Short Story Giveaways
What She Left Behind collects two interconnected science fiction mystery stories that explore what we inherit from the people who fail us, and what we choose to do with it.
Her Mom’s Legacy
When Mira Graves arrives at her mother’s house, she finds strangers living there. Regina Yarrow, celebrated xenoarchaeologist and perpetually absent mother, has vanished without a word.
The Incomplete Ledger
Determined to finish her graduate thesis while quietly unraveling her mother’s disappearance, Mira uncovers something buried deep in the university’s records: a stolen alien artifact and a suspicious anonymous donor.
As the past closes in on the present, Mira must decide how far she is willing to go to clear her mother’s name.
Short Stories from the Feeler Universe
Mining Deception
A cozy science fiction mystery full of intuition, secrets, and slow-burn suspense.
Someone is skimming profits from a Martian mining operation—and Cora may be the only one who can feel the truth beneath the lies.
What should be a simple client visit turns uneasy when emotions spike in all the wrong places. Using her rare Feeler ability, Cora senses guilt, fear, and motives no one will admit. And the deeper she digs, the more tangled the web becomes.
With every revelation, someone else gains a reason to stay silent.
Cora must follow the emotional trails, sift through misleading clues, and decide how far she’ll go to expose a thief who may be closer than she thinks… before the deception costs far more than money.
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The Thief’s Deception
A cozy sci-fi mystery where illusions run wild and nothing is quite what it seems.
A peaceful afternoon at a Martian art gallery erupts into chaos when everyone suddenly sees flames—except the fire isn’t real. As a Feeler, Cora can sense emotion and shield minds, but even she can’t explain the shared hallucination.
Then she sees her friend Ivy stealing priceless stones… while radiating an emotion that isn’t her own.
A hidden telepath.
A stolen artifact.
A psychic heist spiraling out of control.
To save Ivy and uncover who’s pulling the strings, Cora must untangle the illusion before the truth slips through her fingers—and before she stumbles into a conspiracy reaching far beyond Mars.
If you enjoy small-community mysteries with clever puzzles, amateur sleuths, and a touch of science fiction, you’re in the right place.
Below is a curated list of cozy sci-fi mysteries set on spaceships, space stations, mining outposts, and distant planets. These books feature closed-circle whodunits with the same warm, puzzle-solving feel as traditional cozies — just with some futuristic twists.
Whether you’re a fan of Star Trek, The Expanse, or classic Agatha Christie-style mysteries, you’ll find something to enjoy here.