Janine A Southard: 9 books

On a world where high school test scores determine your future, six students rebel. They’ll outrun society as fast as their questionably-obtained spaceship will take them. Rhiannon doesn’t technically cheat the Test. She’s cleverer than the computers that administer it, and she uses...

**WINNER 2013 IPPY AWARD -- Silver Medal for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror E-Book** On a world where high school test scores determine your future, six students rebel. They’ll outrun society as fast as their questionably obtained spaceship will take them. Rhiannon doesn’t technically...

What do you get when you mix mystery and speculative fiction, then toss in the holidays for good measure? A mobster Santa, genetic hanky-panky, Victorian villages, time-travelling detectives, Krampus, eerie bell spirits, and more–this collection of short cross-genre fiction is the perfect counterpoint...

What can your phone do for you? This is the story of a girl and her iPhone. No, that’s not quite right. This is the story of a middle-aged statistician and her best friend. Though she didn’t consider herself middle-aged. And the best friend was more of a roommate-with-whom-she’d-developed-a-friendship....

No one notices when a shapeshifter isn’t herself. A novella of mistaken identity. Three hundred years ago, Earth was destroyed, but the Terrans aren’t giving up. Maya Qaitra is a special type of Terran, created to sniff out biologically compatible species. But Maya’s talent comes with...

The Hive Queen Saga's Thrilling Conclusion!  Rhiannon and her Hive have mastered space travel. Sort of. At least, they’re better at it. They've outsmarted kidnappers, survived severe oxygen deprivation, and heisted back their own ship engine from would-be thieves. Since joining...

Before she became an American Space Ranger. Before she joined Queen-Commander Rhiannon on the Ceridwen’s Cauldron. Before she was sentient, robotic M3L-15-A was a nanny. In this science fiction short story, Melissa turns her child-rearing programming on herself and climbs to sentience....

A space station caper! Here’s the sequel to the award-winning Queen & Commander. Is it really stealing when you take back what’s yours? Rhiannon’s Hive limps into John Wayne Station on the Ceridwen’s Cauldron, exhausted and broke. Safe at last, this stop-over is looking...

20 stories of magic and technology Almost everyone carries a smartphone these days. They sit in pockets and on tables. They sleep on headboards and are the first things their owners check in the morning. They’ve edged out more mundane equipment like calendars and MP3 players. They...