Continuing Abeni’s tale, Abeni and the Kingdom of Gold is another epic adventure filled with magic, monsters, friendship, and courage.

Abeni, accompanied by her spirit companions, continues her mission to protect her people after rescuing the Children of the Night from the Witch Priest's army, refusing to return home until her task is complete. When captured by the Kingdom of Gold Weavers, she must retrieve the mystical Golden Throne—guarded by a legendary dragon—or risk being turned into a living gold statue forever. Traveling through treacherous landscapes, battling monsters and a golden army while evading the Witch Priest's daughter, Abeni must rely on her courage, strength, and magical abilities to save her people in this epic fantasy adventure.

Griffon Keming seeks to understand his second parents—who saved him from an abusive family and supported his transition—after their death by exploring his father's bloodstained journal written from a jail cell. The journal reveals a complex love story of two artists scarred by their past struggles and a failed revolution, offering Griffon a glimpse into the lives of the people who chose and loved him. Isaac Fellman's science fiction narrative explores the depths of found family, examining how chosen relationships can simultaneously heal and wound, while delving into themes of trans self-discovery and intergenerational emotional landscapes.

Liu Lufeng, the eldest princess of the Feng—a nature-bound people with bark faces and branch-like arms—is destined to be the next bride to the human king as part of a fragile peace negotiation to prevent the destruction of her homeland. Initially planning to assassinate the king on her wedding day, Lufeng becomes trapped in the human palace and begins to uncover deeper truths about her people's origins that challenge her understanding of their survival. As she realizes the precarious nature of her people's existence, Lufeng must break free from traditional expectations, carefully choose her allies, and take unprecedented risks to protect her family and forge her own destiny.

Najeeba mastered and then abandoned the ability to become a kponyungo (a beast of wind, fire, and dust) that cost her her father's life. Now in her forties, Najeeba has lost her daughter Onyesonwu, who once saved the world. Najeeba decides to learn powerful sorcery from her daughter's former teacher, Aro, to confront a terrible threat and forge a new path by learning the Mystic Points of sorcery. Driven by her daughter's legacy and her own resilience, Najeeba prepares to face her past and an impending confrontation, embodying the strength and mystical potential inherited from her daughter.

This is Nghi Vo's standalone novella companion to The Chosen and the Beautiful, her acclaimed reimagining of The Great Gatsby.

Nick Carraway—a paper soldier and novelist who has been carefully pretending to be straight, human, and forgetful of a pivotal summer in 1922—finds his carefully constructed facade challenged on the eve of World War II. Nick discovers that someone has been observing his elaborate pretenses, and more shockingly, that Jay Gatsby—whether dead or damned—is not finished with him. As a ghostly narrative unfolds, the story explores the haunting power of memory, with Nick's paper existence holding the echoes of a past that refuses to remain forgotten.

In a dystopian 2106 dramatically reshaped by climate change and a cosmic event called the "Bloom" that awakened special abilities in some people, Maida Sun—a psionic individual who can read the history of objects—develops a connection to Li Nuan, a sex-trafficked girl in 1906, and Nathan, a tech-designer from 2006. When Maida uncovers a political plot to eliminate psions like herself, she and her temporally linked companions must use flashes of their past and future to fight against exploitation and systemic oppression. Spanning three different time periods, this novel explores themes of liberation, environmental collapse, and the power of interconnectedness as these three individuals struggle against the forces that seek to control and destroy them.

Greer Coffey, a principal dancer whose career is derailed by a neurologic disorder, unexpectedly time-travels from 2025 to 1925 Detroit, where she meets Dr. Montgomery Gray, a wealthy Black aristocrat struggling with societal expectations during a tumultuous era of industrial growth, racial tensions, and Prohibition. As Greer and Monty become increasingly entangled across time, their encounters begin to create dangerous ripples in the timeline, ultimately leading to Greer becoming trapped in the past and Monty facing a life-altering confrontation. Rita Woods' speculative novel explores themes of personal identity, historical constraints, and the complex consequences of disrupting temporal boundaries through the intimate story of two individuals seeking escape from their predetermined paths.