs dry and the People whither with her. Sarsuti loves her People best of all people. So Prithvi’s grandmother the high priestess always tells them. So why the...

A confused ghost pulls herself out of nothingness to find a dead woman soaked in blood in a hollow outside of a temporary village of tents. The ghost remembers nothing, not even her own death. But the hollow stinks of magic. Someone summoned her into existence to solve this crime. Another...

Sohaila never knows in the morning what the day will bring. Four babies desperate for attention or the long, empty days of a lonely widow? Since she made that wish for more time her days come at random. Babies, adult children, willful teenagers, every day a surprise. How to keep track of it...