Anthologies

Alan M. Clark has had his own artwork interpreted by writers in two previous Imagination Fully Dilated volumes. Now, Fairwood Press brings you the third installment of this important anthology series. Sixteen tales by experienced as well as up-and-coming writers tell the stories behind Clark's SF artwork.

Fantastic adventure stories to stimulate the mind and imagination of Junior High School age readers.

The twenty-eight stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: * Cory Doctorow * Robert Charles Wilson * Michael Swanwick * Ian McDonald * Benjamin Rosenbaum * Kage Baker * Bruce McAllister * Alastair Reynolds * Jay Lake * Ruth Nestvold * Gregory Benford * Justin Stanchfield * Walter Jon Williams * Greg Van Eekhout * Robert Reed * David D. Levine * Paul J. McAuley * Mary Rosenblum * Daryl Gregory * Jack Skillingstead * Paolo Bacigalupi * Greg Egan * Elizabeth Bear * Sarah Monette * Ken MacLeod * Stephen Baxter * Carolyn Ives Gilman * John Barnes * A.M. Dellamonica Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.

In extreme fantasy anything can happen . In Mike Ashley's breathtaking new anthology the only rules are those the writer makes - these are stories to liberate both the writers' and readers' imagination. They will take you to hell and back (literally - two of the stories involve hell in ways never explored before). For too long fantasy fiction has become synonymous with vast heroic-fantasy adventures in imitation of The Lord of the Rings , but the genre has always been far greater than dwarves and elves. Today many writers are rediscovering the wider world of fantasy and creating bold new ideas or magically reworking older arts. Ashley selects 25 stories by the likes of Orson Scott Card, Paul Di Filippo, A. A. Attanasio, Michael Swanwick, Christopher Priest and Peter Crowther, arranged in ascending order of 'extremeness'. The anthology opens with a story that takes us beyond Middle Earth in 'Senator Bilbo' by Andy Duncan - showing what happens when a radical descendant of his famous namesake tries to introduce immigration control - and reaches the ultimate in 'The Dark One' by A. A. Attanasio, a rite of passage story where you, the reader, discover you are being tested to become the successor to Satan. Other stories include: A man with a terminal disease looks for a cure in a world where Edward Lear meets Lewis Carroll. A man decides to banish all language. A tour of Hell by the boatman himself. The great comic stars of Hollywood find themselves seeking their lost world. A magical experiment recreates the Crucifixion. Suddenly all colour drains out of the world. A magical recreation of Chinese fantasy cinema where a magician and his adepts fight the flying dead.

Description: An anthology of erotic stories where gender is up for grabs. Thousands of people spend time on the Internet identified with a gender other than the one they were born with, for erotic gratification or to stretch their imaginations. But what if you got a tax break for changing your gender? What if you could choose to be no gender at all until you went on a date? Five stories. Erotic science fiction and fantasy has been Circlet Press's specialty since 1992. UP FOR GRABS is one of the many ebooks, print books, and web reads we offer. [Warning: Contains explicit sex.]

RETRO SPEC: TALES OF FANTASY AND NOSTALGIA uses the prisms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror to examine the culture, society, and politics of our recent past, the 1920s to the 1980s, in the United States and Europe. Twenty-six authors have contributed short stories and poetry to the anthology, twining history with speculation to find out what happens when suffragettes construct robots, insects spread cultural movements, women carry out the first "manned" space flights, or hair metal bands make deals with the devil. Along the way, RETRO SPEC hits many of the notches on the 20th century timeline, including World War II, the 60s counterculture, Chernobyl, and the fall of the Berlin wall, testing their limits with genre elements such as alien invasion, ghosts, alternate history, and time travel. Contributors include Robert Borski, Bruce Boston, Don D'Ammassa, Dayle A. Dermatis, Lyn C. A. Gardner, David D. Levine, Cat Rambo, Leonard Richardson, Ann K. Schwader, Marge Simon, and 16 others.

Daily Science Fiction is an email magazine. Those who sign up (subscribe), receive a science fiction story in their email box for free each weekday. The stories are later published to the website. It's that simple. Nothing's that simple. By science fiction, we mean anything that would traditionally be found in the science fiction section of your local bookstore. While most of what we send falls easily into science fiction or fantasy, we also include slipstream, magical realism, and some stories that defy even these interstitial classifications. We have enjoyed the work the authors have shared with us. We hope you enjoy them, and subscribe at our website. www.dailysciencefiction.com. Featuring stories by Edoardo Albert, Helena Leigh Bell, Keyan Bowes, Terry Bramlett, Sue Burke, Beth Cato, Sarah L. Edwards, JG Faherty, Ciro Faienza, Stephen Gaskell, Michael Guillebeau, Brenda Cannon Kalt, David D. Levine, Brian K Lowe, Sandra McDonald, Geoffrey C Porter, Peter Roberts, Marge Simon, Michael Vella, Pam L. Wallace, and M.O. Walsh. Cover art for this issue by Melissa Mead.

Daily Science Fiction is an email magazine. Those who sign up (subscribe), receive a science fiction story in their email box for free each weekday. The stories are later published to the website. It's that simple. Nothing's that simple. By science fiction, we mean anything that would traditionally be found in the science fiction section of your local bookstore. While most of what we send falls easily into science fiction or fantasy, we also include slipstream, magical realism, and some stories that defy even these interstitial classifications. We have enjoyed the work the authors have shared with us. We hope you enjoy them, and subscribe at our website. www.dailysciencefiction.com. Featuring science fiction and fantasy stories by Barbara A. Barnett, David G. Blake, Bruce Boston, Jacob A. Boyd, Tom Cardamone, Gwendolyn Clare, Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, Greg van Eekhout, K.G. Jewell, Thomas F Jolly, Andrew Kaye, Terra LeMay, David D. Levine, Jennifer Mason-Black, T.A. Pratt, Siobhan Shier, Allison Starkweather, Eric James Stone, Desmond Warzel, and Ed Wyrd.

Issue #108 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by David D. Levine and Jamie Lackey.

An anthology of original horror tales featuring "evil genius" archetype characters intent on ruling the world features contributions by such best-selling authors as Diana Gabaldon, Daniel Wilson and Austin Grossman. By the editor of the best-selling Wastelands. 20,000 first printing.

Edited by the esteemed Ellen Datlow, Telling Tales collects stories from award-winning and highly acclaimed alumni of the prestigious Clarion West Writers Workshop in Seattle, Washington. These sixteen stories display a range of styles that exemplify the talents of writers who have passed through the program over the past 30 years. They diverse stories move from the streets of Lahaina to Pirateland, and include IQ-enhanced mice, genetic transformations, seafaring animals, Russian high-tech junk patrols, and a museum dedicated to water. The anthology includes stories from Kathleen Goonan, Louise Marley, Margo Lanagan, Susan Palwick, Mary Rosenblum, Ian McHugh, Daniel Abraham, Benjamin Rosenbaum, David Levine, Andy Duncan, Christopher Rowe, Rachel Swirsky, David Marusek, Nisi Shawl, Kij Johnson, and Ysabeau Wilce. Each is accompanied by an afterword from an instructor from their respective year: Greg Bear, Pat Murphy, Howard Waldrop, Samuel R. Delany, Gardner Dozois, Maureen McHugh, Lucy Sussex, Connie Willis, Geoff Ryman, Elizabeth Hand, Terry Bisson, Andy Duncan, Pat Cadigan, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Paul Park.

Ten books for the price of one! This bundle contains the following ebooks: Haunted: Ten Tales of Ghosts, Bites: Ten Tales of Vampires, Cutlass: Ten Tales of Pirates, Scared: Ten Tales of Horror, Beltane: Ten Tales of Witchcraft, Seers: Ten Tales of Clairvoyance, Spells: Ten Tales of Magic, Undead: Ten Tales of Zombies, Dragon: Ten Tales of Fiery Beasts, Cogwheels: Ten Tales of Steampunk The stories in this collection are exciting, surprising, funny, scary, thought-provoking, romantic, enchanting, entertaining, Authors include David D. Levine, Jeff Strand, Rayne Hall, Douglas Kolacki, Tara Maya, Jonathan Broughton, April Grey, Liv Rancourt, Pamela Turner, Deborah J. Ross writing as Deborah Wheeler, and many more. With this big bundle of 100 tales, you're bound to find stories you enjoy and discover new favourite authors.

Lovable scoundrels and scoundrels we love to hate. From rascals causing harmless mischief to dark lords with evil in their hearts, scoundrels can be found in every world, mundane to fantastical. We fight them, laugh at them, and sometimes root for them. The twenty-seven stories in ROAR volume 6 explore scoundrels of every stripe, in every walk of life. Read stories from celebrated anthropomorphic authors, award-winning science-fiction and fantasy authors, and talented newcomers to the furry genre! Contents: Squonk the Dragon by Pete Butler Brush and Sniff by mwalimu Faithful by Marshall L. Moseley Gerbil 07 by Huskyteer CSI: Transylvania by Kevin M. Glover Hard Scratching In Kittytown by Blake Hutchins Hold the Moon by Eric M. Witchey Ernest by Lyn McConchie Two Crows, Two Wires, and the Moon by Andrew S. Taylor Into the Wind by Rechan At What Cost by Jeeves the Roo A City With No Children by James Stegall Perch by Sarah Doebereiner The Cat Thief by Laura "Munchkin" Lewis Food, Feuds and Fake Flora by Ocean Tigrox Puppy Love by George S. Walker I Hold My Father's Paws by David D. Levine 0mega by Garrett Marco Skinned by Kyell Gold Relics, Rabbits, and Tuscan Reds by Slip Wolf Shadows of Horses by Phil Geusz Coyote's Voice by Altivo Overo Prof Fox by Mark Patrick Lynch Wolves and Foxes by Amy Fontaine Unexpected Bouquets by Ellen Saunders Clearance Papers by Fred Patten Edward Bear and the Very Long Walk by Ken Scholes

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short stories published on Tor.com in 2015. Includes short fiction by Nino Cipri, Seth Dickinson, Jeffrey Ford, Yoon Ha Lee, Maria Dahvana Headley, David Herter, Kameron Hurley, Noah Keller, David D. Levine, Michael Livingston, Usman T. Malik, Haralambi Markov, Daniel José Older, Malka Older, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kelley Robson, Veronica Schanoes, Priya Sharma, Brian Staveley, Sabrina Vourvoulias, and Ray Wood. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

From the age of steam and the heirs of Dr. Frankenstein to the asteroid belt to the halls of Miskatonic University, the writers at Book View Café have concocted a beakerful of quaint, dangerous, sexy, clueless, genius, insane scientists, their assistants (sometimes equally if not even more deranged, not to mention bizarre), friends, test subjects, and adversaries. Table of Contents: "The Jacobean Time Machine," by Chris Dolley; "Comparison of Efficacy Rates," by Marie Brennan; "A Princess of Wittgenstein," by Jennifer Stevenson; "Mandelbrot Moldrot," by Lois Gresh; "Dog Star," by Jeffrey A. Carver; "Secundus," by Brenda W. Clough; "Willie," by Madeleine E. Robins; "One Night in O'Shaughnessy's Bar" by David D. Levine; "Revision" by Nancy Jane Moore; "Night Without Darkness" by Shannon Page and Mark J. Ferrari; "The Stink of Reality" by Irene Radford; "Value For O," by Jennifer Stevenson; "The Peculiar Case of Sir Willoughby Smythe," by Judith Tarr; "The Gods That Men Don't See" by Amy Sterling Casil. Read by Aaron Abano, Tess Van Horn, Paula Hoffman, Christopher Price, J. Paul Guimont, Corey Gagne, Eric Pollins, Kymberly Dakin, Marguerite Vine, Christine Marshall.

This is the second annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much attention (and contention) across fandom. But there are more stories loved by the Hugo voters, stories on the longer nomination list that WSFS publishes after the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon. The Long List Anthology Volume 2 collects 18 fiction stories from that nomination list, along with 2 essays from the book Letters to Tiptree that was also on the nomination list, totaling over 500 pages of fiction by writers from all corners of the world. Within these pages you will find a mix of science fiction and fantasy and horror, the dramatic and the lighthearted, from android caretakers to Lovecraftian romances, from adventures to quests and more. There is a wide variety of styles and types of stories here, and something for everyone. The stories included are: "Damage" by David D. Levine "Pockets" by Amal El-Mohtar "Today I Am Paul" by Martin L. Shoemaker "The Women You Didn't See" by Nicola Griffith (a letter from Letters to Tiptree) "Tuesdays With Molakesh the Destroyer" by Megan Grey "Wooden Feathers" by Ursula Vernon "Three Cups of Grief, By Starlight" by Aliette de Bodard "Madeleine" by Amal El-Mohtar "Neat Things" by Seanan McGuire (a letter from Letters To Tiptree) "Pocosin" by Ursula Vernon "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers" by Alyssa Wong "So Much Cooking" by Naomi Kritzer "The Deepwater Bride" by Tamsyn Muir "The Heart's Filthy Lesson" by Elizabeth Bear "Grandmother-nai-Leylit's Cloth of Winds" by Rose Lemberg "Another Word For World" by Ann Leckie "The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild" by Catherynne M. Valente "Our Lady of the Open Road" by Sarah Pinsker "The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn" by Usman T. Malik "The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps" by Kai Ashante Wilson

The complete first year of GlitterShip Magazine. In these pages, you'll find characters who transcend space and time: resistance fighters, superheroes, magicians, artists, technicians, robots, lovers, faeries, thieves, sailors—and even one righteously pissed-off Cinderella. Collecting the more than 30 stories that have previously appeared in GlitterShip, this anthology shows that the worlds of LGBTQ science fiction and fantasy are vast and magical. A mix of established, award-winning authors and new writers you've been waiting to meet, GlitterShip brings you a variety of voices to read and enjoy. Table of Contents "And Out of the Strong Came Forth Sweetness" by Lisa Nohealani Morton "A Thing with Teeth" by Nino Cipri "Skeletons" by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam "Just a Little Spice Will Do" by Andrew Wilmot "Increasing Police Visibility" by Bogi Takács "Je me souviens" by Su J. Sokol "Love Over Glass, Skin Under Glass" by Penny Stirling "King Tide" by Alison Wilgus "The End of the World in Five Dates" by Claire Humphrey "Sooner than Gold" by Cory Skerry "Minghun: Unlikely Patron Saints, No. 5" by Amy Sisson "All That Fairy Tale Crap" by Rachel Swirsky "Ordinary Souls" by K.M. Szpara "Sugar" by Cat Rambo "Swan-Brother" by Gabriel Murray "Ulder" by Vajra Chandrasekera "Learned People" by Chelsea Eckert "Eureka!" by Nick Mamatas "The Sewell Home for the Temporally Displaced" by Sarah Pinsker "City of Chimeras" by Richard Bowes "Stalemate" by Rose Lemberg "Into the Nth Dimension" by David D. Levine "Bonsaiships of Venus" by Kate Heartfield "How to Become a Robot in 12 Easy Steps" by A. Merc Rustad "The Face of Heaven So Fine" by Kat Howard "Lamia Victoriana" by Tansy Rayner Roberts "Straw and Gold" by Kate O'Connor "The True Alchemist" by Sonya Taaffe "And the Blood of Dead Gods Will Mark the Score" by Gary Kloster "Her Last Breath Before Waking" by A.C. Wise "This Shall Serve as a Demarcation" by Bogi Takács "They Jump Through Fires" by Gabriela Santiago "Sarah's Child" by Susan Jane Bigelow "Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon" by Ken Liu

[Read by Various Readers] Science fiction short stories nominated for the Hugo Award in 2016 that made it into the first round of the finals are presented here in the second volume of The Long List Anthology . This second volume of The Long List Anthology is designed to recognize the short works that were nominated for the 2016 Hugo Awards but did not make it into the top five shortlist for the final ballot. Thus, voted into the Hugo Award's long list of works -- the top fifteen works nominated for each category -- were these short stories and novelettes, now made available to a wider audience by award-winning narrators. Included in this volume are : ''Our Lady of the Open Road'' by Sarah Pinsker, ''Today I Am Paul'' by Martin L. Shoemaker, ''Madeleine'' by Amal El-Mohtar, ''Pocosin''' by Ursula Vernon, ''Damage'' by David D. Levine, and ''Grandmother-nai-Laylit's Cloth of Winds'' by Rose Lemberg.

CONFLICT IS ETERNAL We have always fought. War is the furnace that forges new technologies and pushes humanity ever onward. We are the children of a battle that began with fists and sticks, and ended on the brink of atomic Armageddon. Beyond here lies another war, infinite in scope and scale. But who will fight the wars of tomorrow? Join Elizabeth Bear, Indrapramit Das, Aliette de Bodard, Garth Nix and many, many more in an exploration of the furthest extremes of military science fiction…

Winner of the World Fantasy Award Worlds Seen in Passing is an anthology of award-winning, eye-opening, genre-defining science fiction, fantasy, and horror from Tor.com's first ten years, edited by Irene Gallo. "A fresh new story going up at Tor.com is always an Event."―Charlie Jane Anders Since it began in 2008, Tor.com has explored countless new worlds of fiction, delving into possible and impossible futures, alternate and intriguing pasts, and realms of fantasy previously unexplored. Its hundreds of remarkable stories span from science fiction to fantasy to horror, and everything in between. Now Tor.com is making some of those worlds available for the first time in print. This volume collects some of the best short stories Tor.com has to offer, with Hugo and Nebula Award-winning short stories and novelettes chosen from all ten years of the program. TABLE OF CONTENTS: “Six Months, Three Days” by Charlie Jane Anders “Damage” by David D. Levine “The Best We Can” by Carrie Vaughn “The City Born Great” by N. K. Jemisin “A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel” by Yoon Ha Lee “Waiting on a Bright Moon” by JY Yang “Elephants and Corpses” by Kameron Hurley “About Fairies” by Pat Murphy “The Hanging Game” by Helen Marshall “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere” by John Chu “A Cup of Salt Tears” by Isabel Yap “The Litany of Earth” by Ruthanna Emrys “Brimstone and Marmalade” by Aaron Corwin “Reborn” by Ken Liu “Please Undo This Hurt” by Seth Dickinson “The Language of Knives” by Haralambi Markov “The Shape of My Name” by Nino Cipri “Eros, Philia, Agape” by Rachel Swirsky “The Lady Astronaut of Mars” by Mary Robinette Kowal “Last Son of Tomorrow” by Greg van Eekhout “Ponies” by Kij Johnson “La beauté sans vertu” by Genevieve Valentine “A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers” by Alyssa Wong “A Kiss With Teeth” by Max Gladstone “The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections” by Tina Connolly “The End of the End of Everything” by Dale Bailey “Breaking Water” by Indrapramit Das “Your Orisons May Be Recorded” by Laurie Penny “The Tallest Doll in New York City” by Maria Dahvana Headley “The Cage” by A.M. Dellamonica “In the Sight of Akresa” by Ray Wood “Terminal” by Lavie Tidhar “The Witch of Duva” by Leigh Bardugo “Daughter of Necessity” by Marie Brennan “Among the Thorns” by Veronica Schanoes “These Deathless Bones” by Cassandra Khaw “Mrs. Sorensen and the Sasquatch” by Kelly Barnhill “This World Is Full of Monsters” by Jeff VanderMeer “The Devil in America” by Kai Ashante Wilson “A Short History of the Twentieth Century, or, When You Wish Upon A Star” by Kathleen Ann Goonan

Explore twenty-four imaginative tales crafted by some of today’s best writers of science fiction and fantasy, all guests on Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers during its second year, including international bestsellers and winners of every major award in the field as well as newer authors just beginning what promise to be stellar careers. There are brand-new stories from Kelley Armstrong, Marie Brennan, Garth Nix, Candas Jane Dorsey, Jeremy Szal, Edward Willett, Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Lisa Foiles, Susan Forest, Matthew Hughes, Heli Kennedy, Helen Dale, Adria Laycraft, Edward Savio, Lisa Kessler, Ira Nayman, James Alan Gardner, and Tim Pratt, plus fiction by Jeffrey A. Carver, David D. Levine, Carrie Vaughn, Nancy Kress, Barbara Hambly, and S.M. Stirling. A woman seeking the power to see the evil hiding within others regrets receiving it. Letters written by a wizard in the past threaten a queen’s reign in the present. Competing for Earth, a human wrestler faces an alien shapeshifter in an interstellar tournament. A guide in Tibet must weigh the good of his people when asked to lead a westerner to the fabled realm of Shangri. An activist imprisoned for illegal genetic modification works with the materials at hand and the threads of the multiverse to make the world— a world, at least—a better place. A demonic agent sent to help a human turns the tables on his summoner. Like the “cabinets of curiosities” created by collectors of the sixteenth century, Shapers of Worlds Volume II displays a varied array of thought-provoking delights: tales of humour and sorrow, darkness and light, and hope and despair that are full of adventure, full of life, and sometimes full of regret. There are stories set in alternate histories, in possible futures, near and far, and in the here-and-now, taking place on Earth, on distant planets, or in fantastic realms. All arise from the innate need of human beings to create, to imagine . . . to shape worlds. Praise for Shapers of Worlds Volume I: “One of the most wide-ranging volumes I’ve encountered in terms of sub-genre. It’s rather like a speculative fiction buffet, offering steampunk, fantasy, military fiction, magic, space opera, post-apocalyptic, hard science fiction, and others . . . Inventive and varied, the collection has a lot to offer for those seeking an interesting, entertaining, and thought-provoking read.” – Lisa Timpf, The Future Fire

Named for the anarchist utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin’s science fiction classic The Dispossessed, Dispatches from Anarres embodies the anarchic spirit of Le Guin’s hometown of Portland, Oregon, while paying tribute to her enduring vision. In stories that range from fantasy to sci fi to realism, some of Portland's most vital voices have come together to celebrate Le Guin’s lasting legacy and influence on that most subversive of human faculties: the imagination. Fonda Lee’s “Old Souls” explores the role of violence and redemption across time and space; Rachael K. Jones’s “The Night Bazaar for Women Turning into Reptiles” touches on gender oppression and a woman’s right to choose; Molly Gloss’s “Wenonah’s Gift” imagines coming-of-age in a post-collapse culture determined to avoid past wrongs; and Lidia Yuknavitch’s “Neuron” reveals that fairy tales may, in fact, be the best way to understand the paradoxes of science. Other contributors include Curtis Chen, Kesha Ajọsẹ-Fisher, Juhea Kim, Tina Connolly, David D. Levine, Leni Zumas, Rene Denfeld, and Michelle Ruiz Keil, with a foreword by David Naimon, co-author (with Le Guin) of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing .