Short Stories/Novellas
THE GIRL WHO FELL INTO THE SKY by Kate Wilhelm. The magical wheat-fields of Kansas hide the ruins of an old town with a terrible past. While doing research on an oral history project, Lorna stumbles on the town's secret. This story, a classic in the field, won the Nebula Award for best novelette in 1986.
Out of print science and science fiction magazine. Cover story "New Space - Earth - Night - Spirit" with art by Attila Hejja.
A strong story from Wilhelm about a strange child and a man with a desire to be more than just a success.
A woman sees a strange sight in the desert that changes her life forever. Her friends bring her back to the place to prove to her that it was all just an illusion--only to make a stunning discovery. This novella is a great example of Wilhelm's ability to mix philosophical and emotional themes with high tension science fiction ideas.
Sam and Lori had only just met and now they are dead, the result of a car accident. Accident? Dead? No, and not exactly. In life, Sam was a successful playwright and Lori was a secretary for Ben Carnahan, a scheming movie producer who wants Sam’s new script and whose negligence on a movie set twenty years earlier killed Lori’s father. Now, Sam and Lori are ghosts out of sequence with the real world yet fully aware of their existence. As they work together to find out what happened to them, a plot to murder Ben is revealed. As ghosts, how can they possibly stop this conspiracy? They can’t contact the living—rules are rules—in life and in death and even when you’re in between.
Immi thinks she has found the perfect new home in central London: a shared warehouse with luxury accommodation, a rooftop terrace, and daily yoga, all with a surprisingly affordable price tag. The Dye Factory is a co-living community, designed to combat the loneliness of big city life. But soon after she moves into her new haven, Immi realizes that it's not quite as idyllic as it appears. No one seems to know who is behind this multi-million-pound urban experiment. And her housemates may be hiding a dangerous secret. Then, as a series of pranks escalates into something much darker, Immi is left questioning whether, in this group of strangers, she can ever really be safe...