Sandra Mcdonald: 12 books

"The trouble with cat people is that they cater and spoil the little beasts. You have to be firm. Set limits." Or so Dylan, a deaf writer in Ohio, believes when he accepts an invitation to cat-sit for a friend in Brooklyn in return for a week's free lodging. Soon enough he realizes Milord's...

The end is nearer than you think. The world to come is full of bleak humor, sketchy survivors, and bittersweet nostalgia for what was lost. This collection of short stories from award-winning author Sandra McDonald includes zombies, robots, nuclear submarines, galactic dangers, Hollywood snark, transgender...

Four short stories of whimsy and mystery set in Revere, Massachusetts by award-winning author Sandra McDonald. Includes: Mrs. Gillingham's Constitutional - a walk up Winthrop Ave, with a twist. Constituent Work - magic at City Hall. Recipe for Survival - cooking up tragedy on Bellingham Ave. Life Sentence - a murderer on Charger Street.

For Isa Howard, a transgendered woman on Guam, life after the apocalypse is filled with family, fishing, and waiting for the return of civilization. When a trip across the island goes wrong, she must choose between saving herself and serving her community. It's no choice at all. Reprinted in the Year's Best Science Fiction.

A whimsical tale of a woman, an apocalypse, and the sexy ice-skating cowboy robots she spends the rest of her life with.A short story by the award-winning author of Diana Comet and Other Improbable Stories. Originally published in Strange Horizons. James A. Tiptree Award Honor List 2012

Transgender.Transvestite. Bisexual. These four groundbreaking stories center on people whose sexuality and gender don't fit into tidy boxes. From a WWII battleship to the lunar landscape, they struggle with identity, intimacy, and romance in a world that rejects who they are or want to be. Includes...

Ettie Ruiz is the History and Science Officer for her spaceship, but she never imagined she'd get stranded in 19th century China with famous adventurer Isabella Bird. Now she's sailing down the Yangtze River, visiting the fabled city of Shanghai, and trying to save the planet from a rogue...

Annie Wu loves science, hates history and has a fear of flying. Surely it's a joke when Aunt Zan announces Annie's the only hope of stopping intergalactic war, along with an unhappy crew and broken time machine. It's going to take 6 teenagers, a computer named Watchdog and famous female scientists from history to save the future - if they survive the past and present first.

Tom Carter wants to go home. He's a 25th century pilot stranded far from Earth, out of luck and out of money. On the orbiting space station Boomerang World, his only chance hinges on rescuing a runaway sea princess. With the help of Nona Tiare, a military officer with plans of her own, Tom just might succeed. Or find true love. Or perhaps just start an interstellar war...

Sean Garrity: millionaire jet-setter, world's most eligible gay teen, regularly voted Sexiest 16 Year Old on the Planet. At least in his dreams. In real life he's looking for the perfect summer love while stuck in the dusty stacks of the Florida Keys Bookmine. When mysterious brothers Rob and Andrew...

Fighting fires and rescuing victims is dangerous work. For L.A. paramedics Rob Decker and Jimmy Cole, the 1970's are also a time of sexual conflict and realizations. Facing homophobia on the job, Jimmy's forced to hide his relationships with other men. Married and a father, Rob struggles...

For girlfriends Taylor and Nova, life at a boarding school for obese kids is made bearable only by each other. But when a secret time machine offers Taylor the chance to save her dad from being killed in Iraq, she changes history in ways she never imagined. Now Taylor's living the life of a skinny...