India, Nov. 12 -- Moss'd in Space, by Rebecca Thorne (2026). It's some time after the year 90,000. Torian Razner has spent her savings on a derelict alien starship to take her sick sister to Rhymarra - the only planet fit for humans. Little does she know, its organic operating system is a sentient, moss-covered supercomputer with abandonment issues and an attitude problem. What? The tech is whimsical, while the second-chance Sapphic romance and found-family dynamics put an unusual spin on AI.

Ode to the Half-Broken, by Suzanne Palmer (May 2026). This Hugo Award-winner is set in a post-apocalyptic USA ravaged by environmental disaster, pandemics and civil war. When battle-worn Be, a sentient AI mecha, finds his leg stolen, he abandons his...