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Booklife Jeff VanderMeer
Booklife is the first book that addresses the new challenges facing 21st-century writers: balancing self promotion with the craft of writing. It covers both online opportunities such as blogging, social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, as well practical and… More
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Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror Ellen Datlow et al.
This sophisticated, scary anthology collects the best horror fiction published during 1984 and 2005, one of horror’s most prolific eras. These exceptionally diverse stories, hand-picked by horror expert editor Ellen Datlow, are tales of the subtly psychological, the unpredictably mischievous,… More
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Flaming Zeppelins Joe Lansdale
Join the disembodied head of Buffalo Bill Cody, Annie Oakley, Frankenstein (a.k.a. The Creature), the Tin Man, Captain Nemo, Mark Twain, Jules Verne and the inestimable Ned the Seal as they embark upon a spectacular set of non-stop Steampunk adventures.… More
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I Live With You Carol Emshwiller
I Live with You is a sophisticated collection of fierce, tender fiction marked by an absurdist sense of humor. A contemporary of Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino and Fay Weldon, Carol Emshwiller has been lauded for her originality and lyricism.… More
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Rewired James Patrick Kelly et al.
The revolution has been co-opted by half-assed heroes, overclocked CGI, and tricked-out sunglasses. Once radical, cyberpunk is nothing more than a brand.These sixteen extreme stories reveal a government ninja routed by a bicycle repairman, the inventor of digitized paper hijacked… More
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Shambling Towards Hiroshima James Morrow
It is 1945. Inspired by the U.S. Army’s intention to build an atomic bomb, the Navy plans its own dramatic ending to World War II, the Knickerbocker Project. The goal is to produce the ultimate biological weapon: giant Godzilla-esque fire-breathing… More
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Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded Jeff VanderMeer et al.
Gentle Readers, after the outraged letters following our first volume, I would be remiss not to warn you. The handsome tome that lies between your hands is perhaps even more shocking than its predecessor. And yet, I see that your… More
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The Best of Joe R. Lansdale Joe Lansdale
Godzilla’s in a twelve-step program. A soul-sucking Mummy stalks Elvis and John F. Kennedy. Joe Bob Briggs has a moral dilemma: If your girlfriend turns zombie on you, what do you do? And that’s the tame stuff. Joe R. Lansdale,… More
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The Dog Said Bow-Wow Michael Swanwick
Great literature has never been this much fun before. The reigning master of short fiction reinvents science fiction and fantasy in a dazzling new collection unlike anything you’ve ever read. Time-traveling dinosaurs wreak havoc on a placid Vermont town. An… More
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The Fate of Mice Susan Palwick
Gathering together the most outstanding short stories of Susan Palwick’s twenty-year literary career, The Fate of Mice is a powerful collection from an extraordinary fantasist. These unflinching tales, including three original pieces, consider a woman born with her heart exposed… More
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The Hotel Under the Sand Kage Baker
Nine-year-old Emma is lost at sea in a terrible storm. She awakens on a desolate island, frightened and lonely. Yet brave, quick-witted Emma will not be alone for long, as the ghost of a bellboy appears with the tragic tale… More
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The Search for Philip K. Dick Anne Dick
Brilliant, talented, and charismatic, Philip K. Dick was a prolific author, a loyal friend, and a loving father and husband. His six-year marriage to Anne R. Dick, whom he described as the love of his life, was full of passion,… More
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The Secret City Carol Emshwiller
The Secret City harbors a handful of aliens stranded on Earth, waiting for rescue and running out of time. Over years of increasing poverty, an exodus to the human world has become their only chance for survival. The aliens are… More
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The Stress of Her Regard Tim Powers
When Michael Crawford discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed, he is forced to flee. Yet it is not the revengeful townspeople he fears, but the deadly embrace of the malignant apparition claiming him as her own bridegroom.… More
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The Third Bear Jeff VanderMeer
Compared by critics to Borges, Nabokov, and Kafka, an inventive contemporary fantasist continues to amaze with this surreal, innovative, and absurdist gathering of award-winning short fiction. Exotic beasts and improbable travelers roam restlessly through Jeff Vandermeer’s darkly diverting and finely-honed… More
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The Uncertain Places Lisa Goldstein
In this long-awaited new novel from an American Book Award winner, an ages-old family secret breaches the boundaries between reality and magic, revealing the places between them. Will Taylor has fallen for the enigmatic Livvy Feierabend. But Livvy’s family –… More
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