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Stories blending science fiction and horror, including a classic that predicted the terror of climate change. It starts with common mildew—mold appearing where it has never grown before. A strange kind of mold, it spreads across the entire globe in a matter of months. Although it’s harmless,...

'Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men. A time will come - but I must not and cannot think!' H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) was a reclusive scribbler of horror stories for the American pulp magazines that specialized in Gothic and science fiction...

The fourth incredible installment of the Science Fiction Archive, edited by the time-traveling genius Rey Bertran! Featuring: Proof of the Pudding, by Robert Sheckley Where the World is Quiet, by C.H. Liddell Business for the Lawyers, by Ralph Robin The Observers, by G.L. Vandenburg Infinite Intruder,...

A collection of short stories by one of the best science fiction writers.

**A treasury of fiction from “**one of SF’s all-time masters of the humorous or satirical short story” (Booklist).   In “The Cruel Equations,” a planetary explorer finds out how lethal it can be when a robot guard has been designed to do too perfect a job. The fifteen other stories...

Frankenstein Collected brings together in one volume the unedited 1818 edition of Frankenstein, as originally written by Mary Shelley, and the later re-edited 1831 edition. Together, these books influenced generations, helped start the science fiction genre, and are among of the most thoughtful horror...

Food can bring together families, communities, and cultures. It is the essence of life and yet our relationships with one another can be most fraught at the dinner table. This perpetually fascinating subject has inspired a unique collection of fiction—including flash fiction, essay, short stories,...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy,...

For a taste of Suburban Noir -- a collection of eleven Flash Fiction stories that will make you shiver and sometimes look over your shoulder.  Like a shot of vodka or scotch, flash fiction is a quick hit to the brain at the end of the day, a startling peek into another's life. You can think...

Stories in this new collection by Richard Thomas cover a wide range of dark fiction—from fantasy, science fiction and horror, to magical realism, neo-noir, and transgressive fiction. The common thread of Tribulations weaves these tragic tales together. They evoke suffering and sorrow, and the ways...

A collection of science fiction stories from "the best writer in America" (Tom Clancy)—Hugo and Nebula award-winning author John Varley. John Varley's unique blend of startling technology and genuinely human characters has won him every major science fiction award several times over for both...

Brand new from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Vincent Zandri comes a non-fiction volume that will hold special appeal for those writers, new or established, who've enjoyed books on writing by Stephen King, Charles Bukoswki, Scott Nicholson, Chris Fox, Wayne Stinnett, and more. Featuring...

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Cologne, course: Waste Lands: Experience of Modernism , 22 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Virginia Woolf is regarded as one of the great writers...

This issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of four sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from four of todays top speculative fiction writers. S. Elliot Brandis' Bloom is an eerie magical realism tale of nature and grace... and sacrifice. Hank Garner's The Hereafter...