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Winds of Nightsong V. J. Banis
Captive of a forbidden passion for the one man she must never love, Caroline Andrieux escapes into the powerful arms of a mysterious and magnificent lover. He offers her the sweet forgetfulness of sensual abandon, and… More
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The Illustrated Ray Bradbury James Arthur Anderson
Ray Bradbury was one of the first science fiction writers to achieve both popular success and critical acclaim. His books have not only sold millions of copies, but have been accepted as serious literature in an age when… More
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Champavert Petrus Borel the Lycanthrope et al.
Champavert was the archetypal collection of the French “contes cruels,” and the book still remains among the cruellest of them all. It is also one of the greatest collections of short stories ever published;… More
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Valencies Damien Broderick et al.
In the year 4004 AD, the entire universe of habitable worlds has been filled with human beings, thanks to an ancient teleport network and unlimited growth. Humans live on more than a hundred quadrillion terraformed … More
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Milton’s Century Michael R. Collings
No artist creates his works in a vacuum. Beyond the conscious influence of books read, artwork seen, minds probed (through conversation or exchange of letters), writers are in no small part products of everything that… More
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The Venemous Serpent Brian Ball
The commemorative brass plate in the abandoned Derbyshire village church showed Sir Humphrey and Lady Sybil de Latours standing together. At the side of the man is a lion, and beside Sybil a fanged dog.
Strangely, the… More
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Soft Money Ken Wishnia et al.
Even the best cops burn out. 23 Shades of Black’s Filomena Buscarsela returns, having traded in her uniform for the trials of single motherhood. Once a cop, always a cop. She may have left the department, but Filomena’s… More
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Human Spirit, Beetle Spirit John Gregory Betancourt et al.
Revival on the banks of the River was not limited to white Anglo Saxons. This tale reinterprets the Riverworld resurrection through the eyes of a tribe of primitive people, whose beliefs and superstitions blend marvelously… More
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The First Science Fiction Megapack Robert Silverberg et al.
Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century’s most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short):
UNKNOWN THINGS, by Reginald Bretnor… More
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The Last President Michael Kurland et al.
Set in an alternative reality where “All the President’s men” do not get caught at Watergate, this “shockingly believable” novel presents the frightening scenario of what could … More
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On the Banks of the River of Heaven Richard Parks
On the Banks of the River of Heaven presents fourteen stories by Richard Parks, an “unrepentant storyteller,” according to Locus Magazine. In his third collection, you’ll find stories about a ghoul with an identity… More
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Asymmetry Thoraiya Dyer
An Australian Air Force base patrolled by werewolves. A planet where wages are paid in luck. A future where copies are made of criminals to interpret their dark dreams. A medieval cavalry of mothers who are only permitted… More
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #117 Marissa Lingen et al.
Issue #117 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by featuring stories by Marissa Lingen and Alec Austin. … More
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Transmission Error Michael Kurland
Daniel Godfrey has been sentenced to be transported to a prison planet for a crime he didn’t commit–but something goes wrong with the transmatter device, and Daniel and his companions are thrust onto an alien … More
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The Werewolf Megapack Jay Lake et al.
“The Werewolf Megapack” collects 22 classic and modern tales of shape-shifters (and not just wolves!) — including works by Jay Lake, Jack Williamson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, John Gregory Betancourt,… More
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Gaia’s Toys Rebecca Ore
A tale of eco-terrorism set in a dystopian near future of gene-manipulation, medical nanotechnology, and environmental damage; an examination of the risks of overpopulation and uncontrolled technological expansion.… More
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Necessary Ill Deb Taber
Jin, the neuter protagonist of Necessary Ill, begins the novel as a designer of plagues intended to set the world back into balance—a balance of population and resources, creation and destruction, choice and certainty—a… More
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The Queen, the Cambion, and Seven Others Richard Bowes
Richard Bowes’ book of modern Fairy Tales, their Fantasy offspring and Legendary ancestors presents eight of his stories including “The Lady of Wands,” in which a Fey cop tells her story, that appears here for the first… More
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Slow Funeral Rebecca Ore
Bracken County, nestled in the Blue Ridge region of the American South, is like no other place on Earth. Behind its facade of small-town southern life, magic works and corrupts all it touches. Maude Fuller has been running… More
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The Wilkie Collins Megapack Wilkie ` Collins
“The Wilkie Collins Megapack” collects 25 short works — ranging from mystery and suspense to gothics and ghost stories — by the author of THE MOONSTONE and THE WOMAN IN WHITE! Collected are:… More
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The Great Detective: His Further Adventures Gary Lovisi
Sherlock Holmes! That magical name conjures up all that is thrilling and exciting about the classic mystery short story. The Great Detective, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is without doubt the most well-known … More
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The Man Who Lost Himself André Beaunier et al.
THE MAN WHO LOST HIMSELF tells the story of Michel Bedée, a brilliant scientist whose work on the new element that he’s discovered–sirium–has alienated him from his mother, his sister, and his wife.… More
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Of Fret Rattle and Underwater Skylabs W. C. Bamberger
From Fret Rattle to Underwater Skylabs collects seventeen of W. C. Bamberger’s essays on music and musicians. The emphasis here is on the underappreciated and overlooked. Subjects range from acoustic blues… More
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One Remained Seated: A Classic Crime Novel John Russell Fearn
Maria Black, M.A., Principal of Roseway College for Young Ladies, does not expect to come face to face with murder in her favorite cinema, when a stranger seated in Number 11 on Row A is found to be dead–shot through… More