If you dig first contact or alien invasion stories, I’ve got you covered.
First up: ATACAMA:
A missing research team is found dead in the Atacama Desert under mysterious circumstances. Far away in East Tennessee, researcher Fiona Hawthorne reels from the death of her best friend, Alva, among the Atacama team. When Fiona’s university professor Dr. Bingham is visited by members of a shadowy corporation, she begins to suspect not everything is as it seems.
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Enlisting her intense coworker Lafe Lambert, the two dig deep looking for answers around Alva’s death…too deep. Fiona soon realizes that she not only faces sinister corporate agents, but also a monster hiding in plain sight.
https://jendiagammon.com/atacama/
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Atacama - Jendia Gammon

Atacama, by Nebula and BSFA finalist author Jendia Gammon, is a speculative thriller novel published via Sley House Publishing.

Jendia Gammon - Author
Next up: DOOMFLOWER, a wild, campy horror sci-fi romcom. Think MEAN GIRLS/HEATHERS meets DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS and NIGHT OF THE COMET. Camellia Dume is the meanest teen queen in her Malibu high school, a rich daddy’s girl thanks to her father’s elaborate scams. But she might be the only hero for humanity as an extraterrestrial mutation sends plants tearing across the country and through people in bloody fashion.
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As if that weren’t enough drama, Camellia just might meet her own personal match or worst enemy, in the new student Wray, as sparks fly and opposites attract. Only by working together can they uproot a deadly conspiracy that may have torn Camellia’s family apart. https://jendiagammon.com/doomflower/
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Doomflower - Jendia Gammon

Doomflower by Jendia Gammon is a gonzo campy horror novel by Nebula and BSFA award finalist author Jendia Gammon.

Jendia Gammon - Author

For space opera first contact and alien invasion, HELIOPAUSE starts the 4-book series, The Questrison Saga, which gets more expansive and galactic as it goes. Flashes of light. An unseen menace. Messages from the void. Secrets at the edge of the solar system that threaten to destroy the future.

Mandira Research Station beckons at the heliopause–the brink of interstellar space.
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After Forster sees flashes outside that no one else can, the captain of an incoming ship is attacked by an invisible foe. Forster and his enigmatic coworker Efron search for a missing daughter who might be the cause of it all. Can the team stop the force from taking over Mandira, and the entire solar system?
Continue the adventure with Ephemeris, Accretion, and Luminiferous!
https://jendiagammon.com/heliopause

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Heliopause - Jendia Gammon

Heliopause: The Questrison Saga®: Book One is a science fiction and fantasy novel by Nebula and BSFA award finalist author Jendia Gammon, the first book in The Questrison Saga® space opera series.

Jendia Gammon - Author

Next, I’ve got both cozy and scary first contact stories in my two short story collections.
For the cozy one, which also has some fantasy stories, but plenty of space adventures and more intimate ones on Earth, TO WONDER AND STARSHINE:
https://jendiagammon.com/to-wonder-and-starshine

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To Wonder and Starshine - Jendia Gammon

To Wonder and Starshine is a collection of fantasy and science fiction tales from Nebula and BSFA award finalist Jendia Gammon, published by Trepdiatio Publishing.

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For a mix of science fiction, horror, and fantasy, including some first contact, spooky stories: THE SHADOW GALAXY:
https://jendiagammon.com/the-shadow-galaxy

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The Shadow Galaxy - Jendia Gammon

The Shadow Galaxy is a mesmerizing first short story and poetry collection from Nebula and BSFA Award finalist author Jendia Gammon, writing as J. Dianne Dotson. Longlisted for the BFSA Award and British Fantasy Award.

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