Time Machine Freak Out!
by Lucas Schaefer
illustrated by Brockett Davidson
Austin, Texas is in crisis! A time machine is on the fritz in the middle of the city, sending unsuspecting Austinites into the past or the future against their will. Worse still, the machine’s inventor has disappeared, so no one knows how to turn it off.
Tinaus
by Janalyn Guo
illustrated by Hallie Rose Taylor
You always thought there was something weird about the beacon, like it was watching you. Well, you were right. One day, as you are leaving the library, you notice that the beacon is following you. Its shadow lurks before you, unchanging, as you move. You turn around quickly. The beacon, which is towering over you now, draws you into its center and seals you in, transporting you somewhere far away from home.
The Lost Bowie Silver
by Jessica Topacio Long
illustrated by Matt Rebholz
You make your way down the sidewalk, oblivious to the clamor of morning traffic and the pedestrians around you. Your smartphone is open to the Maps application, which you are using to navigate to yet another bank. For weeks you have been trying to secure a loan, but every bank has rejected you. For mature readers.
The Oswald Variations
by Fernando A. Flores
illustrated by Brian Maclaskey
He’s better known as the man who assassinated JFK, but a few still remember Lee Harvey as the frontman in the two lost recordings of the band Sarcophagus. For mature readers.