Steven Williams: 31 books

With My Year as a Clown, Williams introduces us to the Philadelphia Eagles-obsessed Chuck Morgan, reeling after being blindsided by the abrupt collapse of his 20-year marriage. Morgan is a new kind of male hero, imperfect and uncertain, who—like his favorite football team—is fumbling forward into...

Thousands of feet below the surface of the earth, in the pitch black, dirty world that is modern coal mining, Albie, a newly qualified surveyor, discovers old mine workings; old mine workings where none should be… old mine workings that cannot possibly exist. Fae, Giants, Imps and Warlocks,...

A short story of loss, grief and a son's hope filled dream. Simon is devastated by the sudden death of his mother – his whole life falls apart around him. In an inebriated dream, Simon desperately tries to forewarn his mother of her illness in an attempt to save her life and turn his own life around.

David, a man taken. A man beaten, tortured and horrifically changed. An empty man, a soulless man – a bringer of death. David, a man returned. David loves his country walks – they so calm his mind and take away all his troubles. But not today. Today, David is jolted out of his calming reverie...

Whether on a patrol beat, in social service offices, or in public school classrooms, street-level workers continually confront rules in relation to their own beliefs about the people they encounter. Cops, Teachers, Counselors is the first major study of street-level bureaucracy to rely on storytelling....

Unfortunately ear infections are quite common, particularly in children. The ear canal is one of the most susceptible parts of the body to fungal and bacterial infections. It is estimated that over twenty million visits to pediatricians are for ear infections. Although ear infections are more common...

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short Fiction A three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up eighteen fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction. No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude,...

Fantasy Bridge is thrilled to present its first collection from bestselling authors and newly emerging writers. These stories transport you to new and wondrous worlds. Places where dragons roam free and where magic is as natural as blood. From epic battles to the temptations of demons, the exciting...

"Consequences" by Walter Jon Williams "As Bright as New Coppers" by Bradley Denton "A Hot Night at Cheeky's" by Steven Brust "A Prudent Obedience" by Kara Dalkey "The True Tale of Count Dashif's Demise" by Jane Yolen "Six Days Outside the Year"...

Episodes in the history of data, from early modern math problems to today's inescapable “dataveillance,” that demonstrate the dependence of data on culture. We live in the era of Big Data, with storage and transmission capacity measured not just in terabytes but in petabytes (where peta-...

Join Agent Lanian Silver on the trail of a doomed female vigilante challenging the most dreaded crime syndicate in the Galaxy. Known simply as the Organization, they have created the giant ship Nightshade to dominate all smuggling routes in the Planetary States. Agent Silver must use all the resources...

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...

Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology...

Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology...