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The Bastard Pleasure
The Bastard Pleasure is a dark novel. It concerns itself with the mystery of identity, its destruction and the brutal way in which it is reclaimed in an emerging act of intuitive will and self-affirmation that is both… More
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The Best People Robert Lopez
Completing his celebrated novels-in-stories triptych, begun with Good People and A Better Class of People, Robert Lopez delivers the third installment, The Best People, which follows a man who made the mistake of … More
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The Brunist Day of Wrath Robert Coover
The Brunist Day of Wrath, the long-awaited sequel to the award-winning The Origin of the Brunists, is both a scathing indictment of fundamentalism and a careful examination of a world where religion competes with … More
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The Castaway Lounge Jon Boilard
Told in the clipped, hard-as-nails language of Elmore Leonard and James Ellroy, The Castaway Lounge explores one man’s struggle to choose between right and wrong, and his growing sense that sometimes the right choice… More
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The City at Three PM Peter Lasalle
Having first appeared in distinguished publications here and abroad, including The Best American Travel Writing, these are beautifully crafted pieces, heartfelt, honest, observant, and often moving toward genuine… More
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Swann’s War Michael Oren
In the tradition of Where the Crawdads Sing and the BBC’s Foyle’s War, Michael Oren’s novel seizes the reader and doesn’t let go until the very last page.… More
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Pirate Talk or Mermalade Svoboda Terese
Pirate Talk or Mermalade is a novel in voices about two brothers who meet a mermaid, fall into pirating, and end up in the Arctic. Henry Hudson said “mermaids are as thick as shrimp in these parts,” and it was the Arctic … More
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The Dark – Issue 123 Sean Wallace
Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by award-winning editor Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:
“They Must Be … More
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Forever Magazine Issue 127 Jay O'Connell et al.
Forever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke.
Our… More
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The Jicker Man Ben Mears
In a world ravaged by rising sea level and nuclear war, Britain is a dangerous place reliant on steampunk technology. Street urchin, Ebadiah, is given a chance in life by two middle class men who recognise his intelligence.… More
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The Sea-Stone Sword Joel Cornah
“Heroes are more than just stories. They’re people. And people are complicated. Some say there are no heroes, only villains who win…” Have you heard the legend of Rob Sardan? The Pirate Lord Mothar is out for revenge after… More
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Be Gay, Do Crime Zane McNeill et al.
Sometimes it pays to be gay and do crime.
As communities are boldly rising to challenge capitalism, white supremacy, and authoritarianism, Be Gay, Do Crime: Everyday Acts of Queer Resistance and Rebellion is your ultimate… More
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Not What I Intended Nancy Kress
Anyone who thinks that, at an early age, they can plan their entire life is mistaken.
Nancy Kress has been exploring the possibilities of genetic engineering, human evolution, alien contact, artificial intelligence,… More
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #439 Jonathan Louis Duckworth et al.
Issue #439 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Jonathan Louis Duckworth and Vijayalaxmi Samal and cover art by Jereme Peabody.… More
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Luna Station Quarterly – Issue 062 Jennifer Lyn Parsons et al.
When times are tough, we look to stories. Sometimes our stories do not offer easy answers. Sometimes our stories contain fear and grief and uncertainty and oppression and dark magic and an apocalypse or three. Maybe … More
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Luna Station Quarterly – Issue 063 Jennifer Lyn Parsons et al.
Reading the stories for this issue has been a reassuring reminder that there is still space for humanity, if we choose to keep it there for ourselves. I’m grateful for the authors in this issue, and grateful for … More