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The Green Man

Kingsley Amis

Like all good medieval coaching inns, the Green Man in Fareham, Hertfordshire, boasts a resident, if retired, ghost: Dr Thomas Underhill, a notorious seventeenth-century practitioner of black arts and sexual deviancy, rumoured to have killed his wife. The landlord, Maurice Allington, is the sole witness to the renaissance of the malign Underhill. Led by curiosity and an anxious desire to vindicate his sanity, Allington uncovers the key to Underhill's satanic secrets. And the skeletons in the cupboard of Allington's own domestic affairs are just rattling to get out, too.

Little Green Men—Attack!

Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Robin Wayne Bailey

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Little Green Men - Attack!) - essay by Robin Wayne Bailey
  • 5 - The Little Green Men Take Their Hideous Vengeance, Sort Of - short story by Mike Resnick
  • 17 - Little (Green) Women - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 29 - Good Neighbor Policy - short story by Dantzel Cherry
  • 41 - Stuck in Buenos Aires with Bob Dylan on My Mind - short story by Ken Scholes
  • 59 - Rule the World - short story by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 79 - School Colors - [Fighting Pumpkins] - short story by Seanan McGuire
  • 93 - Meet the Landlord - short story by Martin L. Shoemaker
  • 109 - Big White Men--Attack! - short story by Steven H Silver
  • 121 - The Green, Green Men of Home - short story by Selina Rosen
  • 131 - A Fine Night for Tea and Bludgeoning - short story by Beth Cato
  • 147 - The Game-a-holic's Guide to Life, Love, and Ruling the World - short story by Josh Vogt and Peter J. Wacks
  • 163 - Day of the Bookworm - short story by Allen Steele
  • 187 - A Greener Future - short story by Elizabeth Moon
  • 193 - A Cuppa, Cuppa Burnin' Love - short story by Esther M. Friesner
  • 213 - Little Green Guys - short story by K. C. Ball
  • 223 - The March of the Little Green Men - short story by James E. Gunn
  • 231 - First Million Contacts - short story by Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Alex Shvartsman
  • 247 - Hannibal's Elephants - novelette by Robert Silverberg
  • 271 - The Fine Art of Politics - short story by Robin Wayne Bailey

The New One

Evie Green

For Tamsyn and Ed, life is tough. They both work long hours for very little money and come home to their moody, rebellious daughter, Scarlett.

After a tragic accident leaves Scarlett comatose and with little chance of recovery, Tamsyn and Ed are out of options until a lifeline emerges in the form of an unusual medical trial. In exchange for the very best treatment for Scarlett, a fully furnished apartment, and a limitless spending account, the family must agree to move to Switzerland and welcome an artificial copy of their daughter into their home.

Suddenly their life is transformed. Tamsyn and Ed want for nothing, and the AI replacement, Sophie, makes it feel just like having their daughter back--except without all the bad parts. Sophie is engaged, happy, and actually wants to spend time with her parents.

But things take a turn for the worse when Scarlett makes a very real recovery and the family discovers that the forces behind their new life are darker than they ever could have imagined.

We Hear Voices

Evie Green

Kids have imaginary friends. Rachel knows this. So when her young son, Billy, miraculously recovers from a horrible flu that has proven fatal for many, she thinks nothing of Delfy, his new invisible friend. After all, her family is healthy and that's all that matters.

But soon Delfy is telling Billy what to do, and the boy is acting up and lashing out in ways he never has before. As Delfy's influence is growing stranger and more sinister by the day, and rising tensions threaten to tear Rachel's family apart, she clings to one purpose: to protect her children at any cost--even from themselves.

The Green Trap

Ben Bova

Microbiologist Michael Cochrane has been murdered. His brother Paul wants to find out who did it... and why.

Accompanied by a beautiful industrial spy, Elena Sandoval, Paul follows the trail from California to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Along the way, a lot of people seem to be interested in getting in their way, or discovering what they know. It's clear that Michael was working with cyanobacteria, the bacteria that crack water molecules and release free oxygen. It's less clear why this would get anybody killed. Or why oil billionaire Lionel Gould wants to pay Paul and Elena big money for the details of Michael's work.

Then the truth emerges: Michael had found a way to get cyanobacteria to crack hydrogen out of simple water molecules. A process that could be industrialized, producing enough hydrogen to cleanly power the world. Practically free fuel, out of one of the planet's most abundant resources: water.

No wonder everyone, from Middle Eastern heavies to hired domestic muscle, suddenly seems to be trying to get in Paul and Elena's way.

As the world's secrets--and their own--teeter in the balance, both Paul and Elena must decide what to do before it's too late.

Contemporary, topical, and exciting, The Green Trap is a thriller of today's energy skulduggery--both the kind you read about in the headlines, and the kind you don't.

Green Shadows, White Whale

Ray Bradbury

In 1953, the brilliant but terrifying titan of cinema John Huston summons the young writer Ray Bradbury to Ireland. The apprehensive scribe's quest is to capture on paper the fiercest of all literary beasts -- Moby Dick -- in the form of a workable screenplay so the great director can begin filming.

But from the moment he sets foot on Irish soil, the author embarks on an unexpected odyssey. Meet congenial IRA terrorists, tippling men of the cloth impish playwrights, and the boyos at Heeber Finn's pub. In a land where myth is reality, poetry is plentiful, and life's misfortunes are always cause for celebration, Green Shadows, White Whale is the grandest tour of Ireland you'll ever experience -- with the irrepressible Ray Bradbury as your enthusiastic guide.

Green Planets: Ecology and Science Fiction

Kim Stanley Robinson
Gerry Canavan

Contemporary visions of the future have been shaped by hopes and fears about the effects of human technology and global capitalism on the natural world. In an era of climate change, mass extinction, and oil shortage, such visions have become increasingly catastrophic, even apocalyptic. Exploring the close relationship between science fiction, ecology, and environmentalism, the essays in Green Planets consider how science fiction writers have been working through this crisis. Beginning with H. G. Wells and passing through major twentieth-century writers like Ursula K. Le Guin, Stanislaw Lem, and Thomas Disch to contemporary authors like Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and Paolo Bacigalupi--as well as recent blockbuster films like Avatar and District 9--the essays in Green Planets consider the important place for science fiction in a culture that now seems to have a very uncertain future. The book includes an extended interview with Kim Stanley Robinson and an annotated list for further exploration of "ecological SF" and related works of fiction, nonfiction, films, television, comics, children's cartoons, anime, video games, music, and more.

Table of Contents:

  • Preface - essay by Gerry Canavan
  • Introduction: If This Goes On (Green Planets: Ecology and Science Fiction) - essay by Gerry Canavan
  • Extinction, Extermination, and the Ecological Optimism of H.G. Wells - essay by Christina Alt
  • Evolution and Apocalypse in the Golden Age - essay by Michael Page
  • Daoism, Ecology, and World Reduction in Le Guin's Utopian Fictions - essay by Gib Prettyman
  • Biotic Invasions: Ecological Imperialism in New Wave Science Fiction - essay by Rob Latham
  • "The Real Problem of a Spaceship Is Its People": Spaceship Earth as Ecological Science Fiction - essay by Sabine Höhler
  • The Sea and Eternal Summer: An Australian Apocalypse - essay by Andrew Milner
  • Care, Gender, and the Climate-Changed Future: Maggie Gee's The Ice People - essay by Adeline Johns-Putra
  • Future Ecologies, Current Crisis: Ecological Concern in South African Speculative Fiction - essay by Elzette Steenkamp
  • Ordinary Catastrophes: Paradoxes and Problems in Some Recent Post-Apocalypse Fictions - essay by Christopher Palmer
  • "The Rain Feels New": Ecotopian Strategies in the Short Fiction of Paolo Bacigalupi - essay by Eric C. Otto
  • Life after People: Science Faction and Ecological Futures - essay by Brent Bellamy and Imre Szeman
  • Pandora's Box: Avatar, Ecology, Thought - essay by Timothy Morton
  • Churning Up the Depths: Nonhuman Ecologies of Metaphor in Solaris and "Oceanic" - essay by Melody Jue
  • Afterword: Still, I'm Reluctant to Call This Pessimism (Green Planets: Ecology and Science Fiction) - interview of Kim Stanley Robinson - interview by Gerry Canavan
  • Of Further Interest - essay by Gerry Canavan

Green Thumb

Tom Cardamone

Mutability blooms in the Florida Keys after the Red War. The genie boxes created King Pelicans with single human hands to rule the ruins of half-drowned Miami... and other, stranger persons. Slavers roam the deep waters offshore, taking captives to feed the voracious Kudzu Army and the human aqueduct bearing fresh water from Lake Okeechobee. On the last stretch of the Overseas Highway still standing, an albino seeress prophesies: "You will reach for the sun while staying rooted to the ground. But I fear your shadow will be much too long."

Misunderstanding time, Leaf has lived for decades alone in a collapsing Victorian house on a desolate sandy key, feeding on sunlight and dew. When at last he meets a boy like--but so unlike!--himself, Leaf's startling journey begins. A post-apocalyptic, psychoactive pastorale, Green Thumb will pollinate your mind and wind its way into your heart like kudzu.


Listen to a 5-minute excerpt of the audiobook at narrator Samuel Cress' website.

Greenwood

Michael Christie

It's 2038 and Jacinda (Jake) Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting ultra-rich vacationers in one of the world's last remaining forests. It's 2008 and Liam Greenwood is a carpenter, sprawled on his back after a workplace fall, calling out from the concrete floor of an empty mansion. It's 1974 and Willow Greenwood is out of jail, free after being locked up for one of her endless series of environmental protests: attempts at atonement for the sins of her father's once vast and violent timber empire. It's 1934 and Everett Greenwood is alone, as usual, in his maple-syrup camp squat, when he hears the cries of an abandoned infant and gets tangled up in the web of a crime, secrets, and betrayal that will cling to his family for decades.

Green Frog: Stories

Gina Chung

A short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformation as a means of survival...

Equal parts fantastical--a pair of talking dolls help twins escape a stifling home, a heart boils on the stove as part of an elaborate cure for melancholy, a fox demon contemplates avenging her sister's death--and true to life--a mother and daughter try to heal their rift when the daughter falls unexpectedly pregnant, a woman reexamines her father's legacy after his death--the stories in this collection are hopeful and heartbreaking, full of danger and full of joy.

Chung is a master at capturing emotion, and her characters--human and otherwise--will claw their way into your heart and make themselves at home.

Green Boy

Susan Cooper

On their idyllic Bahamian island, Trey's little brother, Lou, is different - he doesn't speak and he suffers frightening seizures. But when he and Trey find themselves mysteriously transported to Pangaia, an alternative universe where pollution and over-development have all but destroyed nature, a militant underground environmental group greets him as the prophesied hero who will save their world.

To realize this prophecy, Lou must take Trey on a terrifying and dangerous mission, with much more at stake than the fate of Pangaia. Does Lou have the power to save their own island home from a future as bleak as the world they've seen in Pangaia?

The Little Green Ones

Les Daniels

WFA nominated short story. It originally appeared in the anthology Dark Voices 4 (1992) edited by David Sutton and Stephen Jones. The story can also be found in the anthologies After the Darkness (1993), edited by Stanley Wiater, and The Giant Book of Terror (1994), edited by Ramsey Campbell and Stephen Jones.

The Green Gene

Peter Dickinson

When the Irish and the Scots turned green!

A Green and Ancient Light

Frederic S. Durbin

A gorgeous fantasy in the spirit of Pan's Labyrinth and John Connolly's The Book of Lost Things.

Set in a world similar to our own, during a war that parallels World War II, A Green and Ancient Light is the stunning story of a boy who is sent to stay with his grandmother for the summer in a serene fishing village. Their tranquility is shattered by the crash of a bullet-riddled enemy plane, the arrival of grandmother's friend Mr. Girandole--a man who knows the true story of Cinderella's slipper--and the discovery of a riddle in the sacred grove of ruins behind grandmother's house. In a sumptuous idyllic setting and overshadowed by the threat of war, four unlikely allies learn the values of courage and sacrifice.

The Green God

David Dvorkin

Thomas Langston Hughes was a con man extraordinaire whose gaming and wenching brought him to backwater planet Goss Conf one step ahead of the law -- into the arms of the adoring, green populace that mistook him for the reincarnation of the great god, Span.

The Green Book

Amal El-Mohtar

Nebula Award nominated short story. It was originally published in Apex Magazine, November 2010. It can also be found in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2011, edited by Rich Horton Nebula Awards Showcase 2012, edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel, and Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries & Lore (2017), edited by Paula Guran.

Read the full story for free at Apex Magazine.

Bitter Greens

Kate Forsyth

Charlotte-Rose de la Force, exiled from the court of King Louis XIV, has always been a great talker and teller of tales.

Selena Leonelli, once the exquisite muse of the great Venetian artist Tiziano, is terrified of time.

Margherita, trapped in a doorless tower and burdened by tangles of her red-gold hair, must find a way to escape.

You may think you know the story of Rapunzel...

Greenthieves

Alan Dean Foster

Nobody could get in. Nobody could get out. But somebody did.

The theft of three shipments of priceless pharmaceuticals from the Braun-Ives corporation has left the local police dumbfounded. Enter Broderick Manz, the highly paid and highly resourceful Adjuster from the Insurance Division. With the help of the irresistible Vyra, whose charms are truly out of this world, the irrepressible humaniform Moses, and the irreverent Minder, an artificial intelligence, Manz soon finds himself in the heart of the criminal underworld. And it really is a jungle out there.

Butterfly Bomb

Dominic Green

This short story originally appeared in Interzone, #223 July-August 2009. It can also be found in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection (2010), edited by Gardner Dozois.

Glister

Dominic Green

This short story originally appeared in Interzone, #223 July-August 2009. It can also be found in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2010, edited by Rich Horton.

Send Me a Mentagram

Dominic Green

This short story originally appeared in Interzone, #192 November-December 2003. It can also be found in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection (2004), edited by Gardner Dozois.

Shining Armor

Dominic Green

This novelette originally appeared in the anthology The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction: Volume Two (2008), edited by George Mann, and was reprinted in Clarkesworld Magazine, #91 April 2014. The story can also be found in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Sixth Annual Collection (2009), edited by Gardner Dozois.

Read the full story for free at Clarkesworld.

That Thing Over There

Dominic Green

This short story originally appeared in Interzone, #132 June 1998. It can also be found in the anthology Year's Best SF 4 (1999), edited by David G. Hartwell.

The Clockwork Atom Bomb

Dominic Green

Hugo Award nominated short story. It originally appeared in Interzone, #198 May-June 2005. The story can also be found in the anthologies The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection (2006), edited by Gardner Dozois and The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF (2010), edited by Mike Ashley.

Read the full story for free here (pdf).

An Affair with Genius

Joseph Green

AN AFFAIR WITH GENIUS is a collection of Joseph L. Green's early work, and includes the stories:

Table of Contents:

  • Jinn (1968)
  • The Decision Makers (1965)
  • Once Around Arcturus (1962)
  • The Engineer (1962)
  • Single Combat (1964)
  • Life-Force (1962)
  • An Affair with Genius (1969)
  • Tunnel of Love (1965)
  • Dance of the Cats (1965)

Gold the Man

Joseph Green

Mankind is threatened with extermination by a race of three hundred foot high aliens from another star system. Gold, a specially created superman, is called to Earth's moonbase to take on a desperate mission. He must take over a specially built control room inside a captured giant's brain and return him to the enemy planet.

Star Probe

Joseph Green

The year is 2011. For the first time in recorded history an alien artifact has been sighted approaching Earth; if it can be captured, Man's oldest dream - contact with an alien species - will have been fulfilled. And his technology given a hundred year boost into the future.

But according to the radical activist organization, New Friends of the Earth (FOE), the technology we already have has led us to the edge of disaster: the answer is not more, but less technology. FOE is determined that no contact will be made with the star probe - and they are prepared to use violence to prevent it.

Only one man, space technology billionaire Harold "Jesus" Hentson has the nerve and the power to defy FOE - and even he will have to risk everything that gives his life meaning: his financial empire, the life of his son, and his father's hope of immortality. If he fails, the probe will return to the depths of interstellar space, leaving mankind alone again. This time perhaps forever.

The Loafers of Refuge

Joseph Green

Refuge. That was what the humans called this rich, attractive planet--a refuge from starving, over-populated Earth. And the Colonists could provide millions of tons of desperately needed produce for the hungry billions left on their home planet.

If only the native inhabitants of Refuge weren't so natural-born lazy: harmless, it's true, but actually nothing more than a bunch of loafers. If the loafers could be made to turn to, Refuge could really be the Earth's breadbasket.

But the Loafers steadily refused to 'turn to'--there was nothing the humans could do about it. And the years went by. And everyone remained friendly and quiet. Until one day, a young human, born and raised on Refuge, decided he'd rather join the Loafers!

Apology to Inky

Robert M. Green, Jr.

Hugo and Nebula Award nominated novelette. It originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1966. The story can also be found in the anthologies The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 16th Series (1967), edited by Edward L. Ferman and A Science Fiction Argosy (1972), edited by Damon Knight.

Voyage to Eneh

Roland J. Green

Ehoma Tuomitti is the feisty deck-watch chief of the Kertovan battleship Bybur, at war on the high seas of the island planet Kilmoyn. Tuomitti has her hands full fighting both fog and enemy ships as well as juggling an upstart lover--and then Sean Lincoln Borlund and his crew fall from the sky into the complex political upheaval on the Kilmoyn landscape.

Kilmoyn has long been colonized by various other races and alien interests, but now the Native Kilmoyns are beginning to fight back, and the stranded humans are quickly pulled into the conflict. When Borlund rescues a Kilmoyn woman and her baby from certain death, he and his crew find themselves under fire. Desperate to repair their vessel and return to Earth, he has no choice but to accept the help of Tuomitti and her cohorts--and the responsibility that comes with it.

Voyage to Eneh is a marvel of military storytelling, its battle scenes are both wonders of science fiction and masterpieces of the art of modern warfare. It is a complex tale of a planet in turmoil, a story that speaks to humanity's history of colonization, genocide, and ultimately, redemption.

Women at War

Lois McMaster Bujold
Roland J. Green

Hugo-winner Lois McMaster Bujold collaborates with Roland Green, author of the popular Starcruiser Shenandoah series, to present the first-ever original anthology of military SF by women, about women at war. Contributors include Elizabeth Moon, Jane Yoken, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, and others.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1995) - essay by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • Introduction - (1995) - essay by Roland J. Green
  • The Purge - (1995) - shortstory by Jennifer Stevenson
  • Traitor - (1995) - novelette by R. M. Meluch
  • A Few Good Men - (1995) - novelette by Holly Lisle
  • Sitting Shiva - (1995) - shortstory by Judith Tarr
  • Homecoming - (1989) - shortstory by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • The One-Armed Queen - (1995) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
  • For the Right Reason - (1995) - shortstory by Sydney Long
  • A Matter of Faith - (1995) - novelette by Juanita Coulson
  • First Communion - (1995) - novelette by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • Edge of the Sword - (1995) - shortstory by Susan Booth
  • The Heart of the Hydra - (1995) - novelette by Gay Marshall
  • White Wings - (1995) - shortstory by P. J. Beese
  • Flambeaux - (1995) - novelette by Adrienne Martine-Barnes
  • Notes During a Time of Civil War - (1995) - shortstory by Margaret Ball
  • Fugitives - (1995) - novelette by P. N. Elrod
  • Lizard - (1995) - novelette by P. M. Griffin
  • Hand to Hand - (1995) - shortstory by Elizabeth Moon

Dawn Song

Sharon Green

Haliand is one of the daughters of the Moon Lady. A son of the Sun Lord arrives with the intention of marrying one of the Lady's daughters, but the time is interrupted by the theft of the Great Flame he brought. The sun's Great Flame is meant to be joined with the moon's Great Flame at the time of the wedding, and without the sun's Great Flame the ceremony can't be held. It's discovered that the theft was done by someone acting on behalf of the Lord of the Earth, and Haliand becomes one of those going to the earth in search of the missing Great Flame.

Lady Blade, Lord Fighter

Sharon Green

The Silver Gleaming Company had been like a family to Lady Sofaltis, daughter of Duke Rilfe, since her father first sent her off to live with her aunt so she could learn proper behavior. The duke would have been horrified to discover that far from becoming some dainty court lady, Sofaltis had become an expert swordswoman, a Blade, member of an elite fighting corps.

And then the duke's emissary came to escort Sofaltis home after the bizarre disappearance of her brothers. But once home, Sofaltis learned her father had chosen a husband for her without her consent, a man named Kylin, who seemed scarecely able to protect even himself. Sofaltis was not about to go meekly along with such plans, especially not when she began to suspect that Kylin was a spy for the unknown enemy that was undermining the kingdom.

Yet unforseen circumstances and a magical gift of the gods would soon force Sofaltis and Kylin to unite against the danger that threatened to destroy their entire world...

Mists of the Ages

Sharon Green

Dalisse Imbro, master thief and agent for Stellar Intelligence, expected no difficulty in obtaining secret documents from the exotic vacationland known as the Mists of the Ages. But once there, she was paired with a famous gladiator and entered an adventure that became a living nightmare!

The Rebel Prince

Sharon Green

Her Father's Pawn

On the world called Plateau, telepathy has become the prime source of power, an unopposed weapon with which the ruling elite, the Uppers, can keep an oppressed population under strict control. But when Regan, a daughter of aristocrats, fails to claim her telepathic heritage, she becomes a mere pawn in her father's deadly political games, married off to Gareth, the very man who, unbeknownst to Regan's father, is the leader of a secretly building resistance movement. And suddenly, discovering the key to her dormant powers becomes vital. For only through telepathy can the rebels hope to overcome their cruel telepathic overlords.

Drinking Midnight Wine

Simon R. Green

When Toby Dexter falls for the woman on the train, the woman with the most perfect mouth in the world, he little realises that she isn't quite human: she lives in the magical world that exists alongside our own. And when he follows her to ask her out, he accidently slips from his own world, Veritie, into hers. She warns him that it's a dangerous thing to be a mortal in the magical world of Mysterie and that he must not fall in love with her: she's much older than she looks and mortal must not love immortal. But for Toby, it's too late.

For Love of Magic

Simon R. Green

When they fall in love, it's magic!

History can change and has changed. Magic was and is real.

Once upon a time, there was a forgotten era of magic and monster. But the remnants--and all memory--of the old world have been replaced by the sane, the scientific, and the rational. But sometimes the magical past isn't content to stay past. That's where Jack Daimon comes in. It's his joy to protect our present from the supernatural remnants of an earlier time, a different history. It's his job to make the past safe.

Jack is called to the Tate Museum, where dozens of people have disappeared beneath the surface of a painting. While investigating, he finds himself smitten with a mysterious art expert, Amanda Fielding. But Amanda has plans of her own, and soon the two are traveling through time--back to the Roman Empire and then forward through history, from King Arthur's court to Sherwood Forest. As they explore histories past as written and overwritten, the balance of magic and science shifts, and the choices the two make could change the world forever.

Shadows Fall

Simon R. Green

Shadows Fall is the place where all stories find their ending, all quests are concluded and every lost soul finds its way home at last. Strange people and stranger creatures walk the sprawling streets and there are doors that can take you anywhere, to lands that no longer exist and worlds that someday might. But now Shadows Fall is under threat and the town has just one night in which to save itself.

Tales of the Hidden World

Simon R. Green

Seventeen delightfully unexpected stories from Simon R. Green—including a brand-new adventure of the Droods—take us deep into the Darkside, embroil us in the Secret Histories, and lead us into the shadowy places where monsters and demons roam

Welcome to the worlds of Simon R. Green. In this wide-ranging collection, the New York Times–bestselling urban fantasist opens doors into hidden places: strange realms bordering our own mundane existence and prowled by creatures of fancy and nightmare. Here are the strange, frequently deadly—and sometimes even dead—things that lurk in garbage-strewn city alleyways and grimy subway stations after midnight, visible only to the most perceptive human or inhuman eye.

In these tales, Green revisits the ingenious worlds within worlds that he created for his wildly popular novels. Take a stroll on the Darkside with a jaded street wizard, an underpaid government functionary responsible for keeping demons, vamps, and aliens in line. Enter the hidden recesses of Drood Hall, where the aging family member who creates powerful weapons that protect humankind recalls his long and bloody career. Join a squad of no-longer-human soldiers dispatched to combat the all-consuming jungle on a distant planet. Visit a house at the intesection of two realities that serves as a sanctuary from the evil of all worlds. Confront the unstoppable zombie army of General Kurtz in a brilliant homage to Apocalypse Now. And whatever you do, never forget that there are monsters out there. Really.

Each story includes a new afterword by the author.

Table of Contents:

  • Question of Solace - shortfiction
  • Street Wizard - (2010) - shortstory
  • Death is a Lady - (1997) - shortfiction
  • Dorothy Dreams - (2013) - shortfiction
  • Down and Out in Deadtown - (2012) - shortfiction
  • From Out of the Sun, Endlessly Singing - (2012) - shortstory
  • It's All About the Rendering - (2011) - shortfiction
  • Find Heaven and Hell in the Smallest Things - (2012) - novelette
  • Jesus and Satan Go Jogging in the Desert - (2011) - shortfiction
  • Food of the Gods - (2009) - shortfiction
  • He Said, Laughing - (2010) - shortstory
  • Soldier, Soldier - (1979) - shortfiction
  • Manslayer - (1980) - shortstory
  • Cascade - (1979) - shortfiction
  • Soulhunter - (1982) - shortstory
  • Awake, Awake Ye Northern Winds - (1979) - shortfiction
  • In the Labyrinth - (1983) - shortstory

Children of the Rainbow: aka Sailing Time's Ocean

Terence M. Green

From the notorious penal colony of Norfolk Island to Greenpeace's encounter with the H-bomb, characters come unstuck in time, struggling to get back home while they face truths about their innermost selves.

Set in the South Pacific, the book introduces us to Bran Michael Dalton, an Irishman imprisoned in the notorius British penal colony of Norfolk Island in 1835, and Fletcher Christian IV, direct descendant of the "Bounty" mutineer, who is travelling back in time from 2072 to Pitcairn Island.

Unforseen circumstances skew Fletcher's journey, and he and Dalton switch places - twentieth-century man is catapulted forward to 1972, where he must cope with endless bafflement such as radios, The Rolling Stones, tinned food, and condoms.

Exposure

Louis Greenberg

In a Britain akin to this one, Vincent Rice falls off a ladder, literally at Petra Orff's feet. They introduce themselves, and he offers to take her to Metamuse, an alternative theatre experience like no other that he won tickets to in a competition he doesn't remember entering.

Vincent has a complex sense of home, and immigrant Petra senses a kindred spirit in him. As time goes on, inexplicable occurrences pile on top of one another, connected to Metamuse: certainly more than just a theatre experience. Unquiet dead seem to be reaching into the world to protest injustices both past and present.

Green Valley

Louis Greenberg

When Lucie Sterling's niece is abducted, she knows it won't be easy to find answers. Stanton is no ordinary city: invasive digital technology has been banned, by public vote. No surveillance state, no shadowy companies holding databases of information on private citizens, no phones tracking their every move.

Only one place stays firmly anchored in the bad old ways, in a huge bunker across town: Green Valley, where the inhabitants have retreated into the comfort of full-time virtual reality--personae non gratae to the outside world. And it's inside Green Valley, beyond the ideal virtual world it presents, that Lucie will have to go to find her missing niece.

A Girl's Guide to Guns and Monsters

Martin H. Greenberg
Kerrie L. Hughes

Thirteen urban and paranormal tales of strong women, armed with weapons they are not afraid to use, as well as fists and feet of fury, who face monsters and bad guys-and are not above rescuing men in the process.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (A Girl's Guide to Guns and Monsters) - essay by Kerrie Hughes
  • 3 - The Drifter - short story by Jane Lindskold
  • 36 - Our Lady of the Vampires - short story by Nancy Holder
  • 56 - Best Friends - short story by Lilith Saintcrow
  • 81 - Elizabeth and Anna's Big Adventure - short story by Jeanne C. Stein
  • 92 - Lupercalia - short story by Anton Strout
  • 114 - Murder, She Workshopped - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 138 - Heart of Ash - [Magic Ex Libris] - short story by Jim C. Hines
  • 154 - Jiang Shi - short story by Elizabeth Vaughan
  • 178 - No Matter Where You Go - [Victory Nelson, Investigator] - short story by Tanya Huff
  • 206 - Signed in Blood - short story by Irene Radford
  • 226 - Broch de Shlang - short story by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • 252 - The Wooly Mountains - short story by Alexander Potter
  • 282 - Invasive Species - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 300 - About the Authors (A Girl's Guide to Guns and Monsters)
  • 305 - About the Editors (A Girl's Guide to Guns and Monsters)

A Treasury of Modern Fantasy

Terry Carr
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Terry Carr
  • The Rats in the Walls - (1924) - novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
  • The Woman of the Wood - (1926) - novelette by A. Merritt
  • Trouble with Water - (1939) - short story by H. L. Gold
  • Thirteen O'Clock - (1941) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
  • The Coming of the White Worm - (1941) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • Yesterday Was Monday - (1941) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • They Bite - (1943) - short story by Anthony Boucher
  • Call Him Demon - (1946) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
  • Daemon - (1946) - short story by C. L. Moore
  • The Black Ferris - (1948) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • Displaced Person - (1948) - short story by Eric Frank Russell
  • Our Fair City - (1949) - short story by Robert A. Heinlein
  • Come and Go Mad - (1949) - novelette by Fredric Brown
  • There Shall Be No Darkness - (1950) - novelette by James Blish
  • The Loom of Darkness - (1950) - short story by Jack Vance
  • The Rag Thing - (1951) - short story by Donald A. Wollheim
  • Sail On! Sail On! - (1952) - short story by Philip José Farmer
  • One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts - (1955) - short story by Shirley Jackson
  • That Hell-Bound Train - (1958) - short story by Robert Bloch
  • Nine Yards of Other Cloth - (1958) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
  • The Montavarde Camera - (1959) - short story by Avram Davidson
  • Man Overboard - (1960) - novelette by John Collier
  • My Dear Emily - (1962) - short story by Joanna Russ
  • Descending - (1964) - short story by Thomas M. Disch
  • Four Ghosts in Hamlet - (1965) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
  • Divine Madness - (1966) - short story by Roger Zelazny
  • Narrow Valley - (1966) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
  • Timothy - (1966) - short story by Keith Roberts
  • Longtooth - (1970) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
  • Through a Glass - Darkly - (1970) - novelette by Zenna Henderson
  • Piper at the Gates of Dawn - (1976) - novella by Richard Cowper
  • Jeffty Is Five - (1977) - short story by Harlan Ellison
  • Within the Walls of Tyre - (1978) - novelette by Michael Bishop

After the King: Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien

Martin H. Greenberg

After the King presents an outstanding collection of new fantasy stories by an extraordinary assemblage of some of the very best writers to ever continue the tradition Tolkien began with The Lord of the Rings.

Contents:

  • Introduction - (1992) - essay by Jane Yolen
  • Reave the Just - (1992) - novelette by Stephen R. Donaldson
  • Troll Bridge - (1992) - shortstory by Terry Pratchett
  • A Long Night's Vigil at the Temple - (1992) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
  • The Dragon of Tollin - (1992) - shortstory by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • Faith - (1992) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Karen Anderson
  • In the Season of the Dressing of the Wells - (1992) - novella by John Brunner
  • The Fellowship of the Dragon - (1992) - novelette by Patricia A. McKillip
  • The Decoy Duck - (1992) - novelette by Harry Turtledove
  • Nine Threads of Gold - (1992) - novelette by Andre Norton
  • The Conjure Man - (1992) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
  • The Halfling House - (1992) - novelette by Dennis L. McKiernan
  • Silver or Gold - (1992) - novelette by Emma Bull
  • Up the Side of the Air - (1992) - novelette by Karen Haber
  • The Naga - (1992) - shortstory by Peter S. Beagle
  • Revolt of the Sugar Plum Fairies - (1992) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
  • Winter's King - (1992) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
  • Götterdämmerung - (1992) - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
  • Down the River Road - (1992) - novella by Gregory Benford
  • Death and the Lady - (1992) - novelette by Judith Tarr

Aladdin: Master of the Lamp

Martin H. Greenberg
Mike Resnick

Resnick and Greenberg have called upon the talents of some of today's top fantasists, including Jane Yolen, Pat Cadigan George Alec Effinger, Judith Tarr, Dvid Gerrold, and Katharine Kerr, to create this wondrous collection of tales recounting the exploits of Alladin--a young man finding his way to enchantment in exotic desert lands--and his adventures with the magcial lamp.

Table of Contents:

  • 11 - Introduction (Aladdin: Master of the Lamp) - essay by Mike Resnick
  • 12 - Fair Exchange - short fiction by Anthony R. Lewis
  • 16 - The Rest of the Story - short fiction by Mark Aronson
  • 20 - The Tale of the Seventeenth Eunuch - short fiction by Jane Yolen
  • 28 - Yasmine - short story by Laura Resnick
  • 35 - Three Wish Habit - short story by Janni Lee Simner
  • 41 - 800-DJIN-HLP - short fiction by Lea Hernandez
  • 43 - On the Heath - short story by Barry N. Malzberg
  • 48 - Fizz - short story by Nicholas A. DiChario
  • 58 - A Guy Named Al - short story by Brian M. Thomsen
  • 65 - New Life for Old - short story by Pat Cadigan
  • 72 - Interoffice Memo - short fiction by Laurence M. Janifer
  • 75 - Mango Red Goes to War - [Sandor Courane] - short fiction by George Alec Effinger
  • 86 - New Lamps, Not Old - short story by Ralph Roberts
  • 92 - GENIE, Inc. - short story by Kate Daniel
  • 103 - The Tale of Ali the Camel Driver - short story by Beth Meacham
  • 115 - One for the Road - short fiction by Jack Nimersheim
  • 119 - Dirt Track Demon - short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II
  • 128 - Gifted - short story by Michelle West [as by Michelle Sagara]
  • 140 - The Last of a Vintage Year - short story by Janet Kagan
  • 145 - The Bottle and the Whirlwind - short story by Mark Sumner
  • 152 - A Wish for Smish - short story by David Gerrold
  • 160 - The Three Thieves - short story by Lois Tilton
  • 166 - Stacked - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • 177 - Slaves of the Magic Lamp - short story by Anthony R. Lewis
  • 184 - An' the People, They Could Fly - short fiction by Lawrence Schimel
  • 187 - Parsley, Space, Rosemary and Time - short story by Katharine Kerr
  • 203 - In Their Cups at Slab's - short story by John Gregory Betancourt
  • 213 - The Lamp of Many Wishes - short story by Mel White
  • 221 - Grand Tour - short story by Barry N. Malzberg
  • 237 - Djinnxed - short story by Deborah Millitello
  • 241 - Human Nature - short story by Maureen F. McHugh
  • 245 - Genie Storm - short story by John E. Johnston, III
  • 254 - Persepolis - short story by Judith Tarr
  • 268 - Bugs - short story by Richard Katze
  • 274 - Binding - short story by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
  • 278 - If Wishes Were Genie's - short story by Austin Dridge and Terry McGarry
  • 284 - A Dream Is a Wish the Heart Makes - short story by Marie Parsons
  • 292 - Djinn and Tonic - short story by Susan Casper
  • 298 - The Genie of P.S. #32 - short story by Karen Haber
  • 316 - Last Wish - short story by Martha Soukup
  • 322 - Geniecon - short story by Deborah J. Wunder
  • 331 - Black Ice - short story by Barbara Delaplace
  • 347 - Aladdin and the Lost City - short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II

Alien Pregnant by Elvis

Esther Friesner
Martin H. Greenberg

A fiction anthology featuring 36 amazing tabloid tales from a rock band with Satan as its manager to 2,437 UFOs in New Hampshire. Written by some of the zaniest minds in science fiction and fantasy--such as Dennis McKiernan and Kristine Kathryn Rusch--these better-than-true originals are sure to grab readers' imagination. Original.

Table of Contents:

  • 15 - Introduction: Alien Pregnant by Elvis - essay by Esther M. Friesner
  • 18 - The Source of It All - short story by Dennis L. McKiernan
  • 22 - The Bride of Bigfoot - short fiction by Lawrence Watt-Evans
  • 37 - Close-Up Photos Reveal JFK Skull on Moon! - short story by Barry N. Malzberg
  • 43 - Marilyn, Elvis, and the Reality Blues - short story by James Brunet
  • 51 - Those Rowdy Royals! - short story by Laura Resnick
  • 58 - My Husband Became a Zombie and It Saved Our Marriage - short story by Karen Haber
  • 69 - Rock Band Conjures Satan as Manager - short story by Deborah Wunder
  • 73 - 2,437 UFOs Over New Hampshire - novelette by Allen Steele
  • 89 - Pulitzer Kills Publishing Maggot - short story by Mark W. Tiedemann
  • 95 - Elvis at the White House - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 108 - The Number of the Beast - short story by Jeff Hecht
  • 114 - De Gustibus - short story by Anthony R. Lewis
  • 117 - Is Your Coworker a Space Alien? - short story by Rosemary Edghill
  • 130 - A Beak for Trends - short story by Laura Frankos
  • 140 - Hitler Clone in Argentina Plots Falklands Reprise - short story by John DeChancie
  • 154 - Group Phenomena - short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
  • 164 - Unextinctions - poem by Bruce Boston and Roger Dutcher
  • 166 - How Alien He Really Was - short story by Bruce Boston
  • 168 - NASA Sending Addicts to Mars! - short story by Alan Dean Foster
  • 179 - Vole - short story by John Gregory Betancourt
  • 182 - In Search of the Perfect Orgasm - short story by Dean Wesley Smith
  • 186 - Saving Sam's Used UFOs - short story by Kate Daniel
  • 194 - Danny's Excellent Adventure - short story by Greg Cox
  • 198 - Royal Tiff Yields Face of Jesus! - short fiction by Esther M. Friesner
  • 209 - Magnetic Personality Triggers Nail-Biter's Near-Death Ordeal! - short story by T. Winter-Damon
  • 213 - They'd Never-- - short story by Harry Turtledove
  • 227 - Loch Ness Monster Found--in the Bermuda Triangle - short story by David Vierling
  • 231 - Racehorse Predicts the Future! - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • 237 - Printer's Devils - short story by Gregory Feeley
  • 248 - Cannibal Plants from Heck - short story by David Drake
  • 265 - Psychic Bats 1000 for Accuracy! - short story by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 270 - Caveat Atlantis - short story by Richard Gilliam
  • 277 - Frozen Hitler Found in Atlantean Love Nest - short story by Rosemary Edghill
  • 281 - Those Eyes - short story by David Brin
  • 294 - Stop Press - short story by Mike Resnick
  • 302 - Martian Memorial to Elvis Sighted - short story by George Alec Effinger

Back from the Dead

Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • From Death's Other Side - (1991) - essay by Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
  • Lazarus - (1921) - shortstory by Leonid Andreyev (1906)
  • The Rose-Crystal Bell - (1954) - shortstory by Robert Arthur
  • Glámr - (1863) - shortstory by Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Beyond the Wall - (1907) - shortstory by Ambrose Bierce
  • Mother of Serpents - (1936) - shortstory by Robert Bloch
  • Lost Boys - (1989) - shortstory by Orson Scott Card
  • The Man with Pin-Point Eyes - (1931) - novelette by Erle Stanley Gardner
  • Grave Error - (1991) - shortstory by Cathie Griffith
  • The Tortoise - (1910) - shortstory by William Fryer Harvey
  • The Adventure of the German Student - (1824) - shortstory by Washington Irving
  • Count Magnus - (1904) - shortstory by M. R. James
  • A Thousand Deaths - (1889) - shortstory by Jack London
  • The Outsider - (1926) - shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft
  • Ligeia - (1838) - shortstory by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Mop-Up - (1953) - shortstory by Arthur Porges
  • Charlie - (1980) - shortstory by Talmage Powell
  • If the Red Slayer - (1959) - shortstory by Robert Sheckley
  • The Charnel God - (1934) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
  • It - (1940) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Where the Woodbine Twineth - (1976) - shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman
  • Afterward - (1910) - novelette by Edith Wharton

Black Cats and Broken Mirrors

Martin H. Greenberg
John Helfers

From dark felines crossing your path to shattered looking glasses, Black Cats and Broken Mirrors dares to ask the question: "What if some of those long-treasured superstitions are actually true?" Join Jane Yolen, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Michelle West, Charles de Lint, Nancy Springer, Peter Crowther, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Esther Friesner, and more as they explore the lighter and darker sides of our fears in this original anthology featuring stories ranging from urban fantasy and magical realism to horror!

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1998) - essay by John Helfers
  • How It All Began - (1998) - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
  • Thirteen Ways to Water - (1998) - shortstory by Bruce Holland Rogers
  • Whirlwinds - (1998) - shortstory by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • Dead Tired - (1998) - shortstory by Russell Davis
  • Shards of Glass - (1998) - novelette by Kristin Schwengel
  • The Cat Who Wasn't Black - (1998) - shortstory by Josepha Sherman
  • Something Blue - (1998) - shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • Crossroads - (1998) - shortstory by Genevieve Gorman
  • The Song of a Gift Horse - (1998) - shortstory by Dean Wesley Smith
  • Caretaking - (1998) - shortstory by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • Soul Cages - (1998) - shortstory by Carol Rondou
  • Auspicious Stars - (1998) - novelette by Jane Lindskold
  • Frogged - (1998) - shortstory by Nancy Springer
  • Step on the Crack - (1998) - shortstory by Michelle West
  • Front-Page McGuffin and the Greatest Story Never Told - (1998) - novelette by Peter Crowther
  • To the Edge of the World - (1998) - shortstory by Zane Stillings
  • The Pennymen - (1998) - shortstory by Charles de Lint

Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Contents:

  • vii - Introduction (Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction) - [Asimov's Essays: Other's Work] - (1983) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 3 - Keep Out - (1954) - short story by Fredric Brown
  • 9 - Student Body - (1953) - novelette by F. L. Wallace [as by Floyd L. Wallace]
  • 37 - A Sound of Thunder - (1952) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • 55 - Invariant - (1944) - short story by John R. Pierce
  • 63 - The Exterminator - (1931) - short story by A. Hyatt Verrill
  • 71 - Tomorrow's Children - [Tomorrow's Children - 1] - (1947) - novelette by Poul Anderson and F. N. Waldrop [as by Poul Anderson]
  • 107 - Mary and Joe - (1962) - short story by Naomi Mitchison
  • 123 - Sea Change - (1956) - short story by Thomas N. Scortia
  • 141 - Caught in the Organ Draft - (1972) - short story by Robert Silverberg
  • 157 - Nine Lives - (1969) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • 191 - Alien Earth - (1949) - novelette by Edmond Hamilton
  • 225 - Grandpa - [The Hub] - (1955) - novelette by James H. Schmitz
  • 257 - Notes (Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction) - [Asimov's Essays: Other's Work] - (1983) - essay by Isaac Asimov

Children of Magic

Martin H. Greenberg
Kerrie L. Hughes

Seventeen brand-new stories by some of fantasy's most imaginative authors about children born with the gift of magic--whether in our world or in fantastical universes.

These young spell casters use their powers--for good or ill--to transform their worlds to their liking. From a fledgling wizard with political ambitions, to a boy whose touch can end suffering, to the "true" tale of how Da Vinci came by his talents, these are wondrous excursions into both the light and dark sides of magic.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Kerrie Hughes
  • Mr. Death Goes to Washington - shortstory by Alan Dean Foster
  • Nethan's Magic - shortstory by Jody Lynn Nye
  • Touching Faith - shortstory by Alexander Potter
  • The Horses of the High Hills - shortstory by Brenda Cooper
  • An End to All Things - shortstory by Karina Sumner-Smith
  • After School Specials - shortstory by Tanya Huff
  • Titan - shortstory by Sarah A. Hoyt
  • Shades of Truth - shortstory by Jana Paniccia
  • The Winter of Our Discontent - shortstory by Nancy Holder
  • The Rustle of Wings - shortstory by Ruth Stuart
  • Basic Magic - shortstory by Jean Rabe
  • Fever Waking - shortstory by Jane Lindskold
  • Starchild Wondersmith - shortstory by Louise Marley
  • Far From the Tree - novelette by Melissa Lee Shaw
  • The Weight of Wishes - novelette by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • The Trade - shortstory by Fiona Patton
  • Shahira - novelette by Michelle West

Christmas Ghosts

Martin H. Greenberg
Mike Resnick

THE CHRISTMAS SPIRITS --

Everyone knows the Chirstmas season has truly arrived when A Christmas Carol takes center stage in both amateur and professional porductions, and the classic films and animated versions are shown over and over on television. Now, Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg have challenged some fo the most creative minds in fantasy and science fiction to tell readers exactly what those Christmas ghosts are up to when they're not scaring a stingy old man into self-reformation. The result is a sondrous seasonal mix, a perfect present for those ready to snuggle up with a good book on a cold winter's night.

From a Chirstmas encounter with a beggar that may haunt a wealthy traveler for the rest of his life... to a far different journey into Scrooge's Christmases past, a visit that amy expose some unsuspected truths about Ebenezer's former friends and acquaintances... to a script writer hired to give the story of Christmas a real "nineties twist," here are tales to savor over a holidy punch, imaginatively wrapped up for you by such generous gift givers as Mercedes Lackey, Frank M. Robinson, Judith Tarr, and Kristing Kathryn Rusch.

Contents:

  • 13 - Introduction (Christmas Ghosts) - (1993) - essay by Mike Resnick
  • 15 - Hunger - (1993) - short story by Michelle West [as by Michelle Sagara]
  • 27 - Merry Christmas, No. 30267 - (1993) - short fiction by Frank M. Robinson
  • 39 - The One That Got Away - (1993) - short story by Mark Aronson
  • 53 - Elephantoms - (1993) - short fiction by Lawrence Schimel
  • 55 - A Foreigner's Christmas in China - (1993) - short story by Maureen F. McHugh
  • 67 - Upon a Midnight Dreary - (1993) - short fiction by Laura Resnick
  • 84 - Modern Mansions - (1993) - short fiction by Barbara Delaplace
  • 101 - Cadenza - (1993) - short fiction by Terry McGarry
  • 114 - Gordian Angel - (1993) - short fiction by Jack Nimersheim
  • 126 - The Timbrel Sound of Darkness - (1993) - short story by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
  • 136 - A Prophet for Chanukah - (1993) - short fiction by Deborah J. Wunder
  • 152 - Dumb Feast - (1993) - short story by Mercedes Lackey
  • 163 - Shades of Light and Darkness - (1993) - short fiction by Josepha Sherman
  • 181 - The River Lethe Is Made of Tears - (1993) - short fiction by John Gregory Betancourt
  • 188 - Absent Friends - (1993) - short story by Martha Soukup
  • 201 - Presentes - (1993) - short story by Nicholas A. DiChario
  • 208 - Peter's Ghost - (1993) - short fiction by Marie A. Parsons
  • 220 - The Case of the Skinflint's Specters - (1993) - short fiction by Brian M. Thomsen
  • 228 - Christmas Presence - (1993) - short story by Kate Daniel
  • 241 - The Ghost of Christmas Scams - (1993) - short fiction by Lea Hernandez
  • 250 - Wishbook Days - (1993) - short story by Janni Lee Simner
  • 266 - Holiday Station - (1993) - short fiction by Judith Tarr
  • 280 - State Road - (1993) - short fiction by Alan Dormire and Robin J. Nakkula
  • 288 - The Ghosts of Christmas Future - (1993) - short fiction by Dean Wesley Smith
  • 292 - Three Wishes Before a Fire - (1993) - short fiction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 299 - The Ghost of Christmas Sideways - (1993) - short story by David Gerrold
  • 307 - The Bear Who Found Christmas - (1993) - short fiction by Alan Rodgers

Confederacy of the Dead

Martin H. Greenberg
Edward E. Kramer
Richard Gilliam

An all-original anthology of short fiction exploring what may be the most fascinating and certainly bloodiest of all American wars--the Civil War--by the bestselling authors of dark fantasy, horror, and science fiction.

  • Preface - essay by Michael Bishop
  • Introduction - essay by Richard Gilliam
  • Death Fiend Guerillas - short story by William S. Burroughs
  • Zulei, Grace, Nimshi, and the Damnyankees - novelette by Anne McCaffrey
  • Hell Creek - short story by Karl Edward Wagner
  • The Sunday-Go-To-Meeting Jaw short story by Nancy A. Collins
  • Darker Angels - novelette by S. P. Somtow
  • Roll Call - novelette by Jerry Ahern and Sharon Ahern
  • The Crater - novelette by Doug Murray
  • Sons - short story by Charles L. Grant
  • Butternut and Blood - short story by Kathryn Ptacek
  • Strawman - short story by Nancy Holder
  • A Dress For Tea) - short story by Wendy Webb
  • Foragers - short story by Richard Lee Byers
  • Spoils of War - short story by Owl Goingback
  • Red Clay, Crimson Clay - short story by Brad Linaweaver
  • Beneath A Waning Moon - short story by Brad Strickland
  • The Master's Time - short story by Anya Martin and Stephen L. Antczak
  • Terrible Swift Saw - short story by Gregory Nicoll
  • Two Yellow Pine Coffins - novelette by Robert Sampson
  • The Third Nation - novelette by Lee Hoffman
  • Beast - novelette by George Alec Effinger
  • The Face - short story by Ed Gorman
  • Colour - novelette by Michael Moorcock
  • Caroline and Caleb - novella by Richard Gilliam
  • Grabow and Collicker and I - short story by Algis Budrys
  • The Unknown Soldier - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Courts of the Fey

Martin H. Greenberg
Russell Davis

Fantasy, whether classic or contemporary, has always been based on the conflict between the forces of Light and Darkness. Now some of the genre's most inventive authors bring readers into the Seelie Court, where all serve the Queen of Air and Light, and the Unseelie Court, where the forces of Darkness hold sway.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Courts of the Fey) - essay by Russell Davis
  • 5 - Gallow's Rescue - short fiction by Lilith Saintcrow
  • 31 - An Answer from the North - short fiction by Sarah A. Hoyt
  • 53 - Goodhouse Keeping - short fiction by Mary Robinette Kowal
  • 81 - The Song of the Wind - short fiction by Paul Crilley
  • 92 - First Ball ... Last Call - short fiction by Rob Thurman
  • 116 - Beauty - short fiction by Jenifer Ruth
  • 131 - Pennyroyal - short fiction by Kerrie Hughes
  • 147 - Unlocked Gate - short fiction by Dean Wesley Smith
  • 174 - Mushroom Clouds and Fairy Wings - short fiction by John A. Pitts
  • 196 - Hunting the Unicorn - short fiction by Jane Lindskold
  • 225 - The Green Man - short fiction by Amber Benson
  • 245 - Anne - novella by Michelle West

Dangerous Vegetables

Keith Laumer
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Do you ever worry about your vegetables eating you? Maybe you should. As those who doted on his "Retief" stories know, Keith Laumer was a man who delighted in his own genuinely twisted sense of humor. Though he left us before he could complete this book, the publisher hopes that he, wherever he is, as well as the audience, like how we finished it for him. Introduction by Ben Bova.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction: Mostly About Keith Laumer - essay by Ben Bova
  • Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! - (1962) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • Pressure - (1967) - short story by Fred Saberhagen
  • Rogue Tomato - (1975) - short story by Michael Bishop
  • The Ultimate Catalyst - (1939) - novelette by John Taine
  • Manna - (1955) - short story by John Christopher
  • The Potato - (1991) - short story by Bentley Little
  • Cannibal Plants from Heck - (1994) - short story by David Drake
  • Black Harvest of Moraine - (1950) - novelette by Arthur J. Burks
  • No Harm Done - (1961) - short story by Jack Sharkey
  • The Cactus - (1950) - short story by Mildred Johnson
  • Look, You Think You've Got Troubles - (1969) - short story by Carol Carr
  • The Pure Essence - short story by Irwin Sonenfield
  • Pumpkin Head - (1982) - short story by Al Sarrantonio
  • You Say Potato, I Say... Trouble - short story by Lawrence Schimel
  • The Crime of Micah Rood - (1888) - short story by Elia W. Peattie
  • Root of Evil - (1953) - short story by Edward Wellen
  • Step Into My Garden - (1942) - short story by Frank Belknap Long
  • Cordle to Onion to Carrot - (1969) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • Night Bloomer - (1990) - novelette by David J. Schow
  • Strange Harvest - (1953) - novelette by Donald Wandrei
  • Pumpkin - (1986) - short story by Bill Pronzini
  • The White Fruit of Banaldar - (1951) - short story by John D. MacDonald

Dark Love

Nancy A. Collins
Martin H. Greenberg
Edward E. Kramer

Twenty-two tales of erotic obsession:

  • Introduction - essay by T. E. D. Klein
  • Lunch at the Gotham Café - novelette by Stephen King
  • The Psycho - short story by Michael O'Donoghue
  • Pas de Deux - short story by Kathe Koja
  • Bright Blades Gleaming - novelette by Basil Copper
  • Hanson's Radio - short story by John Lutz
  • Refrigerator Heaven - short story by David J. Schow
  • Ro Erg - short story by Robert Weinberg
  • Going Under - short story by Ramsey Campbell
  • Hidden - short story by Stuart M. Kaminsky
  • Prism - short story by Wendy Webb
  • The Maiden - novelette by Richard Laymon
  • You've Got Your Troubles, I've Got Mine... - novelette by Bob Burden
  • Waco - short story by George C. Chesbro
  • The Penitent - novelette by John Peyton Cooke
  • Driven - short story by Kathryn Ptacek
  • Barbara - short story by John Shirley
  • Hymenoptera - short story by Michael Blumlein
  • The End of It All - novelette by Ed Gorman
  • Heat - short story by Lucy Taylor
  • Thin Walls - short story by Nancy A. Collins
  • Locked Away - short story by Karl Edward Wagner
  • Loop - novelette by Douglas E. Winter

Devil Worshipers

Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Contents

  • Warning-- (Devil Worshipers) - essay by Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
  • Sweet Sixteen (1958) - short story by Robert Bloch
  • The Missing Item - [Black Widowers] (1977) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • The Compleat Werewolf - [Fergus O'Breen] (1942) - novella by Anthony Boucher
  • No News Today (1941) - short story by Cleve Cartmill
  • The Night Train to Lost Valley (1948) - short story by August Derleth
  • The Sacrifice (1905) - short story by Perceval Gibbon
  • Young Goodman Brown (1835) - short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The Vicar of Hell - [Simon Ark - 5] (1956) - novelette by Edward D. Hoch
  • The Words of Guru (1941) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth
  • The Power (1945) - short story by Murray Leinster
  • The Stranger from Kurdistan - [Ismeddin] (1925) - short story by E. Hoffmann Price
  • The Globe of Memories (1937) - novella by Seabury Quinn
  • School for the Unspeakable (1937) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
  • Such Nice Neighbors (1985) - short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
  • The New People (1958) - short story by Charles Beaumont

Dragons and Dreams: A Collection of New Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories

Martin H. Greenberg
Jane Yolen
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • ix - Introduction (Dragons and Dreams) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh and Jane Yolen
  • 1 - The Box - short story by Bruce Coville
  • 12 - The Thing That Goes Burp in the Night - short story by Sharon Webb
  • 32 - Baba Yaga and the Sorcerer's Son - short story by Patricia A. McKillip
  • 43 - All the Names of Baby Hag - short story by Patricia MacLachlan
  • 55 - The Three Men - short story by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
  • 70 - Great-Grandfather Dragon's Tale - novelette by Jane Yolen
  • 95 - Laughter in the Leaves - [Cerin Songweaver] - short story by Charles de Lint
  • 108 - Carol Oneir's Hundredth Dream - [Chrestomanci] - novelette by Diana Wynne Jones
  • 136 - The Singing Float - short story by Monica Hughes
  • 151 - Uptown Local - [Young Wizards] - novelette by Diane Duane

Enchanted Forests

Katharine Kerr
Martin H. Greenberg

A collection of fantasy tales set in mysterious and bewitching forests includes the adventures of a woodcutter's daughter-turned-private detective, a young tribesman who is torn from his forest home, and a woodsman's unexpected encounter with a witch.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1995) - essay by Katharine Kerr
  • The Forest's Not for Burning - (1995) - shortstory by Katherine Lawrence
  • "I'll Give You Three Wishes...." - (1995) - shortstory by Kevin Andrew Murphy
  • The Triple Death - (1995) - shortstory by Ken St. Andre
  • Out of the Woods - (1995) - shortstory by Lawrence Watt-Evans
  • Viridescence - (1995) - shortstory by Connie Hirsch
  • Fiat Silva - (1995) - shortstory by Jack Oakley
  • Weeds - (1995) - shortstory by Julia H. West and Brook West
  • Benbow - (1995) - shortstory by Nancy Etchemendy
  • The Prism of Memory - (1995) - shortstory by Jo Clayton
  • The Force That Through the Green Fuse - (1995) - shortstory by Mark Kreighbaum
  • My Soul Into the Boughs - (1995) - shortstory by Teresa Edgerton
  • These Shoes Strangers Have Died Of - (1995) - shortstory by Bruce Holland Rogers
  • The Clearing - (1995) - shortstory by Lois Tilton
  • How the Ant Made a Bargain - (1995) - shortstory by Karawynn Long
  • In Fear of Little Nell - (1995) - shortstory by Gregory Feeley
  • Wood Song - (1995) - shortstory by Kate Daniel
  • Virginia Woods - (1995) - shortstory by Janni Lee Simner
  • Ties of Love - (1995) - shortfiction by Lawrence Schimel
  • The Heart of the Forest - (1995) - shortstory by Dave Smeds
  • Holy Ground - (1995) - shortstory by Thomas S. Roche
  • Ghostwood - (1995) - novelette by Michelle West
  • The Monsters of Mill Creek Park - (1995) - novelette by Susan Shwartz
  • The Memory of Peace - (1995) - novelette by Kate Elliott
  • Everything Has a Place - (1995) - shortstory by Barbara A. Denz
  • Trees Perpetual of Sleep - (1995) - shortstory by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Excalibur

Edward E. Kramer
Richard Gilliam
Martin H. Greenberg

Contents:

  • The Question of the Sword - poem by Jane Yolen
  • The God-Sword - novelette by Diana L. Paxson
  • Lassorio - short story by Eric Van Lustbader [as by Eric Lustbader ]
  • Controlling the Sword - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • Surgeon's Steel - novelette by Diana Gabaldon
  • Prayer of the Knight of the Sword - short story by Nancy Holder
  • Echoes of the One Sword - poem by T. Winter-Damon
  • Grass Dancer - short story by Owl Goingback
  • All We Know of Heaven - short story by Peter Crowther
  • Passing - novelette by Charles de Lint
  • Nights of the Round Table - poem by Lawrence Schimel
  • Here There Be Dragons? - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • Goldie, Lox, and the Three Excalibearers - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
  • Silver, Stone, and Steel - short story by Judith Tarr
  • The Other Scabbard - short story by Brad Linaweaver
  • Hope's Edge - poem by Daniel H. Scheltema
  • The Waking Dream - novelette by Jill M. Morgan [as by J. M. Morgan ]
  • The Scout, the Slugger and the Stripper - short story by Randy Miller
  • The Weapon - short story by Ardath Mayhar
  • The Sword in the Net - short story by Brad Strickland
  • Once and Future - poem by Terry Tappouni
  • Once and Future - short story by Mercedes Lackey
  • Sword Practice - novelette by Jody Lynn Nye
  • Where Bestowed - short story by Susan Dexter
  • Demon Sword - novelette by Bill Fawcett
  • Troubled Waters - novelette by Susan Shwartz
  • Literary Cubism Saves the Universe - poem by Joe Haldeman
  • Duty - novelette by Gary Gygax
  • The Epilogue of the Sword - short story by Darrell Schweitzer

Faerie Tales

Martin H. Greenberg
Russell Davis

Faerie folk have cast their magical spell over people the world around. Now some of today's most imaginative fantasists explore into the heart of this enchantment with twelve all-original stories that will bespell readers of all ages.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Faerie Tales) - essay by Russell Davis
  • 4 - Sweet Forget-Me-Not - [Newford] - novelette by Charles de Lint
  • 32 - The September People - novelette by Tim Waggoner
  • 59 - Judgment - [Faerie Justice] - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 79 - Changeling - novelette by John Helfers
  • 122 - Yellow Tide Foam - novelette by Sarah A. Hoyt
  • 143 - He Said, Sidhe Said - short story by Tanya Huff
  • 162 - A Very Special Relativity - short story by Jim Fiscus
  • 181 - Witches'-Broom, Apple Soon - [Athanor] - novelette by Jane Lindskold
  • 208 - Wyvern - [Elfhome / Steel City] - short story by Wen Spencer
  • 222 - A Piece of Flesh - novelette by Adam Stemple
  • 248 - The Filial Fiddler - novelette by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • 270 - The Stolen Child - novelette by Michelle West

Five Science Fiction Novels

Martin Greenberg

Five Science Fiction Novels is a 1952 anthology of five science fiction novellas edited by Martin Greenberg. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Unknown and Astounding SF.

Table of Contents:

  • 13 - But Without Horns - (1940) - novella by Norvell W. Page
  • 110 - Destiny Times Three - (1945) - novel by Fritz Leiber
  • 204 - Crisis in Utopia - (1952) - novella by Norman L. Knight
  • 277 - The Chronicler - (1946) - novella by A. E. van Vogt (variant of Siege of the Unseen)
  • 349 - The Crucible of Power - (1939) - novelette by Jack Williamson

Forbidden Acts

Edward E. Kramer
Nancy A. Collins
Martin H. Greenberg

Twenty-four short stories follow themes of human boundaries pushed to the limits, bringing readers into the lives of men and women who dabble in satanic worship, sexual manipulation, and other dark vices.

  • Introduction - essay by Joe Bob Briggs
  • Light of Thy Countenance - short story by Alan Moore
  • The Contract - short story by Brian Herbert and Marie Landis
  • Blood Knot - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
  • Interrogator Frames - short story by Rob Hardin
  • The Real World - novelette by Brooks Caruthers
  • Choke Hold - short story by Lucy Taylor
  • Blackpool Rock - novelette by Philip Nutman
  • Forgotten Promises - short story by Edward E. Kramer
  • Coming of Age - short story by Douglas Clegg
  • High Heels from Hell - short story by Mike Lee
  • The Energy Pals - novelette by Howard Kaylan
  • The Agony Man - short story by Don Webb
  • Brainchild - novelette by Rex Miller
  • Furies in Black Leather - short story by Nancy A. Collins
  • You Hear What Buddy and Ray Did? - short story by John Shirley
  • Playing Dolls - short story by Melissa Mia Hall and Douglas E. Winter
  • Facets of Solitaire - novelette by Christopher Golden
  • The Picture of Jonathan Collins - short story by Karl Edward Wagner
  • Happy Couple - short story by Danielle Willis
  • Mysterious Elisions, Riotous Thrusts - short story by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
  • Stations of the Cross - short story by David Aaron Clark

Foundation's Friends

Martin H. Greenberg
Isaac Asimov

Original tales written in honor of Isaac Asimov's fiftieth anniversary in the genre. They are set across his works.

Contents:

  • 1 - Preface (Foundation's Friends) - essay by Ray Bradbury
  • 3 - Second Preface: The Nonmetallic Isaac or It's a Wonderful Life - essay by Ben Bova
  • 7 - Strip-Runner - [The Positronic Robot Stories] - novelette by Pamela Sargent
  • 41 - The Asenion Solution - short story by Robert Silverberg
  • 57 - Murder in the Urth Degree - [Wendell Urth] - short story by Edward Wellen
  • 75 - Trantor Falls - [Foundation] - short story by Harry Turtledove
  • 95 - Dilemma - [The Positronic Robot Stories] - short story by Connie Willis
  • 115 - Maureen Birnbaum After Dark - [Maureen Birnbaum] - short story by George Alec Effinger
  • 135 - Balance - [Susan Calvin] - short story by Mike Resnick
  • 141 - The Present Eternal - short story by Barry N. Malzberg
  • 153 - PAPPI - [The Positronic Robot Stories] - short story by Sheila Finch
  • 173 - The Reunion at the Mile-High - short story by Frederik Pohl
  • 187 - Plato's Cave - [The Positronic Robot Stories] - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • 217 - Foundation's Conscience - [Foundation] - short story by George Zebrowski
  • 225 - Carhunters of the Concrete Prairie - [The Positronic Robot Stories] - novella by Robert Sheckley
  • 273 - The Overheard Conversation - [Black Widowers] - short story by Edward D. Hoch
  • 281 - Blot - [The Positronic Robot Stories] - novelette by Hal Clement
  • 307 - The Fourth Law of Robotics - [The Positronic Robot Stories] - short story by Harry Harrison
  • 321 - The Originist - [Foundation] - novella by Orson Scott Card
  • 397 - A Word or Two from Janet - essay by Janet Asimov [as by Janet Jeppson Asimov]
  • 401 - Fifty Years - essay by Isaac Asimov

Full Moon City

Martin H. Greenberg
Darrell Schweitzer

DANGER LURKS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY... BUT NOT ALWAYS WHERE YOU EXPECT IT.

From New York to Los Angeles to Bucharest, fifteen never-before-published tales by some of the world's finest fantasy and horror writers celebrate the newest incarnations of an age-old terror that strikes when the moon is full... the werewolf. No longer confined to the forests, these modern monsters can be found in places you frequent every day--and never before thought to fear.

CARRIE VAUGHN's popular werewolf radio host Kitty Norville is drawn into a controversy as to whether it's fair to ban lycanthropy from professional sports. New York's famous Plaza Hotel is the setting for ESTHER M. FRIESNER's tale of one very grisly little girl, while Beverly Hills may never quite recover from RON GOULART's middle-aged Hollywood screenwriter who falls prey to a most unusual problem. Celebrated fantasy author PETER S. BEAGLE tells a chillingly lyrical story of three Louisiana loup garoux locked into a deadly dance of death. Plus many more biting tales from award-winning authors.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction: Children of the Night - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
  • The Truth About Werewolves - short fiction by Lisa Tuttle
  • Innocent - short fiction by Gene Wolfe
  • Kitty Learns the Ropes - short fiction by Carrie Vaughn
  • No Children, No Pets - short fiction by Esther M. Friesner
  • Sea Warg - short fiction by Tanith Lee
  • Country Mothers' Sons - short story by Holly Phillips
  • A Most Unusual Greyhound - short fiction by Mike Resnick
  • The Bitch - short fiction by P. D. Cacek
  • The Aarne-Thompson Classification Revue - short story by Holly Black
  • Weredog of Bucharest - short fiction by Ian Watson
  • I Was a Middle-Age Werewolf - short fiction by Ron Goulart
  • Kvetchula's Daughter - short story by Darrell Schweitzer
  • And Bob's Your Uncle - short fiction by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
  • The Bank Job - short fiction by Gregory Frost
  • La Lune T'Attend - novelette by Peter S. Beagle

Future Weapons of War

Joe Haldeman
Martin H. Greenberg

A volume of visions of future wars, fought with weapons out of nightmare, by today's top writers of military science fiction, as well as some writers who are not usually associated with military SF, such as best-selling writer Gregory Benford, and award-winning author Kristine Katherine Rusch. Also present are Michael Z. Williamson, author of the strong selling novels Freehold and The Weapon, award-winning author of Bolo Strike, William H. Keith, and more. Through the centuries, weapons have changed radically, but the soldier has remained much the same. But in the future, soldiers, too, may undergo radical changes.

As editor Joe Haldeman puts it, "Weapons are an extension of the soldier, and also an extension of the culture or species that produced the soldier. And they are sometimes more dangerous to the soldier than the enemy...."

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (2007) - essay by Joe Haldeman
  • Craters - (2007) - shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • David in the Lion's Den - (2007) - shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis
  • Rocket Boy - (2007) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley
  • Jade Angel - (2007) - novelette by Dena Bain Taylor
  • Broken Bits - (2007) - novelette by Mark L. Van Name
  • The First Cup of Coffee War - (2007) - novelette by James H. Cobb
  • The Soldier Within - (2007) - shortstory by Michael A. Burstein
  • Spec-Ops - (2007) - shortstory by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
  • The Weapon - (2007) - novelette by William H. Keith, Jr.
  • The Looking Glass War - (2007) - novelette by Brendan DuBois
  • The Humans Call it Duty - (2007) - shortstory by Michael Z. Williamson
  • Casualty - (2007) - novelette by Brian Stableford

Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction

Martin H. Greenberg
Joseph D. Olander
Frederik Pohl

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Frederik Pohl
  • Horace L. Gold - essay by Frederik Pohl
  • Gold on Galaxy - essay by H. L. Gold
  • Coming Attraction - (1950) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
  • To Serve Man - (1950) - shortstory by Damon Knight
  • Memoir (To Serve Man) - essay by Damon Knight
  • Betelgeuse Bridge - (1951) - shortstory by William Tenn
  • From a Cave Deep in Stuyvesant Town — A Memoir of Galaxy's Most Creative Years - essay by William Tenn
  • Cost of Living - (1952) - shortstory by Robert Sheckley
  • Memoir of Galaxy Magazine - essay by Robert Sheckley
  • The Model of a Judge - (1953) - shortstory by William Morrison
  • Memoir (The Model of a Judge) - essay by William Morrison
  • The Holes Around Mars - (1954) - shortstory by Jerome Bixby
  • Memoir (The Holes Around Mars) - essay by Jerome Bixby
  • Horrer Howce - (1956) - shortstory by Margaret St. Clair
  • Memoir (Horrer Howce) - essay by Margaret St. Clair
  • People Soup - (1958) - shortstory by Alan Arkin
  • Memoir (People Soup) - essay by Alan Arkin
  • Something Bright - (1960) - shortstory by Zenna Henderson
  • The Lady Who Sailed The Soul - (1960) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith and Genevieve Linebarger
  • The Deep Down Dragon - (1961) - shortstory by Judith Merril
  • Memoir (The Deep Down Dragon) - essay by Judith Merril
  • Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night - (1961) - novelette by Algis Budrys
  • Memoir: Spilled Milk - essay by Algis Budrys
  • The Place Where Chicago Was - (1962) - novelette by Jim Harmon
  • Memoir (The Place Where Chicago Was) - essay by Jim Harmon
  • The Great Nebraska Sea - (1963) - shortstory by Allan Danzig
  • Memoir (The Great Nebraska Sea) - essay by Allan Danzig
  • Oh, to Be a Blobel! - (1964) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
  • Memoir (Oh, To Be a Blobel!) - essay by Philip K. Dick
  • Founding Father - (1965) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
  • Memoir (Founding Father) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Going Down Smooth - (1968) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
  • Memoir (Going Down Smooth) - essay by Robert Silverberg
  • All the Myriad Ways - (1968) - shortstory by Larry Niven
  • Memoir (All the Myriad Ways) - essay by Larry Niven
  • The Last Flight of Dr. Ain - (1969) - shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
  • Memoir (Galaxy Book Shelf) - essay by Algis Budrys
  • Galaxy Book Shelf (Galaxy, September 1969) - (1969) - essay by Algis Budrys
  • Slow Sculpture - (1970) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Memoir (Slow Sculpture) - essay by Theodore Sturgeon
  • About a Secret Crocodile - (1970) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
  • Memoir (About a Secret Crocodile) - essay by R. A. Lafferty
  • Cold Friend - (1973) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
  • Memoir (Cold Friend) - essay by Harlan Ellison
  • The Day Before the Revolution - (1974) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • The Gift of Garigolli - (1974) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
  • Overdrawn at the Memory Bank - (1976) - novelette by John Varley
  • Note (Overdrawn at the Memory Bank) - essay by John Varley
  • Horace, Galaxyca - essay by Alfred Bester
  • Index to Galaxy Magazine

Gateways

Martin H. Greenberg

Nineteen science fiction masters explore what lies beyond the doors of our world.

Science fiction is all about exploration-from the microcosm to the macrocosm, from the past to the future, from the depths of the ocean to far-distant stars. And this collection of original stories offers a whole assortment of gateways to worlds of adventure and the imagination.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by John Helfers
  • On the Brane - (2004) - novelette by Gregory Benford
  • The Two Sheckleys - novelette by Robert Sheckley
  • Midnight at the Half-Life Café - novelette by Russell Davis
  • Postcards - short story by Rebecca Moesta
  • Shift Out of Control - novelette by Daniel M. Hoyt
  • The Trigger - novelette by Janet Pack
  • Spring Break - short story by Rebecca Lickiss
  • Welcome to the Crystal Arches - novelette by Irene Radford
  • Double Trouble - novelette by John Zakour
  • By the Rules - novelette by Phaedra Weldon
  • Manifesting Destiny - novelette by Patricia Lee Macomber
  • At Best an Echo - short story by Bradley H. Sinor
  • Opening Doors - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • Circle of Compassion - novelette by David D. Levine
  • Iron Flames and Neon Skies - short story by Jim C. Hines
  • Carded - short story by Jim Fiscus
  • Wait Until the War Is Over - novelette by Sarah A. Hoyt
  • The Doorway in Stephensons Store - novella by Peter Crowther
  • Worlds Enough... And Time - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Grails: Quests of the Dawn

Edward E. Kramer
Martin H. Greenberg
Richard Gilliam

New York Times bestselling authors Neil Gaiman, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and 23 more masters of fantasy deliver spellbinding stories of Arthurian knights, innocent maidens, sorcerers, and sword masters who have been touched by the power of the Holy Grail...

  • The Question of the Grail - (1992) - poem by Jane Yolen
  • The Cup and the Cauldron - (1992) - short story by Mercedes Lackey
  • That Which Overfloweth - (1992) - short story by Andre Norton
  • Chalice of Tears, or I Didn't Want that Damned Grail Anyway - (1992) - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • The Feast of the Fisher King - (1992) - novelette by Diana L. Paxson
  • The Gift of Gilthaliad - (1992) - short story by Brad Strickland
  • Curse of the Romany - (1994) - short story by Ilona Ouspenskaya
  • Dagda - (1992) - poem by James S. Dorr
  • The Sailor Who Sailed After the Sun - (1992) - short story by Gene Wolfe
  • Water - (1992) - novelette by Lee Hoffman
  • What You See... - (1992) - short story by Alan Dean Foster
  • Storyville, Tennessee - (1994) - novelette by Richard Gilliam
  • Somewhere in Her Dying Heart - (1992) - poem by Lisa Lepovetsky
  • Hell-Bent for Leather - (1994) - short story by Jeremiah E. Phipps
  • Atlantis - (1992) - novella by Orson Scott Card
  • Invisible Bars - (1992) - short story by Dean Wesley Smith
  • That Way Lies Camelot - (1992) - novelette by Janny Wurts
  • Hitchhiking Across an Ancient Sea - (1992) - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • Visions - (1992) - short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
  • The Awful Truth in Arthur's Barrow - (1992) - novelette by Charles L. Grant [as by Lionel Fenn]
  • Reunion - (1992) - short story by Brian M. Thomsen
  • Quest Now - (1992) - poem by Margo Skinner
  • Chivalry - (1992) - short story by Neil Gaiman
  • Falling to the Edge of the End of the World - (1994) - short story by Bruce D. Arthurs
  • Greggie's Cup - (1992) - short story by Rick Wilber
  • The Grail Legend: An Afterword - (1992) - essay by Fritz Leiber

Haunted Holidays

Martin H. Greenberg
Russell Davis

From Columbus Day to Christmas, from Labor Day to the Fourth of July, here are thirteen original stories of dark fantasy and the supernatural that give new meaning to the term holiday spirit.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Haunted Holidays) - essay by Russell Davis
  • 5 - For These Things I Am Truly Thankful - novelette by David Niall Wilson
  • 29 - Jewels in the Dust - short story by Peter Crowther
  • 53 - Birthday Jitters - novelette by Julie E. Czerneda
  • 81 - The Dead Don't Waddle - short story by Esther M. Friesner
  • 101 - Brotherhood - novelette by David D. Levine
  • 127 - Die, Christmas, Die! - short story by David Bischoff
  • 145 - New World's Brave - novelette by Daniel M. Hoyt
  • 169 - Season Finale - short story by Bradley H. Sinor
  • 189 - Voices in an Empty Room - [Eli Mothersbaugh] - novelette by Richard Parks
  • 217 - Memories Underfoot - short story by Ruth Stuart
  • 231 - Judgment - novelette by Kerrie Hughes
  • 261 - Cover Me - novelette by Nancy Holder
  • 283 - The Secret Sympathy - novelette by Brian A. Hopkins

Heroes In Training

Martin H. Greenberg
Jim C. Hines

ORDINARY PEOPLE. EXTRAORDINARY HEROES...

This all-new fantasy anthology features thirteen original stories about ordinary or inexperienced people learning to become extraordinary heroes. From the shape shifter Esen-alit-Quar who is forced unexpectedly into her first solo mission to the young man sworn to defeat a pack of lycanthropes, these heroes in training are thrown into exciting adventures that demand nothing short of all that is in them.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Jim C. Hines
  • Roomies - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
  • Three Names of the Hidden God - novelette by Vera Nazarian
  • The Princess, the Page, and the Master Cook's Son - novelette by Sherwood Smith
  • The Children's Crusade - (2007) - novelette by Robin Wayne Bailey
  • The Apprentice - novelette by Catherine H. Shaffer
  • Beneath the Skin - shortstory by James Lowder
  • Giantkiller - novelette by G. Scott Huggins
  • Drinker - novelette by Michael Jasper
  • King Harrowhelm - shortstory by Ed Greenwood
  • Honor Is a Game Mortals Play - novelette by Eugie Foster
  • The Wizard's Legacy - novelette by Michael A. Burstein
  • A Touch of Blue - novelette by Julie E. Czerneda
  • Sir Apropos of Nothing and The Adventure of the Receding Heir - novelette by Peter David
  • About the Authors - essay by uncredited

Hitler Victorious: 11 Stories of the German Victory in World War II

Gregory Benford
Martin H. Greenberg

Eleven well-known British writersM. Kornbluth, Hilary Bailey, Greg Bear, Keith Roberts, David Brin, Brad Linaweaver, Sheila Finch, Algis Budrys, Howard Goldsmith, Tom Shippey and Gregory Benfordcontribute tales that delineate a theme: even if the Nazis had won World War II, it would have been a hollow victory. The Germans portrayed here are as gray as the field-grade uniform. The settings range from a psychedelic trip by an American physicist in Los Alamos to a house haunted by the fetuses of murdered Jewish mothers to excerpts from Joseph Goebbels' postwar diaries. The volume has a seminal flaw, however. No matter how powerful the fiction or symbolic the myth, neither is as compelling as what actually happened during the years of the Third Reich. - Publishers Weekly

Table of Contents:

  • Preface: Imagining the Abyss - (1986) - essay by Gregory Benford
  • Introduction: Hitler Victorious - (1986) - essay by Norman Spinrad
  • Two Dooms - (1958) - novella by C. M. Kornbluth
  • The Fall of Frenchy Steiner - (1964) - novelette by Hilary Bailey
  • Through Road No Whither - (1985) - shortstory by Greg Bear
  • Weihnachtsabend - (1972) - novelette by Keith Roberts
  • Thor Meets Captain America - (1986) - novelette by David Brin
  • Moon of Ice - (1982) - novella by Brad Linaweaver
  • Reichs-Peace - (1986) - novelette by Sheila Finch
  • Never Meet Again - (1958) - shortstory by Algis Budrys
  • Do Ye Hear the Children Weeping? - (1986) - shortstory by Howard Goldsmith
  • Enemy Transmissions - (1986) - shortstory by Tom Shippey
  • Valhalla - (1982) - shortstory by Gregory Benford

Horrors! 365 Scary Stories

Stefan Dziemianowicz
Robert Weinberg
Martin H. Greenberg

The horror short-short isn't easy to master, but more than 100 of the genre's critically acclaimed authors & hottest up-and-comers have taken a stab at it in Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, an anthology that contains a short tale for every day of the year. Steve Rasnic Tem, Wm F. Nolan, Tom Piccirilli, Yvonne Navarro, Peter Atkins, Brian Hodge, Martin Mundt & 166 others give you short, sharp shocks. Who got the most slots? The final scorecard:

13: Brian McNaughton

9: Tim Waggoner

8: Benjamin Adams, Wm Marden

7: David Niall Wilson, DonD'Ammassa, Linda J. Dunn, Steve Rasnic Tem

6: Adam-Troy Castro, Del Stone Jr, John Gregory Betancourt, Phyllis Eisenstein, Tom Piccirilli

5: Adam Niswander, Brian Hodge, Hugh B. Cave, John B. Rosenmann, Peter Atkins, Terry Campbell

4: Don Webb, Gary Jonas, Lawrence Schimel, Lisa Lepovetsky, Lisa Morton, Wayne Allen Sallee, Yvonne Navarro, Scott M. Brents

3: Martin Mundt, David Annandale, Donald R. Burleson, Greg McElhatton, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Joe Meno, Judith Post, Juleen Brantingham, Lawrence C. Connolly, Michael Mardis, Michael Scott Bricker, Nancy Kilpatrick, Richard Gilliam, S. May Amarinth, Scott David Aniolowski, Stephen Dedman, Tina L. Jens

2: Andrew Sands, Blythe Ayne, Brian A. Hopkins, Brian Craig, Brian Stableford, Dawn Dunn, Francis Amery, Gordon Linzner, Greg van Eekhout, James Robert Smith, Joel S. Ross, John Maclay, Kay Reynolds, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Lillian Csernica, Kevin Shadle, Larry Segriff, Lawrence Greenberg, Lisa John Bothell, Lisa S. Silverthorne, Lois H. Gresh, Mark Hannah, Michael Gillis, Michael Grisi, Randy Miller, Robert Devereaux, Scott Edelman, Steve Eller, Thomas M. Sipos

If I Were An Evil Overlord

Martin H. Greenberg
Russell Davis

Today's finest fantasy authors have delivered fourteen tales that run the gamut from humorous to serious, fantasy to science fiction. Certain to appeal to role-playing gamers, fantasy lovers, and megalomaniacs who want to rule the world.

Table of Contents:

  • ix - Introduction (If I Were an Evil Overlord) - essay by Russell Davis
  • 1 - If Looks Could Kill - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
  • 27 - The Man Who Would Be Overlord - novelette by David Bischoff
  • 52 - Ensuring the Succession - novelette by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 78 - The Life & Death of Fortune Cookie Tyrant - short story by Dean Wesley Smith
  • 96 - Daddy's Little Girl - novelette by Jim C. Hines
  • 118 - Gordie Culligan vs. Dr. Longbeach & the HVAC of Doom - novelette by J. Steven York
  • 140 - The Sins of the Sons - novelette by Fiona Patton
  • 165 - Loser Takes All - novelette by Donald J. Bingle
  • 186 - The Next Level - short story by David Niall Wilson
  • 205 - Advisors at Naptime - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 222 - A Woman's Work ... - novelette by Tanya Huff
  • 245 - To Sit in Darkness Here, Hatching Vain Empires - novelette by Steven A. Roman
  • 269 - Stronger Than Fate - short story by John Helfers
  • 285 - Art Therapy - novelette by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Imaginary Friends

John Marco
Martin H. Greenberg

We've all had them. We've all needed them. In this fun fantasy anthology, readers are given thirteen variations on what kinds of friends come in handy indeed in times of need. From a toy Canadian Mountie who suddenly comes to life, to a boy and his dragon, to a young woman held captive in a tower and the mysterious being who is her only companion, these highly imaginative tales entertainingly explore the nature of what constitutes a 'real' friendship.

It Came From The Drive-In!

Norman Partridge
Martin H. Greenberg

Science fiction, horror, and the truly unbelievable-it's all here in an original collection that captures that almost gone and highly romanticized era-the Age of the Drive-In Movie. Fogged-up windshields, bad speaker systems, snack foods galore, it was all part of the drive-in experience.

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Introduction: Or, Here's Where Your Ticket Gets Torn (It Came from the Drive-In) - essay by Norman Partridge
  • 11 - Talkin' Trailer Trash - short story by Edward Bryant
  • 16 - 10585 - novelette by Sean A. Moore
  • 37 - Big Bust at Herbert Hoover High - short story by Jay Bonansinga
  • 52 - '59 Frankenstein - short story by Norman Partridge
  • 72 - Tuesday Weld, Sunday Services - short story by Rex Miller
  • 77 - Die, Baby, Die, Die, Die! - short story by Dan Perez
  • 89 - The Yellers of Their Eyes - novelette by Tia V. Travis
  • 125 - Underground Atlanta - short story by Gregory Nicoll
  • 143 - The Morning of August 18th - short story by Ed Gorman
  • 150 - The Thing from Lovers' Lane - novelette by Nancy A. Collins
  • 184 - Jungle J.D. - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
  • 196 - The Blood on Satan's Harley - short story by Gary Jonas
  • 204 - I Was a Teenage Boycrazy Blob - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 218 - Bullets Can't Stop It - short story by Wayne Allen Sallee
  • 232 - Race with the Devil - short story by Randy Fox
  • 242 - The Good, the Bad, and the Danged - novelette by Adam-Troy Castro
  • 268 - The Slobbering Tongue That Ate the Frightfully Huge Woman - novelette by Robert Devereaux
  • 289 - Plan 10 from Inner Space - novelette by Karl Edward Wagner

Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny

Martin H. Greenberg

THE LEGACY OF A MASTER STORYTELLER:

From the first appearances of Roger Zelazny's short fiction in the early 196Os--remarkably original stories such as the memorable "A Rose for Ecclesiastes," many of which are now recognized as classics--it was clear that a dazzling new genius had burst into the field of speculative literature.

Over the years, that shining talent burned brighter in novels such as Lord of Light, The Dream Master, and Creatures of Light and Darkness...works whose lyrical prose, masterful plotting and unique blend of timeless myth with cutting edge science won Zelazny the acclaim of readers and critics alike--as well as six Hugos and three Nebulas. In the groundbreaking Amber books, he turned to fantasy, creating one of the most beloved series of all time.

Sadly, Roger Zelazny was taken from us too soon. But his genius blazes on--not only in his own enduring fiction, but also in the work of fellow authors influenced by his example and touched by his friendship. Now twenty-five of those writers--including some of the most acclaimed names in SF and fantasy come together to pay tribute to Roger Zelazny with original stories evoking the magic and wonder of his own best work.

Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Lord of the Fantastic) - essay by Fred Saberhagen
  • 4 - Lethe - [College of Mystery] - (1997) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
  • 37 - The Story Roger Never Told - short story by Jack Williamson
  • 45 - The Somehow Not Yet Dead - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 56 - Calling Pittsburgh - short story by Steven Brust
  • 65 - If I Take the Wings of Morning - novelette by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
  • 88 - Ki'rin and the Blue and White Tiger - short story by Jane Lindskold [as by Jane M. Lindskold]
  • 101 - The Eryx - novelette by Robert Sheckley
  • 121 - Southern Discomfort - short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II
  • 127 - Suicide Kings - novelette by John J. Miller
  • 143 - Changing of the Guard - short story by Robert Wayne McCoy and Thomas F. Monteleone
  • 154 - The Flying Dutchman - short story by John Varley
  • 172 - Ninekiller and the Neterw - novelette by William Sanders
  • 198 - Call Me Titan - (1997) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
  • 218 - The Outling - short story by Andre Norton
  • 233 - Arroyo de Oro - novelette by Pati Nagle
  • 258 - Back in "The Real World" - short story by Bradley H. Sinor
  • 271 - Mad Jack - short story by Jennifer Roberson
  • 277 - Movers and Shakers - short story by Paul Dellinger
  • 288 - The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness - short story by William Browning Spencer
  • 304 - Only the End of the World Again - (1994) - short story by Neil Gaiman
  • 320 - Slow Symphonies of Mass and Time - novelette by Gregory Benford
  • 345 - Asgard Unlimited - short story by Michael A. Stackpole
  • 359 - Wherefore the Rest Is Silence - essay by Gerald Hausman
  • 365 - About the Authors (Lord of the Fantastic) - essay by uncredited
  • 371 - Permissions (Lord of the Fantastic) - essay by uncredited

Love & Rockets

Martin H. Greenberg
Kerrie L. Hughes

Space... the final frontier. Or is it? Many say there's no frontier more forbidding than a romantic relationship between a man and a woman. But what if one's a human, and the other's an alien? Here is an original collection of space opera stories where authors take love (unrequited or not), on a spaceship, space station, or planetary colony, and add enough drama, confusion and mayhem to ensure that the path to true love-or short-term infatuation-is seldom free of obstacles.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - SFR--Not Just Science Fiction Research Anymore - essay by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 7 - Second Shift - short story by Brenda Cooper
  • 21 - Gateway Night - [MemMod World] - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 46 - The Woman Who Ate Stone Squid - short story by Jay Lake
  • 59 - Wanted - short fiction by Gini Koch
  • 87 - An Offer You Couldn't Refuse - short fiction by Lillian Stewart Carl and Sylvia Kelso
  • 114 - In the Night - short fiction by Steven H Silver
  • 141 - F Isn't for Freefall - short story by Donald J. Bingle
  • 153 - If This Were a Romance - short fiction by Jay Lake and Shannon Page
  • 175 - The Business of Love - short story by Kelly Swails
  • 193 - Music in Time - short story by Dean Wesley Smith
  • 220 - Dance of Life - short fiction by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 245 - For Old Times' Sake - short fiction by Tim Waggoner
  • 269 - Drinking Games - short fiction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Lovecraft's Legacy: A Centennial Celebration of H.P. Lovecraft

Martin H. Greenberg
Robert Weinberg

H.P. Lovecraft is one of the most influential modern horror writers. Lovecraft's fiction is a category unto itself. Eschewing the traditional werewolves, vampires, and ghosts of most horror fiction, he wrote of dread Elder Gods and cosmic, earth-shattering horrors. Lovecraft mined rich veins of terror uniquely his own, and wherever in the known and unknown universe his imagination sped, readers followed?fascinated, enrapt, and terrified by the scope of his dark vision.

More than fifty years after his death, Lovecraft's fiction continues to influence each new generation of horror readers... and writers. Lovecraft's Legacy collects 13 stories by critically-acclaimed, award-winning horror and dark fantasy writers, including F. Paul Wilson, Brian Lumley, Gene Wolfe, and Gahan Wilson. With an introduction by Robert Bloch, author of Psycho, this splendid anthology pays well-deserved homage to the late, great master of the weird tale.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction: An Open Letter to H. P. Lovecraft - (1990) - essay by Robert Bloch
  • A Secret of the Heart - (1990) - novelette by Mort Castle
  • The Other Man - (1990) - novelette by Ray Garton
  • Will - (1990) - novelette by Graham Masterton
  • Big "C" - (1990) - novelette by Brian Lumley
  • Ugly - (1990) - short story by Gary Brandner
  • The Blade and the Claw - (1990) - novelette by Hugh B. Cave
  • Soul Keeper - (1990) - short story by Joseph A. Citro
  • From the Papers of Helmut Hecker - (1990) - short story by Chet Williamson
  • Meryphillia - (1990) - short story by Brian McNaughton
  • Lord of the Land - (1990) - novelette by Gene Wolfe
  • H.P.L. - (1990) - novelette by Gahan Wilson
  • The Order of Things Unknown - (1990) - short story by Ed Gorman
  • The Barrens - (1989) - novella by F. Paul Wilson

Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction: Robots, Computers, and Fear - (1984) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 15 - Moxon's Master - (1899) - short story by Ambrose Bierce
  • 29 - The Lost Machine - (1932) - novelette by John Wyndham
  • 50 - Rex - (1934) - short story by Harl Vincent
  • 68 - Robbie - (1950) - short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Strange Playfellow 1940)
  • 93 - Farewell to the Master - (1940) - novelette by Harry Bates
  • 139 - Robot's Return - (1938) - short story by Robert Moore Williams (variant of Robots Return)
  • 153 - Though Dreamers Die - (1944) - novelette by Lester del Rey
  • 175 - Fulfillment - (1951) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
  • 209 - Runaround - [Mike Donovan] - (1942) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • 233 - I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream - (1967) - short story by Harlan Ellison
  • 251 - The Evitable Conflict - [Susan Calvin] - (1950) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • 279 - A Logic Named Joe - (1946) - short story by Murray Leinster [as by Will F. Jenkins]
  • 297 - Sam Hall - [Sam Hall Universe] - (1953) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • 332 - I Made You - (1954) - short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • 345 - Triggerman - (1958) - short story by J. F. Bone
  • 357 - War with the Robots - (1962) - short story by Harry Harrison
  • 380 - Evidence - [Susan Calvin] - (1946) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • 405 - 2066: Election Day - (1956) - short story by Michael Shaara
  • 422 - If There Were No Benny Cemoli - (1963) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
  • 448 - The Monkey Wrench - (1951) - short story by Gordon R. Dickson
  • 461 - Dial F for Frankenstein - (1973) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Dial "F" for Frankenstein 1965)
  • 470 - The Macauley Circuit - (1956) - short story by Robert Silverberg
  • 481 - Judas - (1967) - short story by John Brunner
  • 491 - Answer - (1954) - short story by Fredric Brown
  • 495 - The Electric Ant - (1969) - short story by Philip K. Dick
  • 519 - The Bicentennial Man - (1976) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • 565 - Long Shot - (1972) - short story by Vernor Vinge
  • 581 - Alien Stones - (1972) - novelette by Gene Wolfe
  • 616 - Starcrossed - (1973) - short story by George Zebrowski

Merlin

Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Merlin) - essay by John Helfers
  • 3 - Old Merlin Dancing on the Sands of Time - poem by Jane Yolen
  • 5 - Cauldron of Light - short story by Diana L. Paxson
  • 21 - Forest of Stone - [Newford] - short story by Charles de Lint
  • 38 - One Morning at the Stone - short story by Tim Waggoner
  • 50 - Repro Man - short story by Esther M. Friesner and Anne Elizabeth Stutzman
  • 70 - Root and Branch Shall Change - short story by Andre Norton
  • 80 - Touched by Moonlight and Sunshine - short story by Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch
  • 96 - The Final Battle - short story by John Helfers
  • 105 - The Magic Roundabout - short story by Pauline E. Dungate
  • 115 - Other Agendas - short story by Lyn McConchie
  • 127 - The Wild Hunt - novelette by Lisanne Norman
  • 150 - Mouse and the Magic Guy - short story by Brian M. Thomsen
  • 166 - Merlin and Viviane - short story by Alan Rodgers
  • 179 - Waiting for Tomorrow - short story by Marc Bilgrey
  • 192 - Central Park - short story by Bradley H. Sinor
  • 205 - Last Flight Over the Giant's Dance - short story by Jean Rabe
  • 221 - The Well-Made Knight - short story by Brooks Peck
  • 238 - The Ballad of the Side Street Wizard - novelette by Gary A. Braunbeck
  • 259 - The End of Summer - novelette by Russell Davis
  • 283 - Return of the King - novelette by Michelle West

Millennium 3001

Martin H. Greenberg
Russell Davis

Thirteen brand-new tales explore the future of Earth and humanity a thousand years from now. From the development of a race that will be the next evolutionary step beyond mankind, to civilization's adaptation to a new ice age, to a people who have escaped the constraints of chronological time, these are provocative, inventive glimpses of our world and universe that are only a millennium away.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Millennium 3001) - essay by Russell Davis
  • 5 - Afterward - short story by John Helfers
  • 12 - River - novelette by Jack Dann and Keith Ferrell
  • 40 - Landscapes - novelette by Kevin J. Anderson
  • 65 - Dr. Prospero and the Snake Lady - novelette by Brian Stableford
  • 98 - Bitter Quest - novelette by Jim Fiscus
  • 124 - Nostalgia 101 - short story by Dean Wesley Smith
  • 136 - Go Tell the Spartans - short story by Sarah A. Hoyt
  • 155 - A Better Place - novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 177 - To the Universe Station - novella by George Zebrowski
  • 221 - In His Own Image - novelette by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • 233 - Take Me Back to Old Tennessee - novelette by Allen Steele
  • 258 - The Mists of Time - novelette by Jack Williamson
  • 285 - Geometry - novelette by Robert A. Metzger

My Favorite Horror Story

Mike Baker
Martin H. Greenberg

Who do today's top horror writers read-and why? This was the question posed to some of the most influential authors in the field today. This book is their answer. Here are fifteen of the most memorable stories in the genre, each one personally selected by a well-known writer, and each prefaced by that writer's explanation of his or her choice. Here's your choice to enjoy familiar favorites, and perhaps to discover some wonderful treasures. In each case, you'll have the opportunity to see the story from the perspective of a master of the field.

Contents:

  • ix - Introduction (My Favorite Horror Story) - essay by Mike Baker and Martin H. Greenberg
  • 1 - Sweets to the Sweet (introduction) - (1982) - essay by Stephen King
  • 2 - Sweets to the Sweet - (1947) - short story by Robert Bloch
  • 11 - The Father-Thing (introduction) - essay by Ed Gorman
  • 12 - The Father-Thing - (1954) - short story by Philip K. Dick
  • 26 - The Distributor (introduction) - essay by F. Paul Wilson
  • 27 - The Distributor - non-genre - (1958) - short story by Richard Matheson
  • 47 - A Warning to the Curious (introduction) - essay by Ramsey Campbell
  • 48 - A Warning to the Curious - (1925) - short story by M. R. James
  • 68 - Opening the Door (introduction) - essay by Peter Atkins
  • 70 - Opening the Door - (1931) - short story by Arthur Machen
  • 85 - The Colour Out of Space (introduction) - essay by Richard Laymon
  • 89 - The Colour Out of Space - [Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft originals)] - (1927) - novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 124 - The Inner Room (introduction) - essay by Peter Straub
  • 125 - The Inner Room - (1966) - novelette by Robert Aickman
  • 162 - Young Goodman Brown (introduction) - essay by Rick Hautala
  • 163 - Young Goodman Brown - (1835) - short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • 179 - The Rats in the Walls (introduction) - essay by Michael Slade
  • 180 - The Rats in the Walls - (1924) - novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 204 - The Dog Park (introduction) - essay by Richard Christian Matheson
  • 205 - The Dog Park - (1993) - short story by Dennis Etchison
  • 219 - The Animal Fair (introduction) - (1995) - essay by Joe R. Lansdale
  • 220 - The Animal Fair - (1971) - short story by Robert Bloch
  • 236 - The Pattern (introduction) - essay by Poppy Z. Brite
  • 237 - The Pattern - (1976) - novelette by Ramsey Campbell
  • 258 - The Tell-Tale Heart (introduction) - essay by Joyce Carol Oates
  • 259 - The Tell-Tale Heart - (1843) - short story by Edgar Allan Poe
  • 266 - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (introduction) - essay by Dennis Etchison
  • 267 - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - (1890) - short story by Ambrose Bierce
  • 279 - The Human Chair (introduction) - essay by Harlan Ellison
  • 281 - The Human Chair - (1956) - short story by Edogawa Rampo
  • 299 - About the Authors (My Favorite Horror Story) - essay by uncredited

My Favorite Science Fiction Story

Martin H. Greenberg

Contents:

  • ix - Introduction (My Favorite Science Fiction Story) - (1999) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • 1 - The Man Who Lost the Sea - (1959) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • 13 - The Last Command - [Bolo] - (1967) - short story by Keith Laumer
  • 32 - Day Million - (1966) - short story by Frederik Pohl
  • 38 - The Little Black Bag - (1950) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
  • 67 - A Galaxy Called Rome - (1975) - novelette by Barry N. Malzberg
  • 86 - Diabologic - (1955) - short story by Eric Frank Russell
  • 108 - Untouched by Human Hands - (1953) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 123 - Black Charlie - (1954) - short story by Gordon R. Dickson
  • 139 - The Ugly Chickens - (1980) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
  • 162 - The Mathenauts - (1964) - short story by Norman Kagan
  • 178 - Lot - [David Jimmon] - (1953) - novelette by Ward Moore
  • 205 - The Ballad of Lost C'mell - [The Instrumentality of Mankind] - (1962) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
  • 226 - A Martian Odyssey - [Tweel - 1] - (1934) - novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum
  • 252 - Common Time - (1953) - short story by James Blish
  • 273 - The Engine at Heartspring's Center - (1974) - short story by Roger Zelazny
  • 282 - Nerves - (1942) - novella by Lester del Rey
  • 356 - The Only Thing We Learn - (1949) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth

Neglected Visions

Joseph D. Olander
Martin H. Greenberg
Barry N. Malzberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1979) - essay by Barry N. Malzberg
  • Clerical Error - (1956) - novelette by Mark Clifton
  • Mind Partner - (1960) - novelette by Christopher Anvil
  • Ballenger's People - (1967) - shortstory by Kris Neville
  • The Hunting Lodge - (1954) - novelette by Randall Garrett
  • Lost Memory - (1952) - shortstory by Peter Phillips
  • Junior - (1956) - shortstory by Robert Abernathy
  • Laugh Along With Franz - (1965) - novelette by Norman Kagan
  • My Darling Hecate - (1953) - novelette by Wyman Guin
  • Delay in Transit - (1952) - novella by F. L. Wallace

No Room for Man: Population and the Future Through Science Fiction

Martin H. Greenberg
Ralph S. Clem
Joseph D. Olander

The impact of unchecked population growth on future society, the environment, natural resources, and world food problems is explored in thirteen tales of science fiction.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction: The Population Problem - essay by the editors
  • 5 - Population Growth: Social Consequences of Too Many People - essay by the editors
  • 8 - Billennium - short story by J. G. Ballard
  • 24 - Total Environment - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
  • 66 - In the Beginning - [Urban Monad] - short story by Robert Silverberg
  • 85 - Feeding the Billions: World Food Problems - essay by the editors
  • 90 - Shark Ship - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
  • 123 - Roommates - novelette by Harry Harrison
  • 147 - Population: Impact on the Environment and Resources - essay by the editors
  • 150 - Eco-Catastrophe! - short story by Paul R. Ehrlich
  • 164 - "East Wind, West Wind" - novelette by Frank M. Robinson
  • 191 - Solutions? - essay by the editors
  • 194 - The Secret - short story by Maggie Nadler
  • 204 - The Census Takers - short story by Frederik Pohl
  • 212 - Statistician's Day - short story by James Blish
  • 222 - Triage - short story by William Walling
  • 243 - Afterword (No Room for Man) - essay by the editors
  • 244 - Probability Zero! The Population Implosion - [Probability Zero] - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
  • 246 - Dolls' Demise - short story by George Guthridge

Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - The Gods Themselves - (1972) - novel
  • 171 - The C-Chute - (1951) - novelette
  • 187 - The Dead Past - (1956) - novelette
  • 229 - Hostess - (1951) - novelette
  • 259 - "In a Good Cause--"? - (1951) - novelette
  • 277 - The Key - [Wendell Urth] - (1966) - novelette
  • 299 - Lest We Remember - (1982) - novelette
  • 321 - The Martian Way - (1952) - novelette
  • 355 - Nightfall - (1941) - novelette
  • 379 - Profession - (1957) - novella
  • 419 - Sucker Bait - (1954) - novella
  • 467 - The Ugly Little Boy - (1958) - novelette (variant of Lastborn)
  • 497 - Youth - (1952) - novelette
  • 519 - The End of Eternity - (1955) - novel

Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn

Peter S. Beagle
Janet Berliner
Martin H. Greenberg

Since 1968, Peter S. Beagle's classic, The Lost Unicorn, has captured the hearts and imaginations of more than 1 million readers. At last. Beogle has reunited with the fabulous mythical creature in this massive original anthology featuring 30 bestselling writers.

Table of Contents:

  • Preface - (1995) - essay by Janet Berliner
  • Foreword - (1995) - essay by Peter S. Beagle
  • Sea Dreams - (1995) - shortstory by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta
  • Old One-Antler - (1995) - shortstory by Michael Armstrong
  • Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros - (1995) - novelette by Peter S. Beagle
  • The Same But Different - (1995) - shortstory by Janet Berliner
  • Big Dogs, Strange Days - (1995) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
  • Gilgamesh Recidivus - (1995) - shortstory by P. D. Cacek
  • Seven for a Secret - (1995) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
  • What the Eye Sees, What the Heart Feels - (1995) - shortstory by Robert Devereaux
  • Stampede of Light - (1995) - shortstory by Marina Fitch
  • The Brew - (1995) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
  • Mirror of Lop Nor - (1995) - novelette by George Guthridge
  • The Hunt of the Unicorn - (1995) - shortstory by Ellen Kushner
  • The Devil on Myrtle Ave. - (1995) - novelette by Eric Van Lustbader
  • Winter Requiem - (1995) - shortstory by Michael Marano
  • Daughter of the Tao - (1995) - shortstory by Lisa Mason
  • A Rare Breed - (1995) - novelette by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • A Plague of Unicorns - (1995) - shortstory by Robert Sheckley
  • Taken He Cannot Be - (1995) - shortstory by Will Shetterly
  • The Tenth Worthy - (1995) - novelette by Susan Shwartz
  • Survivor - (1995) - novelette by Dave Smeds
  • A Thief in the Night - (1995) - shortstory by S. P. Somtow
  • Dame à La Licorne - (1995) - shortstory by Judith Tarr
  • Convergence - (1995) - shortstory by Lucy Taylor
  • Half-Grandma - (1995) - shortstory by Melanie Tem
  • The Trouble with Unicorns - (1995) - shortstory by Nancy Willard
  • Three Duets for Virgin and Nosehorn - (1995) - novelette by Tad Williams
  • We Blazed - (1995) - novelette by Dave Wolverton

Political Science Fiction: An Introductory Reader

Martin H. Greenberg
Patricia S. Warrick

Contents:

  • ix - Preface (Political Science Fiction) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Patricia S. Warrick [as by Martin Harry Greenberg and Patricia S. Warrick]
  • 1 - Introduction (Political Science Fiction) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Patricia S. Warrick [as by Martin Harry Greenberg and Patricia S. Warrick]
  • 11 - Freedom - (1961) - novelette by Mack Reynolds
  • 34 - Remember the Alamo! - (1961) - short story by T. R. Fehrenbach [as by R. R. Fehrenbach]
  • 44 - Disappearing Act - (1953) - short story by Alfred Bester
  • 59 - The Last of the Deliverers - (1958) - short story by Poul Anderson
  • 74 - Call Him Lord - (1966) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
  • 92 - The Short Ones - (1955) - novelette by Raymond E. Banks
  • 110 - Adrift on the Policy Level - (1959) - short story by Chan Davis [as by Chandler Davis]
  • 127 - Eternity Lost - (1949) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
  • 150 - Death and the Senator - (1961) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
  • 171 - Evidence - [Susan Calvin] - (1946) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • 192 - Franchise - [Multivac] - (1955) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • 206 - Beyond Doubt - (1941) - short story by Robert A. Heinlein and Elma Wentz [as by Lyle Monroe and Elma Wentz]
  • 217 - 2066: Election Day - (1956) - short story by Michael Shaara
  • 233 - "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman - (1965) - short story by Harlan Ellison
  • 243 - Burning Question - (1966) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
  • 252 - ... Not a Prison Make - (1966) - novelette by Joseph P. Martino
  • 273 - The General Zapped an Angel - (1970) - short story by Howard Fast
  • 285 - Crab Apple Crisis - (1966) - short story by George MacBeth
  • 293 - DP! - (1953) - short story by Jack Vance
  • 311 - The Helping Hand - (1950) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • 334 - The Day They Got Boston - (1961) - short story by Herbert Gold
  • 341 - Triggerman - (1958) - short story by J. F. Bone
  • 350 - Superiority - (1951) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
  • 362 - The Link - (1942) - short story by Cleve Cartmill
  • 373 - The Survivor - (1965) - novelette by Walter F. Moudy
  • 397 - Pacifist - (1964) - short story by Mack Reynolds
  • 413 - Mars Is Ours! - (1965) - short story by Art Buchwald

Run to Starlight: Sports Through Science Fiction

Martin H. Greenberg
Joseph D. Olander

Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Run to Starlight, Sports Through Science Fiction) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander and Patricia S. Warrick [as by uncredited]
  • 5 - Football - essay by uncredited
  • 11 - The Last Super Bowl Game - (1975) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
  • 39 - The National Pastime - (1973) - novelette by Norman Spinrad
  • 67 - Run to Starlight - (1974) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
  • 107 - Baseball - essay by uncredited
  • 113 - Dodger Fan - (1957) - short story by Will Stanton
  • 122 - The Celebrated No-Hit Inning - (1956) - short story by Frederik Pohl
  • 145 - Naked to the Invisible Eye - (1973) - novelette by George Alec Effinger
  • 183 - Basketball - essay by uncredited
  • 189 - Goal Tending - (1975) - novelette by E. Michael Blake
  • 215 - Golf - essay by uncredited
  • 219 - To Hell with the Odds - (1968) - short story by Robert L. Fish
  • 241 - Boxing - essay by uncredited
  • 246 - Title Fight - (1956) - short story by William Campbell Gault
  • 265 - Steel - (1956) - novelette by Richard Matheson
  • 299 - Chess - essay by uncredited
  • 303 - The Immortal Game - (1954) - short story by Poul Anderson
  • 321 - Fishing - essay by uncredited
  • 325 - The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth - (1965) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
  • 371 - Hunting - essay by uncredited
  • 375 - Poor Little Warrior! - (1958) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss

Science Fiction of the 50's

Martin H. Greenberg
Joseph D. Olander

The works of Alfred Bester, Algis Budrys, Fritz Leiber, Katherine MaClean, Barry N. Malzberg, Robert Sheckley, Margaret St. Clair, Theodore Sturgeon, William Tenn, Jack Vance, and many other master of the genre are brought together here in a diversified and dynamiv collection of classic stories that nor only raise science fiction to new standards of style and character, but also offer brillian insights into a decase of optimism and disillusionment.

The Fifties were a decase of fear and promise, of witch hunts and phenomenal technological growth. Turning both a piercing critical eye and an entertaining sense of humor and hope toward those years, these stories tell of the fantastic dreams of yesterday and offer prophetic visions of tomorrow.

Table of Contents:

  • xi - Preface (Science Fiction of the 50's) - (1979) - essay by Frederik Pohl
  • xv - Introduction (Science Fiction of the Fifties) - (1979) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander [as by Martin Harry Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander]
  • 1 - Spectator Sport - (1950) - short story by John D. MacDonald
  • 9 - Feedback - (1951) - short story by Katherine MacLean
  • 31 - Bettyann - [Bettyann - 1] - (1951) - novelette by Kris Neville
  • 80 - Dark Interlude - (1951) - short story by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds
  • 90 - What Have I Done? - (1952) - short story by Mark Clifton
  • 111 - DP! - (1953) - short story by Jack Vance
  • 134 - The Liberation of Earth - (1953) - short story by William Tenn
  • 156 - A Bad Day for Sales - (1953) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • 164 - Saucer of Loneliness - (1953) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of A Saucer of Loneliness)
  • 181 - Heirs Apparent - (1954) - novelette by Robert Abernathy
  • 208 - 5,271,009 - (1954) - novelette by Alfred Bester
  • 249 - Short in the Chest - (1954) - short story by Margaret St. Clair
  • 260 - The Academy - (1954) - novelette by Robert Sheckley
  • 287 - Nobody Bothers Gus - [Gus] - (1955) - short story by Algis Budrys
  • 304 - Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus - (1956) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
  • 331 - A Work of Art - (1956) - short story by James Blish
  • 351 - The Country of the Kind - (1956) - short story by Damon Knight
  • 368 - The Education of Tigress McCardle - (1957) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth (variant of The Education of Tigress Macardle)
  • 380 - The Cage - (1957) - short story by A. Bertram Chandler
  • 394 - The Last of the Deliverers - (1958) - short story by Poul Anderson
  • 410 - Adrift on the Policy Level - (1959) - short story by Chan Davis
  • 432 - Afterword: Love O Careless Love - (1979) - essay by Barry N. Malzberg
  • 436 - Selected Bibliography (Science Fiction of the Fifties) - (1979) - essay by uncredited

Sherlock Holmes in Orbit

Martin H. Greenberg
Mike Resnick

Authorized by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate, this brand-new collection of 26 Sherlock Holmes stories takes place in Holmes' own era, in our present time, and in the future. All the tales contain some science fiction or fantasy element, and all remain true to the spirit and personality of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous and enduring creation.

Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction: The Detective Who Refused to Die (Sherlock Holmes in Orbit) - essay by Mike Resnick
  • 7 - The Musgrave Version - (1995) - short story by George Alec Effinger
  • 18 - The Case of the Detective's Smile - short story by Mark Bourne
  • 27 - The Adventure of the Russian Grave - short story by William Barton and Michael Capobianco
  • 38 - The Adventure of the Field Theorems - novelette by Vonda N. McIntyre
  • 69 - The Adventure of the Missing Coffin - short story by Laura Resnick
  • 82 - The Adventure of the Second Scarf - short story by Mark Aronson
  • 102 - The Phantom of the Barbary Coast - novelette by Frank M. Robinson
  • 135 - Mouse and the Master - short story by Brian M. Thomsen
  • 146 - Two Roads, No Choices - short story by Dean Wesley Smith
  • 164 - The Richmond Enigma - short story by John DeChancie
  • 184 - A Study in Sussex - short story by Leah A. Zeldes
  • 191 - The Holmes Team Advantage - short story by Gary Alan Ruse
  • 208 - Alimentary, My Dear Watson - short story by Lawrence Schimel
  • 213 - The Future Engine - novelette by Byron Tetrick
  • 237 - Holmes Ex Machina - (1995) - short story by Susan Casper
  • 245 - The Sherlock Solution - short story by Craig Shaw Gardner
  • 255 - The Fan Who Molded Himself - short story by David Gerrold
  • 268 - Second Fiddle - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 287 - Moriarty by Modem - (1995) - short story by Jack Nimersheim
  • 303 - The Greatest Detective of All Time - short story by Ralph Roberts
  • 319 - The Case of the Purloined L'Isitek - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • 328 - The Adventure of the Illegal Alien - short story by Anthony R. Lewis
  • 334 - Dogs, Masques, Love, Death: Flowers - short story by Barry N. Malzberg
  • 344 - You See But You Do Not Observe - short story by Robert J. Sawyer
  • 363 - Illusions - short story by Janni Lee Simner
  • 368 - The Adventure of the Pearly Gates - short story by Mike Resnick

Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space

Martin H. Greenberg
Isaac Asimov
Charles G. Waugh

In this outstanding collection of Sherlockian tales, the master of detection solves the most fantastic cases of his career. Herein are answered questions which have plagued loyal readers for decades, including: What is the truth about the mysterious menace of Sumatra? What occurs when Holmes must pursue an extra-terrestrial?

Stories by authors: Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Philip Jose Farmer; Sterling Lanier, Gene Wolfe, Edward Wellen and others, for your amusement and edification.

Table of Contents:

  • Sherlock Holmes - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • The Adventure of the Devil's Foot - (1910) - novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The Problem of the Sore Bridge -- Among Others - (1975) - novelette by Philip José Farmer
  • The Adventure of the Global Traveler - (1978) - short story by Anne Lear
  • The Great Dormitory Mystery - (1976) - short story by Sharon N. Farber
  • The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound - (1953) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
  • The Thing Waiting Outside - (1977) - short story by Barbara Williamson
  • A Father's Tale - (1974) - novelette by Sterling E. Lanier
  • The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial - (1965) - novelette by Mack Reynolds
  • A Scarletin Study - (1975) - novelette by Philip José Farmer
  • Voiceover - novelette by Edward Wellen
  • The Adventure of the Metal Murderer - (1980) - short story by Fred Saberhagen
  • Slaves of Silver - (1971) - short story by Gene Wolfe
  • God of the Naked Unicorn - (1976) - novelette by Richard A. Lupoff
  • Death in the Christmas Hour - (1983) - short story by James Powell
  • The Ultimate Crime - (1976) - short story by Isaac Asimov

Single White Vampire Seeks Same

Brittiany A. Koren
Martin H. Greenberg

Wizard Seeks Witch. Tired of slaving over a hot cauldron all alone? Let's make beautiful magic together. Herbs/healing potions OK.

Lad Seeks Lassie. SWM, outdoorsy, faithful, wants to share moonlit strolls, and the occasional walk on the wild side. Put an end to my solitary days and lone wolf nights. No smokers, drug users, or vegans, please.

Single White Vampire Seeks Same is a wickedly wonderful new collection of original stories devoted to that most frightening of romantic pursuits: the personal ads. From modern-day Cupids to mismatched monsters, these thirteen twisted tales offer their own "personal" take on the personals-where even the most diabolical of demons can dig up a date...

Includes new, original stories by Mickey Zucker Reichert, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Peter Crowther, Esther Friesner, Michelle Sagara, Charles de Lint, and others.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Brittiany A. Koren
  • Personals Wishes - shortstory by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • Folk Lure - novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • A Kiss at Midnight - novelette by Russell Davis
  • Starless and Bible Black - novelette by Gary A. Braunbeck
  • Fireflies - shortstory by Bradley H. Sinor
  • Bernard Boyce Bennington and the American Dream - novelette by Peter Crowther
  • Werotica - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
  • Someone to Share the Night - shortstory by Tanya Huff
  • Fixer-Upper - shortstory by Tim Waggoner
  • Secret Identities - novelette by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • Déjà Vu - novelette by Michelle West
  • Trading Hearts at the Half Kaffe Café - (2001) - novelette by Charles de Lint

Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves

Alan Dean Foster
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • ix - Introduction (Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves) - essay by Alan Dean Foster
  • 1 - As Is - novelette by Robert Silverberg
  • 21 - The Same to You Doubled - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 33 - The Egg of the Glak - novelette by Harvey Jacobs
  • 81 - Beibermann's Soul - short story by Mike Resnick
  • 87 - Thimgs - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
  • 103 - Ms. Lipshutz and the Goblin - short story by Marvin Kaye
  • 111 - Unferno - novelette by George Alec Effinger
  • 137 - Unicorn Variations - novelette by Roger Zelazny
  • 166 - Yes Sir That's My - short story by Daniel P. Dern
  • 179 - Please Stand By - [Max Kearny] - short story by Ron Goulart
  • 205 - Bottle Party - short story by John Collier
  • 215 - My Mother Was a Witch - short story by William Tenn
  • 223 - Djinn, No Chaser - novelette by Harlan Ellison
  • 246 - Up the Wall - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
  • 276 - Trouble with Water - short story by H. L. Gold
  • 301 - Savage Breasts - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 310 - Or the Grasses Grow - short story by Avram Davidson
  • 321 - Snulbug - short story by Anthony Boucher
  • 340 - Afterword (Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves) - essay by Alan Dean Foster

Something Magic This Way Comes

Sarah A. Hoyt
Martin H. Greenberg

In the earliest days of humankind, everything in the world seemed magical. Gods and demons, spirits and sprites were considered to be responsible for everything from life and death, to the turning of the seasons, to the abundance or failure of crops. Today, much that was once attributed to magic has been explained by science, and in our technologically driven world, the question is whether there is still a place for magic. For twenty of fantasy's finest imaginers, the answer is obviously, "Yes."

Table of Contents:

  • The Wild Hunt (excerpt) - short fiction by Kate Paulk
  • The Power of Magic - essay by Sarah A. Hoyt
  • More to Truth Than Proof - short story by Irene Radford
  • In a Dark Wood, Dreaming - short story by Esther M. Friesner
  • The Thing in the Woods - short story by Harry Turtledove
  • The Star Cats - short story by Charles Edgar Quinn
  • Lighthouse Surfer - short story by Daniel M. Hoyt
  • Something Virtual This Way Comes - short story by Laura Resnick
  • Tears of Gold - short story by Paul Crilley
  • Houdini's Mirror - short story by Russell Davis
  • Angel in the Cabbages - short story by Fran LaPlaca
  • Raining the Wild Hunt - short story by Kate Paulk
  • Still Life, With Cats - novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • The Case of the Allergic Leprechaun - short story by Alan L. Lickiss
  • The Flood Was Fixed - short story by Eric Flint
  • Visitor's Night at Joey Chicago's - [Harry the Book] - short story by Mike Resnick
  • A Midsummer Nightmare - novelette by Walt Boyes
  • Winds of Change - short story by Linda A. B. Davis
  • Firebird and Shadow - short story by Darwin A. Garrison
  • Night of the Wolf - short story by John Lambshead
  • Opus No. 1 - short story by Barbara Nickless
  • Regency Sprite - novelette by Dave Freer
  • About the Authors
  • About the Editor

Starships

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - The Longest Voyage - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 7 - The Burning of the Brain - [The Instrumentality of Mankind] - short story by Cordwainer Smith
  • 19 - Home the Hard Way - novelette by Richard McKenna
  • 49 - Potential - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 69 - Bill for Delivery - [Federation of Humanity] - short story by Christopher Anvil
  • 91 - Story of a Curse - short story by Doris Pitkin Buck
  • 97 - The Oceans Are Wide - novella by Frank M. Robinson
  • 177 - Far Centaurus - short story by A. E. van Vogt
  • 203 - The Ship Who Sang - [The Ship Who ...] - novelette by Anne McCaffrey
  • 227 - Avoidance Situation - novelette by James McConnell
  • 273 - Chance Encounter - [John Grimes] - short story by A. Bertram Chandler
  • 295 - Allamagoosa - short story by Eric Frank Russell
  • 313 - Founding Father - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • 323 - Wings Out of Shadow - [Berserker] - novelette by Fred Saberhagen

Steampunk'd

Martin H. Greenberg
Jean Rabe

The stories in this all-original anthology explore alternate timelines and have been set all over the world, running the gamut from science fiction to mystery to horror to a melding of these genres.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Steampunk'd) - essay by Jean Rabe
  • 3 - Chance Corrigan and the Tick-tock King of the Nile - [Chance Corrigan] - novelette by Michael A. Stackpole
  • 29 - Foggy Goggles - short story by Donald J. Bingle
  • 44 - The Battle of Cumberland Gap - novelette by William C. Dietz
  • 65 - Portrait of a Lady in a Monocle - short story by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 85 - Foretold - novelette by Bradley P. Beaulieu
  • 114 - The Echoer - short story by Dean Leggett
  • 127 - Of A Feather - novelette by Stephen D. Sullivan
  • 158 - Scourge of the Spoils - novelette by Matthew P. Mayo
  • 179 - Edison Kinetic Light & Steam Power - short story by C. A. Verstraete
  • 193 - The Nubian Queen - novelette by Paul Genesse
  • 224 - Opals from Sydney - novelette by Mary Louise Eklund
  • 246 - The Whisperer - novelette by Marc Tassin
  • 262 - Imperial Changeling - novelette by Penny Williams and Skip Williams
  • 292 - The Transmogrification Ray - short story by Robert E. Vardeman

The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction

Charles G. Waugh
Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Thirteen tales in which detectives of the distant future roam a galaxy riddled with locked-room mysteries, ciphers to be decoded, and unearthly evidence to be sifted, all by the rules of the 13 kinds of mystery story.

Table of Contents:

  • The Universe of Science Fiction (1979) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • The Detweiler Boy (1977) - novelette by Tom Reamy
  • The Ipswich Phial [Lord Darcy] (1976) - novelette by Randall Garrett
  • Second Game [Kalin Trobt] (1958) - novelette by Charles V. De Vet and Katherine MacLean
  • The Ceaseless Stone [Doctor Eszterhazy] (1975) - short story by Avram Davidson
  • Coup de Grace [Magnus Ridolph] (1958) - short story by Jack Vance
  • The Green Car (1957) - novelette by William F. Temple
  • War Game (1959) - short story by Philip K. Dick
  • The Singing Bell [Wendell Urth] (1955) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • ARM [Gil Hamilton] (1975) - novella by Larry Niven
  • Mouthpiece (1974) - novella by Edward Wellen
  • Time Exposures (1971) - novelette by Wilson Tucker
  • How-2 (1954) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
  • Time in Advance (1956) - novelette by William Tenn

The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories

Martin H. Greenberg

Contents:

  • 9 - Foreword (The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories) - (1989) - essay by Grania Davis
  • 13 - Introduction (The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories) - (1989) - essay by John L. Apostolou
  • 21 - The Flood - (1989) - short story by Kobo Abe
  • 28 - Cardboard Box - (1980) - short story by Ryo Hanmura
  • 40 - Tansu - (1983) - short story by Ryo Hanmura
  • 47 - Bokko-Chan - (1963) - short story by Shinichi Hoshi
  • 52 - He--y, Come on Ou--t! - (1978) - short story by Shinichi Hoshi
  • 58 - The Road to the Sea - (1981) - short story by Takashi Ishikawa
  • 62 - The Empty Field - (1973) - short story by Morio Kita
  • 74 - The Savage Mouth - (1978) - short story by Sakyo Komatsu
  • 85 - Take Your Choice - (1987) - short story by Sakyo Komatsu
  • 104 - Triceratops - (1982) - short story by Tensei Kono
  • 121 - Fnifmum - short story by Taku Mayumura
  • 130 - Standing Woman - (1981) - short story by Yasutaka Tsutsui
  • 144 - The Legend of the Paper Spaceship - (1983) - novelette by Tetsu Yano
  • 175 - A Reading List of Japanese Science Fiction in English - (1989) - essay by John L. Apostolou and Martin H. Greenberg

The City: 2000 A.D.: Urban Life Through Science Fiction

Martin H. Greenberg
Ralph S. Clem
Joseph D. Olander

Futuristic visions of the fantastic way man will someday live.

Table of Contents:

  • 11 - Introduction: Why the City? - essay by the editors
  • 15 - Of Dreams and Nightmares: Visions of the City - essay by the editors
  • 18 - The City as a Way of Life: New York A.D. 2660 - essay by the editors
  • 19 - New York A.D. 2660 (Excerpt) - short fiction by Hugo Gernsback
  • 32 - Jesting Pilot - essay by the editors
  • 33 - Jesting Pilot - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
  • 46 - Chicago - essay by the editors
  • 47 - Chicago - short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
  • 62 - Utopian Visions: Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay - essay by the editors
  • 63 - Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 78 - Dystopian Visions: The Vanishing American - essay by the editors
  • 79 - The Vanishing American - short story by Charles Beaumont
  • 90 - Yesterday's Dreams, Today's Problems, Tomorrow's Nightmares? - essay by the editors
  • 92 - The Competition for Space - essay by the editors
  • 94 - Billennium - short story by J. G. Ballard
  • 109 - Total Environment - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
  • 151 - Future Ghetto: Race and the City - essay by the editors
  • 155 - Black Is Beautiful - short story by Robert Silverberg
  • 169 - In Dark Places - short story by Joe L. Hensley
  • 178 - Fouling the Nest: Pollution in the City - essay by the editors
  • 181 - East Wind, West Wind - novelette by Frank M. Robinson (variant of "East Wind, West Wind")
  • 208 - Disposal - short story by Ron Goulart
  • 216 - Fear in the City: The Problem of Crime - essay by the editors
  • 218 - The Undercity - short story by Dean R. Koontz
  • 231 - Rivers of Asphalt, Oceans of Concrete: Transportation Problems - essay by the editors
  • 233 - Gas Mask - short story by James D. Houston
  • 243 - Traffic Problem - short story by Bill Earls
  • 252 - The Grass is Always Greener: The Flight to the Suburbs - essay by the editors
  • 254 - Gantlet - short story by Richard E. Peck
  • 266 - City's End - novelette by Mack Reynolds
  • 282 - The Slime Dwellers - short story by Scott Edelstein
  • 289 - A Happy Day in 2381 - [Urban Monad] - short story by Robert Silverberg

The Crucible of Power

Martin Greenberg

The Crucible of Power is a 1953 anthology of three science fiction novellas edited by Martin Greenberg.

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - The Crucible of Power - (1939) - novelette by Jack Williamson
  • 49 - But Without Horns - (1940) - novella by Norvell W. Page
  • 157 - Crisis in Utopia - (1952) - novella by Norman L. Knight

The Dimension Next Door

Martin H. Greenberg
Kerrie L. Hughes

13 original stories about the realities just around the corner...

Movements glimpsed out of the corner of your eye, inexplicable sounds, knowledge for which there is no rational explanation, dreams that seem as real as our own everyday life?products of overactive imaginations, or unexpected glimpses into dimensions beyond our own? Join thirteen intrepid writers as they explore those unknown territories that may be found in any of countless Dimensions Next Door.

From a Celtic knot maze that could trap an unwary archaeologist; to an Internet site that offers to bring karmic balance into one man?s life; to a man bespelled to walk the future in the service of his queen?here are tales of the strange, challenging, and often wondrous worlds just waiting to be discovered by those with the ability to perceive them.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Kerrie Hughes
  • The Fourteenth Virtue - shortstory by Anton Strout
  • Waiting for Evolution - novelette by Jody Lynn Nye
  • The Trouble with the Truth - shortstory by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • AFK - novelette by Chris Pierson
  • Unreadable - novelette by Steven E. Schend
  • Not My Knot - novelette by Irene Radford
  • www.karmassist.com - shortstory by Donald J. Bingle
  • The Avalon Psalter - shortstory by Lillian Stewart Carl
  • Shadows in the Mirrors - novelette by Bradley P. Beaulieu
  • God Pays - shortstory by Paul Genesse
  • Jack of the High Hills - shortstory by Brenda Cooper
  • The Silver Path - novelette by Fiona Patton
  • Hear no Evil - novelette by Alexander Potter

The Eternal City

David Drake
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction: The Creation of Rome (The Eternal City) - essay by David Drake
  • 5 - Delenda Est - [Time Patrol - 5] - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • 47 - Nightfall on the Dead Sea - short story by Ray Nelson
  • 65 - The Prince - novella by C. J. Cherryh
  • 103 - The Bottom of the Gulf - short story by Barry Pain
  • 107 - An Elixir for the Emperor - novelette by John Brunner
  • 129 - Some Very Odd Happenings at Kibblesham Manor House - short story by Michael Harrison
  • 145 - Time Grabber - short story by Gordon R. Dickson
  • 163 - Survey of the Third Planet - short story by Keith Roberts
  • 181 - Don't Be a Goose - [Murchison Morks] - short story by Robert Arthur
  • 197 - Domitia. - short story by Mrs. Richard S. Greenough
  • 215 - Survival Technique - short story by Poul Anderson and Kenneth Gray
  • 233 - Ranks of Bronze - [Ranks of Bronze] - short story by David Drake
  • 245 - Kings of the Night - [Bran Mak Morn] - novelette by Robert E. Howard

The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1983)

Robert Silverberg
Martin H. Greenberg

Not to be confused with The Fantasy Hall of Fame published in 1998. This anthology has an almost entirely different table of contents.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg
  • The Masque of the Red Death - (1842) - short story by Edgar Allan Poe
  • An Inhabitant of Carcosa - (1886) - short story by Ambrose Bierce
  • The Sword of Welleran - (1908) - short story by Lord Dunsany
  • The Woman of the Wood - (1926) - novelette by A. Merritt
  • The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan - (1932) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Valley of the Worm - (1934) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
  • Black God's Kiss - (1934) - novelette by C. L. Moore
  • The Silver Key - (1929) - short story by H. P. Lovecraft
  • Nothing in the Rules - (1939) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
  • A Gnome There Was - (1941) - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
  • Snulbug - (1941) - short story by Anthony Boucher
  • The Words of Guru - (1941) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth
  • Homecoming - (1946) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • Mazirian the Magician - (1950) - novelette by Jack Vance
  • O Ugly Bird! - (1951) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
  • The Silken-Swift - (1953) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • The Golem - (1955) - short story by Avram Davidson
  • That Hell-Bound Train - (1958) - short story by Robert Bloch
  • Kings in Darkness - (1962) - novelette by Michael Moorcock and James Cawthorn
  • Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes - (1967) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
  • Gonna Roll the Bones - (1967) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
  • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas - (1973) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Fortune Teller

Martin H. Greenberg

An anthology of seventeen stories featuring fortune tellers ranges from the humorous to the spine-chilling and presents previously unpublished writing by Vicki Nelson and Neil Gaiman, creator of the comic book series, The Sandman.

Table of Contents:

  • Reading the Entrails: A Rondel - (1997) - poem by Neil Gaiman
  • Bright Seeds in a Whirlwind - (1997) - novelette by Bruce Holland Rogers
  • First Thing in the Morning - (1997) - shortstory by Billie Sue Mosiman
  • Playing with Fire - (1997) - shortstory by Mark Garland
  • Tomorrow Eyes - (1997) - novelette by Peter Crowther
  • To Fit the Crime - (1997) - shortstory by Ed Gorman
  • When the Child Screams and Looks Back at You - (1997) - novelette by Gary A. Braunbeck
  • Hexefus - (1997) - shortstory by Nancy Springer
  • The Cards Also Say - (1997) - novelette by Tanya Huff
  • The Oracle Lips - (1997) - novelette by Storm Constantine
  • May Eve - (1997) - shortstory by Rosemary Edghill
  • The Soothsayer - (1997) - shortstory by Lawrence C. Connolly
  • True Collectors - (1997) - novelette by Brian Stableford
  • Not Ours to See - shortstory by David Langford
  • Those Who Know - (1997) - shortstory by Leslie What
  • Beyond the Flames - (1997) - shortstory by Janni Lee Simner
  • The Vision of Men - (1997) - novelette by Michelle West

The Future in Question

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Joseph D. Olander

Selections by authors including Silverberg, Aldiss, Clarke, Blish, Pohl, and Sturgeon examine the technology, lifestyles, and men of the future.

Contents:

  • 11 - The Nature of the Title - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 15 - What's It Like Out There? - (1952) - novelette by Edmond Hamilton
  • 39 - Who Can Replace a Man? - (1958) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
  • 50 - What Have I Done? - (1952) - short story by Mark Clifton
  • 69 - Who's There? - (1958) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
  • 75 - Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? - (1969) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 86 - Why? - (1957) - short story by Robert Silverberg
  • 101 - What's Become of Screwloose? - (1970) - short story by Ron Goulart
  • 116 - Houston, Houston, Do You Read? - (1976) - novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
  • 174 - Where Have You Been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? - (1971) - short story by Kate Wilhelm
  • 188 - If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? - (1967) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
  • 231 - Will You Wait? - (1959) - short story by Alfred Bester
  • 239 - Who Goes There? - [Who Goes There?] - (1938) - novella by John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • 299 - An Eye for a What? - (1957) - novelette by Damon Knight
  • 324 - I Plinglot, Who You? - (1959) - novelette by Frederik Pohl (variant of I Plinglot -- Who You??)
  • 351 - Will You Walk a Little Faster? - (1951) - short story by William Tenn (variant of "Will You Walk a Little Faster")
  • 363 - Who's in Charge Here? - (1962) - short story by James Blish
  • 368 - The Last Question - [Multivac] - (1956) - short story by Isaac Asimov

The Future We Wish We Had

Rebecca Lickiss
Martin H. Greenberg

For all of those who thought that by now that they'd be driving along the skyways in their own personal jet car, who assumed that humans would have established bases on the Moon and Mars, or that diseases would have been conqured, the aging process slowed to a crawl, and war eliminated along with social injustice -- here are sixteen stories of futures that might someday be reality.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (The Future We Wish We Had) - essay by Rebecca Lickiss
  • 3 - A Rosé for Emily - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
  • 29 - Waiting for Juliette - short story by Sarah A. Hoyt
  • 41 - Boys - short story by Dave Freer
  • 60 - Trainer of Whales - novelette by Brenda Cooper
  • 81 - Good Old Days - short story by Kevin J. Anderson
  • 96 - Kicking and Screaming Her Way to the Altar - short story by Alan L. Lickiss
  • 110 - Alien Voices - short story by Irene Radford
  • 130 - Inside Job - short story by Loren L. Coleman
  • 147 - A Small Skirmish in the Culture Wars - short story by James Patrick Kelly and Mike Resnick
  • 164 - Dark Wings - novelette by Lisanne Norman
  • 201 - My Father, the Popsicle - novelette by Annie Reed
  • 223 - Destiny - short story by Julie Hyzy
  • 243 - Cold Comfort - short story by Dean Wesley Smith
  • 261 - The Stink of Reality - short story by Irene Radford
  • 279 - Yellow Submarine - short story by Rebecca Moesta
  • 289 - Good Genes - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 301 - About the Authors (The Future We Wish We Had)

The Horror Hall of Fame

Martin H. Greenberg
Robert Silverberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by uncredited
  • The Fall of the House of Usher - (1839) - novelette by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Green Tea - (1869) - novelette by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • The Damned Thing - (1893) - short story by Ambrose Bierce
  • The Yellow Sign - (1895) - novelette by Robert W. Chambers
  • The Monkey's Paw - (1902) - short story by W. W. Jacobs
  • The White People - (1904) - novelette by Arthur Machen
  • The Willows - (1907) - novella by Algernon Blackwood
  • Casting the Runes - (1911) - novelette by M. R. James
  • The Graveyard Rats - (1936) - short story by Henry Kuttner
  • Pigeons from Hell - (1938) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
  • It - (1940) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Smoke Ghost - (1941) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper - (1943) - short story by Robert Bloch
  • The Small Assassin - (1946) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • The Whimper of Whipped Dogs - (1973) - short story by Harlan Ellison
  • Calling Card - (1982) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
  • Coin of the Realm - (1981) - short story by Charles L. Grant
  • The Reach - (1981) - short story by Stephen King
  • Biographical Notes - essay by uncredited

The Last Man on Earth

Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh
Isaac Asimov

Stories tell of the last survivor of an alien purge, a time traveler, an immortal who outlives all of his companions, a scientist who tries to postpone the end of his race, and an individual who stays behind when Earth is abandoned.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1982) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • The Underdweller - (1957) - short story by William F. Nolan
  • Flight to Forever - (1950) - novella by Poul Anderson
  • Trouble with Ants - [City] - (1951) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
  • The Coming of the Ice - (1926) - short story by G. Peyton Wertenbaker
  • The Most Sentimental Man - (1957) - short story by Evelyn E. Smith
  • Eddie for Short - (1953) - short story by Wallace West
  • Knock - (1948) - short story by Fredric Brown
  • Original Sin - (1946) - short story by S. Fowler Wright
  • A Man Spekith - (1969) - novelette by Richard Wilson
  • In the World's Dusk - (1936) - short story by Edmond Hamilton
  • Kindness - (1944) - short story by Lester del Rey
  • Lucifer - (1964) - short story by Roger Zelazny
  • Resurrection - (1948) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
  • The Second-Class Citizen - (1963) - short story by Damon Knight
  • Day of Judgment - (1946) - short story by Edmond Hamilton
  • Continuous Performance - (1974) - short story by Gordon Eklund
  • The New Reality - (1950) - novelette by Charles L. Harness

The Mists From Beyond

Robert Weinberg
Stefan Dziemianowicz
Martin H. Greenberg

Contents:

  • vii - Introduction (The Mists from Beyond) - essay by Stefan Dziemianowicz
  • 11 - The Trial for Murder - (1929) - short story by Charles Dickens (variant of To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt 1865)
  • 23 - The Middle Toe of the Right Foot - (1890) - short story by Ambrose Bierce
  • 32 - The Judge's House - (1891) - short story by Bram Stoker
  • 50 - Afterward - (1910) - novelette by Edith Wharton
  • 80 - Smoke Ghost - (1941) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • 96 - The Crowd - (1943) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • 110 - A Little Place Off the Edgware Road - (1939) - short story by Graham Greene
  • 116 - The Daemon Lover - (1949) - short story by Shirley Jackson
  • 132 - The Man Who Collected Poe - (1951) - short story by Robert Bloch
  • 147 - Poor Little Saturday - (1956) - short story by Madeleine L'Engle
  • 163 - The Indian - (1963) - short story by John Updike
  • 170 - The Legend of Joe Lee - (1964) - short story by John D. MacDonald
  • 182 - Cry Havoc - (1976) - short story by Davis Grubb
  • 193 - Night-Side - (1977) - novelette by Joyce Carol Oates
  • 219 - This Is Death - (1977) - short story by Donald E. Westlake (variant of In at the Death)
  • 233 - The Making of Revelation, Part I - (1980) - novelette by Philip José Farmer?
  • 249 - But at My Back I Will Always Hear - (1990) - short story by David Morrell (variant of But at My Back I Always Hear 1983)
  • 265 - Laugh Track - (1984) - short story by Harlan Ellison
  • 285 - Confession of a (Pornographer's) Shroud - (1984) - novelette by Clive Barker
  • 319 - The Ghost Village - [Blue Rose (Peter Straub)] - (1992) - novelette by Peter Straub

The Repentant

Brian M. Thomsen
Martin H. Greenberg

Thirteen original tales of werewolves, witches, the dead. the undead, and the demonic who have found their way from darkness to light...

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction (The Repentant) - essay by Brian M. Thomsen
  • 12 - Lycanthrope Summer - novelette by Jeff Grubb
  • 36 - The Salem Trial - novelette by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 63 - The Den Mother - short story by Edo van Belkom
  • 82 - Brothers in the Flesh - novelette by Fiona Patton
  • 109 - Heat - novelette by Jean Rabe
  • 132 - She Dwelleth in the Cold of the Moon - novelette by James Lowder
  • 154 - Scleratus - novelette by Tanya Huff
  • 175 - Slaughter - novelette by P. N. Elrod
  • 202 - A Hollywood Tradition - short story by Brian M. Thomsen
  • 218 - Intercession - novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
  • 268 - The Devil You Know - novelette by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 289 - The Recall of Cthulhu - novelette by Tom Dupree
  • 306 - Redeemed - short story by Allen C. Kupfer

The Science Fiction of Kris Neville

Barry N. Malzberg
Martin H. Greenberg
Kris Neville

In most of the stories Neville writes of loneliness, isolation, alienation, intol­erance of anything or anyone different, and of insanity created by the pressures of living. Along with madness of various kinds, his stories explore the essence of human nature and individuals interact­ing with one another as well as with so­ciety. As Malzberg notes, Neville, unlike many science fiction writers, was a se­rious author interested in "Big ideas."

Contents:

  • vii - Kris Neville: An Appreciation (The Science Fiction of Kris Neville) - (1984) - essay by Barry N. Malzberg
  • 1 - Cold War - (1949) - short story
  • 13 - Bettyann - [Bettyann - 1] - (1951) - novelette
  • 57 - Old Man Henderson - (1951) - short story
  • 67 - Hunt the Hunter - (1951) - short story
  • 83 - Underground Movement - (1952) - short story
  • 96 - Overture - [Bettyann - 2] - (1954) - novella
  • 150 - New Apples in the Garden - (1963) - short story
  • 162 - The Price of Simeryl - (1966) - novelette
  • 214 - The Forest of Zil - (1967) - short story
  • 219 - From the Government Printing Office - (1967) - short story
  • 226 - Ballenger's People - (1967) - short story
  • 238 - Bibliography of Kris Neville (The Science Fiction of Kris Neville) - (1984) - essay by uncredited

The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book

Isaac Asimov
George R. R. Martin
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction: Fat! (The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book) - (1983) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Sylvester's Revenge - (1975) - shortstory by Vance Aandahl
  • Fat Farm - (1980) - shortstory by Orson Scott Card
  • The Stretch - (1956) - shortstory by Sam Merwin, Jr.
  • Camels and Dromedaries, Clem - (1967) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
  • The Champ - (1978) - shortstory by T. Coraghessan Boyle
  • The Truth About Pyecraft - (1903) - shortstory by H. G. Wells
  • The Iron Chancellor - (1958) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
  • The Man Who Ate the World - (1956) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
  • Gladys's Gregory - (1963) - shortstory by John Anthony West
  • Abercrombie Station - (1952) - novella by Jack Vance
  • Shipping Clerk - (1952) - shortstory by William Morrison
  • The Malted Milk Monster - (1959) - novelette by William Tenn
  • The Food Farm - (1967) - shortstory by Kit Reed
  • The Artist of Hunger - (1983) - shortstory by Scott Russell Sanders
  • Quitters, Inc. - (1978) - shortstory by Stephen King

The Science Fictional Solar System

Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh
Isaac Asimov

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1979) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Sun - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • The Weather on the Sun - (1970) - novelette by Theodore L. Thomas
  • Mercury - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Brightside Crossing - (1956) - novelette by Alan E. Nourse
  • Venus - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Prospector's Special - (1959) - novelette by Robert Sheckley
  • Earth - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Waterclap - (1970) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • Mars - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Hop-Friend - (1962) - short story by Terry Carr
  • Asteroids - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Barnacle Bull - (1960) - short story by Poul Anderson
  • Jupiter - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Bridge - (1952) - novelette by James Blish
  • Saturn - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Saturn Rising - (1961) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Uranus - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • The Snowbank Orbit - (1962) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • Neptune - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • One Sunday in Neptune - (1969) - short story by Alexei Panshin
  • Pluto - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Wait It Out - (1968) - short story by Larry Niven
  • Nikita Eisenhower Jones - (1960) - novelette by Robert F. Young
  • Comets - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • The Comet, the Cairn and the Capsule - (1972) - short story by Duncan Lunan (variant of Comet, Cairn and Capsule)

The Seven Deadly Sins and Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

This is a combined edition of

The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction: Science fiction stories deal with the themes of sloth, lust, envy, pride, anger, gluttony, avarice, and covetousness.

The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction: Science fiction stories center on the themes of temperance, justice, faith, prudence, fortitude, hope, charity, and love.

Contents:

  • Introduction (The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction) (1980) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Sail 25 (1962) - novelette by Jack Vance (variant of Gateway to Strangeness)
  • Peeping Tom (1954) - novelette by Judith Merril
  • The Invisible Man Murder Case (1958) - novelette by Henry Slesar
  • Galley Slave [Susan Calvin] (1957) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • Divine Madness (1966) - short story by Roger Zelazny
  • The Midas Plague (1954) - novella by Frederik Pohl
  • The Man Who Ate the World (1956) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
  • Margin of Profit [Nicholas Van Rijn] (1956) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • The Hook, the Eye and the Whip [The Peninsula] (1974) - novelette by Michael G. Coney
  • Introduction (The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction) (1981) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Superiority (1951) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Whosawhatsa? (1967) - novelette by Jack Wodhams
  • Riding the Torch (1974) - novella by Norman Spinrad
  • The Nail and the Oracle (1965) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Jean Duprès (1970) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
  • Nuisance Value (1957) - novella by Eric Frank Russell
  • The Sons of Prometheus (1966) - novelette by Alexei Panshin
  • The Ugly Little Boy (1958) - novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of Lastborn)

The Time of the Vampires

P. N. Elrod
Martin H. Greenberg

From time immemorial they have stalked the night - Creatures of legend - or something all too real? For centuries people have whispered about the creatures of darkness, those who wear the guise of humans to prey upon their all-to-mortal kin, of those neither dead nor alive, who exist in a sort of immortal twilight and attain both the semblance and substance of life by drinking the blood of their helplessly mesmerized victims.

Here then are eighteen, original tales of vampires down through history, from the eras of ancient Greece and Rome up to the modern day, some traditionally horrifying, some poignant, some with a humorous touch. From a vampire blessed by Christ to the truth about the notorious Oscar Wilde to a rollicking tale of vamparism and the Bow Street Runners, these memorable stories by such top tale-weavers as Tanya Huff, P.N. Elrod, and Lois Tilton are sure to appeal to anyone who's ever been bitten by an interest in those mysterious, seductive, and deadly rulers of the night

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction (The Time of the Vampires) - essay by P. N. Elrod
  • 11 - A Vision of Darkness - short story by Lois Tilton
  • 21 - Scent of Blood - short story by Susan Booth
  • 39 - The Gift - short story by Teresa Patterson
  • 56 - Oaths - short story by Bradley H. Sinor
  • 74 - The Blood of the Lamb - short story by Lillian Stewart Carl
  • 94 - The Devil's Mark - short fiction by P. N. Elrod
  • 104 - Bloodthirsty Tyrants - novelette by Catt Kingsgrave-Ernstein
  • 132 - What Manner of Man - [Henry Fitzroy] - novelette by Tanya Huff
  • 159 - A Matter of Taste - short story by Nick Pollotta
  • 166 - Voice from the Void - [Vanishing Breed] - novelette by Margaret L. Carter
  • 189 - In Memory of - short story by Nancy Kilpatrick
  • 202 - Death Mask - novelette by Rebecca Ann Brothers
  • 233 - Faith Like Wine - novelette by Rachel Caine
  • 265 - Black Sounds - short story by Lawrence Schimel
  • 274 - The Ghost of St. Mark's - short story by Elaine Bergstrom
  • 292 - Walking Tour - short story by Jean Graham
  • 305 - Night of the Vampire Scare - short story by Julie Barrett
  • 311 - Toothless Vampires Can Still Give Hickeys - short story by James Schutte

Time Twisters

Martin H. Greenberg
Jean Rabe

This book offers 17 new stories of daring adventurers who meddle with time including: a science fiction fan who warded off an alien invasion of Earth through contemporary culture... Joan of Arc's training in future history... and an FBI hunt for a Mafia don who found his way back to the age of knighthood.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Time Twisters) - essay by Jean Rabe
  • 4 - Pruning the Tree - short story by Chris Pierson
  • 18 - Occupation Duty - short story by Harry Turtledove
  • 35 - Mundane Lane - short story by Kevin J. Anderson
  • 49 - The Power and the Glory - short story by Robert E. Vardeman
  • 69 - Voices - short story by Jackie Cassada
  • 85 - Downtown Knight - short story by James M. Ward
  • 100 - Parsley Sage, Rosemary, and Time - novelette by Jon L. Breen
  • 126 - A Better Place - novelette by Linda P. Baker
  • 149 - Chaos Theory - short story by Stephen Leigh
  • 159 - The Man in Cell 91 - short story by Gene DeWeese
  • 175 - Oyer and Terminer - novelette by Joe Masdon
  • 196 - Standing Still - short story by Donald J. Bingle
  • 211 - One Rainy Day in Paris - novelette by Penny Williams and Skip Williams
  • 232 - Try and Try Again - short story by Pierce Askegren
  • 247 - Yeshua's Choice - novelette by Nancy Varian Berberick
  • 268 - Three Power Play - short story by Wes Nicholson
  • 284 - One Time Around? - short story by John Helfers
  • 300 - About the Authors (Time Twisters)

Time Wars

Poul Anderson
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

8 stories about conflicts in time travel.

Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Time Wars) - essay by Poul Anderson
  • 3 - Frost and Thunder - (1979) - novelette by Randall Garrett
  • 27 - Gunpowder God - [Kalvan] - (1964) - novella by H. Beam Piper
  • 75 - Amphiskios - (1949) - novelette by John D. MacDonald
  • 110 - Delenda Est - [Time Patrol - 5] - (1955) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • 149 - Dragonrider - [Dragonriders of Pern short fiction] - (1967) - novella by Anne McCaffrey
  • 265 - The Timesweepers - (1969) - novelette by Keith Laumer
  • 296 - Run from the Fire - (1975) - novelette by Harry Harrison
  • 329 - Skirmish on a Summer Morning - (1976) - novella by Bob Shaw

Urban Horrors

Martin H. Greenberg
William F. Nolan

A collection of stories of urban ghosts and other horrors features the writing of Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Shirley Jackson, John Cheever, Fritz Leiber, Philip K. Dick, Joyce Carol Oates, and other masters.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by William F. Nolan and Martin H. Greenberg
  • Smoke Ghost - (1941) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • A Careful Man Dies - (1946) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • The Tooth - (1949) - short story by Shirley Jackson
  • Torch Song - (1947) - short story by John Cheever
  • Prey - (1969) - short story by Richard Matheson
  • The Father-Thing - (1954) - short story by Philip K. Dick
  • The Jungle - (1954) - novelette by Charles Beaumont
  • The Tunnel Ahead - (1961) - short story by Alice Glaser
  • Did You Ever Slip on Red Blood? - (1972) - short story by Joyce Carol Oates
  • The Chimney - (1977) - short story by Ramsey Campbell
  • The Wine of Life - (1980) - short story by Ray Russell
  • The Pool - (1981) - short story by William F. Nolan
  • Talking in the Dark - (1984) - short story by Dennis Etchison
  • The Litter - (1987) - short story by James Kisner
  • New York Night - (1987) - short story by John Maclay
  • Hell - (1987) - short story by Richard Christian Matheson
  • The Shaggy House - (1986) - short story by Joe R. Lansdale
  • The Book of Webster's - (1986) - novelette by J. N. Williamson

Vampire Detectives

Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction (Vampire Detectives) - essay by Ed Gorman
  • 11 - Vampire Dollars - novelette by William F. Nolan
  • 41 - This Town Ain't Big Enough - novelette by Tanya Huff
  • 65 - Girl's Night Out - short story by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
  • 82 - Home Comforts - short story by Peter Crowther
  • 92 - Origin of a Species - novelette by J. N. Williamson
  • 114 - Fangs - novelette by Michael Prescott
  • 136 - The Night of Their Lives - short story by Max Allan Collins
  • 151 - Night Tidings - novelette by Gary Alan Ruse
  • 177 - God-Less Men - short story by James Kisner
  • 193 - No Blood for a Vampire - short story by Edward D. Hoch
  • 211 - The Count's Mailbox - short story by William Sanders
  • 220 - Tom Rudolph's Last Tape - short story by John Maclay
  • 228 - The Turning- short story by Jack Ketchum
  • 233 - You'll Catch Your Death - novelette by P. N. Elrod
  • 256 - Shell Game - short story by John Lutz
  • 262 - The Secret - short story by Barbara Paul
  • 282 - Blind Pig on North Halsted - short fiction by Wayne Allen Sallee
  • 285 - Phil the Vampire - short story by Richard Laymon
  • 305 - Undercover - short story by Nancy Holder

Vamps

Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Sixteen stories of femail vampires by Stephen King, William Tenn, Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber, August Derleth, Richard Matheson, and Tanith Lee.

Contents:

  • Introduction: Why There Are So Many "Ladies of the Night" - essay by Charles G. Waugh
  • One for the Road - [Jerusalem's Lot] - (1977) - short story by Stephen King
  • She Only Goes Out at Night - (1956) - short story by William Tenn (variant of She Only Goes Out at Night...)
  • Heredity - (1947) - short story by David H. Keller, M.D.
  • Clarimonda - novelette by Théophile Gautier? (trans. of La morte amoureuse 1836)
  • The Cloak - (1939) - short story by Robert Bloch
  • For the Blood Is the Life - (1905) - short story by F. Marion Crawford
  • The Last Grave of Lill Warren - [John Thunstone] - (1951) - novelette by Manly Wade Wellman
  • The Girl with the Hungry Eyes - (1949) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • Ken's Mystery - (1883) - novelette by Julian Hawthorne
  • Restless Souls - [Jules de Grandin] - (1928) - novelette by Seabury Quinn
  • The Drifting Snow - (1939) - short story by August Derleth
  • When It Was Moonlight - (1940) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
  • Luella Miller - (1902) - short story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • Dress of White Silk - (1951) - short story by Richard Matheson
  • Red As Blood - (1979) - short story by Tanith Lee
  • Carmilla - [Martin Hesselius] - (1872) - novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Werewolves

Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • ix - Introduction (Werewolves) - essay by Ed Gorman
  • 11 - Extinctions in Paradise - short story by Brian Hodge
  • 29 - Bindlestiff - short story by Peter Crowther
  • 46 - Never Moon a Werewolf - short story by Barbara Paul
  • 62 - Dumpster Diving - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 71 - Woofman - short story by Brenda Crank and Scott Nickel
  • 86 - Nick of Time - short story by Matthew J. Costello
  • 93 - The Nighttime Is the Right Time - short story by Bill Crider
  • 111 - Double Identity - short story by Terry Beatty and Wendi Lee
  • 118 - Little Boy Riding Hood - short story by Lawrence Schimel
  • 127 - Wolf - short story by Max Allan Collins
  • 136 - Children of the Night - short story by Cheri Scotch
  • 149 - Bark at the Moon - short story by Mike Baker
  • 155 - Nights in the Mountains of Haiti - short story by Hugh B. Cave
  • 172 - The Last Link Between Life and Death - novelette by J. N. Williamson
  • 193 - Asleep in the Mist - short story by Billie Sue Mosiman
  • 202 - The Pack - short story by Norman Partridge
  • 218 - Waiting for Moonlight - short story by Roman A. Ranieri
  • 226 - A Taste of Blood and Roses - short story by David Niall Wilson
  • 238 - Sand Boils - short story by Tracy Knight
  • 255 - Only the Strong Survive - short story by Richard Chizmar and Barry Hoffman
  • 272 - The Night of Howling - short story by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • 281 - Some Touch of Pity - novelette by Gary A. Braunbeck

Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology

Joseph D. Olander
Martin H. Greenberg
Frederik Pohl

First edition, hardcover. Retrospective anthology; most works have a forward by the story's author.

Contents:

  • Introduction by Frederik Pohl
  • As IF Was in the Beginning by Larry T. Shaw
  • The Golden Man (1954) by Philip K. Dick
  • The Battle (1954) by Robert Sheckley
  • Last Rites (1955) by Charles Beaumont
  • Game Preserve (1957) by Rog Phillips
  • The Burning of the Brain (1958) by Cordwainer Smith
  • The Man Who Tasted Ashes (1959) by Algis Budrys
  • Kings Who Die (1962) by Poul Anderson
  • Fortress Ship (1963) by Fred Saberhagen
  • Father of the Stars (1964) by Frederik Pohl
  • Trick or Treaty (1965) by Keith Laumer
  • Nine Hundred Grandmothers (1966) by R. A. Lafferty
  • Neutron Star (1966) by Larry Niven
  • This Mortal Mountain (1967) by Roger Zelazny
  • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967) by Harlan Ellison
  • Driftglass (1967) by Samuel R. Delany
  • The Holmes-Ginsbook Device (1968) by Isaac Asimov
  • Down in the Black Gang (1969) by Philip José Farmer
  • The Reality Trip (1970) by Robert Silverberg
  • The Nightblooming Saurian (1970) by James Tiptree, Jr.
  • Occam's Scalpel (1971) by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Construction Shack (1973) by Clifford D. Simak
  • Time Deer (1974) by Craig Strete
  • Afterword: Flash Point, Middle by Barry N. Malzberg

Zombie Raccoons & Killer Bunnies

Martin H. Greenberg
Kerrie L. Hughes

From a farmer at war with Nature's creatures, to dangerous doings when the henhouse goes on-line, to the hazards of keeping company with a book wyrm, here are ingenious tales that will make readers laugh or cry... or double-check to make sure that their windows and doors are firmly locked against the things that prowl the night.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Zombie Raccoons & Killer Bunnies ) - essay by Kerrie Hughes
  • 4 - Death Mask - short fiction by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 29 - BunRabs - short fiction by Donald J. Bingle
  • 42 - for lizzie - [Simon Canderous] - short fiction by Anton Strout
  • 59 - Faith in Our Fathers - short fiction by Alexander Potter
  • 88 - Bone Whispers - short fiction by Tim Waggoner
  • 108 - Watching - short fiction by Carrie Vaughn
  • 119 - The Things That Crawl - novelette by Richard Lee Byers
  • 147 - The White Bull of Tara - short fiction by Fiona Patton
  • 168 - Dead Poets - short fiction by John A. Pitts
  • 179 - Super Squirrel to the Rescue - short fiction by Irene Radford
  • 195 - Her Black Mood - short fiction by Brenda Cooper
  • 216 - Ninja Rats on Harleys - short story by Elizabeth Vaughan
  • 239 - Bats in Thebayou - short fiction by Steven H Silver
  • 260 - Twilight Animals - short fiction by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 276 - The Ridges - short fiction by Larry D. Sweazy

A Non-Hero's Guide to the Road of Monsters

A. T. Greenblatt

This short story originally appeared in Mothership Zeta, April 2016. It can also be found in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2017, edited by Rich Horton.

Read to the story for free at Mothership Zeta.

And Yet

A. T. Greenblatt

This Nebula Award nominated short story originally appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Issue 21, March-April 2018.

Read the full story for free in Uncanny.

Before the World Crumbles Away

A. T. Greenblatt

This short story originally appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Issue 27, March-April 2019.

Read the full story for free at Uncanny.

Between Home and a House on Fire

A. T. Greenblatt

The survivor of an apocalypse event in an alternate universe tries to rebuild and avoid being dragged back into the past when a visitor crosses the in-between and asks for help.

Read the full story for free at Tor Reactor.

Burn or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells As a Super

A. T. Greenblatt

This Novelette was first puiblished in the 2020 May/June issue of Uncanny Magazine and can be found here for free.

Uncanny - Burn

(Superhero) Sam's ability is modest, but he's still excited to be accepted into the Super Team. Now he just has to figure out how he can make the biggest difference--assuming he can do more good than harm.

Give the Family My Love

A. T. Greenblatt

Nebula Award-winning and Sturgeon-nominated Short Story

This story was originally published in Clarkesworld, Issue 149, February 2019.

Read or listen to this story for free at Clarkesworld Magazine.

Heavy Lifting

A. T. Greenblatt

This short story originally appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Issue 24, September - October 2018. It can also be found in the anthology The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Four (2019), edited by Neil Clarke.

Read the full story for free at Uncanny.

Questions Asked in the Belly of the World

A. T. Greenblatt

For the residents of this mycological ecosystem, creating art feeds the World around you and requires working in harmony with your inner voice. When one artist's voice begins screaming, he's forced to travel farther than he ever has before to reconcile with the noise in his head and find his true place in society before it's too late.

Red the full story for free at Tor Reactor.

The Light Years

R. W. W. Greene

Hisako Saski was born with her life already mapped out. In exchange for an education, better housing for her family, and a boost out of poverty, she's been contracted into an arranged marriage to Adem Sadiq, a maintenance engineer and amateur musician who works and lives aboard his family's sub-light freighter, the Hajj.

Hisako is not happy with the deal. The arcane branch of physics it requires her to study broke off a thousand years before, and she is not keen on the idea of giving up everything she knows to marry a stranger and move onto an aging spaceship.

Onboard the Hajj, Hisako soon learns her dilemmas are overshadowed by the discovery of ancient secrets, a derelict warship, and a chance at giving the survivors of Earth a fresh start.

Twenty-Five to Life

R. W. W. Greene

Life goes on for the billions left behind after the humanity-saving colony mission to Proxima Centauri leaves Earth orbit ... but what's the point?

Julie Riley is two years too young to get out from under her mother's thumb, and what does it matter? She's over-educated, under-employed, and kept mostly numb by her pharma emplant. Her best friend, who she's mostly been interacting with via virtual reality for the past decade, is part of the colony mission to Proxima Centauri. Plus, the world is coming to an end. So, there's that.

When Julie's mother decides it's time to let go of the family home in a failing suburb and move to the city to be closer to work and her new beau, Julie decides to take matters into her own hands. She runs, illegally, hoping to find and hide with the Volksgeist, a loose-knit culture of tramps, hoboes, senior citizens, artists, and never-do-wells who have elected to ride out the end of the world in their campers and converted vans, constantly on the move over the back roads of America.

A Play of Darkness

Irving A. Greenfield

Newly back in print by the author of THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, this is a spellbinding tale of sorcery, romance, and intrigue immersed in the blood drenched Spanish Inquisition of mid-17th Century Mexico.

From the mists of legend, the half-human priest, half-spirit Augustin Vasquez Ibanez appears in the occupied village of Oaxaca untouched by the raging conflict. He takes in a nameless boy to be trained in his dark, mysterious ways. The boy learns to read and write, rides through the world of hallucinogenic drugs, conjures storms, and falls tragically in love with a village girl whose family is aligned with enemies. Can he call upon one last surge of the old power against the conquerors when his people need him most?

Aton

Irving A. Greenfield

His adventure has been rescued from history. Violently ripped from the blood-steeped legend of early man, the chronicle of his passionate journey brings forth bizarre forays into foreign lands; a father challenged by a son; heroic, loving women; and the strange mystery that leads people to create new gods of terror and of power.

The Ancient of Days: The Chronicles of Ronstrom the Builder

Irving A. Greenfield

The dramatic sweep of THE ANCIENT OF DAYS brings to life the story of mankind on the cusp of civilization, and how one man, Ronstrom the Builder, made it happen. It's a story of magic, miracles, violence and passion; of self-sacrifice and challenge.

It's the story of how we became human with the ability to love and build, to leave our mark, so those who followed would know the miracle of Stonehenge, and what it means.

The Face of Him

Irving A. Greenfield

For thousands of years he had been their God. Now Susynoid's existence was being challenged and the council of five had to act, but how do you save a God?

The Gods' Temptress

Irving A. Greenfield

HIS DESTINY THRUST THEM TOGETHER... HER DESTINY WOULD TEAR THEM APART...

RAFE--Half-god, half-man, his sacred quest led him through the caps of the fierce Viking hordes, through the chilling Realm of Death, and, finallym, into combat with the master demon, Enlil, who craved the destruction of humankind and the love of

INANNA--The lovely enchantress whose powerful magic protected Rafe on his odyssey of perils. Driven by her searing passionsm, she dared to battle Enlil and the dread Fates, for the soul of her mortal lover....

The Others

Irving A. Greenfield

DOES THE UNIVERSE BELONG TO MAN OR THE DOLPHINS?

Somewhere, locked in the unexplored and unknown crevices at the bottom of the seaes lay the secret of the Earth's past. Dr. Edward Blake, driven by some uncontrollable force finds he is the only man in the world who knows what fate is hidden there... And in some of the most fantastic experiments of all time horrifyingly realizes that the dolphins could hold man's fate locked in their enigmatic and mysterious minds.

While the rest of the world seeks pleasure in one massive orgy of passion, uncaring what lies in store--Edward Blake finds he alone is the only man who cares, who can save man's future.

The Stars Will Judge

Irving A. Greenfield

The man from Earth.

He was a prisoner on an alien planet. He knew neither his name nor his crime; his mind had been as tightly sealed by his captors as his cell. But he would stand trial for a galactic atrocity he could not remember - and those he could not know would judge him...

To Savor the Past

Irving A. Greenfield

Salem Village, 1691

Roger Andrew, schoolmaster, man of enlightenment, lover and man of mystery -- Roger knows there is no Satan to possess the souls and bodies of these colonial Puritans.

But Roger Andrew has his own secret.

The horrifyingly bizarre behavior of growing numbers of Salem villagers is creating a tension mounting to terror in the village. His lover, beautiful Widow Bowin, is being drawn into the maelstrom of violence. He would marry her -- but first he must save her from the witch-fearing mobs. And he must do this with great care -- for Roger Andrew's secret is even more terrible than possession by Satan.

Waters of Death

Irving A. Greenfield

Food. In the year 2160, it was man's greatest probloem. With the enormous increase in population and the extension of longevity, there simply wasn't enough to go around. The sea farms were the only solution--but they were in themselves a potential threat to man's future.

Science and technology had advanced fantastically, of course. The real trouble was... people. Human beings had not changed. The sea farmers had good reasons for being rebellious; their work was hard and dangerous and their rewards small. And the rest of the population was rapidly becoming a total police state, but one which might revolt at any moment.

Then the harvests from the sea began to drop off... and the government decided to hand the whole problem to just one man. Dr. Robert Wilde found himself alone as no man had ever been before: with a clouded past, hated by those he was trying to help, harrassed by powerful men seeking more power.... Did he have any future? Did the world?

If Kennedy Lived: The First and Second Terms of President John F. Kennedy: An Alternate History

Jeff Greenfield

What if Kennedy were not killed that fateful day? What would the 1964 campaign have looked like? Would changes have been made to the ticket? How would Kennedy, in his second term, have approached Vietnam, civil rights, the Cold War? With Hoover as an enemy, would his indiscreet private life finally have become public? Would his health issues have become so severe as to literally cripple his presidency? And what small turns of fate in the days and years before Dallas might have kept him from ever reaching the White House in the first place?

The answers Greenfield provides and the scenarios he develops are startlingly realistic, rich in detail, shocking in their projections, but always deeply, remarkably plausible. If Kennedy Lived is a tour de force of American history from one of the country's most brilliant and illuminating political commentators.

The High House

Jessie Greengrass

Shortlisted for the 2021 Costa Novel Award

In this powerful, highly anticipated novel from an award-winning author, four people attempt to make a home in the midst of environmental disaster.

Perched on a sloping hill, set away from a small town by the sea, the High House has a tide pool and a mill, a vegetable garden, and, most importantly, a barn full of supplies. Caro, Pauly, Sally, and Grandy are safe, so far, from the rising water that threatens to destroy the town and that has, perhaps, already destroyed everything else. But for how long?

Caro and her younger half-brother, Pauly, arrive at the High House after her father and stepmother fall victim to a faraway climate disaster--but not before they call and urge Caro to leave London. In their new home, a converted summer house cared for by Grandy and his granddaughter, Sally, the two pairs learn to live together. Yet there are limits to their safety, limits to the supplies, limits to what Grandy--the former village caretaker, a man who knows how to do everything--can teach them as his health fails.

A searing novel that takes on parenthood, sacrifice, love, and survival under the threat of extinction, The High House is a stunning, emotionally precise novel about what can be salvaged at the end of the world.

Childgrave

Ken Greenhall

When photographer Jonathan Brewster's four-year-old daughter Joanne tells him about her new invisible friends, he doesn't think too much about it. But then he sees them for himself: weird and uncanny images of the dead appearing in his photographs. The apparitions seem to have some connection to Childgrave, a remote village in upstate New York with a deadly secret dating back three centuries. Jonathan and Joanne feel themselves oddly drawn to Childgrave, but will they survive the horrors that await them there?

Elizabeth: A Novel of the Unnatural

Ken Greenhall

"If you were to go into your bedroom tonight--perhaps by candlelight--and sit quietly before the large mirror, you might see what I have seen. Sit patiently, looking neither at yourself nor at the glass. You might notice that the image is not yours, but that of an exceptional person who lived at some other time..."

The image in the mirror of fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Cuttner is that of the fey and long-dead Frances, who introduces Elizabeth to her chilling world of the supernatural. Through Frances, Elizabeth learns what it is to wield power--power of a kind that is malevolent and seemingly invincible. Power that begins with the killing of her parents...

First published in 1976, Ken Greenhall's debut novel Elizabeth is a lost classic of modern horror fiction that deserves rediscovery. This edition includes a new introduction by Jonathan Janz.

The Wandering Worlds

Terry Greenhough

A strange and viscious attack of mental energy is suddenly unleashed on the occupants of Explorer Globe 13 during a routine mission to find mineral wealth in a distant planetary system. Only Keek, the vessels alien menial is unaffected.

The Entropy Exhibition: Michael Moorcock and the British New Wave in Science Fiction

Colin Greenland

When first published in 1983 The Entropy Exhibition was the first critical assessment of the literary movement known as 'New Wave' science fiction. It examines the history of the New Worlds magazine and its background in the popular imagination of the 1960s, traces the strange history of sex in science fiction and analyses developments in stylistic theory and practice.

Michael Moorcock edited and produced the magazine New Worlds from 1964 to 1973. Within its pages he encouraged the development of new kinds of popular writing out of the genre of science fiction, energetically reworking traditional themes, images and styles as a radical response to the crisis of modern fiction. The essential paradox of the writing lay in its fascination with the concept of 'entropy'--the universal and irreversible decline of energy into disorder. Entropy provides the key to both the anarchic vitality of the magazine and to its neglect by critics and academics, as well as its connection with other cultural experiments of the 1960s. The Fiction of the New Worlds writers was not concerned with far future and outer space, but with the ambiguous and unstable conditions of the modern world.

Detailed attention is given to each of the three main contributors to the New Worlds magazine--Michael Moorcock, Brian Aldiss and J.G. Ballard. Moorcock himself is more commonly judged by his commercial fantasy novels than by the magazine he supported with them, but here at last the balance is redressed: New Worlds emerges as nothing less than a focus and a metaphor for many of the transformations of English and American literature in the past two decades.

Clarion

William Greenleaf

Clarion a planet hidden from the rest of humanity, a lost colony. For 200 years it has survived, alone and unaided. Suddenly mysterious men are willing to kill for its coordinates and the people of Clarion are dying to find one man. Dorland Avery is a psi-player, a master storyteller without words. Suddenly he is targeted for assassination and no one can figure out why. On Clarion a fanatical cult religion is tightening its stranglehold on the colonists. Lord Tem, the mystical deity of this powerful cult, may be a "gent"... a living member of an intelligent species... the first ever contacted by space-faring humanity. The First Speaker of Lord Tem possesses powers remarkably like those of Avery- and Dorland Avery may be the only man who can save the lost colony---Clarion.

Starjacked!

William Greenleaf

Captured by space-pirates and held aboard a stolen starship in a remote corner of the galaxy. Leo Blannon is about to find out that things could be worse...

Timejumper

William Greenleaf

Combined Destinies!

On Earth of the far future, city dwellers live in a technologically advanced environment, while bands of nomads barbarically hunt and farm the plains. Hidden within the city is Erin, a crazed scientist, who is constructing a timejumper. On the plains is a nomad boy who quests after the city's secrets. Unknown to both, an evil force works to keep them apart, for it knows that if they ever meet, a new Earth destiny would be inevitable!

The Spook Who Sat By the Door

Sam Greenlee

A classic in the black literary tradition, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is both a comment on the civil rights problems in the United States in the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black militancy.

Dan Freeman, the "spook who sat by the door," is enlisted in the CIA's elitist espionage program. Upon mastering agency tactics, however, he drops out to train young Chicago blacks as "Freedom Fighters" in this explosive, award-winning novel.

As a story of one man's reaction to ruling-class hypocrisy, the book is autobiographical and personal. As a tale of a man's reaction to oppression, it is universal.

The Iron Assassin

Ed Greenwood

In Ed Greenwood's The Iron Assassin, Victoria never ascended the throne; the House of Hanover held England only briefly before being supplanted by the House of Harminster. It is a time of gaslamps and regularly scheduled airship flights, of trams and steam-driven clockwork with countless smoke-belching stacks. London, the capitol of the Empire of the Lion, is a filthy, crowded, fast-growing city where a series of shocking murders threatens the throne itself.

Energetic young inventor Jack Straker believes he has created a weapon to defend the Crown: a reanimated, clockwork-enhanced corpse he can control. He introduces "the Iron Assassin" to the highly placed Lords who will decide if Straker's invention becomes a weapon of the Lion-or something to be destroyed.

It quickly becomes apparent that the Iron Assassin is more self-willed than Straker intended, and that the zombie's past life is far more sinister than Straker thought. Has he created a runaway monster? Or the best guardian the Lion could ever hope for?

Into Greenwood

Jim Grimsley

This novelette originally appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2001. The story can also be found in the anthologies The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection (2002), edtied by Gardner Dozois, and Science Fiction: The Best of 2001, edited by Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber.

The Green Hills Of Earth

Robert A. Heinlein

THE GREEN HILLS OF EARTH is a collection of short stories from one of the masters of science fiction who has held readers spellbound for over thirty years.

First published in 1951, this collection includes:

  • "Delilah and the Space-Rigger"
  • "Space-Jockey"
  • "The Long Watch"
  • "Gentlemen Be Seated"
  • "The Black Pits of Luna"
  • "It's Great to Be Back"
  • "We Also Walk Dogs"
  • "Ordeal in Space"
  • "The Green Hills of Earth"
  • "Logic of Empire"

The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma

Brian Herbert

A revolution has taken over the government of the United States and the environment has been saved. All pollution has been banned and reversed. It's a bright, green new world. But this new world comes with a great cost. The United States is ruled by a dictatorship and the corporations are fighting back. Joining them are an increasing number of rebels angered by the dictatorship of Chairman Rahma. The Chairman's power is absolute and appears strong, but in The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma by Brian Herbert, cracks are beginning to show as new weapons are developed by the old corporate powers, foreign alliances begin to make inroads into America's influence... and strange reports of mutants filter through the government's censorship.

The Green Planet

J. Hunter Holly

The thirteen exiles from Earth were hopeful when they landed on the planet Klorath. After all, others had been banished before them and had no doubt established a colony.

But when the exiles found a pile of clean-picked human skulls they knew those who had preceeded them were dead.

Then they encountered the giant, man-eating birds and realized they too would die if they couldn't control them.

The final blow was the appearance of hostile natives, bringing with them a horde of furry animals whose slightest touch seared human flesh like a branding iron...

Here is science fiction at its best. A gripping tale of a group of Earthmen and women fighting for survival on a mysterious, poisoned paradise.

The Green Knight's Wife

Kat Howard

This short story originally appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Issue 13, November-December 2016. The story is included in the collection A Cathedral of Myth and Bone (2018).

Read the full story for free at Uncanny Magazine.

Green Mansions

W. H. Hudson

Abel, a young man of wealth, fails at a revolution and flees Caracas into the uncharted forests of Guyana. Surviving fever, failing at journal-keeping and gold hunting, he settles in an Indian village to waste away his life.

After some exploring, Abel discovers an enchanting forest where he hears a strange bird-like singing. His Indian friends avoid the forest because of its evil spirit-protector, "the Daughter of the Didi". Persisting in the search, Abel finally finds Rima the Bird Girl. She has dark hair, a smock of spider webs, and can communicate with birds in an unknown tongue.

The Green Mile

Stephen King

Set in the 1930s at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary's death-row facility, The Green Mile is the riveting and tragic story of John Coffey, a giant, preternaturally gentle inmate condemned to death for the rape and murder of twin nine-year-old girls. It is a story narrated years later by Paul Edgecomb, the ward superintendent compelled to help every prisoner spend his last days peacefully and every man walk the green mile to execution with his humanity intact.

Edgecomb has sent seventy-eight inmates to their date with "old sparky," but he's never encountered one like Coffey -- a man who wants to die, yet has the power to heal. And in this place of ultimate retribution, Edgecomb discovers the terrible truth about Coffey's gift, a truth that challenges his most cherished beliefs -- and ours.

Green Grass, Running Water

Thomas King

Strong, Sassy women and hard-luck hardheaded men, all searching for the middle ground between Native American tradition and the modern world, perform an elaborate dance of approach and avoidance in this magical, rollicking tale by Cherokee author Thomas King. Alberta is a university professor who would like to trade her two boyfriends for a baby but no husband; Lionel is forty and still sells televisions for a patronizing boss; Eli and his log cabin stand in the way of a profitable dam project. These three--and others--are coming to the Blackfoot reservation for the Sun Dance and there they will encounter four Indian elders and their companion, the trickster Coyote--and nothing in the small town of Blossom will be the same again...

The Sky-Green Blues

Tanith Lee

This novelette originally appeared in Interzone, #142 April 1999. It can also be found in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000), edited by Gardner Dozois.

The Green Progression

L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Bruce Scott Levinson

A shocking novel of what could happen if the fanatical defense of the environment crossed the line into deadly terror. When environmental consultant Jack McDarvid's boss is killed in a shootout near the Capitol, McDarvid becomes enmeshed in a diabolical plot behind the scenes of the environmental movement.

A Green Moon Problem

Jane Lindskold

This short story originally appeared in Lightspeed, May 2018.

Read the full story for fee at Lightspeed.

Greendaughter

Anne Logston

Long before Shadow was born, the Heartwood was a land of warring clans of elves.

When human lord Sharl comes to build a great city near the forest and abducts Chyrie and her mate, Valann, to gain safe conduct through the forest, the elves learn that an even greater enemy is approaching -- an army of barbarians sweeping down from the north.

Now the elves must make peace, not only with each other but with the hated humans, to unite against a threat that may destroy the city and the forest together.

Body in the Woods

Sarah Lotz

One foul night while her husband is away, an old friend turns up on Claire's doorstep and begs for her help. She knows she should refuse, but she owes him. Despite her better judgement, Claire finds herself helping to bury something in the woods. The question is, will it stay buried, and can Claire live with the knowledge of what she has done?

In the Greenwood

Mari Ness

Tor.com blogger, fantasy writer, and insatiable reader Mari Ness makes her Tor.com short fiction debut with a beautifully told tale of complicated and conflicted love, a translation and transformation of a very old story that is sure to be familiar to every fan of folklore and history.

Read the full story for free at Tor.com.

Highwaymen: Robbers & Rogues

Jennifer Roberson

Table of Contents:

  • v - The Highwayman - poem by Alfred Noyes
  • 11 - Wreckers, Rooks, and Books: An Introduction - essay by Jennifer Roberson
  • 17 - Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
  • 41 - Kid Binary and the Two-Bit Gang - short story by Michael A. Stackpole
  • 61 - The Moonlight Flit - short story by Rosemary Edghill
  • 79 - The Bandido of Pozoseco - short story by Kate Daniel
  • 97 - We Met Upon the Road - short story by Doris Egan
  • 117 - Where Angels Fear to Tread - short story by Laura Anne Gilman
  • 137 - Diana's Foresters - short story by Susan Shwartz
  • 155 - Fool's Gold - novelette by Doranna Durgin
  • 177 - Highwayscape with Gods - poem by Lawrence Schimel
  • 183 - The Bishop's Coffer - short story by Janny Wurts
  • 199 - The Abbot of Croxton - short story by Melanie Rawn
  • 215 - The Dowry - short story by Kathy Chwedyk
  • 227 - The Rest of the Story - short story by Bruce D. Arthurs
  • 247 - Watch for Me by Moonlight - short story by Lois Tilton
  • 259 - The Forest's Justice - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • 273 - Highway to Heaven - short story by Laura Resnick
  • 287 - Rogue's Moon - short story by Teresa Edgerton
  • 307 - Ghost Rot - novelette by Jo Clayton
  • 331 - For King and Country - short story by Deborah J. Ross
  • 347 - A Slight Detour on the Road to Happyland - short story by Ashley McConnell
  • 365 - Though Hell Should Bar the Way - novelette by A. C. Crispin and Christie Golden
  • 387 - By the Time I Get to Phoenix - short story by Jennifer Roberson
  • 395 - The Lesser of ... - novelette by Dennis L. McKiernan

Out of Avalon: An Anthology of Old Magic and New Myths

Jennifer Roberson

Out of Avalon presents fifteen original stories of magic, adventure, and romance from an era lost to history - yet always remembered by those with imagination...

Table of Contents:

  • vii - Introduction (Out of Avalon: An Anthology of Old Magic and New Myths) - essay by Jennifer Roberson
  • 1 - The Heart of the Hill - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana L. Paxson
  • 17 - The Fourth Concealment of the Island of Britain - short story by Katharine Kerr
  • 29 - Prince of Exiles - short story by Rosemary Edghill
  • 47 - The Secret Leaves - novelette by Tricia Sullivan
  • 85 - The Castellan - novelette by Diana Gabaldon and Samuel Watkins
  • 111 - Lady of the Lake - novelette by Michelle West
  • 139 - The Mooncalfe - novelette by Dave Wolverton
  • 165 - Avalonia - short story by Kristen Britain
  • 179 - Finding the Grail - novelette by Judith Tarr
  • 209 - Me and Galahad - short story by Adrienne Gormley and Mike Resnick
  • 219 - A Lesser Working - short story by Jennifer Roberson
  • 229 - Grievous Wounds - novelette by Laura Resnick
  • 255 - Black Dogs - novelette by Lorelei Shannon
  • 277 - Marwysgafn (Deathbed Song) - novella by Eric Van Lustbader
  • 333 - The Mouse's Soul - poem by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 337 - About the Editor (Out of Avalon: An Anthology of Old Magic and New Myths) - essay by Jennifer Roberson

Return to Avalon

Jennifer Roberson

Retellings of several Arthurian tales.

Table of contents:

  • 11 - Introduction: Just Like a Real Person - essay by Diana L. Paxson
  • 17 - Foreword (Return to Avalon) - essay by Andre Norton
  • 18 - To Light Such a Candle - short story by Rosemary Edghill
  • 29 - The Grail of Heart's Desire - novelette by Judith Tarr
  • 58 - Lady of Avalon - novelette by Diana L. Paxson
  • 80 - With God to Guard Her - short story by Kate Elliott
  • 92 - Appreciation (Return to Avalon) - essay by C. J. Cherryh
  • 94 - Sing to Me of Love and Shadows - short story by Deborah J. Ross
  • 113 - The Wellspring - short story by Katharine Kerr
  • 133 - Knives - short story by Dave Smeds
  • 152 - A Refuge of Firedrakes - novelette by Susan Shwartz
  • 182 - Appreciation - essay by Charles de Lint
  • 184 - The Hag - short story by Lawrence Schimel
  • 193 - Salve, Regina - short story by Melanie Rawn
  • 209 - Trees of Avalon - short story by Elisabeth Waters
  • 218 - Sparrow - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
  • 251 - The Spell Between Worlds - novelette by Karen Haber
  • 275 - The Stone Mother's Curse - novelette by Dave Wolverton
  • 303 - Appreciation - essay by Paul Edwin Zimmer
  • 305 - Iontioren's Tale - novelette by Paul Edwin Zimmer
  • 328 - Winter Tales - novelette by Adrienne Martine-Barnes
  • 349 - Dark Lady - short story by Jane Lindskold
  • 369 - The Lily Maid of Astolat - novelette by Laura Resnick
  • 392 - Appreciation - essay by Jennifer Roberson
  • 395 - Guinevere's Truth - short story by Jennifer Roberson

Greenteeth

Molly O'Neill

Beneath the still surface of a lake lurks a monster with needle sharp teeth. Hungry and ready to pounce.

Jenny Greenteeth has never spoken to a human before, but when a witch is thrown into her lake, something makes Jenny decide she's worth saving. Temperance doesn't know why her village has suddenly turned against her, only that it has something to do with the malevolent new pastor.

Though they have nothing in common, these two must band together on a magical quest to defeat the evil that threatens Jenny's lake and Temperance's family, as well as the very soul of Britain.

Green Music

Ursula Pflug

Sometimes he swam on his back and then the stars would make pinholes in his eyes, sinking, sinking until they came to rest in the darkness of his brain, sleeping reflections to their brothers across the void of space. Then they were in his mind, and he could hear them. Green Music blends the gritty reality of Toronto's studio district with a medieval tropical paradise shaped by the union of sea turtles and humans. A struggling artist, overwhelmed by grief and the strange tales of a Great Lakes mariner, embarks on an epic journey into an unknown world.

In her debut novel, Ursula Pflug delivers a shimmering narrative, gliding effortlessly between humour and psychological insight, delving deep into the unexplored depths of magic realism and fantasy.

The Greenest Gecko

Ploy Pirapokin

After an unusual public incident in which the frail, elderly King is revitalized, geckos are now considered to bring good luck. At the Ministry of Merit, Fon is secretly in charge of building the next Gecko Mortar for the royal family of King of Pailand's eightieth birthday. She is honored to be assigned this duty and works diligently to create and deliver this extraordinary machine.

Read the full story for free at Tor.com.

My Lady Greensleeves

Frederik Pohl

This guard smelled trouble and it could be counted on to come-for a nose for trouble was one of the many talents bred here! A classic novella about the future of law enforcement by Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Frederik Pohl.

This story originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1957. It can also be found in the collections The Case Against Tomorrow (1957) and Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories (2005).

The Green Child: A Romance

Herbert Read

A visionary masterpiece filled with green children, quicksand portals, imaginary countries, revolutionary dictators, and subterranean worlds...

Olivero, the former dictator of a South American country, has returned to his native England after faking his own assassination. On a walk he sees, through a cottage window, a green-skinned young girl tied to a chair. He watches in horror as the kidnapper forces the girl to drink lamb's blood from a cup. Olivero rescues the child, and she leads him into unknown realms.

Morlac, the Quest of the Green Magician

Gary Alan Ruse

Conjured from the sea by the dark magic of the Green Magician to defend their village from invaders, Morlac is a being tormented by his own dual past, and under the spell of the wizard's wicked daughter. Can he save them all... and himself? His journey across exotic lands, armed with his magicked sword "Shark" and his shell shield, is an epic sword and sorcery adventure.

Tormented by conflicting memories, Morlac is at war against his own nature as much as the multitude of enemies he faces in his homeland and beyond. Searching for his own identity as well as for the sorcerer who abandoned him, Morlac encounters new friends, dangerous enemies, many exotic lands and supernatural terrors. Morlac is involved in a romantic triangle with the Green Magician's daughter, Kadrana, as beautiful as she is dangerous, and Glendauna, a young woman Morlac later meets who is a Durkesh Warrior with a dark secret of her own.

Green Eyes

Lucius Shepard

Life the second time around is short, strange and terrifying to the awakened. One "zombie", victim of a bizarre scientific obsession, breaks away, leaving a trail of muder and miracle as he flees the Project and the horror his "life" has become.

Radiant Green Star

Lucius Shepard

Hugo, Nebula and Sturgeon Award nominated novella. It originally appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2000. The story can also be found in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection (2001), edited by Gardner Dozois. It is included in the collections The Jaguar Hunter (2001) and The Best of Lucius Shepard (2008).

Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence

Michael Marshall Smith

It's not every day that the Devil knocks on your door From the critically-acclaimed author of Only Forward comes a delightful new tale about Hannah, a young girl living a mundane existence in California, who discovers that her grandfather has been friends with the Devil for the past 150 years... and now, they need her help.

Greenhouse Summer

Norman Spinrad

About a hundred years from now, pollution, overpopulation, and ecological disasters have left the rich nations still rich, and the poor nations -- the Lands of the Lost -- slowly strangling in drought and pollution. New York City is below sea level, surrounded by a seawall. The climate in Paris is much like the twentieth-century climate of long-drowned New Orleans. And Siberia, Golden Siberia, is the crop-land of the world.

Still, for the international corporations and businesses who make a profit on technofixing the environment -- the Big Blue Machine -- it is business as usual: sell what you can where you can whenever you can. It is better to be rich. But it all may be coming to a terrible end: a scientist has predicted Condition Venus, the sudden greenhouse downfall of the entire planet--but she can't say when.

So now the attention of the world is focused for a week on a UN conference on the Environment in Paris, where all hell is about to break loose.

Green Days in Brunei

Bruce Sterling

Nebula Award nominated novella. It originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1985. The story can also be found in the anthologies The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (1986), edited by Gardner Dozois, Future on Fire (1991), edited by Orson Scott Card and The Ultimate Cyberpunk (2002) edited by Pat Cadigan. It is included in the collections Crystal Express (1989) and Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling (2007).

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Pearl; Sir Orfeo

J. R. R. Tolkien

SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, and SIR ORFEO are masterpieces of a remote and exotic age--the age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. Yet it is only in the unique artistry and imagination of J.R.R. Tolken that the language, romance, and power of these great stories comes to life for modern readers, in this masterful and compelling new translation.

White Lines on a Green Field

Catherynne M. Valente

Novelette originally published in Subterranean Press Magazine. It can also be found in the collection The Bread We Eat in Dreams (2013) and the anthologies The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Six (2012), edited by Jonathan Strahan, and Mythic Journeys (2019), edited by Paula Guran.

Read the full story for free at Subterranean.

Green Magic

Jack Vance

Table of Contents:

  • Foreword - (1979) - essay by Poul Anderson
  • Introduction - (1979) - essay by John Shirley
  • Green Magic - (1963) - short story
  • The Miracle-Workers - (1958) - novella
  • The Moon Moth - (1961) - novelette
  • The Mitr - (1953) - short story
  • The Men Return - (1957) - short story
  • The Narrow Land - (1967) - novelette
  • The Pilgrims - (1966) - novelette
  • The Secret - (1966) - short story
  • Liane the Wayfarer - (1950) - short story

Wild Thyme, Green Magic

Jack Vance

When Jack Vance decided to become a writer, a "million words a year" man as he put it so pragmatically at the time, he also gave fantastic literature one of its most cherished and distinctive voices. Though primarily a novelist throughout his long and distinguished career, this Hugo, Nebula, Edgar and World Fantasy Award-winning Grand Master also produced many short and mid-length works.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan
  • Assault on a City
  • Rumfuddle
  • The Augmented Agent
  • Green Magic
  • Ullward's Retreat
  • Coup de Grace
  • Chateau d'If
  • The Potters of Firsk
  • The World-Thinker
  • Seven Exits from Bocz
  • Wild Thyme and Violets

Green Tea

Richard Wadholm

Sturgeon Award nominated novelette. It originally appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 1999. The story can also be found in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000).

Neon Green

Margaret Wappler

It's the summer of 1994 in suburban Chicago: Forrest Gump is still in theaters, teens are reeling from the recent death of Kurt Cobain, and you can enter a sweepstakes for a spaceship from Jupiter to land in your backyard. Welcome to Margaret Wappler's slightly altered 90s. Everything's pretty much the way you remember it, except for the aliens.

When a flying saucer lands in the Allens' backyard, family patriarch and environmental activist Ernest is up in arms. According to the company facilitating the visits, the spaceship is 100 percent non-toxic, but as Ernest's panic increases, so do his questions: What are the effects of longterm exposure to the saucer and why is it really here?

The family starts logging the spaceship's daily fits and starts but it doesn't get them any closer to figuring out the spaceship's comically erratic behavior. Ernest's wife Cynthia and their children, Alison and Gabe, are less concerned with the saucer, and more worried about their father's growing paranoia (not to mention their mundane, suburban existences). Set before the arrival of the internet, Neon Green will stun, unnerve, and charm readers with its loving depiction of a suburban family living on the cusp of the future.

Greener Pastures

Michael Wehunt

In his striking debut collection, Greener Pastures, Michael Wehunt shows why he is a powerful new voice in horror and weird fiction.

From the round-robin, found-footage nightmare of "October Film Haunt: Under the House" to the jazz-soaked "The Devil Under the Maison Blue," selected for both The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror and Year's Best Weird Fiction, these beautifully crafted, emotionally resonant stories speak of the unknown encroaching upon the familiar, the inscrutable power of grief and desire, and the thinness between all our layers. Where nature rubs against small towns, in mountains and woods and bedrooms, here is strangeness seen through a poet's eye.

They say there are always greener pastures. These stories consider the cost of that promise.

Table of Contents:

  • "Of Insects, Angels, and People Too Tired to Go On" (introduction by Simon Strantzas)
  • "Beside Me Singing in the Wilderness"
  • "Onanon"
  • "Greener Pastures"
  • "A Discreet Music"
  • "The Devil Under the Maison Blue"
  • "October Film Haunt: Under the House" (original to the collection)
  • "Deducted From Your Share in Paradise" (original to the collection)
  • "The Inconsolable"
  • "Dancers"
  • "A Thousand Hundred Years" (original to the collection)
  • "Bookends"
  • Story Notes

Another Green World

Henry Wessells

Table of Contents:

  • Preface - essay by Michael Swanwick
  • Ten Bears - (2003) - short fiction
  • Virtual Wisdom - (1992) - short fiction
  • Hugh O'Neill's Goose - (2001) - short fiction
  • Appraisal at Edgewood - (2001) - short fiction
  • The Institute of Antarctic Archaeology & Protolinguistics - short fiction
  • The Polynesian History of the Kerguélen Islands - (1994) - short fiction
  • Another Green World - (2000) - short story
  • Book Becoming Power - (2000) - short fiction
  • From This Swamp - (1994) - short story

The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories

Walter Jon Williams

From Walter Jon Williams, author of Implied Spaces, Hardwired, and Voice of the Whirlwind, comes The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories, a stunning collection of short fiction including the Nebula Award winning story The Green Leopard Plague, as well as Daddy's World, Lethe, The Last Ride of German Freddie, Millennium Party, The Tang Dynasty, Underwater Pyramid, Incarnation Day, Send Them Flowers, and Pinocchio.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Charles Stross
  • Daddy's World - (1999) - novelette
  • Lethe - (1997) - novelette
  • The Last Ride of German Freddie - (2002) - novella
  • Millennium Party - (2002) - shortfiction
  • The Green Leopard Plague - (2003) - novella
  • The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid - (2004) - novelette
  • Incarnation Day - (2006) - novella
  • Send Them Flowers - (2007) - novelette
  • Pinocchio - (2008) - novella

The Green Girl

Jack Williamson

At high noon on May 4th the sun went out. And at that moment the youthful Melvin Dane was thrust into the most amazing adventure ever encountered by a mortal man. For years he had dreamed of a beautiful green-skinned girl, and now that dream of love was to materialize into a threat that held the promise of death for every living being on Earth. To meet the challenge of a blacked-out world, Mel followed a scientific trail that led to dangers undreamed of: a horrific serpent-like creature; a red globe of atomic destruction, murderous zombies, silver globes of sudden death, and strange dragon plants. All of this awaits you in Jack Williamson's powerful novel, "The Green Girl," a true masterpiece from the golden age of science-fiction.

The Green and the Gray

Timothy Zahn

For seventy-five years the Greens and the Grays have lived quietly among us in the shadows of New York, alien refugees from a war of attrition that utterly destroyed the rest of their kind. Passing as everyday citizens, yet with powers and technologies unknown to humanity, each group has long believed that they are all that remain of their old world and their terrible conflict.

But now, to their mutual surprise, they have found each other, and the old hatreds and fears have once again risen to the surface.

And each side is preparing again for war.

On a cold October night, Roger and Caroline Whittier, a young couple struggling with their marriage, are accosted at gunpoint, and an unexpected burden is thrust upon them: Melantha Green, a twelve-year-old girl snatched from the hands of a peace coalition consisting of both Greens and Grays. The coalition had been preparing to cold-bloodedly sacrifice her in a last-ditch effort to prevent the impending battle... and it desperately wants her back.

As Roger and Caroline strive to protect Melantha and to understand the alien cultures they have suddenly been thrust into, they find aid in unlikely places. They're joined in their efforts by NYPD Detective Thomas Fierenzo, who's determined to prevent what he believes to be an impending gang war, and by Otto Velovsky, a former Ellis Island clerk who was present at the very beginning of the aliens' new life on earth.

Unlikely allies, unlikely heroes... and they have just one week to find a way to prevent New York City from becoming a battlefield the likes of which the world has never known..

The Green Odyssey

Philip José Farmer

CLASSIC SF ROMP BY AUTHOR OF RIVERWORLD! When Alan Green's starship crashes on a medieval planet overrun with feudal human societies, he is instantly captured and sold into slavery. Big, handsome, blond and strong, on a planet of short, dark people, Green soon finds himself installed as a gigolo to Duchess Zuni of Tropat, the local duke's voluptuous but bath-needing wife. Lazy, cautious to the point of timidity, he soon finds himself under the thumb of Amra, an Amazon of a wife, a slave like him, who combines beauty, and intelligence with five kids, one of them Green's. With himself as gigolo and Amra, as official lernan of the Duchess Zuni, Green is doing quite well in a precarious position when he hears that another ship from the sky has landed a few thousand miles away, and the two men on board mistaken for "demons" and scheduled for execution. Determined to save his fellow Earthmen from death, and himself from Amra, Green determines to cross the grass sea of Xurdimur and get himself to Estorya in time to stop the execution--and incidentally hitch a ride home to Earth. Thus begins Philip Jose Farmer's The Green Odyssey, which has rightly been called "rollicking science-fiction adventure" ... "uproarious" ... "swashbuckling" ... "sheer fun" ... "and by science fiction critic and by scholar, Sam Moskowitz: "filled with engaging humor." The adventure begins when Alan Green arranges passage on a "wind roller." a sailing vessel of the plains by dazzling the captain with a financial scheme that offers rich profits to overcome his reluctance to help a fugitive. Setting "sale" with the captain, Green thinks he's escaped from his dominating wife -- but he's wrong. Throw in pirates and floating islands and a black cat-goddess with a taste for beer, picked up after shipwreck on one of the wandering Islands of the Xurdimur, and you have the recipe for science-fantasy adventure as irresistible as Riverworld itself. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction hails Green Odyssey as "A picaresque tale or an earthman escaping from captivity on an alien planet; the intricately colorful medieval culture of this planet, the high libido of its women, the mysteries Buried within the sands of the desert over which the hero must flee, and the admixture of rapture and disgust with which the hero treats this venue -- all go to make this novel a model for the flowering of planetary romance from the 1960s on."

Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind

Jen Green
Sarah LeFanu

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1985) Jen Green and Sarah LeFanu
  • Big Operation on Altair Three - (1985) Josephine Saxton
  • Spinning the Green - (1985) Margaret Elphinstone
  • The Cliches from Outer Space - (1984) Joanna Russ
  • The Intersection - (1985) Gwyneth Jones
  • Long Shift - (1985) Beverley Ireland
  • Love Alters - (1985) Tanith Lee
  • Cyclops - (1985) Lannah Battley
  • Instructions for Exiting This Building in Case of Fire - (1985) Pamela Zoline
  • A Sun in the Attic - (1985) Mary Gentle
  • Atlantis 2045: no love between planets - (1985) Frances Gapper
  • From a Sinking Ship - (1985) Lisa Tuttle
  • The Awakening - (1985) Pearlie McNeill
  • Words - (1985) Naomi Mitchison
  • Relics - (1985) Zoe Fairbairns
  • Mab - (1985) Penny Casdagli
  • Morality Meat - (1985) novelette by James Tiptree, Jr. [as by Raccoona Sheldon ]
  • Apples in Winter - (1985) Sue Thomason

The Horde

Joseph Green

Marooned on a strange world, forcibly separated from the woman he loves, and attacked by hostile aliens, Leo's plight seems hopeless. But desperate situations call for desperate measures. When Leo befriends one of his alien pursuers an unlikely alliance grows between the tough passionate Earthman and the coldly logical, sexless Shemsi.

Only with this alien's assistance, Leo realises, can he be reunited with Misty and discover the strange secrets of Birth Mountain and of the powerful queens who rule there.

Harm's Way

Colin Greenland

Sophie Farthing, an orphan who grew up on a space station, emerges from her repressed upbringing to embark on a perilous journey from Earth to the Moon and across Mars searching for the origin of her birth.

The Green Brain

Frank Herbert

In an overpopulated world seeking living room in the jungles, the International Ecological Organization was systematically exterminating the voracious insects which made these areas uninhabitable. Using deadly foamal bombs and newly developed vibration weapons, men like Joao Martinho and his co-workers fought to clear the green hell of the Mato Grosso.

But somehow those areas which had been completely cleared were becoming reinfested, despite the impenetrable vibration barriers. And tales came out of the jungles... of insects mutated to incredible sizes... of creatures who seemed to be men, but whose eyes gleamed with the chitinous sheen of insects....

A fascinating examination of the fragile balance between consciousness, man and insect from one of the best-loved science fiction creators of all time

Doom of the Green Planet / Star Quest

Dean Koontz
Emil Petaja

Star Quest

In a universe that had been ravaged by a thousand years of interplanetary warfare between the star-shattering Romaghins and the equally voracious Setessins, there seemed now but one thing that might bring the destruction to an end. That would be the right catalyst in the hands of the right people. The right catalyst could well be the individualist rebel, Tohm... he who had once been a simple peasant and who had been forcibly changed into a fearfully armored instrument of mechanical warfare--the man-tank Jumbo Ten. But the right people? Could they possibly be the hated driftwood of biological warfare--those monsters of a cosmic no-man's land--the Muties?

Doom of the Green Planet

Save a life and it is your responsibility. Save a world and it is yours to protect forever. Such was the geasa of Diarmid Patrick O'Dowd, ex-starman. He had himself called down destruction on the Green Planet by destroying its creator and undermining its guiding Song. Now he must shield it from the aspirations of the next star-wanderer to set down on its lush fairy-tale landscape. For without its special "god" it would mean the end of that wonder world of swordsmen and sorcerers... and Diarmid himself had now to play that omnipotent role - even though he was but a marooned pilot and his opponent was the massed power of an organized stellar federation.

The Green Millennium

Fritz Leiber

Hugo and Nebula award-winning Fritz Leiber is a science-fiction grand master with an unparalleled ability to discern the stranger side of the universe. THE GREEN MILLENNIUM is set in a futuristic human society based on our own. The regimented, regulated and bureaucratized life style led by the misanthropic Phil Gish leaves him feeling vaguely dissatisfied and emotionally cut off from other people. He is surprised when a pure green cat appears in his room, a cat who makes him feel happier and more alive than he has ever felt. Phil decides to call the cat Lucky, hoping his life will take a turn for the better. If you consider different as change for the better, then Gish really has got something in Lucky--something that everyone else wants--including the Mob, the FBI, some nude aliens, and a gorgeous mystery woman. When Lucky seems to vanish into thin air, Phil will do anything to get him back, even if it means challenging the very powers that rule his world.

The Green Millennium / Night Monsters

Fritz Leiber

Table of Contents:

  • The Green Millennium - (1953) - novel
  • The Black Gondolier - (1964) - novelette
  • Midnight in the Mirror World - (1964) - shortstory
  • I'm Looking for Jeff - (1952) - shortfiction
  • The Casket-Demon - (1963) - shortstory

The Green Queen / Three Thousand Years

Margaret St. Clair
Thomas Calvert McClary

The Green Queen

His atomic puppet was out of control!

Bonnar had created the Green Queen thoughtlessly--all part of a day's work. But when his brain-child became a full-grown Frankenstein, a monster embodied in the girl he loved, Bonnar was terrified. For now she threatened to shatter the whole carefully balanced social structure of Viridis--as well to undermine the radioactive world's atomic shield!

Only Bonnar could end the holocaust and turn the all-too-grim reality back to the illusion he had originally intended. But to do that he had to destroy the girl he loved--or be destroyed by her.

Original title: Mistress of Viridis (Universe Science Fiction, March 1955)

Three Thousand Years

They slept for thirty centuries.

Originally serialized in the magazine Astounding in 1938.

Five Against Arlane / Lord of the Green Planet

Emil Petaja
Tom Purdom

Five Against Arlane

Brain control and loss of psychological freedom await the opponents of Arlane's ruler.

Lord of the Green Planet

Diarmid O'Dowd, space explorer, was suddently an Off-worlder in an Old World legend. Since he had crashed his ship through the green barrier to this uncharted world, he found himself due to take a place in the Deel's song of ancient Ireland, living again on New Tara.

The Green and Growing

Erin K. Wagner

In this intriguing tale of the clash of two worlds and cultures, Miquita, one of the forty-two daughters of Commander Hritrar, is sent to the Ruburuii after their defeat at her father's hands. Hampered by diplomatic etiquette and a thoroughly alien culture, Miquita struggles to understand the destruction her father has leveled against the cities and orchards that depend on a failing artificial intelligence. Can she help repair the terrible damage her father's forces have inflicted? Perhaps more importantly: should she?

The Broken Wheel

'Three Days' Aftermath: Book 1

Kerry Greenwood

After the Three Days disaster stripped the earth with fire, the people who were left formed groups to survive. There were the Travellers, who traded in small goods and stores. There were the medieval role players still carrying on such traditions in a place called Thorngard. There were the damaged tree men and the lost children. There was the Tribe, a loose gathering of nomads. And the city held the Breakers, the Children of the Broken Wheel, who destroyed every machine more complex than an egg timer, because the machines had brought catastrophe to the world. Out along the road, Sarah, a Child of the Breaker, encounters the Travellers in an attempt to save the world from a last final obliteration.

Whaleroad

'Three Days' Aftermath: Book 2

Kerry Greenwood

Fourteen year old telepath, Alain, learns that he must stop the Great Beast from destroying Whaleroad and thus gaining unimaginable powers of destruction.

Cave Rats

'Three Days' Aftermath: Book 3

Kerry Greenwood

When Tehan is rescued from the sewers by Gwyn and the Travellers, he finds himself part of the New Revelation led by the courageous Prophet Sarah. As one of the city's few empaths, Tehan is recruited by the Prophet to help find the child of the Voice. Suddenly Tehan finds himself running in a race against time. Can he save the city from a force that threatens to destroy everything the Children of the Broken Wheel have fought so desperately to call their own?

Feral

'Three Days' Aftermath: Book 4

Kerry Greenwood

When Sasha investigates the takeover of the town's university by shaven-headed, rebel students, he discovers that the real power lies in the Management - a faceless group with immense power and its own army of guards. Sasha longs to bring down the Management and restore order to the university, but first he must gain the trust and support of the dangerous Xanthippe of Gan Edan and the Mother Abbess of the Convent of St Mary McKillop. And then he must discover the identity of the spy who is leaking everyone's secrets...

Love 3000

3000: Book 1

Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction (Love 3000) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh
  • 13 - Child by Chronos - (1953) - short story by Charles L. Harness
  • 33 - A Message from Charity - (1967) - short story by William M. Lee
  • 57 - When You Hear the Tone - (1971) - short story by Thomas N. Scortia
  • 75 - Share Alike - (1957) - short story by Daniel F. Galouye
  • 93 - The Littlest People - (1954) - short story by Raymond E. Banks
  • 111 - Ring Around the Redhead - (1948) - short story by John D. MacDonald
  • 139 - Human Man's Burden - (1956) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 157 - Home the Hard Way - (1967) - novelette by Richard McKenna
  • 188 - Tin Soldier - (1974) - novella by Joan D. Vinge

Monster Brigade 3000

3000: Book 6

Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Contents:

  • 1 - Down Among the Dead Men - (1954) - novelette by William Tenn
  • 28 - A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine - (1993) - novelette by Brian Hodge
  • 54 - The Monster - (1986) - short story by Joe Haldeman
  • 65 - The Eater of Filth - short story by Gary A. Braunbeck
  • 79 - Correspondence - short story by Mark Garland and Lawrence Schimel
  • 86 - War, the Last - short story by Billie Sue Mosiman
  • 95 - In the Matter of the Ukdena - short story by Bruce Holland Rogers
  • 113 - A Zombie Named Fred - short story by Jake Foster
  • 131 - Surface Tension - short story by Peter Crowther
  • 146 - The Monster Parade - short story by Ed Gorman
  • 162 - Grabow and Collicker and I - (1992) - short story by Algis Budrys
  • 168 - Behind Enemy Lines - (1991) - short story by Dan Perez
  • 182 - Operation Chaos - [Operation Chaos] - novelette by Poul Anderson (variant of Operation Afreet 1956)

Men Against the Stars

Adventures in Science Fiction: Book 1

Martin Greenberg

Hailed by critics at the time of its publication as a quantum leap forward in both quality and concept for science fiction anthologies, Martin Greenberg's thematically edited Men Against the Stars is a collection of twelve lengthy stories whose authors read like a Who's Who of Golden Age sci-fi, including Isaac Asimov, Murray Leinster, A.E. Van Vogt, L. Ron Hubbard, and E.M. Hull. Greenberg's collection was a thoroughly contemplated and planned project, a selection of the finest available stories on theme, ranging back as far as 1939.

Table of Contents:

  • 3 - Foreword (Men Against the Stars) - (1950) - essay by Martin Greenberg
  • 5 - Introduction (Men Against the Stars) - (1950) - essay by Willy Ley
  • 13 - Trends - (1939) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • 35 - Men Against the Stars - (1938) - novelette by Manly Wade Wellman
  • 59 - The Red Death of Mars - (1940) - novelette by Robert Moore Williams
  • 92 - Locked Out - (1940) - short story by H. B. Fyfe
  • 108 - The Iron Standard - (1943) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
  • 141 - Schedule - (1945) - short story by Harry Walton
  • 159 - Far Centaurus - (1944) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
  • 183 - Cold Front - (1946) - novelette by Hal Clement
  • 235 - The Plants - (1946) - short story by Murray Leinster
  • 253 - Competition - [Artur Blord] - (1943) - novelette by E. Mayne Hull
  • 281 - Bridle and Saddle - [Foundation (Original Stories) - 2] - (1942) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • 335 - When Shadows Fall - (1948) - short story by L. Ron Hubbard

Travelers of Space

Adventures in Science Fiction: Book 2

Martin Greenberg

Travelers of Space is a 1951 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Martin Greenberg. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Planet Stories, Astounding SF, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Startling Stories.

Table of Contents:

  • 3 - Foreword (Travelers of Space) - essay by Martin Greenberg
  • 5 - Introduction: Other Life Than Ours - essay by Willy Ley
  • 15 - Preface (A Dictionary of Science Fiction) - essay by Samuel A. Peeples [as by Samuel Anthony Peeples]
  • 18 - A Dictionary of Science Fiction - essay by Martin Greenberg and David A. Kyle and Samuel A. Peeples
  • 31 - The Interstellar Zoo - short story by David A. Kyle [as by David Kyle]
  • 33 - Life on Other Worlds - interior artwork by Edd Cartier
  • 53 - The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears - (1950) - novella by Keith Bennett
  • 93 - Christmas Tree - (1949) - short story by John Christopher [as by Christopher Youd]
  • 102 - The Forgiveness of Tenchu Taen - (1938) - short story by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. [as by Frederick Arnold Kummer, Jr.]
  • 114 - Episode on Dhee Minor - (1939) - short story by Harry Walton
  • 135 - The Shape of Things - (1948) - short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of Tomorrow's Child)
  • 151 - Columbus Was a Dope - short story by Robert A. Heinlein [as by Lyle Monroe]
  • 156 - Attitude - (1943) - novella by Hal Clement
  • 215 - The Ionian Cycle - (1948) - novelette by William Tenn
  • 241 - Trouble on Tantalus - (1941) - novelette by P. Schuyler Miller
  • 265 - Placet Is a Crazy Place - (1946) - short story by Fredric Brown
  • 280 - Action on Azura - (1949) - novelette by Robertson Osborne
  • 317 - The Rull - [Rull] - (1948) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
  • 348 - The Double-Dyed Villains - [Wing Alak] - (1949) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • 377 - Bureau of Slick Tricks - [Bureau of Slick Tricks - 1] - (1948) - short story by H. B. Fyfe

Journey to Infinity

Adventures in Science Fiction: Book 3

Martin Greenberg

Journey to Infinity is a 1951 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Martin Greenberg. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Astounding SF, Amazing Stories and Future Science Fiction.

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Introduction (Journey to Infinity) - (1951) - essay by Fletcher Pratt
  • 15 - False Dawn - (1946) - novelette by A. Bertram Chandler
  • 49 - Atlantis - [Lensman] - (1948) - short story by Edward E. Smith
  • 63 - Letter to a Phoenix - (1949) - short story by Fredric Brown
  • 71 - Unite and Conquer - (1948) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • 110 - Breakdown - (1942) - novelette by Jack Williamson
  • 145 - Dance of a New World - (1948) - short story by John D. MacDonald
  • 159 - Mother Earth - [Elijah Baley / R. Daneel Olivaw] - (1949) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • 196 - There Shall Be Darkness - (1942) - novelette by C. L. Moore
  • 248 - Taboo - (1944) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • 259 - Overthrow - (1942) - novella by Cleve Cartmill
  • 312 - Barrier of Dread - (1950) - short story by Judith Merril
  • 324 - Metamorphosite - (1946) - novella by Eric Frank Russell

The Robot and the Man

Adventures in Science Fiction: Book 4

Martin Greenberg

The Robot and the Man is a 1953 anthology of science fiction short stories regarding robots edited by Martin Greenberg. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Astounding SF and Galaxy Science Fiction.

Table of Contents:

  • v - Foreword (The Robot and the Man) - (1953) - essay by Martin Greenberg
  • 13 - Mechanical Answer - short story by John D. MacDonald (variant of The Mechanical Answer 1948)
  • 35 - Self Portrait - (1951) - novelette by Bernard Wolfe
  • 67 - Deadlock - (1942) - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
  • 87 - Robinc - [Quinby's Usuform Robots] - (1943) - short story by Anthony Boucher [as by H. H. Holmes]
  • 111 - Burning Bright - (1948) - novelette by Robert Moore Williams [as by John S. Browning]
  • 139 - Final Command - (1949) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
  • 169 - Though Dreamers Die - (1944) - novelette by Lester del Rey
  • 195 - Rust - (1939) - short story by Joseph E. Kelleam
  • 209 - Robot's Return - (1938) - short story by Robert Moore Williams (variant of Robots Return)
  • 225 - Into Thy Hands - (1945) - short story by Lester del Rey

All About the Future

Adventures in Science Fiction: Book 5

Martin Greenberg

All About the Future is a 1953 anthology of science fiction short stories selected by American editor Martin Greenberg. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Astounding SF, Galaxy Science Fiction and the Boston University Graduate Journal.

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Foreword (All About the Future) - essay by Martin Greenberg
  • 13 - Where To? - (1952) - essay by Robert A. Heinlein
  • 24 - Let's Not - (1954) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • 27 - The Midas Plague - (1954) - novella by Frederik Pohl
  • 81 - Un-Man - [Psychotechnic League] - (1953) - novella by Poul Anderson
  • 161 - Granny Won't Knit - (1954) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
  • 215 - Natural State - (1954) - novella by Damon Knight
  • 279 - Hobo God - (1944) - short story by Malcolm Jameson
  • 295 - Blood Bank - (1952) - novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • 343 - Origins of Galactic Etiquette - [Origins of Galactic ...] - (1953) - short story by Edward Wellen
  • 352 - Origins of Galactic Law - [Origins of Galactic ...] - (1953) - short story by Edward Wellen
  • 359 - Origins of Galactic Slang - [Origins of Galactic ...] - (1952) - short story by Edward Wellen
  • 365 - Origins of Galactic Medicine - [Origins of Galactic ...] - (1953) - short story by Edward Wellen

Coming Attractions

Adventures in Science Fiction: Book 6

Martin Greenberg

Coming Attractions is a 1957 anthology of science fiction essays edited by Martin Greenberg. Many of the articles originally appeared in the magazines Thrilling Wonder Stories, Astounding, Science Fiction Stories and Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Preface (Coming Attractions) - (1957) - essay by Martin Greenberg
  • 12 - Introduction (Coming Attractions) - (1957) - essay by Dwight Wayne Batteau [as by Dwight W. Batteau]
  • 18 - A Letter to the Martians - (1940) - essay by Willy Ley (variant of Calling All Martians!)
  • 38 - How to Learn Martian - (1955) - essay by Charles F. Hockett
  • 52 - Language for Time Travelers - (1938) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
  • 70 - Geography for Time Travelers - (1939) - essay by Willy Ley
  • 104 - Time Travel and the Law - (1957) - essay by C. M. Kornbluth
  • 110 - Space Fix - (1957) - essay by R. S. Richardson
  • 158 - Space War - (1939) - essay by Willy Ley
  • 186 - Space War Tactics - (1939) - essay by Malcolm Jameson
  • 206 - Fuel for the Future - (1940) - essay by Jack Hatcher
  • 232 - How to Count on Your Fingers - (1956) - essay by Frederik Pohl
  • 250 - Interplanetary Copyright - (1953) - essay by Donald F. Reines (variant of The Shape of Copyright to Come 1952)

Amazing Science Fiction Anthology: The Wonder Years 1926-1935

Amazing SF: Book 1

Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1987) - essay by Jack Williamson
  • The Metal Man - (1928) - short story by Jack Williamson
  • The Jameson Satellite - (1931) - novelette by Neil R. Jones
  • The Man Who Saw the Future - (1930) - short story by Edmond Hamilton
  • The Machine Man of Ardathia - (1927) - short story by Francis Flagg
  • The Tissue-Culture King - (1926) - novelette by Julian Huxley
  • The Voice from the Ether - (1931) - novelette by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
  • The Coming of the Ice - (1926) - short story by G. Peyton Wertenbaker
  • The Miracle of the Lily - (1928) - novelette by Clare Winger Harris
  • The Man with the Strange Head - (1927) - short story by Miles J. Breuer, M.D.
  • Omega - (1932) - short story by Amelia Reynolds Long
  • The Plutonian Drug - (1934) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • The Last Evolution - (1932) - short story by John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • The Colour Out of Space - (1927) - novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
  • The Authors - (1987) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg

Amazing Science Fiction Anthology: The War Years 1936-1945

Amazing SF: Book 2

Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1987) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Robot AL-76 Goes Astray - (1942) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • Devolution - (1936) - short story by Edmond Hamilton
  • The Four-Sided Triangle - (1939) - novelette by William F. Temple
  • The Voyage That Lasted 600 Years - (1940) - novelette by Don Wilcox
  • Adam Link's Vengeance - (1940) - novelette by Otto Binder
  • The Living Mist - (1940) - novelette by Ralph Milne Farley
  • Phoney Meteor - (1941) - novelette by John Wyndham
  • The Council of Drones - (1936) - novella by William K. Sonnemann
  • Shifting Seas - (1937) - novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum
  • I, Rocket - (1944) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • The Authors - (1987) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg

Amazing Science Fiction Anthology: The Wild Years 1946-1955

Amazing SF: Book 3

Martin H. Greenberg

Tabled of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1987) - essay by Robert Bloch
  • You Could Be Wrong - (1955) - short story by Robert Bloch
  • Breakfast at Twilight - (1954) - short story by Philip K. Dick
  • Operation RSVP - (1951) - short story by H. Beam Piper
  • Satisfaction Guaranteed - (1951) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • Restricted Area - (1953) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • Peacebringer - (1950) - novelette by Ward Moore
  • The Little Creeps - (1951) - novelette by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • The Draw - (1954) - short story by Jerome Bixby
  • A Way of Thinking - (1953) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Skirmish - (1950) - short story by Clifford D. Simak
  • They Fly So High - (1952) - short story by Ross Rocklynne
  • Chrysalis - (1946) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • The Authors - (1987) - essay by uncredited

The Moon is Green and Other Tales

Armchair Fiction - Masters of Science Fiction: Book 6

Fritz Leiber

Contents:

  • 5 - The Moon Is Green - (1952) - shortstory
  • 25 - What's He Doing in There? - (1957) - shortstory
  • 33 - The Improper Authorities - (1959) - shortstory
  • 48 - Bazaar of the Bizarre - [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] - (1963) - novelette
  • 79 - The Goggles of Dr. Dragonet - [Dr. Dragonet] - (1961) - shortstory
  • 104 - Deadly Moon - (1960) - novelette
  • 138 - Bread Overhead - (1958) - shortstory
  • 156 - Nice Girl with 5 Husbands - (1951) - shortstory (variant of Nice Girl with Five Husbands)
  • 172 - Appointment in Tomorrow - (1951) - novelette
  • 206 - The Big Engine - (1962) - shortstory
  • 212 - The Creature from Cleveland Depths - (1962) - novelette
  • 264 - The Mind Spider - [Change War] - (1959) - shortstory
  • 283 - Kreativity for Kats - [Gummitch the Cat] - (1961) - shortstory
  • 294 - Martians Keep Out - (2012) - shortfiction (variant of Martians, Keep Out! 1950)

The Clown Service

August Shining and Toby Greene: Book 1

Guy Adams

Toby Greene has been reassigned.

The Department: Section 37 Station Office, Wood Green.

The Boss: August Shining, an ex-Cambridge, Cold War-era spy.

The Mission: Charged with protecting Great Britain and its interests from paranormal terrorism.

The Threat: An old enemy has returned, and with him Operation Black Earth, a Soviet plan to create the ultimate insurgents by re-animating the dead.

The Rain-Soaked Bride

August Shining and Toby Greene: Book 2

Guy Adams

A number of influential South Korean nationals are committing suicide on UK soil. In all cases they seem to simply drop whatever they're doing and swiftly -- almost vacantly -- end their own lives. An electronics importer falls from the top floor of his high-rise office, the ambassador to the UK shoots his chauffeur and drives his own car off London Bridge, an actor sets fire to himself during a movie premiere...

August and Toby investigate and slowly uncover the ancient force of the Rain-Soaked Bride, a ghostly spirit of vengeance that drags her enemies to their deaths.

Once summoned the spirit cannot be dismissed until it takes the life it is charged with, it will be unstoppable in its pursuit of the mortal it has in its sights. Unfortunately, after getting too close to the source of the spirit, that mortal is now Toby Greene.

A Few Words For The Dead

August Shining and Toby Greene: Book 3

Guy Adams

Toby Greene, a Clown Service agent, is running for his life. Pursued around the globe by the relentless Rain-Soaked Bride, to stop is to die. But section Chief August Shining has problems of his own. Under investigation by MI6 and at the mercy of a mysterious entity, he's on his own.

Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Fantasy Novels

Baker's Dozen

Martin H. Greenberg
Isaac Asimov
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction: Larger Than Life - (1984) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • The Gate of the Flying Knives - (1979) - novella by Poul Anderson
  • Unicorn Tapestry - (1980) - novella by Suzy McKee Charnas
  • Sleep Well of Nights - (1978) - novella by Avram Davidson
  • Black Heart and White Heart - (1896) - novella by H. Rider Haggard
  • Red Nails - (1936) - novella by Robert E. Howard
  • Storm in a Bottle - (1977) - novella by John Jakes
  • Ill Met in Lankhmar - (1970) - novella by Fritz Leiber
  • The Lands Beyond the World - (1977) - novella by Michael Moorcock
  • A Man and His God - (1981) - novella by Janet Morris
  • Spider Silk - (1976) - novelette by Andre Norton
  • Where is the Bird of Fire? - (1962) - novella by Thomas Burnett Swann
  • Guyal of Sfere - (1950) - novella by Jack Vance
  • Tower of Ice - (1981) - novella by Roger Zelazny

Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Horror Novels

Baker's Dozen

Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1987) - essay by Charles G. Waugh
  • Jerusalem's Lot - (1978) - novelette by Stephen King
  • The Parasite - (1894) - novella by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Fearful Rock - (1939) - novella by Manly Wade Wellman
  • Sardonicus - (1961) - novelette by Ray Russell
  • Nightflyers - (1980) - novella by George R. R. Martin
  • Horrible Imaginings - (1982) - novella by Fritz Leiber
  • Jane Brown's Body - (1938) - novella by Cornell Woolrich
  • Killdozer! - (1944) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
  • The Shadow Out of Time - (1936) - novella by H. P. Lovecraft
  • The Stains - (1980) - novella by Robert Aickman
  • The Horror from the Hills - (1931) - novella by Frank Belknap Long
  • Children of the Kingdom - (1980) - novella by T. E. D. Klein
  • Frost and Fire - (1946) - novella by Ray Bradbury

Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Science Fiction Novels

Baker's Dozen

Martin H. Greenberg
Isaac Asimov
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction: Novellas - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • Profession - (1957) - novella by Isaac Asimov
  • Who Goes There? - (1938) - novella by John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • For I Am a Jealous People! - (1954) - novella by Lester del Rey
  • The Mortal and the Monster - (1976) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson
  • Time Safari - (1981) - novella by David Drake
  • In the Western Tradition - (1981) - novella by Phyllis Eisenstein
  • The Alley Man - (1959) - novella by Philip José Farmer
  • The Sellers of the Dream - (1963) - short fiction by John Jakes
  • The Moon Goddess and the Son - (1979) - novella by Donald Kingsbury
  • Enemy Mine - (1979) - novella by Barry B. Longyear
  • Flash Crowd - (1973) - novella by Larry Niven
  • In the Problem Pit - (1973) - novella by Frederik Pohl
  • The Desert of Stolen Dreams - (1981) - novella by Robert Silverberg

Life and Limb

Blood and Bone: Book 1

Jennifer Roberson

His voice was rich, a much loved baritone, as he handed his seven-year-old grandson a gun.

"It's time we had a talk, you and I. You won't remember it, but you need to know it, and one day, when it's time, I'll call it up in you. You'll know who you are, and what you're intended to do. You'll be a soldier, boy. Sealed to it. Life and limb, blood and bone. Not a soldier like others are, for it's not the kind of war most people fight on earth. But because we're not 'most people,' you and I, it will be far more important. The fate of the world will hinge upon it."

Now no longer that wide-eyed child, Gabe is fresh out of prison, a leather-clad biker answering Grandaddy's peremptory summons to, of all places, a cowboy bar in Northern Arizona. He is about to find out just how different he is from "most people"--and to meet the stranger with whom he will be sealed: life and limb, blood and bone, conscripted to fight an unholy war unlike any other.

For the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

When he does.

And Gabe, thrown into the unlikely company of a country-music-loving rodeo cowboy from West Texas, an ancient Celtic goddess of war, an African Orisha who sings volcanoes awake, a Chinese goddess of mercy, Nephilim, and Grigori, finds himself fighting a battle he was bred for, but wants no part of.

Sinners and Saints

Blood and Bone: Book 2

Jennifer Roberson

It's the End of Days, and Gabe and Remi--an ex-con biker and a Texas cowboy--have been conscripted to join the heavenly host in a battle against Lucifer's spec ops troops: demons who inhabit characters from fiction, history, myths, legends, and folklore.

But Gabe and Remi, still learning their roles, now must deal with one particular demon wearing the body of an infamous murderer: Jack the Ripper. Young women bearing the names of the murder victims killed during the Ripper's time are turning up dead, setting Gabe and Remi on a perilous path to save whoever they can, while also battling members of Lucifer's vanguard bent on killing them.

Catfantastic: Nine Lives and Fifteen Tales

Catfantastic: Book 1

Martin H. Greenberg
Andre Norton

Two of the biggest names in the fantasy field have put together a unique collection of fantastical cat tales for friends of furry felines. Cats work a special magic in these stories from the future, from the past, and from dimensions people never dream of.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction: Speaking of Cats - A Very Weighty Subject - essay by Andre Norton
  • The Gate of the Kittens - novelette by Wilanne Schneider Belden
  • The Damcat - novelette by Clare Bell
  • Borrowing Trouble - novelette by Elizabeth H. Boyer
  • Day of Discovery - shortstory by Blake Cahoon
  • Wart - shortstory by Jayge Carr
  • Yellow Eyes - novelette by Marylois Dunn
  • It Must Be Some Place - novelette by Donna Farley
  • The Dreaming Kind - novelette by C. S. Friedman
  • Trouble - novelette by P. M. Griffin
  • SKitty - shortstory by Mercedes Lackey
  • The Game of Cat and Rabbit - shortstory by Patricia Shaw Mathews
  • From the Diary of Hermione - shortstory by Ardath Mayhar
  • It's a Bird, It's a Plane, Its... Supercat! - shortstory by Ann Miller and Karen Elizabeth Rigley
  • Noble Warrior - novelette by Andre Norton
  • Bastet's Blessing - shortstory by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Catfantastic II

Catfantastic: Book 2

Andre Norton
Martin H. Greenberg

Pad along this paw print covered pathway to such fur-raising adventures as those of a noble Siamese out to defend its young mistress from evil, a bioengineered tabby who proves a diplomat beyond all human expectations, a wizard's hazardous encounter with his own familiar's kittens, and other imaginative escapades certain to capture the hearts of fantasy and cat lovers alike.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Andre Norton and Martin H. Greenberg
  • Bomber and the Bismarck - (1991) - novelette by Clare Bell
  • A Puma and a Panther - (1991) - shortstory by Wilanne Schneider Belden
  • The Last Gift - (1991) - novelette by Elizabeth H. Boyer
  • Papercut Luck - (1991) - shortstory by Patricia B. Cirone
  • Shado - (1991) - shortstory by Marylois Dunn
  • In Bastet's Service - (1991) - shortfiction by P. M. Griffin
  • Shadows - (1991) - shortfiction by Caralyn Inks
  • The Execution - (1991) - shortstory by A. R. Major
  • Hermione at Moon House - (1991) - shortstory by Ardath Mayhar
  • Quest of Souls - (1991) - shortfiction by Karen Elizabeth Rigley and Ann Miller
  • Ede's Earrings - (1991) - shortfiction by Sasha Miller
  • Clara's Cat - (1991) - shortfiction by Elizabeth Moon
  • Hob's Pot - (1991) - shortfiction by Andre Norton
  • The Queen's Cat's Tale - (1991) - shortfiction by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • The Keep-Shape Spell - (1991) - shortfiction by Mary H. Schaub
  • Of Age and Wisdom - (1991) - shortstory by Roger C. Schlobin
  • Critical Cats - novelette by Susan Shwartz
  • In Carnation - shortstory by Nancy Springer

Catfantastic III

Catfantastic: Book 3

Andre Norton
Martin H. Greenberg

Here are all-new tales about those magical, mysterious dominators of humankind: the cats! Return to the cats' hunting ground with this third collection of stories. Twenty fur-flying fantasies are sure to capture the hearts of cat lovers everywhere.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction (1994) - essay by Andre Norton
  • A Woman of Her Word - (1994) - shortstory by Lee Barwood
  • A Tangled Tahitian Tail - (1994) - novelette by Clare Bell
  • Saxophone Joe and the Woman in Black - (1994) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
  • Teddy Cat - (1994) - shortstory by Marylois Dunn
  • Cat o' Nine Tales - (1994) - shortstory by Charles L. Fontenay
  • Partners - (1994) - shortstory by P. M. Griffin
  • ...But a Glove - (1994) - shortstory by John E. Johnston, III
  • Fear In Her Pocket - (1994) - shortstory by Caralyn Inks
  • A Tail of Two Skittys - (1994) - shortstory by Mercedes Lackey
  • Hermione as Spy - shortstory by Ardath Mayhar
  • Moon Scent - (1994) - shortstory by Lyn McConchie
  • Cat's World - (1994) - shortstory by Cynthia McQuillin
  • Snake Eyes - (1994) - shortstory by Ann Miller and Karen Elizabeth Rigley
  • One Too Many Cats - (1994) - shortstory by Sasha Miller
  • Noble Warrior Meets With a Ghost - (1994) - shortstory by Andre Norton
  • Connecticat - (1994) - shortstory by Elisabeth Waters and Raul S. Reyes
  • The Cat-Quest of Mu Mao the Magnificent - (1994) - shortstory by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • The Cat, the Wizards, and the Bedpost - (1994) - novelette by Mary H. Schaub
  • To Skein a Cat - (1994) - shortstory by Lawrence Schimel
  • Asking Mr. Bigelow - (1994) - shortstory by Susan Shwartz

Catfantastic IV

Catfantastic: Book 4

Andre Norton
Martin H. Greenberg

This latest volume of 17 new cat stories offers both familiar characters returning for further adventures as well as new furry friends to capture your heart. Meet wizards' four-footed helpers, who are often brighter than their so-called masters, a real cool cat who's the ultimate jazz connoisseur, and other terrific tabbies sure to make you purr with delight.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Andre Norton
  • The Last Answer - (1996) - shortfiction by Wilanne Schneider Belden
  • The Quincunx Solution - (1996) - shortfiction by Anne Braude
  • Circus - (1996) - shortfiction by Jayge Carr
  • Tybalt's Tale - (1996) - shortstory by India Edghill
  • The Tale of the Virtual Cat - (1996) - shortfiction by Heather Gladney and Don Clayton and Alan Rice Osborn
  • Arrows - (1996) - shortfiction by Jane Hamilton
  • Miss Hettie and Harlan - (1996) - shortfiction by Charles L. Fontenay
  • The Neighbor - (1996) - shortfiction by P. M. Griffin
  • Tinkerbell - (1996) - shortfiction by Sharman Horwood
  • SCat - (1996) - shortstory by Mercedes Lackey
  • Professor Purr's Guaranteed Allergy Cure - (1996) - shortfiction by Brad Linaweaver and Dana Fredsti
  • Noh Cat Afternoon - (1996) - shortfiction by Jane Lindskold
  • Totem Cat - (1996) - shortfiction by A. R. Major
  • Deathsong - (1996) - shortfiction by Lyn McConchie
  • Noble Warrior, Teller of Fortunes - (1996) - shortfiction by Andre Norton
  • Born Again - (1996) - shortfiction by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • The Cat, the Sorcerer, and the Magic Mirror - (1996) - shortfiction by Mary H. Schaub
  • One With Jazz - (1996) - shortfiction by Janet Pack

Catfantastic V

Catfantastic: Book 5

Andre Norton
Martin H. Greenberg

In these all-original stories, you'll meet the cats of the past, cats of the stars-wide future, cats who take power into their own paws, and cats who can face down Death itself. These are 24 tales certain to capture the hearts and imaginations of feline-lovers everywhere.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Andre Norton
  • The Golden Cats - shortstory by Robin Wayne Bailey
  • Grow Old Along with Me - shortstory by Lee Barwood
  • Puss - novelette by Jayge Carr
  • Goliath - shortstory by Russell Davis
  • Dragon, The Book - shortstory by David Drake
  • The Courtesan Who Loved Cats - shortstory by India Edghill
  • The Maltese Feline - shortstory by Rosemary Edghill
  • A Cat's Tale - shortstory by Paul Goode
  • Tenth-Life Cat - shortstory by P. M. Griffin
  • Kindred Hearts - shortstory by Caralyn Inks
  • A Better Mousetrap - shortstory by Mercedes Lackey
  • The Big Ice - shortstory by Sharon Lee
  • Preliminary Report - shortstory by Barry B. Longyear
  • Lullaby - shortstory by Lyn McConchie
  • The Very Early Hermione - shortstory by Ardath Mayhar
  • Miss Lotte - shortstory by Sandra Miesel
  • Kitten Claws - shortstory by Sasha Miller
  • Noble Warrior and the "Gentleman" - shortstory by Andre Norton
  • The Cat, The Sorceress, The Buttons, and Why - shortstory by Mary H. Schaub
  • Hobson's Choice - shortstory by Susan Shwartz
  • Rosemary for Remembrance - shortstory by Estelle Traylor
  • Patches' Pride - shortstory by Laura J. Underwood
  • Trixie - shortstory by Lawrence Watt-Evans
  • Pick, Cry, and Grin (Ag'in) - shortstory by Rose Wolf

Shapechangers

Chronicles of the Cheysuli: Book 1

Jennifer Roberson

They were the Cheysuli, a race of magical warriors cited with the ability to assume animal shape at will. For centuries they had been allies to the King ofHomanc, treasured champions of the realm. Until a kings daughter ran away with a Cheysuli liege man and caused a war of annihilation against the Cheysuli race.

Twenty-five years later the Chesuli were hunted exiles in their own land, feared for their sorcery, their shapechanging.

This is the story of Alix, the daughter of that ill-fated union between Homanan princess and Cheysuli warrior, and her struggle to master the call of magic in her blood, and accept her place in an ancient prophecy she cannot deny.

The Song of Homana

Chronicles of the Cheysuli: Book 2

Jennifer Roberson

For five long years the land of Homana had been strangling in the grasp of a usurper king--its people ravaged by strife, poverty and despair; its magical race, the Cheysuli, forced to flee or face extermination at the hands of their evil counterparts, the sorcerous llhini.

The time had come for Prince Carillon, Homana's rightful ruler, to return from exile with his Cheysuli shapechanger liege man, free his land from the evil domination of the tyrant Bellam and his villainous magicians, restore the Cheysuli to their rightful position of grace, and claim his birthright. To do this, he would not only have to raise an army, but overcome the fear and prejudice of an ignorant population and answer the call of a prophecy he never chose to serve.

Legacy of the Sword

Chronicles of the Cheysuli: Book 3

Jennifer Roberson

For decades, the magical race of shapechangers called the Cheysuli have been feared and hated exiles in their own land, a land they rightfully should rule. Victims of a vengeful monarch's war of annihilation and a usurper king's tyrannical reign, the Cheysuli clans have nearly vanished from the world.

Now, in the aftermath of the revolution which overthrew the hated tyrant, Prince Donal is being trained as the first Cheysuli in generations to assume the throne. But will he be able to overcome the prejudice of a populace afraid of his special magic and succeed in uniting the realm in its life-and-death battle against enemy armies and evil magicians?

Track of the White Wolf

Chronicles of the Cheysuli: Book 4

Jennifer Roberson

Niall, Prince of Homana, key player in a prophecy that spans generations, should have been the treasured link between Cheysuli and Homanan. Yet neither of the peoples he is destined to someday rule feel anything but suspicion of Niall. Homanans fear him for his Cheysuli heritage, while Cheysuli refuse to accept him as their own because he has acquired neither a lir-shape nor the lir companion which is the true mark of the Cheysuli shapechangers.

And now, despite his precarious situation within the kingdom, Niall must undertake a journey to fulfill yet another link in the ancient prophecy. He must travel through war-torn lands to claim his bride--a mission which may prove his doom. For searching for both his destiny and his lir, Naill is about to be plunged into a dangerous maelstrom of intrigue, betrayal, and deadly Ihlini sorcer.

A Pride of Princes

Chronicles of the Cheysuli: Book 5

Jennifer Roberson

Brennan, Hart, and Corin, the three Cheysuli sons of Niall, ruler of Homana, and the next link in the generations-old prophecy o the Firstborn. Now the time had come or all three to take the paths for which they were fated:

Brennan, the oldest, was heir to the throne ofHomana. Yet before he could claim his proper place he would face the menace of unknown assassins and treacherous Ihlini magic.

Hart, Brennansyounger twin, must journey to Solinde, the kingdom which would one day be his to rule, a land won forHomana by the sword and one that longed to see the Cheysuli prince overthrown.

And Corin, the youngest prince, must battle sorcery and madness in the court of distant Atvia, his by birthright, but a birthright challenged by the power of evil Ihlini enchantments.

Three princes, three destinies--and ff even one should fail to fulfill the patterns of prophecy, Homanan and Cheysuli alike would pay a deadly price.

Daughter of the Lion

Chronicles of the Cheysuli: Book 6

Jennifer Roberson

She is Keely twin sister to Corin, and, daughter of Niall, the ruler of Homana, and she alone has the power to shapechange into any form, a power akin to that of the Firstborn. And like her brothers, Keely has been chosen to play a crucial part in the Firstborn s prophecy. Yet Keely a true daughter of the Lion, is no weak pawn to be used in men games of power and diplomacy. Trained alongside her brothers in the art of war, gifted with more of the old magic than most of her close kin, she will not easily give way even to Niall's commands, nor be forced against her will into an arranged marriage.

But others besides Keely's father have plans for her future. Strahan, the most powerful Ihlini sorcerer, is already preparing a trap from which even one as magic-gifted as Keely may find no escape.

And in the deepwood, another waits to challenge Keely, an outlaw fully as dangerous to her future freedom as Strahan is to her life.

Flight of the Raven

Chronicles of the Cheysuli: Book 7

Jennifer Roberson

Aidan, only child of Brennan and Aileen, and the grandson of Niall, is heir to the Lion Throne of Homana and inheritor, too, of a prophecy carried down through the generations and finally on the verge of fulfillment. But will Aidan--driven as he is by strange visions and portents--prove the weak link in the ages-old prophecy, the Chevsuli who fails to achieve his foretold destine.

For as Aidan prepares to set out for Erinn to claim his betrothed, he will become the focus of forces out of legend, visited by the ghosts of long-dead kinsmen, and by the Hunter, a mysterious being who may be a Chevsuli god incarnate. Commanded by the Hunter to undertake a quest to claim a series of "god-given" golden links, Aidan will find himself challenged by the Cheysuli's most deadly foe, Lochiel, the son of Strahan, who will use every trick of lhlini sorcery to stop Aidan and destroy the promise of the prophecy once and for all.

A Tapestry of Lions

Chronicles of the Cheysuli: Book 8

Jennifer Roberson

Nearly a century has passed since the Prophecy of the Firstborn was set in motion--the generational quest to recreate the magical race which once held sway in the lands ruled by Homana's Mujar.

Now, Kellin, heir to Homana's throne, has only to sire an offspring with an Ihlini woman to reach this goal. But Kellin wants nothing of prophecy, nor even of his own magical heritage. Embittered by tragedy, he refuses the sacred lir-bonding, becoming anathema in the eyes of his Cheysuli kin.

But willing participant or not, Kellin provides a very real threat to the Ihlini--the ancient enemies of the Cheysuli people for should the Prophecy be fulfilled, life as the Ihlini know it will end.

How can a lirless warrior ever hope to escape the traps of the Ihlini sorcerers? And how can the Prophecy ever be realized when the man born to become its final champion shuns his destined role?

The Green Leopard Plague

College of Mystery

Walter Jon Williams

Nebula Award winning and Hugo Award nominated novella. It originally appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2003. It can also be found in the anthologies Best Short Novels: 2004, edited by Jonathan Strahan, The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-First Annual Collection (2004), edited by Gardner Dozois, and Nebula Awards Showcase 2006, edited by Gardner Dozois. It is included in the collections The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories (2006) and The Best of Walter Jon Williams (2021).

Conan the Valiant

Conan Pastiches: Book 24

Roland J. Green

In the Ibar Mountains the necromancer Eremius is raising a demon-spawned army, using in of the fabled Jewels of Kurag. Snared in the court intrigues of Aghrapur, trapped by Lord Misrak, the King's deadly master of spies, Conan of Cimmeria must ride to comfort Ermius, accompanies against his will by the sorceress Illyanan. But Illyana herself carries the second Jewel, and whoever possesses both will gain power to challenge the gods. Plots and treachery loom at Conan's back, but those who seek to catch him in their web do not know that they face Conan of Cimmeria, Conan the Valiant.

Conan the Guardian

Conan Pastiches: Book 32

Roland J. Green

In ancient Argos, fabled city by the sea, Conan of Cimmeria discovers that behind a facade of law, the intrigues of trading houses can be no less deadly than the wars he had left behind. Even a merchant prince can dabble with sorcery, and the schemes of event he most beautiful nobles can lay snares for unwary feet.

But those who think to use the Cimmerian, to brush him aside and grasp what he has sworn to protect, will discover that they face no ordinary man. He is--Conan the Guardian.

Conan the Relentless

Conan Pastiches: Book 34

Roland J. Green

At first all Conan wanted was the width of a path through the Border Kingdom, that northern land full of bandits and brawling and sorcery. But that was before he encountered Raihna, a swordswoman as beautiful as she was dangerous. She alone is reason enough to pause a while in his journey. But the rebellion against King Eloikas, whom Raihna now serves, tears the land apart, and in the Vale of Pougoi, the dreaded Star Brothers have renewed their ancient, forbidden thaumaturgies--and summoned an insatiable creature from the depths of time.

The Star Brothers cannot believe that one man can stand against their power, but they have reckoned without Conan of Cimmeria....

Conan and the Gods of the Mountain

Conan Pastiches: Book 38

Roland J. Green

Fleeing the sorcerous destruction of a long-lost city, Conan fights side-by-side with Valeria of the Red Brotherhood, that notorious and voluptuous she-pirate. Pursued by deadly spies and assassins, the Cimmerian and Valeria find themselves caught squarely in the front ranks of a bloody and savage war. But greater peril lurks in the shadow of a vast and forbidding mountain, where the Spirit Speaker wage occult battle with God-Men, who can read the future--and summon a Living Wind that consumes the soul even as it destroys the flesh.

Even a sword powered by barbarian might is of little use against spirits, much less against great beings of the elder dark, but the final struggle for survival will come down ton... Conan and the Gods of the Mountain.

Conan at the Demon's Gate

Conan Pastiches: Book 41

Roland J. Green

No son of Cimmeria ever spent much time mourning what was gone forever... but Conan has never before lost a woman such as Belit, the fierce pirate queen. So great is his grief that the mighty barbarian disappears into the wild green depths of the Black Coat. But Conan cannot hide himself from adventure for long!

Conan and the Mists of Doom

Conan Pastiches: Book 43

Roland J. Green

Ancient Evil is stirring deep in the heart of the Kezankian Mountains. A powerful sorceress known as the Lady of the Mists has revived ancient Acheronian magic, and along with her warrior Maidens she is terrorizing the local villagers. She is supremely skilled in demonic rites and savagely executes those few who dare oppose her.

When Conan rides into the Mountains with a handful of his followers he will face one of his most daunting challenges ever. He must confront an insidious curse and battle fierce warrior women, until the Kezankian Mountains are cleansed forever of the Mists of Doom.

Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza

Conan Pastiches: Book 50

Roland J. Green

Few places are as desolate as the Thanza Mountains on the border of Nemedia and Aqilonia. few area are so remote, so dangerous, or so inaccessible... which is why Conan chose these mountains as the perfect spot in the world for Conan to be.

Unfortunately, it is the single worst spot in the world for Conan to be.

Bandits and sorcerers--and worse--inhabit this lonely realm. Worst of all, it is the home of the Soul of Thanza. He who possesses the Soul will become the Death Lord--a post unfilled for many thousands of years. If the Death Lord should come into his full power, mountains will move, seas will be pushed back, the earth itself will shiver, and dead men will rise to fight again.

No army of puny humans will be able to stand against the Death lord. Only one man would even dare to try--Conan the Cimmerian!

The Decision Makers

Conscience Interplanetary

Joseph Green

Nebula Award nominated novelette. It originally appeared in Galaxy Magazine, April 1965. The story can also be found in World's Best Science Fiction: 1966, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr. It is included in the colection An Affair with Genius (1969) and Conscience Interplanetary (1975).

Contrarywise

Contrarywise: Book 1

Zohra Greenhalgh

His name means mischief... Rimble, the Trickster, is a merry god - dancing through streets as a gust of leaves, hobbling along canals as an old hag, roaming through gardens as a wiry dog. And where Rimble travels, trouble follows. Trouble of a most peculiar nature. One has to be sanely mad in order to see its method. The residents of Speakinghast, unfortunately, are blind to Rimble's ways. From the Jinnjirri, whose hair changes color to match their moods (and whose gender fluctuates almost as often), to the Tammirring, who listen to the winds of the universe and translate its sigh - not one can see the significance of the Trickster's game. And see it they must, for now his odd pranks are becoming quite dangerous. And definitely deadly...

Trickster's Touch

Contrarywise: Book 2

Zohra Greenhalgh

Bored with his life in the dull state of Speakinghast, Rimble the Trickster, the youngest god of the Greatkin family, decides to perform the ultimate prank, unraveling time and creating his own warped sense of temporal reality called "Shiftime".

The Flame is Green

Coscuin Chronicles: Book 1

R. A. Lafferty

Let us say that we have a green thing growing forever. Everything that is done is done by it. And on it we also have the red parasite crunching forever; and everything that is undone by that. It is required of each man that he rule over himself in justice, and that he rule over the world in justice. This has gone on forever, though it is hard to trace through garbled history. And it must still is hard to trace through garbled history. And it must still go on forever. For all your own life and for the life of all your children, you will carry on the green battle.

Greener Than You Think

Crown Classics of SF: Book 10

Ward Moore

Man loses control over the outcomes of a scientific experiment the only aim of which is to create a way for the greediest man on earth to become even richer. The experiment is conducted on Bermuda grass, a harmless plant in its initial form, but one that becomes murderous and powerful after the salesman protagonist of the novel applies a fertilizer spray called the Metamorphosizer created by a female chemist on it.

The metamorphosis of the grass is very quick - it starts growing with incredible speed and soon it turns out that nothing can destroy the new species of grass, it feeds on anything and grows over anything. In the beginning, the grass grows at the same pace as its owner rises to prominence and wealth, but things get out of control very soon and it takes a team of the bravest to stop the murderous plant.

Deathstalker

Deathstalker: Book 1

Simon R. Green

Owen Deathstalker, last of the infamous warrior Clan, always considered himself more of a writer than a fighter, preferring his history books to making any actual history with a sword. But books won't protect him from Her Imperial Majesty Lionstone XIV, who just Outlawed and condemned Owen to death, without any explanation, reason, or warning. No wonder she's called the Iron Bitch.

Now, on the run from Imperial starcruisers, shady mercenaries, and just about everyone else in the Empire, Owen's options are limited. Though the name Deathstalker still commands respect in certain quarters, out on the Rim, Owen is lucky he can cobble together a makeshift team of castoffs, including an ex-pirate, a cyborg, and a bounty hunter. But allies won't be enough to save him.

If he's to live, Owen can either run forever... or take down the corrupt Empire. To do that, he'll need the fabled Darkvoid Device--an artifact dating back to the first Deathstalker and perhaps the only weapon powerful enough to help this ragtag rebellion win. The time has come for Owen to finally embrace his Deathstalker heritage... and all the blood and death that go along with it.

Deathstalker Rebellion

Deathstalker: Book 2

Simon R. Green

Owen Deathstalker - outlawed, with a price on his head and the blood of a mighty warrior lineage in his veins - had no choice but to embrace a dangerous destiny. With nothing to lose, only he had the courage to take up arms against Queen Lionstone XIV.

Now as he gathers his unlikely allies - the legendary washed-up hero Jack Random, the beautiful pirate Hazel d'Arc, the original Deathstalker long since presumed dead, and the alien Hadenmen whose purposes no human can discern - the eyes of the downtrodden are upon him while the freedom of a galaxy hangs in the balance...

Deathstalker War

Deathstalker: Book 3

Simon R. Green

Owen Deathstalker's rebellion continues to strike out against Imperial tyranny, taking the battle straight to the Empire's heart on the planet of Golgotha, but the cunning Empress isn't about to surrender without a fight...

Deathstalker Honor

Deathstalker: Book 4

Simon R. Green

Owen Deathstalker became a hero after the great rebellion against the tyranny of Lionstone XIV, and now political factions are quarreling over who will replace the deposed Empress. But Humanity faces an even greater threat: an encroaching invasion fleet of alien origin...

Deathstalker Destiny

Deathstalker: Book 5

Simon R. Green

Owen Deathstalker's greatest love - Hazel d'Ark - has been abducted by the Blood Runners, a culture dedicated to the extremes of genetic experimentation. Stranded in a mission on Lachrymae Christi, Owen busies himself with the task of ensuring the survival of the leper colony living there, awaiting an opportunity to rescue Hazel... or avenge her death.

Deathstalker Legacy

Deathstalker Legacy: Book 1

Simon R. Green

It has been two hundred years since Owen Deathstalker fell, dying to save the Empire and all Humanity. Now it is a Golden Age for all: for men, for aliens and for the AIs of Shub. But one evil man has determined to bring it all crashing down, and now the Terror has finally arrived, threatening them all with extinction.

The old heroes have become legends, and the cry goes out for new heroes. It's time for the latest Deathstalker, Lewis, to do his bit. Unfortunately, he and his companions, a diva, a conman, a homicidal psychopath and a reptiloid, have been outlawed and declared traitors. Deathstalker luck. Always bad. Unless Lewis Deathstalker can defy the odds to get to the Madness Maze and tread the same dangerous path to glory that his ancestor did, the Golden Age is about to be wiped out for ever. Together with Humanity...

Deathstalker Return

Deathstalker Legacy: Book 2

Simon R. Green

Lewis Deathstalker abandoned his place as Paragon and Imperial Champion for the love of Jesmine Flowers, the King's intended. Both have been branded traitors to the Empire and are now traveling in more notorious cicles - with immoral gladiator Rose Constantine, con man Brett Random, and alien reptiloid Saturday.

While Lewis is rooting out Finn Durandal, a real traitor to the Empire, he finds he has a greater threat to face. The Terror that was prophesied to destroy all Humanity is encroaching. Prophecy also dictates that the only one capable of stopping it is a legend who disappeared more than two hundred years ago - Owen Deathstalker. Now Lewis and his companions embark on a quest to find Owen, who Lewis believes -- must believe -- isn't dead at all...

Deathstalker Coda

Deathstalker Legacy: Book 3

Simon R. Green

More than two centuries ago, angry and grief-stricken after losing Owen Deathstalker, Hazel d'Ark entered the Madness Maze - which fed off her raw emotions and transformed her into the Terror, a force capable of devouring galaxies. To stop her, the recently resurrected Owen must use the powers he gained during his own stay in the Madness Maze - and go back in time to prevent Hazel's transformation.

Now, without Owen to guide him, Lewis Deathstalker has no choice but to assume command of an Imperial fleet loyal to the Deathstalker legacy and lead it to victory over Finn Durandal, the despot who seized the throne. Lewis knows that he has been branded a traitor by the Empire. But when he learns that Finn has executed his entire family, his mission to overthrow his former friend's tyranny is second to his desire for revenge...

Pitch Green

Dimensions in Death: Book 1

Andy Washburn
Berk Washburn

Seven years ago, as Camm Smith herded a pack of little trick-or-treaters past the decaying mansion in her hometown of Trona, California, her young neighbor Hugh disappeared, becoming the latest in a string of vanished children. Now a high school senior, Camm is still haunted by the old tragedy and is convinced the answer lies hidden in the abandoned house. Joining forces with her best friend, Cal--who happens to be Hugh's older brother--Camm naively begins a perilous search for the truth. Events quickly spiral out of control, however, and as more people begin to die, Camm and Cal discover it will take all of their combined ingenuity to fend of the evil being lurking deep within the bowels of the mansion and federal agents determined to keep old secrets permanently hidden. The two friends must race against the clock to discover the truth about the house before they, too, disappear without a trace.

Mojave Green

Dimensions in Death: Book 2

Andy Washburn
Berk Washburn

In Trona, California, an isolated mining town deep in the Mojave Desert, an unearthly creature preyed upon the town's folk for decades. Armed with secrets from a peculiar puzzle box, only Camm and Cal stood against the creature. Finally safe and far from the horror, the teenagers believe they have destroyed the monster--until they hear news that Trona's children are still disappearing. Caught in the nightmare since her childhood, Camm feels personally responsible for the town's children. As her life-long best friend, Cal feels responsible for Camm. With unsuspecting friends in tow, they return to warn the innocent people of Trona of the true nature of the creature.

But things have changed.

Death comes in a new form. The balance between dimensions is altered. Crossovers multiply. Trona is evacuated. Cal is pulled into another dimension. The situation spirals out of control.

Only Camm and a few misfits can stop the coming desolation--but it may already be too late.

Fatal Green

Dimensions in Death: Book 3

Andy Washburn
Berk Washburn

In an ongoing fight with the unearthly predators invading their small hometown of Trona, California, Camm and Cal have watched their feelings for each other deepen. However, well-meaning but misguided federal agents have torn them apart, arresting Cal and expanding the manhunt for Camm. Attempting to protect Camm, Cal strikes a deal with the agents to guide an expedition through the portal in the Searles Mansion to the parallel dimension of the deadly Mojave Green, where Cal's friend, Lenny is lost. The agents believe the mansion holds the secret to controlling alien crossovers and believe Cal can help them uncover an ancient secret. Not understanding what Cal is doing, Camm is devastated by Cal's apparent betrayal. Making matters worse, Agent Allen, Camm's secret ally, is compelled also to join the mission to save Lenny. Camm is left alone to face her worst nightmare: a seemingly indestructible creature of unknown origins who is filled with a burning hatred and an all-consuming desire to track her down and eat her alive.

The Green Eagle

Doc Savage Novels: Book 24

Kenneth Robeson

The Man of Bronze ride the mystery trail in a totally new kind of adventure. What is the strange fainting sickness? Who is the shadowy, white-haired McCain? Why would a starving man rather die than eat? And how many men must be brutally destroyed before Doc Savage can solve the riddle of The Green Eagle?

Lester Dent authored this book under pseudonym Kenneth Robeson.

The Green Death

Doc Savage Novels: Book 65

Kenneth Robeson

From Matto Grosso -- in the deadly heart of the Green Hell -- comes an organic mystery that paralyzes even the Man of Bronze: an oozing horror that wipes out the line between life and death!

Harold A. Davis authored this novel under pseudonym Kenneth Robeson.

The Horror of Howling Hill

Doctor Who: Decide Your Destiny: Book 12

Jonathan Green

Join the Doctor on his travels and influence his adventures with your decisions. Will you explore the alien planet or get back in the T.A.R.D.I.S and travel to somewhere new? Choose a direction and let the adventure begin... Each page has two options for the reader to decide what happens next and each novel has several possible endings.

Knights of the Crown

Dragonlance: Warriors: Book 1

Roland J. Green

The Knights of Solamnia were the greatest order of chivalry in the history of Krynn.

All those who wish to become Solamnic Knights must first enter as squires of the Knights of the Crown, with whom they begin their training in the virtue of loyalty.

This is the story of Sir Pirvan the Wayward, whose reluctant and inauspicious beginnings as Pirvan the Spell Thief bore few clues to his potential as a Knight of the Crown.

Roland J. Green is the author of the Starcruiser Shennandoa and Wandor series and numerous Conan novels, and is coauthor (with Jerry Pournelle) of the Jannisaries series.

The Warriors series details the exploits of the heroes and villains of the War of the Lance.

Knights of the Sword

Dragonlance: Warriors: Book 3

Roland J. Green

The greatest order of chivalry in the history of Krynn.

After a knight has achieved the Order of the Crown, he must then begin his training in the virtues of courage and heroism in order to achieve the Order of the Sword.

This is the second tale of Sir Pirvan the Wayward, whose reluctant and inauspicious beginnings bore few clues to his potential as a Knight of the Sword or as a Knight of the Crown, nor as a mentor for another similarly dubious prospect for Krynn's greatest order of chivalry.

Knights of the Rose

Dragonlance: Warriors: Book 5

Roland J. Green

The Knights of Solamnia were the greatest order of chivalry in the history of Krynn.

After a knight has achieved the Order of the Crown and the Order of the Sword, he must then begin his training in the virtues of wisdom and justice in order to achieve the Order of the Rose, the highest of all orders.

This is the third tale of Sir Pirvan the Wayward, whose reluctant and inauspicious beginnings bore few clues to his potential as a knight of the highest order. In a time when others of Solamnia had become corrupt and self-serving, Sir Pirvan maintained the dignity of the Order, walking the fine line between personal codes of honor and loyalty, and diplomacy and duty.

Roland J. Green is the author of the Starcruiser Shenandoah and Wandor series and numerous Conan novels, and is coauthor (with Jerr Pournelle) of the Jannisaries series.

The Warriors series details the exploits of the heroes and villains of the War of the Lance.

The Wayward Knights

Dragonlance: Warriors: Book 7

Roland J. Green

The heroic conclusion to the tale of Sir Pirvan the Wayward!

Despite his humble beginnings, Sir Pirvan has managed to ascend to the highest orders of the knights of Solamnia. Along the way, he has become known as the founder of an obscure group of knights whose own dubious pasts have helped to dub them the Wayward Knights. On the verge of a well-deserved retirement, Sir Pirvan once again answers the call of duty and the only allies he can rely on now are the Wayward Knights he himself recruited so many years ago.

The Green Bird

Dying Earth

Kage Baker

We hope you enjoy this complete story from Songs of the Dying Earth, about, in author Kage Baker's words, "a liar and thief in a doomed world of liars and thieves."

This story originally appeared in the George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois anthology Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance (2009).

Read the full story for free at Tor.com.

In Solitude's Shadow

Empire of Ruin: Book 1

David Green

The Banished have returned, and they have set their eyes on the walls of Solitude.

Zanna Alpenwood, a powerful mage, and two hundred aged and forgotten Sparkers are all that stand between the Banished and the nation of Haltveldt. With time running out and the world at stake, Zanna is forced to reach out to her estranged daughter, Calene, and set her on an impossible quest.

Calene quickly learns that enemies make unlikely allies as she teams up with both friend and foe on her journey to save her mother and Haltveldt. Forging their way over land and sea, uncovering dark plots and secret societies, Calene is forced to decide between her masters and her own conscience.

Will they arrive in time to save the fortress of Solitude from destruction? Only one thing is certain; Ruin is assured if Solitude falls.

Path of War

Empire of Ruin: Book 2

David Green

Reeling from the events at Solitude, Calene Alpenwood embarks on a journey to find meaning in all that she's seen, and discover the answers she so desperately seeks. Finding herself more alone than ever, Calene is trapped between doing what's right, and doing what needs to be done.

Meanwhile, Kade Besem continues his search for his son, Arlo, and the strange warrior-monk Tilo. His hunt takes him deep into Banished territory and into the jaws of danger.

Revelations are revealed, ancient secrets are uncovered and those who stand in the Empire's way can't hope to win when Haltveldt walks the Path of War.

Please be advised this book contains trigger warnings for self-harm, violence, death, mention of drug use, deadly magic, violence and heartbreak.

Beyond Sundered Seas

Empire of Ruin: Book 3

David Green

The Spark is no more.

Separated from her companions, Calene Alpenwood resolves to finish her task and bring an end to the bloodshed drowning Haltveldt. But violence breeds violence, and a corrupting darkness spreads where the Spark once lived in Calene's soul.

Saved from death from a mind-spinning source, the elf Brina al'Loria is tasked with the 'simple' mission of uniting the warring factions of Haltveldt. Reeling from staggering truths, Brina must navigate a hostile world ruled by humans and succeed in her undertaking before disaster strikes and faith is lost.

Kade Besem faces a reality born from his nightmares. Alone with the Banished, the former politician pieces together the plans of a seemingly unknowable mind, and discovers plots and treachery millennia in the making.

Haltveldt edges closer to the brink of ruin. With events in motion that cannot be stopped, Calene, Brina and Kade find unlikely allies and face new enemies as they fight for a future they might never see. With the odds stacked against them from the beginning, but faint embers of hope still remain as an ancient threat shows its hand at last.

At Eternity's Gates

Empire of Ruin: Book 4

David Green

THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE EMPIRE OF RUIN SERIES

As a long-planned endgame begins, the future of Haltveldt balances on the edge of the slimmest of blades.

Calene Alpenwood rallies her comrades against the spreading darkness, but faces overwhelming threats from both sides of enemy lines. The entity known as the Corruption, the living culmination of Haltveldt's millennia-long abuse of the Spark, approaches. And it hungers for Calene, dead or alive.

Her allies, the former elven-renegade Brina al'Loria and the aged Sparker, Greton Bouseby, scramble to her aid, but Calene's plans for Haltveldt's salvation fracture her assembled friends' wills. Meanwhile, the Follower of the Dawn's mysterious goddess, the Widow emerges, her focus fixed on Calene, revealing her hand at last.

But there is a wild card in play. The treacherous Raas has fled from the Banished, and Kade Besem gives chase, desperate to put an end to the conniving ancient's plans. For the Corruption and the Widow aren't the only parties interested in the power Calene Alpenwood wields...

Nations unite, armies clash, and the past, present, and future converge in Haltveldt's final stand. Have Calene and her allies learned enough to chart a new path to a brighter existence? Or will it prove impossible to escape the weight of bitter memories and ancient grudges - dooming Haltveldt to descend into complete and utter corrupted darkness?

It all ends At Eternity's Gates.

Horse Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 1

Martin H. Greenberg
Rosalind M. Greenberg

An all-new volume featuring another of humankind's most enchanting companions--the horse. Among the hit parade of authors who have crafted original stories for this volume are Anne McCaffrey, Jennifer Roberson, Mercedes Lackey, Mike Resnick, and more.

Table of Contents:

  • ix - Introduction: Equus Fantasticus (Horse Fantastic) - essay by Jennifer Roberson
  • 9 - Stolen Silver - [Heralds Of Valdemar Prequels] - shortstory by Mercedes Lackey
  • 26 - Love at First Ride - novelette by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • 49 - Dancer's Fire - shortstory by Josepha Sherman
  • 59 - The Phantom Watch - novelette by Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz [as by Charles Ingrid ]
  • 81 - The Czechoslovakian Pigeon Farmer and the Pony that Wasn't a Paint - shortstory by Mary Stanton
  • 87 - Riding the Nightmare - (1991) - novelette by Jennifer Roberson
  • 108 - When Lightning Strikes - shortstory by Lee Barwood
  • 127 - Classical Horses - novelette by Judith Tarr
  • 153 - One Ten Three - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
  • 162 - No Room for the Unicorn - shortstory by Laura Resnick
  • 171 - The Horse Boy - novelette by Mary Stanton
  • 193 - The Power of Young Girls - shortstory by Constance Ash
  • 214 - Malish - (1991) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
  • 219 - Wings - shortstory by Barbara Delaplace
  • 234 - The Most Magical Thing About Rachel - novelette by Nancy Springer
  • 256 - Dream's Quarry - shortstory by Elizabeth Moon
  • 273 - Silverdown's Gold - (1991) - novelette by Janny Wurts

Dragon Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 2

Martin H. Greenberg
Rosalind M. Greenberg

A collection of dragon tales offers new perspectives on the legends of these fierce fantastical creatures, as well as a healthy dose of classic dragon lore.

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Introduction (Dragon Fantastic) - essay by Tad Williams
  • 15 - Lethal Perspective - short story by Alan Dean Foster
  • 25 - The Champion of Dragons - short story by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • 41 - Phobiac - short story by Lawrence Schimel
  • 45 - Home Security - novelette by Karen Haber
  • 70 - The Stolen Dragon - short story by Kimberly Gunderson
  • 82 - Cold Stone Barrow - novelette by Charles Ingrid [as by Elizabeth Forrest]
  • 112 - Fluff the Tragic Dragon - novelette by Laura Resnick
  • 135 - The Hidden Dragon - short story by Barbara Delaplace
  • 156 - Take Me Out to the Ball Game - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
  • 187 - The Dragon's Skin - short story by Ruth Berman
  • 205 - Shing Li-ung - novelette by Tanya Huff
  • 243 - Concerto Accademico - short story by Barry N. Malzberg
  • 253 - Dragon's Destiny - novelette by Josepha Sherman
  • 275 - Between Tomatoes and Snapdragons - short story by Jane Lindskold
  • 285 - The Trials and Tribulations of Myron Blumberg, Dragon - short story by Mike Resnick
  • 295 - Straw Into Gold: Part II - short story by Mark Kreighbaum and Dennis L. McKiernan

Dinosaur Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 3

Martin H. Greenberg
Mike Resnick

A collection of fantastic tales starring dinosaurs features the writing of Robert Sheckley, Pat Cadigan, Frank M. Robinson, Judith Tarr, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Bill Fawcett, and others.

Table of Contents:

  • 11 - Introduction (Dinosaur Fantastic) - essay by Mike Resnick
  • 13 - Just Like Old Times - (1993) - short story by Robert J. Sawyer
  • 27 - Disquisitions on the Dinosaur - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 45 - Dino Trend - (1993) - short story by Pat Cadigan
  • 54 - The Greatest Dying - (1993) - short story by Frank M. Robinson
  • 67 - Revenants - (1993) - short story by Judith Tarr
  • 78 - One Giant Step - (1993) - short story by John E. Stith
  • 85 - Last Rights - (1993) - short story by Larry Dixon and Mercedes Lackey
  • 95 - After the Comet - (1993) - short story by Bill Fawcett
  • 113 - Rex Tremandae Majestatis - (1993) - short story by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
  • 124 - The Skull's Tale - (1993) - short story by Katharine Kerr
  • 132 - Cutting Down Fred - [Buckey the Space Pirate] - short story by Dean Wesley Smith
  • 145 - Shadow of a Change - short story by Michelle West [as by Michelle M. Sagara]
  • 160 - Wise One's Tale - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • 167 - Curren's Song - short story by Laura Resnick
  • 182 - Whilst Slept the Sauropod - short story by Nicholas A. DiChario
  • 195 - Rex - (1993) - short story by David Gerrold
  • 212 - The Pangaean Principle - (1993) - short story by Jack Nimersheim
  • 228 - On Tiptoe - short story by Beth Meacham
  • 242 - Betrayal - (1993) - short story by Susan Casper
  • 249 - 'Saur Spot - short story by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
  • 263 - Pteri - short story by Lea Hernandez
  • 271 - Chameleon - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 282 - Fellow Passengers - short story by Barbara Delaplace
  • 295 - Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dinosaur - (1993) - short story by Gregory Feeley
  • 313 - Evolving Conspiracy - short story by Roger MacBride Allen

Witch Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 4

Martin H. Greenberg
Mike Resnick

A unique brew of 32 spellbinding stories about both legendary and modern-day witches.

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction (Witch Fantastic) - essay by Mike Resnick
  • 11 - Clotilde La Bruja - short story by James A. Stevens
  • 24 - Our Lady of the Toads - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
  • 33 - Dealing in Futures - short story by Judith Tarr
  • 46 - Circles - short story by Jane Yolen
  • 52 - In a Yellow Dress - short story by Jo Clayton
  • 64 - The Witch's Cat - short story by Byron Tetrick
  • 76 - The Swineherd - short story by Lois Tilton
  • 83 - Miracle at Devil's Crick - short story by Jeffry Dwight
  • 95 - Giant Trouble - short story by Katharine Kerr
  • 101 - Spell Check - short story by Terry McGarry
  • 113 - Birds of a Feather - short story by Charles Von Rospach
  • 123 - Lose Weight Like Magic - short story by Linda J. Dunn
  • 130 - Witch Doctor - short story by Kate Daniel
  • 141 - The Trouble with Big Brothers - [Haunted House & Nathan the Ghost] - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 145 - Witch-Horse - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • 152 - Glamour Profession - short story by Beth Meacham
  • 157 - Witch War - short story by L. Emerson Wolfe
  • 168 - Till Death Do Us Part - short story by P M F Johnson and Sandra Rector
  • 178 - Threefold to You - short story by Deborah Millitello
  • 187 - Taking Back the Night - short story by ElizaBeth Gilligan
  • 196 - Witch Garden - short story by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald
  • 203 - An Eye for Acquisitions - short story by Bruce Holland Rogers
  • 217 - Diddling with Grandmother's Iron Maiden - short story by Nicholas A. DiChario
  • 224 - The Three Tears - short story by Byron Tetrick
  • 240 - That Old Black Magic - short story by Deborah J. Wunder
  • 249 - The Journal of #3 Honeysuckle Lane - short story by Lea Hernandez
  • 260 - Wooden Characters - short story by Roland J. Green
  • 270 - The Witches of Delight - novelette by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
  • 298 - Stock Answer - short story by Leah A. Zeldes
  • 307 - The Hidden Grove - short story by Michelle West [as by Michelle Sagara]
  • 320 - An Un-Familiar Magic - short story by Mel. White
  • 335 - The Spell - short story by David Gerrold

Castle Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 5

Martin H. Greenberg
Mike Resnick

Sixteen short stories that take place within legendary castles include the writings of such popular authors as Roger Zelazny, Charles de Lint, Jane Yolen, David Bischoff, and Nancy Springer.

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction (Castle Fantastic) - essay by John DeChancie
  • 11 - Hall of Mirrors - [Amber Stories] - novelette by Roger Zelazny
  • 33 - The Garrison - novelette by Lawrence Watt-Evans
  • 54 - Castle Collapse - short story by Jane Yolen
  • 56 - Broomworms and Nosewigs - novelette by John DeChancie
  • 77 - Concrete Example - novelette by Nancy Springer
  • 102 - Death Swatch - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
  • 131 - Brigbuffoon - novelette by David Bischoff
  • 160 - Gie Me Somethin' Ta Eat Afore I Dee - short story by John Alfred Taylor
  • 178 - Gwythurn the Slayer - short story by Lawrence C. Connolly
  • 182 - Collectors - novelette by Pamela Sargent
  • 214 - Getting Real - short story by John DeChancie
  • 226 - Merdinus - novelette by Linda J. Dunn and Mike Resnick
  • 247 - Knight Squadron - short story by Sharon N. Farber
  • 260 - Swimming the Moat - short story by Barbara Paul
  • 279 - The Soft Terrible Music - short story by George Zebrowski
  • 296 - Held Safe by Moonlight and Vines - [Newford] - short story by Charles de Lint

Tarot Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 6

Martin H. Greenberg
Lawrence Schimel

Sixteen spellbinding tales of those who dared to learn their futures through the magic of the cards...

Table of Contents:

  • 11 - Shuffling Through History: A Brief Introduction - essay by Lawrence Schimel
  • 16 - Song of the Cards - poem by Jane Yolen
  • 18 - Symbols Are a Percussion Instrument - novelette by Tanya Huff
  • 47 - The Court of the Invisible - short story by Billie Sue Mosiman
  • 65 - New Beginner's Luck - short story by Mark Garland
  • 80 - House of Cards - short story by Don Webb
  • 91 - Articles of Faith - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 106 - Wild Horses - [Newford] - novelette by Charles de Lint
  • 135 - The Intersection of Anastasia Yeoman and Light - short story by Rosemary Edghill
  • 150 - Chattel - short story by Lucy Taylor
  • 162 - Elvis Lives - short story by Nancy Springer
  • 179 - In the Cards - short story by Barbara Delaplace
  • 197 - Turn of the Card - novelette by Michelle West
  • 227 - Solo in the Spotlight - short story by George Alec Effinger
  • 246 - The Gates of Joriun - novelette by Kate Elliott
  • 270 - Tower of Brass - novelette by Teresa Edgerton
  • 293 - The Sixteenth Card - novelette by Susan Wade

Elf Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 7

Martin H. Greenberg

Let yourself be spellbound - They are beings of legend from a realm just beyond our own, a kingdom where time holds little power, where beauty casts its aura over the natural world and where magic can transform anything - or anyone.

From high elves holding court in the heart of Faerie... to mischievous wood sprites ready to have their fun with mere mortals... to dark lords working magic against all mankind... to those struggling to survive as the World of Iron spreads its rule - the whole of the elvish lands are explored in stories that may lead the unsuspecting into the fairy hills only to emerge into a world far different from the one they left behind.

So let such authors as Craig Shaw Gardner, Andre Norton, Dennis McKiernan, and Mickey Zucker Reichert reveal the perils and promises of elvish magic in the tales included in Elf Fantastic.

Table of Contents:

  • ix - Introduction (Elf Fantastic) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • 11 - Bard's Crown - (1997) - short story by Andre Norton
  • 24 - The Law of Man - (1997) - novelette by Michelle West
  • 49 - I Sing the Dark Riders - (1997) - short story by Dennis L. McKiernan
  • 58 - A Midsummer Night's Dream Team - (1997) - short story by Tanya Huff
  • 68 - Home Key - (1997) - novelette by Barbara Delaplace
  • 92 - Elfarama - (1997) - short story by Craig Shaw Gardner
  • 104 - Jerlayne - (1997) - novelette by Lynn Abbey
  • 132 - Spinning Webs and Telling Lies - (1997) - short story by David Niall Wilson
  • 140 - The Dancing Ring - (1997) - short story by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 160 - Sun and Hawk - (1997) - short story by Jane Lindskold [as by Jane M. Lindskold]
  • 179 - Eine Kleine Elfmusik - (1997) - short story by Karen Haber
  • 199 - By the Oaks - (1997) - short story by Janni Lee Simner
  • 206 - All That Glitters - (1997) - short story by C. J. Henderson
  • 219 - Jingles the Elf - (1997) - short story by Richard Gilliam
  • 228 - Images of Smoke - (1997) - short story by John Goodnow
  • 248 - Mercenary of Dreams - short story by Lawrence C. Connolly
  • 258 - The Legend of Slewfoot - (1997) - short story by Mark Garland and Lawrence Schimel
  • 271 - The Girl Who Was Taken Into the Hill - (1997) - short story by Diana L. Paxson
  • 287 - Changeling - (1997) - novelette by Mickey Zucker Reichert

Zodiac Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 8

Martin H. Greenberg
A. R. Morlan

Ranging from humorous to compelling to cautionary, fourteen fantasy stories feature characters whose lives are ruled by the stars and who come face to face with the living embodiments of the signs themselves.

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction (Zodiac Fantastic) - essay by A. R. Morlan
  • 13 - The Billion-Year Boys' Club - (1997) - novelette by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 44 - Making the World Live Again - (1997) - novelette by Kate Elliott
  • 66 - Ram in Wolf's Clothing - (1997) - short story by Jayge Carr
  • 88 - April in Aries - (1997) - novelette by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • 111 - Cezanne Was a Capricorn - (1997) - novelette by Karen Haber
  • 138 - Lion at the Gate - (1997) - novelette by Diana L. Paxson
  • 163 - I Told You So - (1997) - short story by Darrell Schweitzer
  • 181 - Open Eyes - (1997) - novelette by Bryan Lindenberger
  • 204 - Sagittarius Rising - (1997) - novelette by Ann Marston and Mike Resnick
  • 227 - Capricorn Blues - (1997) - novelette by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • 260 - In Zodiac We Trust - (1997) - short story by Laura Resnick
  • 276 - By the Work, One Knows - (1997) - novelette by Michelle West
  • 310 - Wild Hope - (1997) - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • 324 - Not in Our Stars - (1997) - novelette by Rosemary Edghill

Wizard Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 9

Martin H. Greenberg

An all-original volume offering wizards of all kinds--from sorcerers and geomancers to witchdoctors and shamans--features a collection of stories by Andre Norton, Jane Yolen, Diana Paxson, Mickey Zucker Reichert, John De Chancie, and other notable writers.

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction (Wizard Fantastic) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • 12 - In the Service of Mages - short story by Dennis L. McKiernan
  • 16 - Ilian - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • 27 - Hell's Mark - [The Albuquerque Adepts] - novelette by Jane Lindskold
  • 55 - The Bane of Trigeminy - short story by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • 71 - A Thing or Two About Love - short story by Richard Parks
  • 84 - The Dead That Sow - novelette by Michelle West
  • 109 - Frog Magic - short story by Andre Norton
  • 117 - How the Wild Hunt Came to Trygvadal - short story by Diana L. Paxson
  • 134 - The Yellow of the Flickering Past - short story by Dean Wesley Smith
  • 145 - Soul Catcher - novelette by Linda P. Baker
  • 167 - Wizard's Choice - short story by Janet Pack
  • 186 - Mastery - short story by Sherwood Smith
  • 202 - Bird Bones - short story by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 222 - Willy Wizard's Magicland - short story by Connie Hirsch
  • 236 - Visible Breath - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 256 - Familiar Territory - [Winston & Ruby] - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 268 - Spellchucker - short story by John DeChancie
  • 285 - Proving Ground - short story by M. Turville Heitz
  • 298 - The Wizard of the Birds - short story by Adam Stemple and Jane Yolen
  • 316 - Mirror, Mirror, on the Lam - [Magdelene] - novelette by Tanya Huff
  • 341 - Of Tides and Time - short story by Dennis L. McKiernan

Camelot Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 10

Martin H. Greenberg
Lawrence Schimel

"Castle of hope, honor, and dreams - Camelot - it was the citadel of chivalry in a land besieged by barbarian invaders, legendary home to a ruler of mythic proportions - King Arthur. He was hailed as Britain's last and brightest hope, raised from obscurity to unite a troubled land, tutored by Merlin, master of sorcery, betrayed by those dearest to him and closest to his throne.

Now, Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table live again in these original and imaginative tales set in that place of true enchantment - Camelot! Let such heirs to the bard Taliesin as Brian Stableford, Mike Ashley, Nancy Springer, Rosemary Edghill, Gregory Maguire, Ian McDowell, and Fiona Patton carry you away to this magical realm. You'll find yourself spellbound by stories ranging from the tale of a young man caught up in the power struggle between Merlin and Morgan le Fey, to that of the knight appointed to defend Lancelot when he's accused of committing adultery with the Queen."

Table of Contents:

  • 11 - Introduction: The Court with a Thousand Scribes (Camelot Fantastic) - essay by Lawrence Schimel
  • 14 - The Raven's Quest - novelette by Fiona Patton
  • 51 - The Queen's Broidery Woman - novelette by Nancy Springer
  • 72 - The Architect of Worlds - novelette by Brian Stableford
  • 124 - The Bridge of Fire - novelette by Mike Ashley
  • 169 - The Feasting of the Hungry Man - novelette by Ian McDowell
  • 206 - Builder of Keeps - novelette by Gregory Maguire
  • 244 - The Sword of the North - novelette by Rosemary Edghill

Spell Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 11

Martin H. Greenberg
Larry Segriff

Fantasy is fueled by spells, from those cast by simple love potions to the great workings of magic that can alter the very nature of reality, destroy seemingly all-powerful foes, offer power or punishment, immortality or death. In Spell Fantastic thirteen of today's authors have crafted tales with which to enchant your imagination.

From a minor wizard running a magic shop who suddenly finds himself the prime suspect in a mysterious murder... to a girl discovering her special "gift" which can reveal who people really are... to a computer with a magic all its own... here are thirteen original tales of spells worked to change destiny for good or ill.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Spell Fantastic) - essay by Larry Segriff
  • 3 - Saving Face - [Winston & Ruby] - novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 38 - A Spatter of Later Stars - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 53 - The Woman Who Loved Death - short story by Robin Wayne Bailey
  • 72 - Sacrifice - short fiction by Michelle West
  • 99 - Spellsword - [The Albuquerque Adepts] - short fiction by Jane Lindskold
  • 125 - Curse of the Dellingrs - novelette by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • 153 - For the Life of Sheila Morgan - short story by Dennis L. McKiernan
  • 162 - The Sagebrush Brujo Meets the Last of the Platters or Why Do We Live in LA? - short fiction by John DeChancie
  • 183 - To Catch a Thief - novelette by Lisanne Norman
  • 215 - The Thronespell - short fiction by Diana L. Paxson
  • 236 - And King Hereafter - [The Boscobel League] - short story by Rosemary Edghill
  • 249 - The Midas Spell - short fiction by Julie E. Czerneda
  • 277 - Embracing the Mystery - [Newford] - novelette by Charles de Lint

Civil War Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 12

Martin H. Greenberg

The War Between the States is synonymous with romance, tragedy, bravery, and lost causes. The only war fought by Americans against Americans, it nearly irrevocably tore the nation apart. Yet the United States of America did survive, though at terrible cost. Even today, more than 130 years after the end of the civil war, people are still fascinated by this pivotal point in American history. Writers, too, find this a fruitful period to investigate. And in Civil War Fantastic, some of science fictions finest take us back to this turbulent time with their own special visions of what might have been. So don your uniform, load your cap and ball rifle, raise the colors, and prepare to charge into Civil War Fantastic where:

- A mysterious old man shows a confederate soldier how one well-placed shot can change the course of history...

- He was only a horse used for children to ride on tours of Gettysburg, but he could see things on the battlefield that no human was aware of...

- Could General Lee bring himself to sanction a terrible sacrifice if it guaranteed that the South would win the war?

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Civil War Fantastic) - essay by John Helfers
  • 4 - Martial - short story by Nancy Springer
  • 21 - A Place to Stand - novelette by William H. Keith, Jr.
  • 53 - Hex'em John - short story by James H. Cobb
  • 72 - Gettysburg Dreams - short story by Brendan DuBois
  • 87 - Images - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • 95 - Ghosts of Honor - short story by Denise Little
  • 110 - Boot Hill - novelette by Catherine Asaro and Mike Resnick
  • 136 - The Three Cigars - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 152 - The General's Bane - short story by Michael Gilbert and Sheila E. Gilbert
  • 159 - The Federal Spy and Miz Julia - short story by Karen Haber
  • 176 - Stew - short story by Donald J. Bingle
  • 190 - Loose Upon the Earth a Daemon - novelette by Tim Waggoner
  • 212 - Surviving the Elephant - short story by Lisa Silverthorne
  • 227 - The Pluck of O'Reilly - short story by Gary Alan Ruse
  • 251 - Across Hickman's Bridge to Home - short story by Russell Davis [as by R. Davis]
  • 265 - News from the Long Mountains - short story by Gary A. Braunbeck and Lucy A. Snyder
  • 283 - The Last Full Measure - short story by David Bischoff
  • 297 - Burial Detail - (2000) - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Warrior Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 13

Martin H. Greenberg
John Helfers

In the modern-day world where enemies are often nameless, faceless, and all-powerful, many people long for simpler times when the nature of good and evil was obvious - an age when great heroes and heroines arose to fight battles that could be won by skill and wit and strength. Now some of today's writers of tales take you to such times and places to share in the challenges and victories to be found in Warrior Fantastic.

From an old arms master hired by the Sheriff of Nottingham to teach him how to best Robin Hood... to a betrayal of hospitality that would see blood flowing more freely than wine... to a band of warriors who attached on four legs rather than two... here are stories of both legendary warriors and of mighty heroes drawn entirely from the imagination. Cheer for these champions as they rescue the downtrodden and mete out justice.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Warrior Fantastic) - essay by John Helfers
  • 5 - At Sea - short story by Alan Dean Foster
  • 20 - The Walnut-Hued Man of Sutton Passeys - novelette by Jean Rabe
  • 46 - A Two-Edged Blade - novelette by Diana L. Paxson
  • 67 - Heritage - short story by Fiona Patton
  • 87 - As Good As a Rest - short story by Tim Waggoner
  • 102 - A Game of Swords - novelette by David Bischoff
  • 125 - Airs Above the Ground - novelette by Janet Pack
  • 147 - Demon Hunter - short story by Pauline E. Dungate
  • 164 - Suspended Animation - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 176 - Spirit Warrior - novelette by Kristin Schwengel
  • 200 - Conscript - novelette by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 227 - Final Score - novelette by Bradley H. Sinor
  • 252 - Barbarian - short story by Bill Fawcett
  • 269 - Bright Be the Face - short story by Gary A. Braunbeck
  • 283 - Making a Noise in This World - [Newford] - novelette by Charles de Lint

Assassin Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 14

Martin H. Greenberg
Alexander Potter

A collection of original fantasy tales follows the exploits and adventures of trained assassins and killers for hire in works by Tanya Huff, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Josepha Sherma, P. N. Elrod, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Rosemary Edghill, Jane Lindskold, and other notable authors.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Assassin Fantastic) - essay by Alexander Potter [as by Alexander B. Potter]
  • 5 - Death Rites - [Quarters] - novelette by Tanya Huff
  • 30 - Green Stones - short story by Stephen Leigh
  • 45 - Coin of the Realm - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 53 - The Svedali Foundlings - novelette by Fiona Patton
  • 75 - History and Economics - short story by Anna Oster
  • 94 - Never Say ... Uh ... Die? - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • 106 - Dying by Inches - short story by Teresa Edgerton
  • 127 - Darkness Comes Together - [Legend of Nightfall] - short story by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • 143 - Raven's Cut - [Nightrunners] - short story by Lynn Flewelling
  • 160 - Myhr's Adventure in Hell - [Myhr] - novelette by P. N. Elrod
  • 184 - He - short story by Leyte Jefferson
  • 195 - War of the Roses - short story by Rosemary Edghill
  • 213 - On My Honor - novelette by Bernie Arntzen
  • 237 - A Touch of Poison - [The Firekeeper Saga] - novelette by Jane Lindskold
  • 266 - Echoes - [Essalieyan / Annagar / Breodani Universe] - novelette by Michelle West

Knight Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 15

Martin H. Greenberg
John Helfers

15 all-original tales of those valiant warriors sworn to serve and defend against all foes, whether mortal or magical...

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction (Knight Fantastic) - essay by John Helfers
  • 13 - Rodergo's Song - poem by Adam Stemple and Jane Yolen
  • 19 - Red Cross, White Cross - short story by Andre Norton
  • 37 - Squire Thorian's Trial - short story by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • 53 - The Cross of God - short story by Brendan DuBois
  • 73 - Nights of the Round Table - short story by Tanya Huff
  • 88 - Buried Treasures - short story by Jean Rabe
  • 106 - Father of Shadow, Son of Light - [Kham-Ridhe] - short story by Russell Davis
  • 122 - In a Lifetime - short story by Kristin Schwengel
  • 140 - And the Wind Sang - novelette by Bradley H. Sinor
  • 161 - Killer in the Reign - novelette by India Edghill and Rosemary Edghill
  • 185 - In Days of Old - novelette by Esther M. Friesner [as by Esther Friesner]
  • 207 - Knight Mare - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • 218 - Faint Heart, Foul Lady - novelette by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 250 - The Captain of the Guard - novelette by Fiona Patton
  • 273 - The Knight of Hydan Athe - novelette by Michelle West

Apprentice Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 16

Martin H. Greenberg
Russell Davis

13 all-original tales of magic and mishaps that await those who seek to become masters of their crafts...

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction (Apprentice Fantastic) - essay by Russell Davis
  • 11 - The Augustine Painters - novelette by Michelle West
  • 55 - Sign Here - [Newford] - short story by Charles de Lint
  • 69 - Till Voices Drown Us - novelette by Tim Waggoner
  • 95 - Homework - short story by Esther M. Friesner [as by Esther Friesner]
  • 111 - The Last Garden in Time's Window - short story by Dean Wesley Smith
  • 125 - Final Exam - [The Albuquerque Adepts] - novelette by Jane Lindskold
  • 147 - The Sorcerer's Apprentice's Apprentice - novelette by David Bischoff
  • 177 - Zauberschrift - short story by David D. Levine
  • 195 - When the Student Is Ready - [The Nine Wizards] - novelette by Tanya Huff
  • 223 - What Has to Be Done - novelette by Fiona Patton
  • 251 - Flanking Maneuver - short story by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • 265 - The Muses' Darling - short story by Sarah A. Hoyt
  • 283 - Blood and Scale - novelette by John Helfers

Pharaoh Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 17

Martin H. Greenberg
Brittiany A. Koren

13 original journeys to the legendary time of the Pharaohs—revealing the treasures gained and the trials faced by those destined to rule one of the mightiest empires of the ancient world.

Table of Contents:

  • 11 - Introduction (Pharaoh Fantastic) - essay by Brittiany A. Koren
  • 13 - Succession - novelette by Tanya Huff
  • 43 - The Voice of Authority - novelette by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 67 - Beneath the Eye of the Hawk - novelette by Jane Lindskold
  • 111 - A Light in the Desert - short story by Rosemary Edghill
  • 119 - The Scroll of Wisdom - novelette by Josepha Sherman
  • 141 - Whatever Was Forgotten - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 151 - Let Our People Go - novelette by Mickey Zucker Reichert
  • 184 - To See Beyond Darkness - novelette by Bill McCay
  • 205 - A Lion Let Loose Upon the World - novelette by Brendan DuBois
  • 231 - Games of Fate - novelette by Fiona Patton
  • 258 - The Spin Wizard - novelette by Laura Resnick
  • 285 - That God Won't Hurt - short story by Susan Sizemore
  • 304 - Basted - short story by Alan Dean Foster

Fate Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 18

Martin H. Greenberg
Daniel M. Hoyt

Do we all have destinies we can't avoid? Or is each of us able to determine our own future by our actions? Are there key moments in time that offer unique opportunities to change fate?

These are just a few of the questions explored in sixteen original tales that follow the paths of fates to distant worlds, dimensions, and times. From a being trained to be something he was not... to a street vendor selling Fate dogs... to the "true" story of King Arthur... to a gambler who turns to the Kabbalah to find a sure bet... to a man whose girlfriend is one of the three Fates... to the tale of one woman's appointment with Death... here are tales of darkness and danger, and stories with a humorous twist-gripping visions of the role fate can play in anyone's life.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Fate Fantastic) - essay by Daniel M. Hoyt
  • 4 - Ascent - short story by Julie E. Czerneda
  • 23 - Approaching Sixty - short story by Barry N. Malzberg and Mike Resnick
  • 31 - But World Enough - novelette by Sarah A. Hoyt
  • 54 - Consigned - short story by Alan Dean Foster
  • 68 - My Girlfriend Fate - novelette by Darwin A. Garrison
  • 92 - A Rat's Tale - short story by Barbara Nickless
  • 110 - The Bones of Mammoth Malone - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
  • 131 - Death and Taxes - [Seavy County] - novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 159 - Fate Dogs - short story by Robert A. Hoyt
  • 175 - The Man with One Bright Eye - short story by Jay Lake
  • 188 - A Tapestry of Souls - novelette by Paul Crilley
  • 211 - The Final Choice - short story by Irene Radford
  • 226 - The Prophecy of Symon the Inept - short story by Rebecca Lickiss
  • 238 - Choice of the Oracles - novelette by Kate Paulk
  • 263 - Camelot's Greatest Hits - short story by Laura Resnick
  • 282 - Jack - short story by Dave Freer
  • 303 - About the Authors (Fate Fantastic) - essay by uncredited

Fellowship Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 19

Martin H. Greenberg
Kerrie L. Hughes

13 new stories about TESTING the bonds of fellowship on fantastical worlds

The bonds of friendship and fellowship are key to many fine fantasy and science fiction novels, most notably Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring. Now top tale-spinners offer their own unique takes on fellowship in thirteen original stories, featuring a girl who finds her best friend through a portal to another world, an adventure on an alternate Earth where a not-quite Holmes and Watson take on a fascinating challenge, a group of urban mages playing the "True Game" for high stakes, a squire determined to help his master's ghost fulfill his final mission, and more. Together, these stories dramatically illustrate how fellowships can alter destiny and change worlds.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Kerrie Hughes
  • Almost Brothers - novelette by Paul Genesse
  • The Quest - novelette by Donald J. Bingle
  • Sweet Threads - shortstory by Jody Lynn Nye
  • Trophy Wives - novelette by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • The Eye of Heaven - shortstory by Chris Pierson
  • Overcast - shortstory by Alan Dean Foster
  • Friends of the High Hills - shortstory by Brenda Cooper
  • Scars Enough - shortstory by Russell Davis
  • Concerning a Gambit of Fraternity - shortstory by Steven E. Schend
  • Revenge is a Dish Best Served with Beers - novelette by Fiona Patton
  • The Enigma of the Serbian Scientist - novelette by S. Andrew Swann
  • Cirque du Lumière - novelette by Bradley P. Beaulieu
  • Friendly Advice - novelette by Alexander Potter
  • About the Authors - essay by uncredited

Gamer Fantastic

Fantastic Anthologies: Book 20

Martin H. Greenberg
Kerrie L. Hughes

Let the games begin!

These thirteen original stories by veterans of the fantasy realms take role-playing games and universes to a whole new level.

From a teenager who finds a better future in virtual reality; to a private investigator hired to find a dying man's grandson in the midst of a virtual reality theme park; from a person gifted with the power to pull things out of books into the real world; to a psychologist using fantasy role-playing to heal his patients; from a gaming convention where the real winners may not be who they seem to be; to a multi-layered role-playing game that leads participants from reality to reality and games within games-these imaginative and fascinating new tales will captivate both lovers of original fantasy and anyone who has ever fallen under the spell of role-playing games.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Roll On! - essay by Margaret Weis
  • 5 - Introduction (Gamer Fantastic) - essay by Kerrie Hughes
  • 8 - Escapism - short fiction by Chris Pierson
  • 32 - Gaming Cycle - short fiction by Donald J. Bingle
  • 45 - Rescuing the Elf Princess Again - short fiction by Ed Greenwood
  • 59 - Roles We Play - short fiction by Jody Lynn Nye
  • 79 - Mightier Than the Sword - [Magic Ex Libris] - novelette by Jim C. Hines
  • 102 - Griefer Madness - (2009) - short fiction by Richard Lee Byers
  • 124 - Mission from Hel - short fiction by Bill Fawcett
  • 145 - The Gods of Every Other Wednesday Night - short fiction by Stephen Leigh [as by S. L. Farrell]
  • 169 - "You Forgot Whose Realm This Really Is!" - short fiction by Brian M. Thomsen
  • 179 - The War on Two Fronts - short fiction by Jean Rabe
  • 197 - Aggro Radius - short fiction by David D. Levine
  • 219 - Being Played - short fiction by Steven E. Schend
  • 251 - Game Testing - short fiction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 295 - Ernest Gary Gygax (1938-2008) - essay by Ed Greenwood
  • 301 - About the Authors (Gamer Fantastic) - essay by uncredited
  • 308 - About the Editors (Gamer Fantastic) - essay by uncredited

The Far Side of Forever

Far Side of Forever: Book 1

Sharon Green

Laciel, a sorceress, and five specially chosen companions, must recover the Balance Stone from its mysterious thief or face the destruction of their world.

Hellhound Magic

Far Side of Forever: Book 2

Sharon Green

When Laciel the Sorceress returned home after completing her quest for the Balance Stone, it was to find Morgiana, her mentor and foster mother, gone. Then word arrived that Morgiana was in danger, held captive on a hellish world as the High King's consort!

Mercury Rising

First Planets: Book 1

R. W. W. Greene

The year is 1975 - Robert Oppenheimer has invented the Atomic Engine, the first human has walked on the moon, and Jet Carson and the Eagle Seven have sacrificed their lives to stop alien invaders.

Brooklyn, however, just wants to keep his head down, pay his mother's rent, earn a little scratch of his own, and maybe get laid sometime. Simple pleasures! But life is about to get real complicated when a killer with a baseball bat and a mysterious box of 8-track tapes sets him up for murder.

So, his choices are limited - rot away in prison or sign up to defend the planet from the assholes who dropped a meteorite on Cleveland. Brooklyn crosses his fingers and picks the Earth Orbital Forces, believing that after a few years in the trenches - assuming he survives - he can get his life back. Unfortunately, the universe has other plans.

Brooklyn is launched into a quest to save humanity, find his true family, and grow as a person - while simultaneously coping with high-stakes space battles, mystery science experiments and the realisation that the true enemies perhaps aren't the tentacled monsters on the recruitment poster... Or are they?

Earth Retrograde

First Planets: Book 2

R. W. W. Greene

The United Nations is working to get everyone off Earth by the deadline -- set by the planet's true owners, the aliens known as the First. It's a task made somewhat easier by a mysterious virus that rendered at least fifty percent of humanity unable to have children. Meanwhile, the USA and the USSR have set their sights on Mars, claiming half a planet each.

Brooklyn Lamontagne doesn't remember saving the world eight years ago, but he's been paying for it ever since. The conquered Earth governments don't trust him, the Average Joe can't make up their mind, but they all agree that Brooklyn should stay in space. Now, he's just about covering his bills with junk-food runs to Venus and transporting horny honeymooners to Tycho aboard his aging spaceship, the Victory.

When a pal asks for a ride to Mars, Brooklyn lands in a solar system's worth of espionage, backroom alliances, ancient treasures and secret plots while encountering a navigation system that just wants to be loved...

Blue Moon Rising

Forest Kingdom: Book 1

Simon R. Green

Rupert didn't especially want to be a prince. And he certainly never asked to be the second son of a royal line that really didn't need a spare. So he was sent out to slay a dragon and prove himself-a quest straight out of legend. But he also discovered the kinds of things legends tend to leave out, as well as the usual demons, goblins, the dreaded Night Witch-and even worse terrors hidden in the shadows of Darkwood.

Rupert did find a fiery dragon-and a beautiful princess to rescue. But the dragon turned out to be a better friend than anyone back at the castle, and with the evil of Darkwood spreading, Rupert was going to need all the friends he could get.

Blood and Honour

Forest Kingdom: Book 2

Simon R. Green

Desperate for money, a down-and-out actor impersonates a prince

The Great Jordan has played the finest stages in the Forest Kingdom, performing for kings and queens, earning thunderous applause, and lining his pockets at the same time. But that was a lifetime ago. At twenty-seven, Jordan is washed up, eking out a living in backwater towns whose citizens prefer tawdry magic to true theatrical talent. Jordan's purse is nearly empty when three men approach him in an alley and offer him the role of a lifetime, which will either make his career—or end his life.

They offer ten thousand ducats if the actor will impersonate the son of the late King Malcolm, whose untimely death has caused some to whisper of poisoning. Swayed by their proposal, Jordan accompanies them to Castle Midnight, where a bit of magic makes him look like royalty. But playing a prince is risky business, and Jordan will quickly find that this is a part for which there can be no encore.

Down Among the Dead Men

Forest Kingdom: Book 3

Simon R. Green

In a fort on the edge of civilization, an ancient evil has awoken

Ten years after the Demon War, the wounds of the Forest Kingdom are finally beginning to heal. Deep in the Darkwood, on the border between two long-feuding territories, a fort has been erected to keep the peace. But a month ago, the soldiers inside stopped speaking to the outside world. Have they come under attack, or is something more sinister at work?

Led by the adventure-hungry warrior Duncan MacNeil, a party of Rangers is sent to investigate. With a witch, a swordsman, and a powerful eight-fingered woman at his side, MacNeil steps into the deserted fort—and discovers a massacre. The gory scene suggests that the soldiers turned on one other, but the witch has an alternate theory. Beneath this newly built fort, she senses an ancient evil, a power older than the Kingdom itself, about to trap them in the dark.

Beyond the Blue Moon

Forest Kingdom: Book 4

Simon R. Green

Fifteen years ago, Prince Rupert and Princess Julia saved the Forest Kingdom from the long night of the Blue Moon. In the aftermath they were heroes.

Now Hawk & Fisher are tough cops in the crime-torn city of Haven. The last thing they need is a reminder of who they once were. But the Blue Moon is threatening to rise again. The Forest Kingdom needs their heroes again.

They need Rupert and Julia. What they'll get is Hawk and Fisher.

Once in a Blue Moon

Forest Kingdom: Book 5

Simon R. Green

One more "Once upon a time..."

No one knows the hero business like Hawk and Fisher. That's why they started the Hawk and Fisher Memorial Academy - to share their skills with the next generation of heroes. Decades later, their Hero Academy is the Dutchy of Lancre's most profitable tourist attraction, its greatest pride, and now... its biggest problem.

During auditions for the next class of students, an assassin ambushes Hawk and Fisher, setting off a powerful chain of events that could destroy the Forest Kingdom. For the Blue Moon rises once more, and with it, a familiar and formidable foe that Hawk and Fisher thought they'd never see again - the Demon Prince.

Now, Hawk and Fisher must embark on one final quest. Joining forces with their children, they'll reunite with old friends, visit legendary lands, and battle infamous villains to stop the Demon Prince once and for all. Hanging in the balance is the future of their bloodline, the kingdom, and the world.

Spellstorm

Forgotten Realms

Ed Greenwood

Rumors race around Cormyr regarding the mythical Lost Spell, a powerful enchantment designed centuries ago by the presumed dead god of spells--a spell long thought lost to the ages. Found by some magic-less merchant, rumor has it the Lost Spell is to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

It is a powerful lure, and archwizards of every stripe descend upon the merchant, only to be trapped with him inside his manor by a vicious spellstorm--escape impossible, and their magic useless with the interference from the storm.

Moreover--they find themselves faced with the infamous Elminster of Shadowdale, who claims he's just there to decide who gets the Lost Spell, but who clearly has an agenda of his own.

But before Elimster can put whatever plan he has in motion, archwizards start dying.

Elminster: The Making of a Mage

Forgotten Realms: Elminster: Book 1

Ed Greenwood

In ancient days, sorcerers sought to learn the One True Spell that would give them power over all the world and understanding of all magic....

The One True Spell was a woman, and her name was Mystra -- and her kisses were wonderful.

Priest Havilon Tharnstar

Tales Told to a Blind Wizard

It is the time before Myth Drannor, when the Heartlands are home to barbarians, and wicked dragons rule the skies. In these ancient days, Elminster is but a shepherd boy, dreaming of adventure and heroics. When a dragon-riding magelord sweeps down upon him, though, the boy is thrust into a world of harsh realities, corrupt rulers, and evil sorcerers.

With patience and grit, Elminster sets about to change all that. The result of his labors is a world reborn and a mage made.

Elminster in Myth Drannor

Forgotten Realms: Elminster: Book 2

Ed Greenwood

It is the time of the great elven city of Cormanthor, when the Heartlands are home to barbarians, wicked dragons rule the skies, and the elven people trust no one. Wizards and warriors alike threaten their civilization in vain, arrogant, and ignorant quests for glory.

Thus it was that Elminster was guided to Cormanthor, the Towers of Song, where Eltargrim was Coronal. There he dwelt for twelve summers and more, studying with many mighty mages, learning to feel magic and know how it could be bent and directed to his will.... It is recorded that when the Mythal was laid, and Cormanthor became Myth Drannor, Elminster was among those who devised and spun that mighty magic.

The Temptation of Elminster

Forgotten Realms: Elminster: Book 3

Ed Greenwood

From a dark and dusty tomb, Elminster emerges, seeking the guidance of Mystra, and finds only silence. He is drawn into the clutches of the mysterious and sinister Lady of Shadows. The path he takes will lead to a Realms-shaking confrontation where Elminster has to make the most important choice of his long life.

Whatever he decides, the Realms will be forever changed...

Elminster in Hell

Forgotten Realms: Elminster: Book 4

Ed Greenwood

Hell Hath Such Fury

On the world of his birth he's all but a god, but when an ancient evil banishes him to the depths of the Nine Hells, he's just another lost soul. Elminster, Sage of Shadowdale, Chosen of Mystra, faces his most desperate struggle--to survive, to escape, to cling to his very sanity--and all the forces of the inferno are rallied against him.

Elminster's Daughter

Forgotten Realms: Elminster: Book 5

Ed Greenwood

A woman scorned...

All her life, Narnra of Waterdeep wondered who her father is. Amid the squalor of the streets, through the danger she faces daily as a thief in the City of Splendors, she speculates on whom the mysterious wizard might be who left her mother to raise a fatherless child.

Now she's discovered that it's no less a person than Elminster of Shadowdale, mightiest mage in all Faerian. And her anger is as boundless as his power.

Spellfire

Forgotten Realms: Shandril's Saga: Book 1

Ed Greenwood

Author Ed Greenwood has returned to his first novel set in the Forgotten Realms world. Working from his original notes, he has revised and expanded the novel, developing characters and scenes that were cut from the original edition published in 1988. Fans will enjoy this mass market edition of the "director's cut" of the first novel in Greenwood's story of Shandril of Highmoon.

Crown of Fire

Forgotten Realms: Shandril's Saga: Book 2

Ed Greenwood

The second book in Ed Greenwood's first Forgotten Realms trilogy.

Author Ed Greenwood continued the story of Shandril of Highmoon in this second volume of the Shandril's Saga trilogy. This mass market edition of the trade paperback features new cover art by Jon Sullivan.

Hand of Fire

Forgotten Realms: Shandril's Saga: Book 3

Ed Greenwood

Be careful what you wish for.

Spellfire is the most powerful magic in the land.

It's a dangerous weapon in anyone's hands.

In the wrong hands, it can destroy the world.

Shandril Shessair wanted a taste of adventure. She got spellfire, and now she's fleeing for her life across Faerûn, searching for somewhere to hide. More evil wizards, warriors, and priests than she can count are trying to get it from her, and they'll kill or enslave her without hesitation. Her last, desperate hope is to take refuge in the sheltered city of Silverymoon.

If she makes it that far.

The City of Splendors

Forgotten Realms: The Cities: Book 4

Ed Greenwood
Elaine Cunningham

In the streets of Waterdeep, conspiracies run like water through the gutters, bubbling beneath the seeming calm of the city's life. As a band of young, foppish lords discovers there is a dark side to the city they all love, a sinister mage and his son seek to create perverted creatures to further their twisted ends.

Cormyr

Forgotten Realms: The Cormyr Saga: Book 1

Jeff Grubb
Ed Greenwood

The Epic Historical Saga of the Most Powerful Nation in the Realms

Cormyr has been ruled by the Obarskyr family since its inception one and a half millennia ago. Now its king, Azoun IV, lies on his deathbed, and the vultures are circling, hoping to usurp the throne for their own. Against this crisis of state, the history of the Forest Kingdom unfolds, relating the previously untold story of a nation, its rulers, and its wizards.

Cormyr: A Novel is the epic historical saga of the most powerful nation in the Forgotten Realms fantasy world, as told by the world's co-creators.

Death of the Dragon

Forgotten Realms: The Cormyr Saga: Book 3

Troy Denning
Ed Greenwood

Azoun IV, in the twilight of his years, is still a shining hero to most of his subjects, and to all but the eldest, the only king they've ever known. He's led them capably out of dark doom before.

Yet Cormyr has never faced so many mighty and mysterious foes at once. Demonic ghazneths, ancient curses, weird trees of foul magic, goblins and their kin on the rise in the northern wilderlands, a blight upon the land, rebellious mutterings, dying war wizards... and a dragon the likes of which no living eyes on Faerun have ever seen.

The Purple Throne doesn't seem so unassailable now. It could well shatter under the weight of a gigantic dragon--or the secrets and follies of the last of the Obarskyrs.

Swords of Eveningstar

Forgotten Realms: The Knights of Myth Drannor: Book 1

Ed Greenwood

Swords of Eveningstar is the first title in an exciting new series by author Ed Greenwood, the creator of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. This series explores the youthful adventures of the much-loved heroes, Florin, Islif, and Jhessail, as they battle to win a name for themselves and then to defend it against the machinations of a more insidious and devious evil than they ever thought to face.

Swords of Dragonfire

Forgotten Realms: The Knights of Myth Drannor: Book 2

Ed Greenwood

Jump into a new adventure by fan-favorite Ed Greenwood!

Florin and his friends have finally made a name for themselves--only to find themselves the pawns of both dark and noble forces in a battle for power. Together, the Swords of Eveningstar must untangle the webs of lies that surround them before the threat to the kingdom eclipses their abilities to defend it.

Swords of Dragonfire is the second title in an exciting new trilogy by best-selling author Ed Greenwood, the creator of the Forgotten Realms setting. This novel is a fast-paced sword and sorcery adventure worthy of a place on your shelves next to Conan and Fafherd and the Gray Mouser.

The Sword Never Sleeps

Forgotten Realms: The Knights of Myth Drannor: Book 3

Ed Greenwood

The thrilling conclusion to Ed Greenwood's latest epic!

Florin Falconhand and his friends have always wanted adventure--but when it finally finds them, it turns out to be a lot more than they bargained for. Over the course of The Knights of Myth Drannor, the Knights learn the true meaning of adventure, honor, and what it means to be a hero.

Shadows of Doom

Forgotten Realms: The Shadow of the Avatar Trilogy: Book 1

Ed Greenwood

Elminster's Doom

It was the eve of the Time of Troubles. The chaos of spilled blood, lawless strife, monsters unleashed, and avatars roaming Faerûn was still to come. Unbeknownst to mortals, the gods had been summoned together, and among them was Mystra, grown proud and willful in the passing eons. With the others, she was about to be stripped of her godhood.

The secret of her power gave her an idea. She made certain preparations, looking always for one who would be her successor... But until that person's ascension, her power must be preserved.

A lone mortal must carry the greater share of her divine energy until the power could be reclaimed, and it was the fate of this mortal to risk being destroyed or driven wild, involuntarily and without warning.

This was the occaision of Elminster's Doom.

Cloak of Shadows

Forgotten Realms: The Shadow of the Avatar Trilogy: Book 2

Ed Greenwood

The Shadow Over Faerûn

The Time of Troubles had arrived. The chaos of spilled blood, lawless strife, monsters unleashed, and avatars roaming Faerûn had come.

But wrathful and warring gods were not Faerûn's only problem.

The dreaded and insidious Shadowmasters had seized the opportunity to increase their influence and power while Mystra and her minions were otherwise engaged. The Shadowmasters had woven a mgical cloak of spells that would render the wearer invisible to their rival's magic.

The shadow over Faerûn spreads.

All Shadows Fled

Forgotten Realms: The Shadow of the Avatar Trilogy: Book 3

Ed Greenwood

The Shadow Spreads

The Time of Troubles had almost passed. The chaos of spilled blood, lawless strife, monsters unleashed, and avatars roaming Faerûn was reaching an end.

However, not so Those Who Walk in Shadow.

The dreaded and insidious Shadowmasters realize that they have one last chance to seize control while chaos wrecks havoc on all of the Realms, and in doing so seal the fate of not just their archenemy Elminster, but all of Mystra's minions as well.

Darkness threatens to envelop all Faerûn.

The shadows loom.

The Herald

Forgotten Realms: The Sundering: Book 6

Ed Greenwood

In the 6th and final book of the multi-author Sundering series launched by New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore, Ed Greenwood, the creator of the Forgotten Realms®, further chronicles the exploits of Elminster as he fights for the future of Faerûn.

Chaos grips Faerûn as vainglory, prophecy, and ancient forces comingle in the shadows cast by war. Agents of the Shadovar lurk in the corners of Candlekeep in search of the arcane secrets that will power their war machine toward Myth Drannor. Gods and their Chosen run amok, all in a gambit to seize power. And a threat foretold by an ancient seer stirs.

At the heart of it all, Mystra, the great Goddess of Magic, has withdrawn from the world. Without her protection, Elminster, her greatest champion, fears for the nascent Weave, the fabric of magic Mystra wields to bind Faerûn. Will the Nightseer Shar, mistress of the great and fearsome Shadovar, seize the opportunity to blanket the world with her Shadow Weave?

With the help of Storm Silverhand and his protégé Amarune, Elminster works frantically to strengthen the Weave's tethers and forestall what seems an inevitable reckoning. But other interests machinate for their own sinister ends.

As the Sundering draws nigh, Elminster and his heroic cohort must see the signs for what they are. The choice of worlds lies in the balance.

Ghost of a Chance

Ghost Finders: Book 1

Simon R. Green

The Carnacki Institute exists to "Do Something" about Ghosts-and agents JC Chance, Melody Chambers, and Happy Jack Palmer will either lay them to rest, send them packing, or kick their nasty ectoplasmic arses with extreme prejudice.

Ghost of a Smile

Ghost Finders: Book 2

Simon R. Green

The Ghost Finders answer a distress call from the private research center of one of the biggest drug companies in the world, where a team of police enforcement agents have vanished. They have no idea what they're facing-except a deadline that threatens to remove the entire building from existence if they fail to get to the bottom of the mystery.

Ghost of a Dream

Ghost Finders: Book 3

Simon R. Green

Meet the Carnacki Institute's operatives--JC Chance: the team leader, brave, charming, and almost unbearably arrogant; Melody Chambers: the science geek who keeps the antisupernatural equipment running; and Happy Jack Palmer: the terminally gloomy telepath. Their mission: Do Something About Ghosts. Lay them to rest, send them packing, or just kick their nasty ectoplasmic arses...

The Ghost Finders are investigating a haunting at the long-abandoned Haybarn Theater, which is being renovated. But work has been thrown off-schedule by the some peculiar and unnatural activities. And after the potentially world-altering recent events of their previous assignment, the team thinks that a haunted theater (aren't they all?) will be a walk in the park.

Until they encounter the Phantom of the Haybarn--an ancient evil whose ability to alter reality itself will test the skills, science, and blind luck of the Ghost Finders to the limit.

Spirits From Beyond

Ghost Finders: Book 4

Simon R. Green

Meet the operatives of the Carnacki Institute—JC Chance: the team leader, brave, charming, and almost unbearably arrogant; Melody Chambers: the science geek who keeps the antisupernatural equipment running; and Happy Jack Palmer: the terminally gloomy telepath. Their mission: Do Something About Ghosts. Lay them to rest, send them packing, or just kick their nasty ectoplasmic arses...

Their latest assignment takes JC and the team to a small country village, site of a famously haunted inn. At first, JC thinks that the spirits in the King's Arms are more the stuff of urban legend than anything that needs the Ghost Finders' expertise. Then one story rings true: the tale of a traveler trapped by an unusual thunderstorm who retired to her room for the night—and vanished.

Trapped by an unusual thunderstorm—like the one that begins raging outside shortly after they arrive...

As the team investigates, they are forced, one by one, to face some hard truths about themselves, their relationships, and the haunting itself—truths that may push Happy Jack over the edge into the madness that he has always feared...

Voices from Beyond

Ghost Finders: Book 5

Simon R. Green

Meet the operatives of the Carnacki Institute—JC Chance: the team leader, brave, charming, and almost unbearably arrogant; Melody Chambers: the science geek who keeps the antisupernatural equipment running; and Happy Jack Palmer: the terminally gloomy telepath. Their mission: Do Something About Ghosts. Lay them to rest, send them packing, or just kick their nasty ectoplasmic arses...

In a quiet London suburb, four university students participating in an experiment inside a reputed haunted house hold a séance that goes terribly wrong. What—or who—ever they summoned has taken their minds away, leaving them empty shells.

Enter the Ghost Finders, ready to confront an enraged poltergeist for the students' very souls.

All in a day's work—except the team doesn't know that in another part of the city, a different entity has also breached the threshold between worlds. And this time what is at stake is not four lives—but the very existence of all humanity.

Forces from Beyond

Ghost Finders: Book 6

Simon R. Green

Meet the operatives of the Carnacki Institute--JC Chance: the team leader, brave, charming, and almost unbearably arrogant; Melody Chambers: the science geek who keeps the antisupernatural equipment running; and Happy Jack Palmer: the terminally gloomy telepath. Their mission: Do Something About Ghosts. Lay them to rest, send them packing, or just kick their nasty ectoplasmic arses...

A threat to Humanity rests on the bottom of the North Sea: the interdimensional entity known as the Flesh Undying. It is a monstrous being of unimaginable power, way out of the Ghost Finders' league, so the team has no choice but to accept an alliance with their evil counterpart, Project Crowley.

Only the creature has already turned its eye upon the Ghost Finders--and dispatched an assassin with a deadly vendetta against them...

The Girl in the Green Silk Gown

Ghost Roads: Book 2

Seanan McGuire

The second book in the Ghost Roads series returns to the highways of America, where hitchhiking ghost Rose Marshall continues her battle with her killer--the immortal Bobby Cross.

For Rose Marshall, life began when it ended. She has friends, a home, and a purpose in the strange twilight where she spends her afterlife. Sure, she's an urban legend who didn't live to see her eighteenth birthday, but she's had time to adapt, and while things could be better, she's pretty happy with her lot in death.

At least until Bobby Cross--the man who killed her in the first place--plays his ultimate card in the hole, resulting in her untimely, unwanted resurrection. Suddenly breathing and worse, suddenly mortal, Rose must find a way to solve the riddle she never wanted to contend with: how does a living dead girl make it back to the ghostroads without actually dying?

Her quest will make allies out of enemies and enemies out of allies as she runs from the lands of the living to the lands of the dead, trying to find a way safely home...and safely back to her grave.

The Best Thing You Can Steal

Gideon Sable: Book 1

Simon R. Green

Welcome to London, but not as you know it. A place where magics and horror run free, wonders and miracles are everyday things, and the dark streets are full of very shadowy people...

Gideon Sable is a thief and a con man. He specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't normally be stolen. Like a ghost's clothes, or a photo from a country that never existed. He even stole his current identity. Who was he originally? Now, that would be telling. One thing's for sure though, he's not the bad guy. The people he steals from always have it coming. Gideon's planning a heist, to steal the only thing that matters from the worst man in the world. To get past his security, he's going to need a crew who can do the impossible... but luckily, he has the right people in mind. The Damned, the Ghost, the Wild Card... and his ex-girlfriend, Annie Anybody. A woman who can be anyone, with the power to make technology fall in love with her. If things go well, they'll all get what they want. And if they're lucky, they might not even die trying.

A Matter of Death and Life

Gideon Sable: Book 2

Simon R. Green

Master thief, rogue and chancer Gideon Sable is back for another fast-paced supernatural heist--and this time he has the vault of a Las Vegas casino in his sights.

Judi Rifkin is one of the world's most successful collectors of the weird and unnatural. In a London underworld filled with criminals with very special talents, Judi is a force to be reckoned with. And Gideon Sable--thief, rogue and chancer--owes her a very large favour. Judi makes him an offer he can't refuse: steal her the legendary Masque of Ra, tucked up safe in a Las Vegas casino, and she'll wipe the slate clean.

This isn't Gideon's first heist by a long shot. But with old grudges threatening to cloud his judgment, an unpredictable crew who don't entirely trust each other and a formidable supernatural security team guarding his target, this job might be a gamble too far...

What Song the Sirens Sang

Gideon Sable: Book 3

Simon R. Green

You can find everything you've ever dreamed of in the strange, old magical shop known as Old Harry's Place. The problem is, not all dreams are kind.

Gideon Sable - legendary master thief, conman and well-dressed rogue - and his partner in crime Annie Anybody don't want to be shopkeepers, but when the enigmatic Harry decides to retire, he blackmails the pair into taking the store on.

Before the grand reopening can happen, however, a menacing stranger arrives - with a rare and deadly item for them to appraise. A small piece of rock, with an unnerving aura, which 'Smith' claims contains the last echoes of the legendary sirens' song. Before they can find out more, however, Smith vanishes... leaving only the stone.

Some valuables are more trouble than they're worth. But before Gideon and Annie can work out if they've been set up, the stone is stolen from its impregnable hiding place. How? And why? Gideon only knows one thing for certain: no one steals from him and gets away with it...

Not of This World

Gideon Sable: Book 4

Simon R. Green

The Preserve in Bath - the British Area 51 - is the secret government dumping ground for all things supernatural and out of space. It is one of the most heavily-guarded places in the world. However, it's not what protects it that makes it so dangerous but the things that are inside...

Gideon Sable - master thief, con artist and self-proclaimed vigilante - faces a challenge he can't refuse. His client, the former Head of the British Rocketry Group, Professor Neil Sharpe, wants him to break into the Preserve. Once inside, Gideon and his crew of supernatural misfits can get any mystical artefact they desire out of the Preserve's collection. The catch? To reach it, they must go through the treacherous Box Tunnel complex and not only face trained guards and booby traps but steal something that can't normally be stolen - a ghost!

Sharpe's obscure motive leaves Gideon uncertain and suspicious. The only thing he knows for sure is that he can steal anything with just the right amount of preparation - but will he be prepared enough to face whatever the Preserve holds, or will he find himself a permanent part of the government's collection?

Where Is Anybody?

Gideon Sable: Book 5

Simon R. Green

Gideon Sable specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't usually be stolen. But these days the legendary master thief is officially retired from the caper game. Now, instead of pulling off elaborate heists with his crew of supernatural specialists, he runs a magical shop in the heart of London with his partner Annie Anybody. Still, he can't resist occasionally going out in the night to steal things when Annie's not looking. For old times' sake - and for the joy of the con.

But after one of his late-night illicit jaunts, Gideon returns to the shop to find that while he's been stealing, someone else has been hard at work... stealing from him. I have taken Annie Anybody, reads the note on the countertop. If you ever want to see her again, you must find and steal Time's Arrow. You have forty-eight hours.

Stealing the legendary Arrow isn't a challenge; it's certain death. But Gideon will stop at nothing to save Annie from their unknown enemy - with or without the help of his talented, terrifying former crew...

Green Heart

Green Angel

Alice Hoffman

A two-fold tale of grief and hope, loss and love, told as only Alice Hoffman can.

When her family is lost in a terrible disaster, 15-year-old Green is haunted by loss and the past. Struggling to survive in a place where nothing seems to grow and ashes are everywhere, Green retreats into the ruined realm of her garden. But in destroying her feelings, she also begins to destroy herself. It is only through a series of mysterious encounters that Green relearns the lessons of love and begins to heal as she tells her own story.

As she heals, Green lives every day with feelings of loss. Her family is gone, the boy she loves is missing, and the world she once knew has been transformed by tragedy. In order to rediscover the truth about love, hope, and magic, she must venture away from her home, collecting the stories of a group of women who have been branded witches for their mysterious powers. Only through their stories will Green find her own heart's desire.

  • Green Angel - (2003) - novel
  • Green Witch - (2010) - novel

Green Angel

Green Angel: Book 1

Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman is at her magical best in a new novel about loss and healing.

When her family is lost in a terrible disaster, 15-yr-old Green is haunted by loss and by the past. Struggling to survive physically and emotionally in a place where nothing seems to grow and ashes are everywhere, Green retreats into the ruined realm of her garden. But in destroying her feelings, she also begins to destroy herself, erasing the girl she'd once been as she inks ravens into her skin. It is only through a series of mysterious encounters -- with a ghostly white dog and a mute boy -- that Green relearns the lessons of love and begins to heal as she tells her own story.

Green Witch

Green Angel: Book 2

Alice Hoffman

From bestselling author Alice Hoffman, a resonant tale of overcoming grief and tragedy, as only she could tell it.

In this powerful, lovely sequel to GREEN ANGEL, Green must learn the stories of a number of "witches" and free her true soul mate from a prison as she grapples with life, love, and loss in a post-disaster world.

Wolfsong

Green Creek: Book 1

T. J. Klune

Ox was twelve when his daddy taught him a very valuable lesson. He said that Ox wasn't worth anything and people would never understand him. Then he left.

Ox was sixteen when he met the boy on the road, the boy who talked and talked and talked. Ox found out later the boy hadn't spoken in almost two years before that day, and that the boy belonged to a family who had moved into the house at the end of the lane.

Ox was seventeen when he found out the boy's secret, and it painted the world around him in colours of red and orange and violet.

Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town and tore a hole in his head and heart. The boy chased after the monster with revenge in his blood-red eyes, leaving Ox behind to pick up the pieces.

It's been three years since that fateful day -- and the boy is back. Except now he's a man, and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them.

Ravensong

Green Creek: Book 2

T. J. Klune

The Bennett family has a secret: They're not just a family, they're a pack.

Gordo Livingstone never forgot the lessons carved into his skin. Hardened by the betrayal of a pack that left him behind, he sought solace in the garage in his tiny mountain town, vowing never again to involve himself in the affairs of wolves.

It should have been enough.

It was, until the wolves came back, and with them, Mark Bennett. And when his town is caught in the jaws of a beast, Gordo is summoned back into the life that left him.

Now, a year later, Gordo has once again found himself the witch of the Bennett pack. Green Creek has settled after the death of Richard Collins, and Gordo constantly struggles to ignore Mark and the song that howls between them.

But time is running out. Something is coming. And this time, it's coming from within.

Heartsong

Green Creek: Book 3

T. J. Klune

All Robbie Fontaine ever wanted w as a place to belong. After the death of his mother, he bounces around from pack to pack, forming temporary bonds to keep from turning feral. It's enough - until he receives a summons from the wolf stronghold in Caswell, Maine

Life as the trusted second to Michelle Hughes - the Alpha of all - and the cherished friend of a gentle old witch teaches Robbie what it means to be pack, to have a home.

But when a mission from Michelle sends Robbie into the field, he finds himself questioning where he belongs and everything he's been told. Whispers of traitorous wolves and wild magic abound - but who are the traitors and who the betrayed?

More than anything, Robbie hungers for answers, because one of those alleged traitors is Kelly Bennett - the wolf who may be his mate.

The truth has a way of coming out. And when it does, everything will shatter.

Brothersong

Green Creek: Book 4

T. J. Klune

In the ruins of Caswell, Maine, Carter Bennett learned the truth of what had been right in front of him the entire time. And then it - he - was gone.

Desperate for answers, Carter takes to the road, leaving family and the safety of his pack behind, all in the name of a man he only knows as a feral wolf. But therein lies the danger: wolves are pack animals, and the longer Carter is on his own, the more his mind slips toward the endless void of Omega insanity.

But he pushes on, following the trail left by Gavin.

Gavin, the son of Robert Livingstone. The half-brother of Gordo Livingstone.

What Carter finds will change the course of the w olves forever. Because Gavin's history with the Bennett pack goes back further than anyone knows, a secret kept hidden by Carter's father, Thomas Bennett.

And with this knowledge comes a price: the sins of the fathers now rest upon the shoulders of their sons.

The Green Glass Sea

Green Glass Sea: Book 1

Ellen Klages

It is 1943, and 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with her scientist father--but no one, not her father nor the military guardians who accompany her, will tell her exactly where he is. When she reaches Los Alamos, New Mexico, she learns why: he's working on a top secret government program. Over the next few years, Dewey gets to know eminent scientists, starts tinkering with her own mechanical projects, becomes friends with a budding artist who is as much of a misfit as she is--and, all the while, has no idea how the Manhattan Project is about to change the world. This book's fresh prose and fascinating subject are like nothing you've read before.

White Sands, Red Menace

Green Glass Sea: Book 2

Ellen Klages

It is 1946, and the events of The Green Glass Sea have changed the world - and Dewey Kerrigan's life. She's now living near the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico with the Gordon family. Dr. Gordon is working on rockets that will someday go to the moon; Mrs. Gordon is working on stopping the Bomb. Meanwhile, Dewey and her 'sister,' Suze, share secrets, art, and science as they adjust to high school in an isolated desert town. Then, like a different kind of dropped bomb, Dewey's long-lost mother, Rita Gallucci, reappears in their lives. And she wants to take her daughter away.

The Dream Gatherer

Green Rider

Kristen Britain

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the New York Times bestselling Green Rider series, this short volume introduces readers to new sides of Sacoridia in two new short stories and a novella.

In The Dream Gatherer, Kristen Britain presents a novella and two short stories set in the universe of her best selling Green Rider series in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the publication of her first novel, Green Rider.

The Dream Gatherer
Dreams can be dangerous. A visit with the eccentric Berry sisters turns dangerous when an arcane device is discovered in their house that can summon dreamers through their dreams, and one of them is a nightmare.

Wishwind
Finding peace during the Long War. Raised in an orphan camp, Green Rider Danalong has known only war and strife, until a shipwreck leaves him stranded on a mysterious island.

Linked, on the Lake of Souls
A story of friendship within a story of friendship. In the sixth volume of the Green Rider series, Firebrand, a wounded Karigan G'ladheon asks her friend Estral to tell her a story to take her mind off her pain. This is that story.

The book includes illustrations and backstory on the creation of Green Rider by the author, and a special introduction by award-winning science fiction and fantasy author, Julie E. Czerneda.

Green Rider

Green Rider: Book 1

Kristen Britain

A young woman on the run discovers her true destiny--as a magical messenger--in the extraordinary adventure that has thrust first-time novelist Kristen Britain into the master ranks of Mercedes Lackey and Melanie Rawn.

First Rider's Call

Green Rider: Book 2

Kristen Britain

In this long-awaited sequel to Green Rider, Karigan G'ladheon finds herself in a world of deadly danger and complex magic. Compelled by forces she cannot understand, she becomes one of the legendary Green Riders-magic messengers to the king. Pursued by the ghost of the First Rider, Karigan will re-enter the life of the Green Riders-just as an ancient evil is reawakening…

The High King's Tomb

Green Rider: Book 3

Kristen Britain

A thousand years ago the armies of the Arcosian Empire, led by Mornhavon the Black, crossed the great sea and tried to conquer the land of Sacoridia ?and during Karigan G?ladheon?s early years as a Green Rider, Mornhavon?s spirit, sensing weakness in his prison walls and seeking vengeance, began to wake. With the ghostly help of the First Rider, Karigan had managed to drive off the spirit of Mornhavon?but for how long, no one could know. And now, the descendants of those Arcosians are ready to strike, reaching out to claim the land their forebears had tried to conquer. Worse, these vengeful enemies had spent generations honing their powers of dark magic?a force against which the Sacoridians had no defense?.

Blackveil

Green Rider: Book 4

Kristen Britain

Once a simple student, Karigan G'ladheon finds herself in a world of deadly danger and complex magic, compelled by forces she cannot understand when she becomes a legendary Green Rider-one of the magical messengers of the king. Forced by magic to accept a dangerous fate she would never have chosen, headstrong Karigan has become completely devoted to the king and her fellow Riders.

But now, an insurrection led by dark magicians threatens to break the boundaries of ancient, evil Blackveil Forest -- releasing powerful dark magics that have been shut away for a millennium.

Mirror Sight

Green Rider: Book 5

Kristen Britain

Karigan G'ladheon is a Green Rider—a seasoned member of the elite messenger corps of King Zachary of Sacoridia. This corps of messengers, each gifted with a brooch of office that imparts a unique magical ability to its wearer, was founded over a thousand years ago during the terrible time of the Long War.

During that spell-fueled war, Sacoridia was besieged by the sorcerous armies of the Arcosian Empire, led by Mornhavon the Black. When Sacoridia finally triumphed, Mornhavon resorted to dark magic that rendered his twisted spirit immortal. Determined to keep the realm safe from this terrifying enemy, multitudes of Sacoridian magicians sacrificed their lives to build the immense D'Yer Wall, imprisoning the dangerous spirit of Mornhavon in Blackveil Forest, which uncontrolled magic had mutated into a perilous and unnatural place.

For over a thousand years, the magic of the D'Yer Wall protected the people of Sacoridia, but as the centuries passed, memory of how the wall had been built was lost as a traumatized nation turned its back on magic. And when a malicious entity cracked the immense wall, there were none left who knew how to repair it. Desperate to regain the knowledge and repair the ever-expanding breach in the wall, agents of the king scoured the kingdom for magical relics and information. Finally, in a last-ditch attempt to gain time, Karigan, whose Rider brooch enabled her to "fade"—sometimes traversing the layers of time and space—was able to catapult the spirit of Mornhavon into the future. But how far into the future was anyone's guess.

Realizing that this might be their only chance to enter Blackveil and examine the tainted peninsula, King Zachary sends Karigan and a contingent of Sacoridians beyond the wall, along with an equal number of Eletians—the immortal race that eons ago lived in what is now Blackveil Forest. But in addition to the unnatural dangers of the forest itself, Karigan and her small delegation have been followed by a secret rebel sect— descendants of the original Arcosian invaders. And during a showdown between these two groups, Mornhavon suddenly reappears.

In the magical confrontation that follows, Karigan is jolted out of Blackveil and wakes in a darkness blacker than night. She's lying on smooth, cold stone, but as she reaches out, she realizes that the stone is not just beneath her, but above and around her as well. She's landed in a sealed stone sarcophagus, some unknown tomb, and the air is becoming thin.

Is this to be her end? If she escapes, where will she find herself? Is she still in the world she remembers, or has the magical explosion transported her somewhere completely different? To find out, she must first win free of her prison— before it becomes her grave. And should she succeed, will she be walking straight into a trap created by Mornhavon himself?

Firebrand

Green Rider: Book 6

Kristen Britain

Green Rider Karigan G'ladheon, not yet recovered in heart or mind from her unexpected trip through time, is assigned a new mission. She must seek out the legendary creatures called p'ehdrosian to renew an alliance of old in the face of dire threats from enemies who seek to destroy Sacoridia using dark magic.

Each step on her journey northward grows more perilous as she faces attacks from groundmites, encounters with ghosts, and, ultimately, the threat of the necromancer and leader of Second Empire, Grandmother, as they approach the enemy encampment in the Lone Forest.

Meanwhile, King Zachary of Sacoridia has been kidnapped by an ice elemental who is allied with Second Empire. Can Karigan free her king from captivity with just two allies by her side?

Winterlight

Green Rider: Book 7

Kristen Britain

After her capture at the hands of Grandmother and the Second Empire, Karigan G'ladheon is making halting progress towards recovery. Karigan takes on increasingly dangerous missions, haunted by the specter of her torturer, Nyssa, and sinking ever further into the mire of her recollections of the past and the losses she's sustained.

Meanwhile, the forces of the Second Empire are moving on Sacoridia and their primary target is a vulnerable garrison that guards a crucial mountain pass. Faced with new fatherhood and a country on the verge of war, King Zachary sends a contingent of soldiers and Green Riders to the pass--but his own recovery from the events of the north is not yet complete either.

Reunited with her fellow Riders at the pass, Karigan takes on a leadership role, but quickly finds that the Riders are not as she last left them. As tension mounts and war draws ever closer to the heart of Sacoridia, Karigan must discover what it truly means to be a Rider and a hero of the realm--and what sacrifices must be made to truly heal from her past.

Spirit of the Wood

Green Rider: Book 8

Kristen Britain

After years of leading the battle against the vicious Darrow Raiders, Lieutenant-Rider Laren Mapstone has built a fortress around herself to conceal her emotions and the deep scars she carries. When she is made mentor to Tavin Bankside, a Green Rider trainee on his first message errand, her cold and brooding exterior quickly earns her the moniker the "Ice Lady."

Only after Laren is severely wounded in an attack on the North Road by a gang of bandits--including some former Darrow Raiders with vengeance on their minds--do the fortress walls fall. Even as they seek refuge from danger in a Rider waystation, Tavin's natural empathic gift leaves him vulnerable to the assault of the lieutenant's emotions. Tavin must save Lieutenant Mapstone's life and master his empathic gift before it destroys them both.

However, an ancient power lurks deep within the Green Cloak, and its aid or hindrance could mean survival for the Riders or the downfall of Sacoridia and all the free lands.

Under the Green Star

Green Star Rises: Book 1

Lin Carter

On Earth, life held for him only the fate of a recluse--handicapped, confined to daydreams and the lore of ancient wonders, but apparently destined never to share them--until he found the formula that let him cross space to the world of the Green Star. There, appearing in the body of a fabled hero, he is to experience all that his heroic fantasies had yearned for. A princess to be saved... an invader to be thwarted... and otherworldly monsters to be faced! A thrilling adventure in the grand tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, as only Lin Carter can tell it!

When the Green Star Calls

Green Star Rises: Book 2

Lin Carter

To him, Earth was a prison of the mind and body. Only on the world of the Green Star would he walk -- in the borrowed body of a primitive youth. A thrilling adventure in the grand tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, as only Lin Carter can tell it!

By the Light of the Green Star

Green Star Rises: Book 3

Lin Carter

Miscast in the role of assassin, inhabiting the stolen body of a stalwart savage, the star-wanderer from Earth found himself in dangers beyond even his wildest imaginings.

His friends had fled, his princess with them, and awaiting him were the islands of the sky with their merciless masters, the prowlers of the dark tree bottoms with their horrible steeds, and the treachery of his comrades in captivity.

But this was what he had left his safe home on Earth for -- and his adventures BY THE LIGHT OF THE GREEN STAR, however knife-edge, were the very staff of life to him!

Roy Krenkel illustrates this third marvel adventure of Lin Carter's bestselling saga.

As the Green Star Rises

Green Star Rises: Book 4

Lin Carter

In the marvel-adventure sagas of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Otis Adelbert Kline, and John Norman has there ever been a situation such as befell the Earthling who found his way to the world under the Green Star?

For while his real body lay crippled and silent under the sun of old Earth, his mind occupied the vigorous body of a young primitive on that alien planet of mighty trees, floating cities, and unmapped limits. And in that guise he had found incredible friends, a royal love, and inhuman and superhuman enemies.

But no matter what predicament he was in -- and as this book starts he is alone, abandoned on an uncharted sea -- his courage never flagged though the greatest of risks would confront him AS THE GREEN STAR RISES.

In the Green Star's Glow

Green Star Rises: Book 5

Lin Carter

He was Karn, the savage of the sky-high trees. He was protector and defender of the princess Niamh, whose very city was lost in the mapless jungles of the world under the Green Star.

But he was also an Earthling, whose helpless body lay in suspended animation in a guarded mansion in New England. It was his alien mind that drove Karn through perils that no other would dare.

But dare he must -- for though that alien planet was replete with dangers and treachery, with lost castles of forgotten science and armies of mindless monsters, there was a cause to be won and a love to be rescued.

It's Lin Carter in the grand climax of his best marvel-adventure series in the tradition of Burroughs and Merritt.

Dandelion Wine

Green Town: Book 1

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury's moving recollection of a vanished golden era remains one of his most enchanting novels. Dandelion Wine stands out in the Bradbury literary canon as the author's most deeply personal work, a semi-autobiographical recollection of a magical small-town summer in 1928.

Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole wide world that lies beyond the city limits. It is a pair of brand-new tennis shoes, the first harvest of dandelions for Grandfather's renowned intoxicant, the distant clang of the trolley's bell on a hazy afternoon. It is yesteryear and tomorrow blended into an unforgettable always. But as young Douglas is about to discover, summer can be more than the repetition of established rituals whose mystical power holds time at bay. It can be a best friend moving away, a human time machine who can transport you back to the Civil War, or a sideshow automaton able to glimpse the bittersweet future.

Come and savor Ray Bradbury's priceless distillation of all that is eternal about boyhood and summer.

Farewell Summer

Green Town: Book 2

Ray Bradbury

In the deceiving warmth of earliest October, civil war has come to Green Town, Illinois, an age-old conflict pitting the young against the elderly for control of the clock that ticks their lives ever forward. The graying forces of school board despot Mr. Calvin C. Quartermain have declared total war on thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding and his downy-cheeked cohorts. The boys, in turn, plan and execute daring campaigns, matching old Quartermain's experience and cunning with their youthful enthusiasm and devil-may-care determination to hold on forever to childhood's summer. Yet time must ultimately be the victor, as life waits in ambush to assail young Spaulding with its powerful mysteries—the irresistible ascent of manhood, the sweet surrender of a first kiss . . .

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Green Town: Book 3

Ray Bradbury

For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry: step inside - the show is about to begin...

It's the week before Hallowe'en, and Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois. The siren song of the calliope entices all with promises of youth regained and dreams fulfilled, but everyone touched will be destroyed, for Mr Dark collects souls. And as two boys trembling on the brink of manhood set out to explore the mysteries of the dark carnival's smoke, mazes and mirrors, they will also discover the true price of innermost wishes . . .

Summer Morning, Summer Night

Green Town: Book 4

Ray Bradbury

Green Town, Illinois stands at the very heart of Ray Bradbury Country. A lovingly re-imagined version of the author's native Waukegan, it has served as the setting for such modern classics as Dandelion Wine, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Farewell Summer. In Summer Morning, Summer Night, Bradbury returns to this signature locale with a generous new collection of twenty-seven stories and vignettes, seventeen of which have never been published before. Together, they illuminate some of Green Town's previously hidden corners, and reaffirm Bradbury's position as the undisputed master of a unique fictional universe.

Table of Contents:

  • End of Summer - (1948)
  • The Great Fire - (1949)
  • All on a Summer's Night - (1950)
  • Miss Bidwell - (1950)
  • The Pumpernickel - (1951)
  • These Things Happen - (1951)
  • At Midnight, in the Month of June - (1954)
  • A Walk in Summer - (1979)
  • Autumn Afternoon - (2002)
  • Arrival and Departure
  • The Beautiful Lady
  • Love Potion
  • Night Meeting
  • The Death of So-and-So
  • I Got Something You Ain't Got!
  • The Waders
  • The Dog
  • The River That Went Out to Sea
  • Over, Over, Over, Over, Over, Over, Over, Over!
  • The Projector
  • The People With Seven Arms
  • A Serious Discussion (or Evil in the World)
  • The Fireflies
  • The Circus
  • The Cemetery (or the Tombyard)
  • Summer's End
  • The Screaming Woman - (1951)

Green

Green Universe: Book 1

Jay Lake

She was born in poverty, in a dusty village under the equatorial sun. She does not remember her mother, she does not remember her own name-her earliest clear memory is of the day her father sold her to the tall pale man. In the Court of the Pomegranate Tree, where she was taught the ways of a courtesan... and the skills of an assassin... she was named Emerald, the precious jewel of the Undying Duke's collection of beauties.

She calls herself Green.

The world she inhabits is one of political power and magic, where Gods meddle in the affairs of mortals. At the center of it is the immortal Duke's city of Copper Downs, which controls all the trade on the Storm Sea. Green has made many enemies, and some secret friends, and she has become a very dangerous woman indeed.

Acclaimed author Jay Lake has created a remarkable character in Green, and evokes a remarkable world in this novel. Green and her struggle to survive and find her own past will live in the reader's mind for a long time after closing the book.

Endurance

Green Universe: Book 2

Jay Lake

Green is back in Copper Downs. Purchased from her father in sunny Selistan when she was four years old, she was harshly raised to be a courtesan, companion, and bedmate of the Immortal Duke of Copper Downs. But Green rebelled. Green killed the Duke, and many others, and won her freedom. Yet she is still claimed by the gods and goddesses of her world, and they still require her service. Their demands are greater than any duke's could have been.

Godslayers have come to the Stone Coast, magicians whose cult is dedicated to destroying the many gods of Green's world. In the turmoil following the Immortal Duke's murder, Green made a God out of her power and her memories. Now the gods turn to her to protect them from the Slayers.

Jay Lake brings us an epic fantasy not "in the tradition of Tolkien," but, instead, sensual, ominous, shot through with the sweat of fear and the intoxication of power.

Kalimpura

Green Universe: Book 3

Jay Lake

This sequel to Green and Endurance takes Green back to the city of Kalimpura and the service of the Lily Goddess.

Green is hounded by the gods of Copper Down, and the gods of Kalimpura, who have laid claim to her and her children. She never wanted to be a conduit for the supernatural, but when she killed the Immortal Duke and created the Ox god with the power, she released she came to their notice.

Now she has sworn to retrieve the two girls taken hostage by the Bittern Court, one of Kalimpura's rival guilds. But the Temple of the Lily Goddess is playing politics with her life.

Greenglass House

Greenglass House: Book 1

Kate Milford

It's wintertime at Greenglass House. The creaky smuggler's inn is always quiet during this season, and twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his holidays relaxing. But on the first icy night of vacation, out of nowhere, the guest bell rings. Then rings again. And again. Soon Milo's home is bursting with odd, secretive guests, each one bearing a strange story that is somehow connected to the rambling old house. As objects go missing and tempers flare, Milo and Meddy, the cook's daughter, must decipher clues and untangle the web of deepening mysteries to discover the truth about Greenglass House--and themselves.

Ghosts of Greenglass House

Greenglass House: Book 2

Kate Milford

Welcome back to the irresistible world of Greenglass House where thirteen-year-old Milo is, once again, spending the winter holidays stuck in a house full of strange guests who are not what they seem. There are fresh clues to uncover as friends old and new join in his search for a mysterious map and a famous smuggler's lost haul.

This exciting sequel to a beloved book that was praised in a starred review as "an enchanting, empowering read" is sure to thrill both fans and newcomers. Like its predecessor, it's a smart, suspenseful tale that offers ghosts, friendships, and a cast of unforgettable characters, all wrapped up in a cozy mystery.

Bluecrowne

Greenglass House: Book 3

Kate Milford

Lucy Bluecrowne is beginning a new life ashore with her stepmother and half brother, though she's certain the only place she'll ever belong is with her father on a ship of war as part of the crew. She doesn't care that living in a house is safer and the proper place for a twelve-year-old girl; it's boring. But then two nefarious strangers identify her little brother as the pyrotechnical prodigy they need to enact an evil plan, and it will take all Lucy's fighting instincts to keep her family together.

Set in the magical Greenglass House world, this action-packed tale of the house's first inhabitants reveals the origins of some of its many secrets.

The Thief Knot

Greenglass House: Book 4

Kate Milford

Marzana and her best friend are bored. Even though they live in a notorious city where normal rules do not apply, nothing interesting ever happens to them. Nothing, that is, until Marzana's parents are recruited to help solve an odd crime, and she realizes that this could be the excitement she's been waiting for. She assembles a group of kid detectives with special skills--including the ghost of a ship captain's daughter--and together, they explore hidden passageways, navigate architecture that changes overnight, and try to unravel the puzzle of who the kidnappers are--and where they're hiding. But will they beat the deadline for a ransom that's impossible to pay?

Legendary smugglers, suspicious teachers, and some scary bad guys are just a few of the adults the crew must circumvent while discovering hidden truths about their families and themselves in this smart, richly imagined tale.

The Raconteur's Commonplace Book

Greenglass House: Book 5

Kate Milford

Nothing is what it seems and there's always more than one side to the story as a group of strangers trapped in an inn slowly reveal their secrets in this new standalone mystery set in the world of the best-selling Greenglass House.

The rain hasn't stopped for a week, and the twelve guests of the Blue Vein Tavern are trapped by flooded roads and the rising Skidwrack River. Among them are a ship's captain, tattooed twins, a musician, and a young girl traveling on her own. To pass the time, they begin to tell stories--each a different type of folklore--that eventually reveal more about their own secrets than they intended.

As the rain continues to pour down--an uncanny, unnatural amount of rain--the guests begin to realize that the entire city is in danger, and not just from the flood. But they have only their stories, and one another, to save them. Will it be enough?

The Inner House

Greenhill Science Fiction Series: Book 1

Walter Besant

An excerpt of a review from The Unpopular Review, Volume 10, December, 1918:

...WHEN we come to The Inner House by Sir Walter Besant, we find a Utopia that strikes at the very root of the Utopian idea, -- man's desire for a society without drawbacks. To Sir Walter, all Utopias are bad. The craving for them is most harmful. For man to follow the line of least resistance all through life, and to encounter no obstacles in his path, would result in a moral flabbiness that would mean his downfall. The working effect of a society in which there is no struggle for existence is pictured in the Inner House with convincing probability. Hardships are unknown, and the citizens, having overcome all dissatisfaction with conditions, are left in torpor and apathy, stupid and sluggish, for lack of any "large and liberal discontent."

In the land of The Inner House there is no more death or pain. The physicians of the House of Life have made the Great Discovery, how to abolish both pain and death. The result is that Religion and Love have perished from the land. How could Religion survive the removal of Death? "We fear not Death and, therefore, need no religion," the people say. "Without the certainty of parting, Religion droops and dies.... He who is immortal and commands the secrets of Nature so that he shall neither die, nor grow old, nor become feeble nor fall into any disease, feels no necessity for any religion." Love too disappears. But one thing kills Love. It cannot live long while the face and form know no change. Only at the price of abandoning the Great Discovery can Love be revived. The people rise up and throw off their effortless existence, for the sake of the Greater Discovery, "that to all things earthly there must come an end." The inhabitants realize in regard to their loved ones that "the very reason why they clasp them is because they die."

Utopias have their uses; The Inner House is needed to show their possible abuses, and it stands out as the great warning to all Utopians.

Olympian Nights

Greenhill Science Fiction Series: Book 3

John Kendrick Bangs

An American traveler of the twentieth century finds himself stranded in Greece, robbed and alone, and takes sanctuary in a cave... that proves to be the entrance to the home of the gods. As the gods' guest, he learns just what the immortal divinities are up to in modern times, with hilarious results. Bangs portrays the gods going about their duties and personal affairs in the terms of American high society, with all the elegance, archness, wit, jealousy, and pettiness of the idle rich. Mythic grandeur and modern wit prove a perfect fit in this sharp satire.

Contents:

  • Afterword (Olympian Nights) - (1986) - essay by Brian Stableford
  • A Royal Outing - (1902) - shortstory
  • An Extraordinary Interview - (1902) - shortstory
  • At the Zoo - (1902) - shortstory
  • I Am Dismissed - (1902) - shortstory
  • I Reach Mount Olympus - (1902) - shortstory
  • I Seek Shelter and Find It - (1902) - shortstory
  • I Summon a Valet - (1902) - shortstory
  • In the Dining-Room - (1902) - shortstory
  • Some Account of the Palace of Jupiter - (1902) - shortstory
  • The Elevator Boy - (1902) - shortstory
  • The Olympian Links - (1902) - shortstory
  • Æsculapius, M.D. - (1902) - shortstory

The Doings of Raffles Haw

Greenhill Science Fiction Series: Book 4

Arthur Conan Doyle

This is scientific romance about a disenchanted gold maker who has discovered a way to turn lead into solid gold and uses his wealth to help people. But when he sees that his philanthropic activities don't benefit anyone, he becomes disillusioned.

Raffles Haw, a mysterious millionaire, moves to Staffordshire, England amid much gossip and speculation such is the grandeur of his new home. Upon his arrival, Haw befriends the McIntyre family. McIntyre senior was a wealthy gun merchant before going bankrupt and losing his sanity. But this is only the start of the mysterious family's tale and the deadly secrets they hold close.

Planetoid 127

Greenhill Science Fiction Series: Book 5

Edgar Wallace

A young man finds that his old science teacher and benefactor, Professor Colson, is in contact with another world. The information the Professor is receiving has made him rich, but has also made him a powerful enemy who will stop at nothing to discover the Professor's secret and use it for his own ends.

Tourmalin's Time Cheques

Greenhill Science Fiction Series: Book 6

F. Anstey

Anstey's work comes closest to SF in Tourmalin's Time Cheques (A Farcical Extravagance) (1891; vt The Time Bargain; or, Tourmalin's Cheque Book 1905), one of the earliest Time-Paradox stories and a pioneering example of Time Out of Sequence complications, though in the end, resolved as a dream.

Master of His Fate

Greenhill Science Fiction Series: Book 8

J. MacLaren Cobban

Master of his Fate (October-December 1889 Blackwood's Magazine; 1890), whose protagonist, tortured by the need vampirically to drain the life energy of others to maintain his own Immortality, confesses all to an expert in the field of animal magnetism; and then - convulsively aged into an old man, as always happens before he feeds - kills himself.

Silver in the Wood

Greenhollow: Book 1

Emily Tesh

There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he lives a perfectly unremarkable existence with his cottage, his cat, and his dryads.

When Greenhollow Hall acquires a handsome, intensely curious new owner in Henry Silver, everything changes. Old secrets better left buried are dug up, and Tobias is forced to reckon with his troubled past – both the green magic of the woods, and the dark things that rest in its heart.

Drowned Country

Greenhollow: Book 2

Emily Tesh

Even the Wild Man of Greenhollow can't ignore a summons from his mother, when that mother is the indomitable Adela Silver, practical folklorist. Henry Silver does not relish what he'll find in the grimy seaside town of Rothport, where once the ancient wood extended before it was drowned beneath the sea – a missing girl, a monster on the loose, or, worst of all, Tobias Finch, who loves him.

Greenmagic

Greenmagic: Book 1

Crawford Kilian

HIS FATHER WAS THE KING. HIS MOTHER WAS A SLAVE.

Dheribi thought of himself as an outsider--more than a servant, less than a prince--until the night he fought to protect a slave girl from a drunken guardsman. Then he learned what it was to be truly an outcast.

He won the fight--but he had killed a noble, and the penalty was slavery. Before the king passed sentence, he made a promise: If Dheribi helped overthrow the rival city where he would be sold, the king would pardon him and bring him home.

Dheribi's mother made a different promise. The magic of her mountain people was Dheribi's birthright. She swore that if he learned to harness the power within him, he could free all their people--and the land itself!

So the slave-prince began the perilous quest to cast down his father's enemies and learn the ways of wizards...

Redmagic

Greenmagic: Book 2

Crawford Kilian

BLOODMAGIC

The wizard Calindor and his bride had journeyed far from home, studying dragons, magic, and various subjects appropriate to those newly wed. But their voyage of discovery ended abruptly when a sea monster rose up out of the salty deep and dropped a strange, red-haired girl onto the deck of their boat.

The girl was a refugee, fleeing conquering armies from the desert southland. Thus did Calindor's people first learn of the Exteca invaders, a force that was proving unstoppable. Their soldiers were efficient and totally dedicated. Mammoth, tusked beasts bore them into battle. And their magicians wielded a daunting magic, one that drew directly on the scalding power of living blood.

The Exteca coveted the cool and fertile northern lands, and their Gods thirsted for the taste of foreign souls. Calindor's greenmagic could not turn back the tide. And the enemy empire would stop at nothing--to seize his powers for their own!

Half Bad

Half Bad Trilogy: Book 1

Sally Green

In modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White witches, who are good; Black witches, who are evil; and sixteen-year-old Nathan, who is both. Nathan's father is the world's most powerful and cruel Black witch, and his mother is dead. He is hunted from all sides. Trapped in a cage, beaten and handcuffed, Nathan must escape before his seventeenth birthday, at which point he will receive three gifts from his father and come into his own as a witch—or else he will die. But how can Nathan find his father when his every action is tracked, when there is no one safe to trust—not even family, not even the girl he loves?

In the tradition of Patrick Ness and Markus Zusak, Half Bad is a gripping tale of alienation and the indomitable will to survive, a story that will grab hold of you and not let go until the very last page.

Half Wild

Half Bad Trilogy: Book 2

Sally Green

In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, seventeen-year-old Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world's most powerful and violent witch. Nathan is hunted from all sides: nowhere is safe and no one can be trusted. Now, Nathan has come into his own unique magical Gift, and he's on the run--but the Hunters are close behind, and they will stop at nothing until they have captured Nathan and destroyed his father.

Half Lost

Half Bad Trilogy: Book 3

Sally Green

The Alliance is losing. Their most critical weapon, seventeen-year-old witch Nathan Brynn, has killed fifty-two people, and yet he's no closer to ending the tyrannical, abusive rule of the Council of White Witches in England. Nor is Nathan any closer to his personal goal: getting revenge on Annalise, the girl he once loved, before she committed an unthinkable crime. There is an amulet, protected by the extremely powerful witch Ledger, which could be the tool Nathan needs to save himself and the Alliance.

But the amulet is not so easily acquired. And lately Nathan has started to suffer from visions: a vision of a golden moment when he dies, and of an endless line of Hunters, impossible to overcome. Gabriel, his closest companion, encourages Nathan to run away with him, to start a peaceful life together. But even Gabriel's love may not be enough to save Nathan from this war, or from the person he has become.

Hawk & Fisher

Hawk & Fisher: Book 1

Simon R. Green

HAWK & FISHER. They're the battle-scarred crimebusters of a never-ending urban war... Hawk rules the streets by broad-sword. Fisher cracks down on toughs with the deadly dagger that she wields with unflinching skill.

Their merciless beat is the rough town misnamed Haven - a dark and murderous place overrun with spell-casters, demons, and thieves. Ready money will buy anything in their town... Anything except justice. That requires a magic touch.

Winner Takes All

Hawk & Fisher: Book 2

Simon R. Green

Hawk & Fisher, captains of the City Guard of Haven, are assigned to be bodyguards for a Reform candidate during an election campaign. Candidate James Adamant is beset from all sides by enemies - political, personal, and supernatural. Keeping him alive long enough to count the ballots could cost the lives of both Hawk and Fisher, in a deadly game where the winner takes all.

The God Killer

Hawk & Fisher: Book 3

Simon R. Green

Murders are taking place on Haven's Street of Gods - the gods themselves are being killed. Hawk & Fisher are assigned to work with a Seer, a Sorcerer, and a Swordsman, a peacekeeping team known as the God Squad. Together, their task is to bring the killer to justice before the mounting panic erupts into an all-out War of the Gods, which could destroy the city of Haven.

Wolf in the Fold

Hawk & Fisher: Book 4

Simon R. Green

There's nothing safe about Haven, nor is there justice, truth, or honesty. The only thing stemming the forces of darkness from overtaking the city is the Guard, but even they are susceptible to bribes, threats, and general maliciousness. However, two members of the Guard hope to change that. Hawk and Fisher, the husband and wife team, are the only pure forces of good in Haven. They can't be bought. They can't stand for injustice. But they can kick your ass.

Working on the side of good in Haven means you have to get used to rubbing elbows with lowlifes. But nothing they've faced before has prepared them for this case. The spy they're trailing leads them to a tower of the aristocratic quality. Donning disguises to infiltrate the tower, Hawk and Fisher risk death if they're caught, but they have to catch the spy before valuable secrets are revealed. However, all is not well in the tower. Maniacal and immortal, a Freak is on the loose, murdering anyone in its path. Now Hawk and Fisher must not only stop the monster before it kills more people, but also find the spy without blowing their cover.

Guard Against Dishonor

Hawk & Fisher: Book 5

Simon R. Green

Amid top-level peace talks between the Low Kingdoms and Outremer, the streets of Haven are ravaged by a new drug, which brings out the vicious animal instincts of its victims. The distributors always seem to be one step ahead of the City Guard force. Someone may be revealing the Guards' plans. Could Isobel Fisher be the informant? Hawk and Fisher are pulled apart by circumstance as a political truce is threatened and the death toll climbs.

The Bones of Haven

Hawk & Fisher: Book 6

Simon R. Green

As peace talks proceed between the Low Kingdoms and the country of Outremer, Hawk and Fisher are assigned to work with the Guards SWAT (Special Wizardry And Tactics) team to stop a riot in Haven's largest prison. The riot turns out to be a cover for something much more elaborate and dangerous, involving a renegade sorcerer, a terrorist who will stop at nothing to undermine the peace negotiations, and an ancient magical secret.

Scotland the Brave

Highlander: Book 3

Jennifer Roberson

MacLeod is drawn into a conspiracy of Immortals on a militant quest to win back the independence that Scotland lost, centuries ago, at the battle of Culloden. If Duncan follows the call of the clans he risks being drawn into a web of death.

or

Duncan MacLeod is lured into a plot to steal Scotland's royal jewels back from England by a fellow Highlander. Irish Immortal and IRA terrorist Annie Devlin joins in the plan, hoping to unite the Scottish and Irish independence movements.

The Holy Terrors

Holy Terrors Mystery: Book 1

Simon R. Green

Six people locked in a haunted hall... Cameras watching their every move... And then someone dies...

Welcome to Spooky Time, the hit TV ghost-hunting show where the horror is scripted... and the ratings are declining rapidly. What better way to up the stakes - and boost the viewership - than by locking a select group of Z-list celebrities up for the night in The Most Haunted Hall in England (TM) and live-streaming the 'terrifying' results?

Soon Alistair, a newly appointed Bishop, actress Diana, medium Leslie, comedian Toby and celebrity chef Indira are trapped inside Stonehaven town hall, along with June, the host and producer of the show. The group tries to settle in and put on a good show, but then strange things start happening in their hall of horrors.

What is it about this place - and why is the TV crew outside not responding? Are they even on air? Logical Alistair and intuitive Diana attempt to keep the group's fears at bay and rationalize the odd events, but there are things that just can't be explained within reason... Can the pair stop a cold-blooded would-be killer - even if it's come from beyond the grave?

Stone Certainty

Holy Terrors Mystery: Book 2

Simon R. Green

There are stories about the dilapidated stone circle at Chipping Amesbury, going back centuries. Of people going missing, never to be seen again. Of people found dead inside the circle. Of monsters, and of demons. The villagers may tell the tales with relish to visiting tourists, but a careful observer will notice that there is no transport to the stones, no tours on offer, and the locals stay well away.

Alistair Kincaid, the youngest ever bishop of All Souls Hollow, is an expert in Britain's ancient stone circles. That's why, when landowner Sir Neville Chumley announces his plans to restore the circle to its ancient glory, he agrees to take part in a documentary about the project.

Well - that, plus talented actress Diana Hunt is on board. Ever since their last encounter, when the pair of them hunted ghosts and solved a murder, the tabloids have dubbed them the Holy Terrors, and Alistair can't wait to see her again.

But soon after filming begins, Alistair and Diana are plunged into a terrifying mystery. For the repositioning of the final stone unleashes a series of blood-chilling events that threaten to make them both believe in demons - if, that is, they make it out of the stone circle alive.

Being a Green Mother

Incarnations of Immortality: Book 5

Piers Anthony

Orb had a rare gift--the magic which manifested whenever she sang or played her harp. No one could resist her music. But she knew that greater magic lay in the Llano, the mystic music that controlled all things. The quest for the Llano occupied Orb's life. Until she met Natasha, handsome and charming, and an even finer musician. But her mother Niobe came as an Aspect of Fire, with the news that Orb had been chosen for the role of Incarnation of Nature--The Green Mother. But she also warned of a prophecy that Orb was to marry Evil. Could she be sure that Natasha was not really Satan, the Master of Illusion, laying a trap for her...?

Wizards

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Book 1

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Stories deal with a magician's quest, a man who changes into an elephant, sorcerers, werewolves, storytellers, a magical necklace, ancient monsters revived by a spell, a daring rescue, and a mysterious wall...

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Introduction: Wizards - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 11 - Mazirian the Magician - [Dying Earth] - (1950) - short story by Jack Vance
  • 27 - Please Stand By - [Max Kearny] - (1962) - short story by Ron Goulart
  • 49 - What Good Is a Glass Dagger? - [Magic Goes Away] - (1972) - novelette by Larry Niven
  • 84 - The Eye of Tandyla - [Pusadian] - (1951) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
  • 107 - The White Horse Child - (1979) - short story by Greg Bear
  • 126 - Semley's Necklace - [Hainish] - (1964) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of The Dowry of Angyar)
  • 145 - And the Monsters Walk - (1952) - novella by John Jakes
  • 182 - The Seeker in the Fortress - [Kardios] - (1979) - novelette by Manly Wade Wellman
  • 204 - The Wall Around the World - (1953) - novelette by Theodore R. Cogswell
  • 230 - The People of the Black Circle - [Conan] - (1934) - novella by Robert E. Howard

Witches

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Book 2

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction: Witches - (1984) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 12 - My Mother Was a Witch - (1966) - short story by William Tenn
  • 18 - A Message from Charity - (1967) - short story by William M. Lee
  • 37 - The Witch - (1943) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
  • 58 - The Witches of Karres - [Karres] - (1949) - novelette by James H. Schmitz
  • 99 - Spree - (1984) - short story by Barry N. Malzberg
  • 107 - Devil's Henchman - (1952) - short story by Murray Leinster
  • 121 - Malice in Wonderland - (1957) - novelette by Rufus King
  • 140 - Operation Salamander - [Operation Chaos] - (1957) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • 166 - Wizard's World - (1967) - novella by Andre Norton
  • 212 - Sweets to the Sweet - (1947) - short story by Robert Bloch
  • 221 - Poor Little Saturday - (1956) - short story by Madeleine L'Engle
  • 236 - Squeakie's First Case - (1943) - novelette by Margaret Manners
  • 258 - The Ipswich Phial - [Lord Darcy] - (1976) - novelette by Randall Garrett
  • 303 - Black Heart and White Heart - (1896) - novella by H. Rider Haggard

Cosmic Knights

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Book 3

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Magical tales of chivalry and adventure include works by Poul Anderson, Vera Chapman, L. Sprague de Camp, Kenneth Grahame, Keith Laumer, Roger Zelazny, and others...

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction: In Days of Old - (1985) - essay by Isaac Asimov (variant of In Days of Old)
  • 7 - Crusader Damosel - (1978) - short story by Vera Chapman
  • 21 - Divers Hands - [Julian] - (1979) - novelette by Darrell Schweitzer
  • 49 - The Reluctant Dragon - (1898) - novelette by Kenneth Grahame
  • 71 - The Immortal Game - (1954) - short story by Poul Anderson
  • 85 - The Stainless-Steel Knight - (1961) - novelette by John T. Phillifent
  • 117 - Diplomat-at-Arms - [Retief] - (1960) - novella by Keith Laumer
  • 165 - Dream Damsel - (1954) - short story by Evan Hunter
  • 177 - The Last Defender of Camelot - (1979) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
  • 201 - A Knyght Ther Was - (1963) - novella by Robert F. Young
  • 251 - Divide and Rule - (1939) - novella by L. Sprague de Camp

Spells

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Book 4

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Short stories by authors such as Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Andre Norton depict the strange effects of curses and magic spells...

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Curses! - (1985) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 10 - The Candidate - (1961) - short story by Henry Slesar
  • 18 - The Christmas Shadrach - (1891) - short story by Frank R. Stockton
  • 37 - The Snow Women - [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] - (1970) - novella by Fritz Leiber
  • 106 - Invisible Boy - (1945) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • 116 - The Hero Who Returned - (1979) - novelette by Gerald W. Page
  • 140 - Toads of Grimmerdale - [Witch World Secrets] - (1973) - novella by Andre Norton (variant of The Toads of Grimmerdale)
  • 188 - A Literary Death - (1985) - short story by Martin H. Greenberg
  • 191 - Satan and Sam Shay - (1942) - short story by Robert Arthur
  • 206 - Lot No. 249 - (1892) - novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 239 - The Witch Is Dead - [Simon Ark - 3] - (1956) - short story by Edward D. Hoch
  • 259 - I Know What You Need - (1976) - novelette by Stephen King
  • 282 - The Miracle Workers - (1969) - novella by Jack Vance (variant of The Miracle-Workers 1958)

Giants

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Book 5

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Introduction: Giants in the Earth - (1985) - essay by Isaac Asimov (variant of Giants in the Earth)
  • 11 - The Riddle of Ragnarok - (1955) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • 31 - Straggler from Atlantis - [Kardios] - (1977) - novelette by Manly Wade Wellman
  • 57 - He Who Shrank - (1936) - novella by Henry Hasse
  • 123 - From the Dark Waters - (1976) - short story by David Drake
  • 139 - Small Lords - (1957) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
  • 161 - The Mad Planet - [Burl - 1] - (1920) - novella by Murray Leinster
  • 220 - Dreamworld - (1955) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • 222 - The Thirty and One - [Tales from Cornwall - 4] - (1938) - short story by David H. Keller, M.D.
  • 235 - The Law-Twister Shorty - [Dilbia] - (1971) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
  • 279 - In the Lower Passage - (1902) - short story by Harle Oren Cummins
  • 284 - Cabin Boy - (1951) - novelette by Damon Knight
  • 312 - The Colossus of Ylourgne - [The Colossus of Ylourgne] - (1934) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith

Mythical Beasties

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Book 6

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • 3 - Centaur Fielder for the Yankees - (1986) - short story by Edward D. Hoch
  • 15 - The Ice Dragon - (1980) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
  • 38 - Prince Prigio - (1889) - novella by Andrew Lang
  • 90 - The Gorgon - (1982) - novelette by Tanith Lee
  • 114 - The Griffin and the Minor Canon - (1885) - short story by Frank R. Stockton
  • 131 - The Kragen - (1964) - novella by Jack Vance
  • 205 - The Little Mermaid - (1837) - novelette by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Den Lille Havfrue)
  • 230 - Letters from Laura - (1954) - short story by Mildred Clingerman
  • 239 - The Triumph of Pegasus - (1964) - novelette by Frank A. Javor
  • 271 - Caution! Inflammable! - (1955) - short story by Thomas N. Scortia
  • 276 - The Pyramid Project - (1964) - novelette by Robert F. Young (variant of The Sphinx)
  • 309 - The Silken-Swift - (1953) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • 332 - Mood Wendigo - [Howie Wyman] - (1980) - short story by Thomas A. Easton

Magical Wishes

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Book 7

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Stories tell of a magical umbrella, a newspaper that predicts the future, a devil's advocate, a terrible curse, a witch, a wizard, nightmares, and a powerful genie...

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction: Wishing Will Make It So - (1986) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 12 - The Monkey's Paw - (1902) - short story by W. W. Jacobs
  • 24 - Behind the News - (1952) - short story by Jack Finney
  • 38 - The Flight of the Umbrella - [Umbrella / Fillmore] - (1977) - novella by Marvin Kaye
  • 97 - Tween - (1978) - novelette by J. F. Bone
  • 121 - The Boy Who Brought Love - (1974) - short story by Edward D. Hoch
  • 125 - The Vacation - (1963) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • 133 - The Anything Box - (1956) - short story by Zenna Henderson
  • 148 - A Born Charmer - [Dafydd Llewelyn] - (1981) - short story by Edward P. Hughes
  • 166 - What If ... - (1952) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • 180 - Millennium - (1955) - short story by Fredric Brown
  • 182 - Dreams Are Sacred - (1948) - novelette by Peter Phillips
  • 206 - The Same to You Doubled - (1970) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 216 - Gifts - (1958) - short story by Gordon R. Dickson
  • 230 - I Wish I May, I Wish I Might - (1973) - short story by Bill Pronzini
  • 234 - Three Day Magic - (1948) - novella by Charlotte Armstrong
  • 321 - The Bottle Imp - (1891) - novelette by Robert Louis Stevenson

Devils

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Book 8

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

A collection of fantasy stories dealing with black magic, temptation, and demonic enchantment includes works by Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Vincent Benet, Leo Tolstoy, Robert Bloch, Theodore Sturgeon, and Philip Jose Farmer...

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - The Devil - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 13 - I'm Dangerous Tonight - (1937) - novella by Cornell Woolrich
  • 91 - The Devil in Exile - [Devil & Belphagor - 3] - (1968) - short story by Brian Cleeve
  • 105 - The Cage - (1959) - short story by Ray Russell
  • 113 - The Tale of Ivan the Fool - (1890) - novelette 1886) [as by Leo Tolstoi]
  • 143 - The Shepherds - (1941) - short story by Ruth Sawyer
  • 151 - He Stepped on the Devil's Tail - (1955) - short story by Winston K. Marks
  • 167 - Rustle of Wings - (1953) - short story by Fredric Brown
  • 173 - That Hell-Bound Train - (1958) - short story by Robert Bloch
  • 189 - Added Inducement - (1957) - short story by Robert F. Young
  • 197 - The Devil and Daniel Webster - (1936) - short story by Stephen Vincent Benét
  • 213 - Colt .24 - (1987) - short story by Rick Hautala
  • 225 - The Making of Revelation, Part I - (1980) - novelette by Philip José Farmer
  • 243 - The Howling Man - (1959) - short story by Charles Beaumont
  • 261 - Trace - (1961) - short story by Jerome Bixby
  • 265 - Guardian Angel - (1950) - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
  • 309 - The Devil Was Sick - (1951) - short story by Bruce Elliott
  • 321 - Deal with the D.E.V.I.L. - (1981) - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
  • 325 - Dazed - (1971) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon

Atlantis

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Book 9

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

A collection of fantastic tales from some of the world's finest science fiction writers brings to life a lost world that still holds out the promise of magical secrets or fatal traps for the curious or unwary...

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction: The Lost City - (1988) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 15 - Treaty in Tartessos - (1963) - short story by Karen Anderson
  • 23 - The Vengeance of Ulios - (1935) - novelette by Edmond Hamilton
  • 61 - Scar-Tissue - (1946) - short story by Henry S. Whitehead
  • 77 - The Double Shadow - [Poseidonis] - (1933) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • 95 - The Dweller in the Temple - [Kardios] - (1977) - novelette by Manly Wade Wellman
  • 123 - Gone Fishing - (1988) - short story by J. A. Pollard
  • 129 - The Lamp - [W. Wilson Newbury] - (1975) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp
  • 153 - The Shadow Kingdom - [Kull of Valusia] - (1929) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
  • 193 - The New Atlantis - (1975) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • 225 - Dragon Moon - [Elak] - (1941) - novelette by Henry Kuttner
  • 273 - The Brigadier in Check -- and Mate - [Brigadier Ffellowes] - (1986) - novella by Sterling E. Lanier

Ghosts

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Book 10

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Fourteen chilling tales--including Charles L. Grant's "Come Dance With Me on my Pony's Grave," Parke Godwin's "The Fire When it Comes," and Isaac Asimov's "Author Author"--tells of ghosts returned on quests of justice, love, and vengeance...

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Introduction: Ghosts - (1988) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 11 - Ringing the Changes - (1955) - novelette by Robert Aickman
  • 39 - Author! Author! - (1964) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • 67 - Touring - (1981) - novelette by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick [as by Jack M. Dann and Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick]
  • 85 - The Wind in the Rose-Bush - (1902) - novelette by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • 102 - Come Dance with Me on My Pony's Grave - (1973) - short story by Charles L. Grant
  • 115 - The Fire When It Comes - (1981) - novelette by Parke Godwin
  • 159 - The Toll-House - (1907) - short story by W. W. Jacobs
  • 169 - The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost - (1983) - novelette by Russell Kirk
  • 213 - A Terrible Vengeance - (1889) - novelette by Mrs. J. H. Riddell [as by Charlotte Riddell]
  • 254 - Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) - (1983) - novelette by Tanith Lee
  • 275 - A Passion for History - (1976) - short story by Stephen Minot
  • 286 - Daemon - (1946) - short story by C. L. Moore
  • 309 - The Lady's Maid's Bell - (1902) - novelette by Edith Wharton
  • 329 - The King of Thieves - [Magnus Ridolph] - (1949) - short story by Jack Vance

Curses

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Book 11

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Tales of dark magic, sinister spells, deadly vengeance, and terrifying powers highlight a collection featuring the work of Wilkie Collins, Robert Bloch, Arthur C. Clarke, and other authors...

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Introduction: Malevolence - (1989) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 10 - The Curse - (1946) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
  • 13 - Julia Cahill's Curse - (1903) - short story by George Moore
  • 19 - The Red Swimmer - (1939) - novelette by Robert Bloch
  • 40 - The Doom of the Griffiths - (1858) - novelette by Mrs. Gaskell [as by Elizabeth Gaskell]
  • 75 - You Know Willie - (1957) - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
  • 80 - Trouble with Water - (1939) - short story by H. L. Gold [as by Horace L. Gold]
  • 102 - Mad Monkton - (1855) - novella by Wilkie Collins
  • 164 - Long Chromachy of the Crows - (1905) - short story by Seumas MacManus
  • 175 - The Little Black Train - [John the Balladeer] - (1954) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
  • 191 - The Curse of the Catafalques - (1882) - novelette by F. Anstey
  • 217 - A Séance in Summer - (1974) - short story by Thomas F. Monteleone [as by Mario Martin, Jr.]
  • 228 - Transformations - (1989) - short story by Christopher Fahy
  • 237 - In Dark New England Days - (1890) - short story by Sarah Orne Jewett
  • 256 - The Messenger - (1897) - novelette by Robert W. Chambers
  • 292 - Or the Grasses Grow - (1958) - short story by Avram Davidson
  • 301 - The Dollar - (1905) - short story by Morgan Robertson
  • 317 - A Hunger in the Blood - (1989) - novelette by Talmage Powell

Faeries

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Book 12

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Fairyland - (1991) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 4 - How the Fairies Came to Ireland - (1902) - short story by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh [as by Herminie Templeton]
  • 15 - The Manor of Roses - [John & Stephen] - (1966) - novella by Thomas Burnett Swann
  • 79 - The Fairy Prince - (1911) - short story by H. C. Bailey
  • 93 - The Ugly Unicorn - (1991) - short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
  • 105 - The Brownie of the Black Haggs - short story by James Hogg (variant of The Brownie of the Black Hags 1828)
  • 121 - The Dream of Akinosuké - (1904) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
  • 128 - Elfinland - (1991) - novelette by Ludwig Tieck (trans. of Die Elfen 1812) [as by Johann Ludwig Tieck]
  • 148 - Darby O'Gill and the Good People - (1901) - short story by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh [as by Herminie Templeton]
  • 161 - No Man's Land - novella by John Buchan (variant of No-Man's-Land 1899)
  • 208 - The Prism - (1901) - short story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman [as by Mary E. Wilkins]
  • 220 - The Kith of the Elf-Folk - (1908) - short story by Lord Dunsany
  • 235 - The Secret Place - (1966) - short story by Richard McKenna
  • 252 - The King of the Elves - (1953) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
  • 274 - Flying Pan - (1956) - short story by Robert F. Young
  • 284 - My Father, the Cat - (1957) - short story by Henry Slesar
  • 292 - Kid Stuff - (1953) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • 307 - The Long Night of Waiting - (1974) - short story by Andre Norton
  • 325 - The Queen of Air and Darkness - (1971) - novella by Poul Anderson

Intergalactic Empires

Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction: Book 1

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Stories deal with the rise and fall, government, exploration missions, incorporation, and defense of interstellar empires.

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Introduction: Empires - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 11 - Cycles - essay by uncredited
  • 13 - Chalice of Death - [Lest We Forget Thee, Earth - 1] - (1957) - novella by Robert Silverberg
  • 47 - Orphan of the Void - [Terran Federation - 1] - (1972) - novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (variant of The Man Who Wasn't Home 1960)
  • 92 - Down to the Worlds of Men - (1963) - novelette by Alexei Panshin
  • 120 - Governance - essay by uncredited
  • 122 - Ministry of Disturbance - [Empire Era] - (1958) - novelette by H. Beam Piper
  • 163 - Blind Alley - [Foundation Universe] - (1945) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • 186 - A Planet Named Shayol - [The Instrumentality of Mankind] - (1961) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
  • 222 - Concerns - essay by uncredited
  • 224 - Diabologic - (1955) - short story by Eric Frank Russell
  • 245 - Fighting Philosopher - [Philosophical Corps] - (1954) - novelette by Everett B. Cole [as by E. B. Cole]
  • 281 - Honorable Enemies - [Dominic Flandry] - (1951) - novelette by Poul Anderson

The Science Fictional Olympics

Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction: Book 2

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

1984 Signet Classic mass market paperback. Edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh. Sci-fi anthology includes stories by Asimov, George R.R. Martin, L. Sprague de Camp, Mike Resnick, Arthur C. Clarke. Alan Dean Foster and others.

Table of Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction: Competition! - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 4 - Run to Starlight - (1974) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
  • 33 - The Mickey Mouse Olympics - (1979) - short story by Tom Sullivan
  • 47 - Dream Fighter - (1977) - short story by Bob Shaw
  • 59 - The Kokod Warriors - [Magnus Ridolph] - (1952) - novelette by Jack Vance
  • 94 - Getting Through University - [Dr. Dillingham] - (1968) - novelette by Piers Anthony
  • 127 - For the Sake of Grace - [Coyote Jones] - (1969) - novelette by Suzette Haden Elgin
  • 150 - The National Pastime - (1973) - novelette by Norman Spinrad
  • 169 - A Day for Dying - (1969) - short story by Charles Nuetzel
  • 179 - The People Trap - (1968) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 197 - Why Johnny Can't Speed - (1971) - short story by Alan Dean Foster
  • 210 - Nothing in the Rules - (1939) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
  • 239 - The Olympians - (1982) - short story by Mike Resnick
  • 247 - The Wind from the Sun - (1964) - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
  • 267 - Prose Bowl - (1979) - novelette by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
  • 293 - From Downtown at the Buzzer - (1977) - novelette by George Alec Effinger
  • 313 - A Glint of Gold - (1980) - short story by Simon Hawke [as by Nicholas V. Yermakov]
  • 329 - The Survivor - (1965) - novelette by Walter F. Moudy

Supermen

Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction: Book 3

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Introduction: Super - (1984) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 11 - Angel, Dark Angel - (1967) - short story by Roger Zelazny
  • 23 - Worlds to Kill - (1968) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
  • 47 - In the Bone - (1966) - short story by Gordon R. Dickson
  • 69 - What Rough Beast? - (1959) - novelette by Damon Knight
  • 92 - Death by Ecstasy - [Gil Hamilton] - (1969) - novella by Larry Niven
  • 154 - Un-Man - [Psychotechnic League] - (1953) - novella by Poul Anderson
  • 236 - Muse - (1969) - short story by Dean R. Koontz
  • 247 - Resurrection - (1948) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
  • 265 - Pseudopath - (1959) - novelette by Philip E. High
  • 288 - After the Myths Went Home - (1969) - short story by Robert Silverberg
  • 296 - Before the Talent Dies - (1957) - novelette by Henry Slesar
  • 317 - Brood World Barbarian

Comets

Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction: Book 4

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Tales by Mark Twain, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Frederik Pohl, Arthur C. Clarke, Gregory Benford, and other masters of the science fiction genre explore the realm of comets.

Table of Contents:

  • ix - Introduction: Comets - (1986) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 1 - A Blazing Starre Seene in the West - (1642) - short fiction by Jonas Wright
  • 5 - Into the Sun - (1882) - short story by Robert Duncan Milne
  • 23 - Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven - (1907) - short fiction by Mark Twain (variant of Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven)
  • 32 - The Comet Doom - (1928) - novelette by Edmond Hamilton
  • 71 - Sunspot - (1960) - short story by Hal Clement
  • 93 - Inside the Comet - (1960) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Into the Comet)
  • 103 - Raindrop - (1965) - novelette by Hal Clement
  • 149 - Comet Wine - (1967) - novelette by Ray Russell
  • 167 - The Red Euphoric Bands - (1967) - short story by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham]
  • 180 - Throwback - (1969) - short story by Sydney J. Bounds
  • 189 - Kindergarten - (1970) - short story by James E. Gunn
  • 192 - West Wind, Falling - (1971) - novelette by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
  • 213 - The Comet, the Cairn and the Capsule - (1972) - short story by Duncan Lunan (variant of Comet, Cairn and Capsule)
  • 230 - Some Joys Under the Star - (1973) - short story by Frederik Pohl
  • 243 - Future Forbidden - (1973) - short story by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham]
  • 260 - The Death of Princes - (1976) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • 277 - The Funhouse Effect - [Eight Worlds] - (1976) - novelette by John Varley
  • 302 - The Family Man - (1978) - short story by Theodore L. Thomas
  • 309 - Double Planet - (1984) - short story by John Gribbin [as by Dr. John Gribbin]
  • 317 - Pride - (1985) - novelette by Poul Anderson

Tin Stars

Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction: Book 5

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

A collection of science fiction tales of mystery, crime, and detection features works by Stephen R. Donaldson, Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Harlan Ellison, and others.

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Introduction (Tin Stars) - (1986) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 11 - Into the Shop - (1964) - short story by Ron Goulart
  • 22 - Cloak of Anarchy - [Known Space] - (1972) - novelette by Larry Niven
  • 44 - The King's Legions - [Federation of Humanity] - (1967) - novelette by Christopher Anvil
  • 98 - Finger of Fate - (1980) - short story by Edward Wellen
  • 109 - Arm of the Law - (1958) - short story by Harry Harrison
  • 126 - Voiceover - (1984) - novelette by Edward Wellen
  • 154 - The Fastest Draw - (1963) - short story by Larry Eisenberg
  • 163 - Mirror Image - [Elijah Baley / R. Daneel Olivaw] - (1972) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • 180 - Brillo - (1970) - novelette by Ben Bova and Harlan Ellison
  • 214 - The Powers of Observation - (1968) - short story by Harry Harrison
  • 230 - Faithfully Yours - (1955) - short story by Lou Tabakow
  • 249 - Safe Harbor - (1986) - novelette by Donald Wismer
  • 272 - Examination Day - (1958) - short story by Henry Slesar
  • 277 - The Cruel Equations - (1971) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 291 - Animal Lover - (1978) - novella by Stephen R. Donaldson

Neanderthals

Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction: Book 6

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

A medley of tales focusing on humankind's ancestor, the Neanderthal, features works by Poul Anderson, Philip Jose Farmer, Isaac Asimov, L. Sprague de Camp, and Bertram Chandler.

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Introduction: Neanderthal Man - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 11 - Genesis - [Paratime Police] - (1951) - novelette by H. Beam Piper
  • 39 - The Ugly Little Boy - (1958) - novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of Lastborn)
  • 91 - The Long Remembering - (1957) - short story by Poul Anderson
  • 106 - The Apotheosis of Ki - (1956) - short story by Miriam Allen deFord
  • 113 - Man o' Dreams - (1929) - short story by Will McMorrow
  • 130 - The Treasure of Odirex - [Erasmus Darwin] - (1978) - novella by Charles Sheffield
  • 196 - The Ogre - (1959) - short story by Avram Davidson
  • 206 - Alas, Poor Yorick - [Howie Wyman] - (1981) - short story by Thomas A. Easton
  • 223 - The Gnarly Man - (1939) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
  • 251 - The Hairy Parents - (1975) - short story by A. Bertram Chandler
  • 263 - The Alley Man - (1959) - novella by Philip José Farmer
  • 319 - Afterword: The Valley of Neander - (1964) - essay by Robert Silverberg

Space Shuttles

Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction: Book 7

Martin H. Greenberg
Isaac Asimov
Charles G. Waugh

Hitchhiker; Truck Driver; Hermes to the Ages; Pushbutton War; The Getaway Special; Between a Rock and a High Place; To Grab Power; Coming of Age in Henson's Tube.

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction: Shuttles - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 13 - Truck Driver - (1972) - short story by Rob Chilson [as by Robert Chilson]
  • 31 - Hermes to the Ages - (1980) - novelette by Frederick D. Gottfried
  • 63 - Pushbutton War - (1960) - short story by Joseph P. Martino
  • 81 - The Last Shuttle - (1981) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • 85 - The Getaway Special - (1985) - short story by Jerry Oltion
  • 102 - Between a Rock and a High Place - (1982) - novella by Timothy Zahn
  • 164 - To Grab Power - (1971) - short story by Hayden Howard
  • 182 - Coming of Age in Henson's Tube - (1977) - short story by William John Watkins [as by William Jon Watkins]
  • 187 - Deborah's Children - (1983) - short story by Grant Callin [as by Grant D. Callin]
  • 207 - The Book of Baraboo - [Circus World] - (1980) - novella by Barry B. Longyear
  • 279 - The Speckled Gantry - (1979) - short story by Joseph Green and Patrice Milton
  • 285 - The Nanny - (1983) - novelette by Thomas Wylde
  • 309 - Hitchhiker - (1987) - short story by Sheila Finch
  • 323 - Dead Ringer - novella by Edward Wellen

Monsters

Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction: Book 8

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Tells the stories of mental parasites, extraterrestrial creatures, clones, monstrous aliens, invaders, and colonists.

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction: Monsters - (1988) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 12 - Passengers - (1968) - short story by Robert Silverberg
  • 25 - The Botticelli Horror - (1960) - novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
  • 64 - The Shapes - (1968) - novelette by J. H. Rosny aîné (trans. of Les Xipéhuz 1887)
  • 88 - The Clone - (1959) - short story by Theodore L. Thomas
  • 99 - The Men in the Walls - (1963) - novella by William Tenn
  • 174 - The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth - (1965) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
  • 206 - Student Body - (1953) - novelette by F. L. Wallace [as by Floyd L. Wallace]
  • 227 - Black Destroyer - [Space Beagle] - (1939) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
  • 258 - Mother - (1953) - novelette by Philip José Farmer
  • 286 - Exploration Team - [Colonial Survey] - (1956) - novelette by Murray Leinster
  • 332 - All the Way Back - (1952) - short story by Michael Shaara

Robots

Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction: Book 9

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Table of Contents:

  • 9 - Introduction: Robots - (1989) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 13 - The Tunnel Under the World - (1955) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
  • 44 - Brother Robot - (1958) - short story by Henry Slesar
  • 59 - The Lifeboat Mutiny - [AAA Ace] - (1955) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 73 - The Warm Space - (1985) - novelette by David Brin
  • 89 - How-2 - (1954) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
  • 128 - Too Robot to Marry - (1959) - short story by George H. Smith
  • 130 - The Education of Tigress McCardle - (1957) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth (variant of The Education of Tigress Macardle)
  • 141 - Sally - (1953) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • 159 - Breakfast of Champions - (1980) - short story by Thomas A. Easton
  • 165 - Sun Up - (1976) - short story by A. A. Jackson, IV and Howard Waldrop
  • 178 - Second Variety - [Claws - 1] - (1953) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
  • 223 - The Problem Was Lubrication - (1961) - short story by David R. Bunch
  • 227 - First to Serve - (1954) - short story by Algis Budrys
  • 245 - Two-Handed Engine - (1955) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
  • 270 - Though Dreamers Die - (1944) - novelette by Lester del Rey
  • 290 - Soldier Boy - (1953) - novelette by Michael Shaara
  • 312 - Farewell to the Master - (1940) - novelette by Harry Bates

Invasions

Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction: Book 10

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Fifteen short stories--by Piers Anthony, Henry Kuttner, A.E. Van Vogt, Lester del Rey, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, and others--explore the theme of an alien invasion of Earth.

Table of Contents:

  • 7 - Introduction (Invasions) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 11 - Living Space - (1956) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • 26 - Asylum - (1942) - novella by A. E. van Vogt
  • 85 - Exposure - (1950) - short story by Eric Frank Russell
  • 104 - Invasion of Privacy - (1970) - novelette by Bob Shaw
  • 127 - What Have I Done? - (1952) - short story by Mark Clifton
  • 146 - Impostor - (1953) - short story by Philip K. Dick
  • 161 - The Soul-Empty Ones - (1951) - novelette by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • 200 - The Cloud-Men: Being a Foreprint from the London News Sheet #1 - short story by Owen Oliver (variant of The Cloud-Men, Being a Foreprint from the London News Sheet of March 9, 1915 1911)
  • 217 - Stone Man - [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] - (1967) - novelette by Fred Saberhagen
  • 253 - For I Am a Jealous People! - (1954) - novella by Lester del Rey
  • 296 - Don't Look Now - (1948) - short story by Henry Kuttner
  • 310 - The Certificate - (1959) - short story by Avram Davidson
  • 314 - The Alien Rulers - (1968) - novelette by Piers Anthony
  • 350 - Squeeze Box - (1959) - short story by Philip E. High
  • 365 - The Liberation of Earth - (1953) - short story by William Tenn

The Dark Side of the Road

Ishmael Jones: Book 1

Simon R. Green

A country house murder mystery with a supernatural twist (An Ishmael Jones Mystery).

Ishmael Jones is someone who can't afford to be noticed, someone who lives under the radar, who drives on the dark side of the road. He's employed to search out secrets, investigate mysteries and shine a light in dark places. Sometimes he kills people. Invited by his employer, the enigmatic Colonel, to join him and his family for Christmas, Ishmael arrives at the grand but isolated Belcourt Manor in the midst of a blizzard to find that the Colonel has mysteriously disappeared. As he questions his fellow guests, Ishmael concludes that at least one of them - not least Ishmael himself - is harbouring a dangerous secret, and that beneath the veneer of festive cheer lurk passion, jealousy, resentment and betrayal. As a storm sets in, sealing off the Manor from the rest of the world, Ishmael must unmask a ruthless murderer before they strike again.

Dead Man Walking

Ishmael Jones: Book 2

Simon R. Green

"Call me Ishmael. Ishmael Jones. I am the man in the shadows, that even the shadows are afraid of. The secret agent whose life is the greatest secret of all. And some of the cases I work are trickier than others."

A rogue agent has come in from the cold and wants to spill his secrets. The Organisation wants Ishmael to find out if Frank Parker is who he says he is, what he really knows, and why he has emerged from the shadows after all this time.

Ishmael heads to Ringstone Lodge in Yorkshire where Parker is being held to find that an atmosphere of fear and suspicion prevails. As he and his fellow residents are menaced by a series of alarming and inexplicable incidents, Ishmael sets out to prove that it's human trickery rather than any supernatural being behind the seemingly ghostly goings-on. But matters take an unexpected turn when one of their number is brutally murdered, and once again Ishmael must turn detective in order to entrap a twisted killer before they strike again.

Very Important Corpses

Ishmael Jones: Book 3

Simon R. Green

Ishmael Jones travels to the Scottish Highlands on a mysterious dual mission in this intriguing, genre-blending mystery.

The Organisation has despatched Ishmael and his partner Penny to Coronach House on the shores of Loch Ness where the secretive but highly influential Baphamet Group are holding their annual meeting. The Organisation believes an imposter has infiltrated the Group and they have instructed Ishmael to root him--or her--out. It's not Ishmael's only mission. The first agent sent by the Organisation has been found dead in her room, murdered in a horribly gruesome manner. Ishmael must also discover who killed his fellow agent, Jennifer Rifkin--and why.

Dismissive of rumours that the legendary 'Coronach Creature' is behind Jennifer's death, Ishmael sets out to expose the human killer in their midst. But he must act fast--before any more Very Important People are killed.

Death Shall Come

Ishmael Jones: Book 4

Simon R. Green

Death shall come on swift wings to whoever desecrates this tomb...

Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been summoned to remote Cardavan House, home of the world's largest private collection of Ancient Egyptian artefacts, for the unveiling of George Cardavan's latest acquisition: a bone fide Egyptian mummy.

When a bloodstained body is discovered beside the empty sarcophagus, Ishmael is dismissive of the theory that the mummy's curse is to blame. Instead he sets out to uncover the human killer responsible. But how can Ishmael explain the strange, shuffling footsteps that creep along the corridors? Who is playing games with them... and why?

Into the Thinnest of Air

Ishmael Jones: Book 5

Simon R. Green

Dinner at an ancient Cornish inn leads to one baffling disappearance after another in the latest intriguing Ishmael Jones mystery.

"It's just a nice weekend, in a nice country inn. Nothing bad is going to happen ..."

Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are attending the re-opening of Tyrone's Castle, an ancient Cornish inn originally built by smugglers. Over dinner that night, the guests entertain one another with ghost stories inspired by local legends and superstitions. But it would appear that the curse of Tyrone's Castle has struck for real when one of their number disappears into thin air. And then another...

Is the inn really subject to an ancient curse? Sceptical of ghost stories, Ishmael believes the key to the mystery lies in the present rather than the past. But with no bodies, no evidence and no clues to go on, how can he prove it?

Murder in the Dark

Ishmael Jones: Book 6

Simon R. Green

The sudden appearance of a sinister black hole in the English countryside leads to a baffling murder investigation for Ishmael Jones.

"The past is England's dreaming, and not all of it sleeps soundly..."

Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been despatched to assist a group of scientists who are investigating a mysterious black hole which has appeared on a Somerset hillside. Could it really be a doorway to another dimension, an opening into another world?

When one of the scientists disappears into the hole - with fatal consequences - Ishmael must prove whether it was an accident - or murder. But with no clues, no witnesses and no apparent motive, he has little to go on. Is there an alien predator at large, or is an all-too-human killer responsible? Only one thing is certain: if Ishmael does not uncover the truth in time, more deaths will follow.

Till Sudden Death Do Us Part

Ishmael Jones: Book 7

Simon R. Green

A wedding. A murder. A 200-year-old curse: Ishmael Jones is plunged into a baffling investigation when he answers an old friend's call for help.

Although he hasn't seen Robert Bergin for 40 years, Ishmael feels duty bound to respond when his old friend calls for help. Robert's daughter Gillian is about to be married, and he is afraid she'll fall prey to the ancient family curse.

Arriving in rural Yorkshire, Ishmael and his partner Penny learn that the vicar who was to perform the ceremony has been found dead in the church, hanging from his own bell rope. With no clues, no evidence and no known motive, many locals believe the curse is responsible. Or is someone just using it as a smokescreen for murder? With the wedding due to take place the following day, Ishmael has just a few hours to uncover the truth.

Night Train to Murder

Ishmael Jones: Book 8

Simon R. Green

When a body is discovered in a locked toilet cubicle on the late-night train to Bath, Ishmael Jones is faced with his most puzzling case to date.

When Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are asked to escort a VIP on the late-night train to Bath, it would appear to be a routine case. The Organisation has acquired intelligence that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis Gregson's life as he travels to Bath to take up his new position as Head of the British Psychic Weapons Division. Ishmael's mission is to ensure that Sir Dennis arrives safely.

How could anyone orchestrate a murder in a crowded railway carriage without being noticed and with no obvious means of escape? When a body is discovered in a locked toilet cubicle, Ishmael Jones has just 56 minutes to solve a seemingly impossible crime before the train reaches its destination.

The House on Widows Hill

Ishmael Jones: Book 9

Simon R. Green

Ishmael Jones investigates a haunted house... but is haunted by his own past in the latest of this quirky paranormal mystery series.

"That house is a bad place. Bad things happen there..."

Set high on top of Widows Hill, Harrow House has remained empty for years. Now, on behalf of an anonymous prospective buyer, Ishmael and Penny are spending a night there in order to investigate the rumours of strange lights, mysterious voices, unexplained disappearances, and establish whether the house is really haunted.

What really happened at Harrow House all those years ago? Joined by a celebrity psychic, a professional ghost-hunter, a local historian and a newspaper reporter, it becomes clear that each member of 'Team Ghost' has their own pet theory as to the cause of the alleged haunting. But when one of the group suddenly drops dead with no obvious cause, Ishmael realizes that if he can find out how and why the victim died, he will have the key to solving the mystery.

Buried Memories

Ishmael Jones: Book 10

Simon R. Green

Returning to the small town where he crash-landed in 1963, Ishmael Jones is in search of answers. But his investigation is de-railed by a brutal murder.

"I think something very bad and very dangerous has come to your little town, Inspector..."

As long-buried memories from his hidden past begin to resurface, Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny feel compelled to return to the small country town where Ishmael crash-landed in 1963; the place where his memories began.

Norton Hedley is no ordinary town. Apparitions, sudden disappearances, sightings of unusual beasts: for centuries, the place has been plagued by a series of inexplicable events. Ishmael's first task is to track down local author Vincent Smith, the one man he believes may have some answers.

Ishmael and Penny aren't the only ones seeking the mysterious Mr Smith. When their search unearths a newly-dead body in the local mortuary - a body that's definitely not supposed to be there - Ishmael becomes the prime suspect in the ensuing murder investigation. His only hope of discovering the truth about his origins lies in exposing a ruthless killer.

Haunted by the Past

Ishmael Jones: Book 11

Simon R. Green

Ishmael Jones knows all there is to know about solving mysteries. Together with his love and partner in crimes, Penny Belcourt, he specializes in cases of the weird and uncanny.

Lucas Carr went to Glenbury Hall, an old country manor house turned hotel. He signed in at reception, took his key, and went upstairs to his room. But he never got there. Somehow he vanished along the way, with not a single clue to suggest what might have happened to him.

Lucas belonged to the same mysterious organization that employs Ishmael and Penny, so they are sent in to solve the mystery. But when they arrive at grim and isolated Glenbury Hall, they discover it has a reputation as one of the most haunted old houses in England. None of the usual headless monks or walled-up nuns--just stories of lost souls that dance with the statues in the grounds; doors that won't stay shut, and rooms that aren't always there; and something that prowls the house in the early hours, endlessly searching. They say... it crawls.

Does Lucas' disappearance have something to do with the organization or the Hall's haunted past? Ishmael and Penny have to work their way through a series of mysterious clues and misleading suspects, uncovering secret after secret, before they finally arrive at a truth that no one suspected.

The problem with history is that it's not always content to stay in the past.

The Crystals of Mida

Jalav, Amazon Warrior: Book 1

Sharon Green

Jalav is the war leader of the clan of the Hosta, part of the female warrior nation called Midanna. When the Crystal of Mida which the Hosta are guarding is stolen, Jalav takes most of her warriors and chases after the thieves. The chase leads to the land ruled by men, and finally brings everyone, warriors and males alike, a very unsettling message.

An Oath to Mida

Jalav, Amazon Warrior: Book 2

Sharon Green

Wounded and near death, Jalav, war leader of the Hosta clan is kidnapped by northern barbarians who believe she is the one the legends say will journey to Sigurr's Peak.

Chosen of Mida

Jalav, Amazon Warrior: Book 3

Sharon Green

Jalav has been given a task by her goddess, and although she's determined to accomplish the task there are roadblocks she has to work around.

The Will of the Gods

Jalav, Amazon Warrior: Book 4

Sharon Green

Jalav completes the chore given her by Sigurr and passed on by Mida, but she realizes that her work isn't finished. There's one more chore she needs to see to: adding the enemy clans to those of her own. If she can do that, the coming strangers won't have a chance of besting her fighting force.

To Battle the Gods

Jalav, Amazon Warrior: Book 5

Sharon Green

Jalav tries to combine her female warriors with the male army to battle a strange enemy from outer space.

Clan and Crown

Janissaries: Book 2

Jerry Pournelle
Roland J. Green

The adventure begun in Janissaries continues in Clan and Crown.

For the first few years, Rick Galloway and his band of mercenaries were doing well just to survive. They'd been swept off a hilltop in Africa by a flying saucer and deposited on an alien world where the other inhabitants were human -- but from various and unfriendly periods of history, all collected by flying saucer raids. Rick has faced facts: this place is going to be home, permanently. To create a safe society for themselves and the families they are gradually building, they need to do more than just survive; they must convince the others that a unified, peaceful society is better than a collection of warring tribes. Force would not be Rick's chosen method of persuasion, but on a planet where the other dominant culture is one brought straight from ancient Rome, force may be the only way.

Storms of Victory

Janissaries: Book 3

Jerry Pournelle
Roland J. Green

The adventure begun in "Janissaries" continues.

Kidnapped from Earth as they were about to die in battle, Rick Galloway and his band of mercenaries, like the other human slaves on the planet Tran, will not be missed. Subjects of the Shalnuksi slave masters, they are forced to harvest the priceless drug surinomaz. Now, even as slaves, Earth's transplanted warriors are locked in battle against each other. But an epoch is ending. As the Demon Star sweeps toward its devastating apex, the slave masters flee the planet to await its annihilation in safety. Soon all life on the planet will cease, leaving it ripe for repopulation.

Jekyll & Hyde Inc.

Jekyll & Hyde Inc.: Book 1

Simon R. Green

Daniel Carter was a London cop who just wanted to do the right thing. But during a raid on an organ-selling chop shop, he is almost torn to pieces by monsters. And no one believes him. Hurt and crippled, his career over, and his life in ruins, Daniel is suddenly presented with a chance at redemption. And revenge. It seems that more than two centuries ago, the monsters of the world disappeared - into the underworld of crime. Guild-like clans now have control over all the dark and illegal trades, from the awful surgeries of the Frankenstein Clan, to the shadowy and seductive Vampire Clan, to the dreaded purveyors of drugs and death, the Clan of Mummies. And there's always the Werewolf Clan, to keep order.

Only one force stands opposed to the monster clans: the super strong, extremely sexy, quick-witted Hydes! Now Daniel is just one sip of Dr. Jekyll's Elixir away from joining their company. At Jekyll & Hyde Inc.

Hyde & Seek

Jekyll & Hyde Inc.: Book 2

Simon R. Green

With the monsters of old wiped out, Daniel and Tina of Hyde, Inc., face a greater foe - from beyond the stars.

Whatever happened to all the old monsters?

The vampires, the werewolves, the ghouls... Daniel & Tina Hyde wiped them out, to make the world a safer place. But nature abhors a vacuum, supernature even more... Something's got to fill the gap left by all those monster clans. The question now is, what happened to all the old aliens? The Martians, the Bug-Eyed Monsters, the Reptiloids and the Greys?

They're coming out of the shadows with a vengeance, and Daniel and Tina Hyde are about to discover there are much worse things than monsters. Fortunately, Hydes love a good fight.

Daniel and Tina are in for the fight of their lives, with the whole world at stake.

Only the Good Die Young

Jensen Murphy, Ghost For Hire: Book 1

Chris Marie Green

You know the theory that ghosts are energy trapped when someone dies violently? It's true. I know it for a fact....

My name is Jensen Murphy, and thirty years ago, I was just an ordinary California girl. I had friends, family, a guy who might have been the One. Ordinary--until I became a statistic, one of the unsolved murders of the year. Afterward, I didn't go anywhere in pursuit of any bright light--I stayed under the oak tree where my body was found, and relived my death over and over. So when a psychic named Amanda Lee Minter pulled me out of that loop into the real world, I was very grateful.

Now I'm a ghost-at-large--rescued by Amanda (I found out) to be a supernatural snoop. I'm helping her uncover a killer (not mine--she promises me we'll get to that), which should be easy for a spirit. Except that I've found out that even ghosts have enemies, human--and otherwise...

Another One Bites the Dust

Jensen Murphy, Ghost For Hire: Book 2

Chris Marie Green

Some people think that ghosts are spirits that refuse to go to the other side because they have unfinished business. Take my word--that's true. I should know. I'm a ghost.

I was an ordinary eighties California girl, dead before my time, until psychic Amanda Lee Minter pulled me out of the time loop where I was reliving my death over and over. Now I'm Jensen Murphy, Ghost for Hire. I decided to put my spooky talents to use in helping Amanda Lee track down bad guys and killers (including my own).

It's taken time to figure out exactly how that will work (our first case was definitely a learning experience for all involved), so when a young woman asks Amanda Lee for help convincing her best friend to leave a dangerously hot-tempered boyfriend, I'm ready and willing to use our collective powers on her behalf. But some people are dangerous not only to the living--especially when there are darker forces involved....

Every Breath You Take

Jensen Murphy, Ghost For Hire: Book 3

Chris Marie Green

Ever wonder what happens after you die? Well, as a ghost, Jensen Murphy could tell you--and the truth is much stranger than anything you could imagine...

I never accomplished much when I was alive. As an average eighties California beach bum, I, Jensen Murphy, didn't have any direction. But since I've joined Boo World, I've found a calling. Now, I'm a supernatural investigator, using my ghostly skills to spook confessions out of bad guys.

But being a paranormal PI is taking its toll. Spirits are hounding me for justice day and night, and, now, a ghost hunting TV show is digging up dirt on my unsavory demise that I'd rather keep buried. Worst of all, a seriously evil specter is making my afterlife hell by hurting the people and ghosts I care about. To stop him, I'll need assistance from a higher power--only the price I'll have to pay for that help could be my very soul...

Karavans

Karavans: Book 1

Jennifer Roberson

Audrun and her husband Davyd, along with the others of the land of Sancorra, have been left homeless because of the brutal Hecari. Consulting diviners, they learn that their newest child must be born in the peaceful province of Atalanda. They must now travel close to the sinister woodlands of Alisanos, where darkness awaits. Joining a karavan for safety, the family moves ever closer to the dangerous, mystical forest. And, as they are all about to discover, Alisanos is moving ever closer to them.

Deepwood

Karavans: Book 2

Jennifer Roberson

The Deepwood - a magical world that is home to demons, a thousand gods, and numerous other magical entities. But it is not just an environment. For the deepwood is sentient -- alive in a far different way than a normal forest. Even its magical denizens struggle to survive within its dangerous, ever-changing confines.

But Alisanos poses a far greater threat to humans than to any of its natives. For the deepwood coexists with human lands and can suddenly shift miles in any direction, unexpectedly encompassing previously safe land. Humans taken by the deep-wood are either never seen again, or are permanently transformed into hideous creatures -- neither true demon, nor true human.

Audrun, Davyn and their four children have fled their war-scourged homeland, joining a karavan headed toward a haven of peace where diviners have said their fifth child -- the one Audrun now carries -- must be born. Desperate to reach safety, they have chosen a dangerous route, one that separates them from their protective karavan, and sets them on a road alone -- a road that lies far too close to the volatile edge of the deepwood. Their only protection is the karavan's mysterious guide, Rhuan.

But they have barely begun their perilous journey when, with screaming winds, buckling earth, and burning rain, the deepwood overtakes them, separating and scattering this fragile human family.

Her family lost, left in a terrifying landscape, Audrun births her baby four months too soon…and yet, miraculously full term. For Alisanos has already claimed her newborn baby for itself. And, forced by circumstance, Rhuan reveals to her that he himself is a creature of the deepwood -- the child of an Alisani god and a human woman.

The Wild Road

Karavans: Book 3

Jennifer Roberson

Alisanos, the deepwood, is more than just a forest. It is sentient, and predatory. Home to demons and worse, its mercurial boundaries can suddenly shift miles in any direction to encompass previously safe human lands - and those taken by the deepwood are forever changed.

Audrun, a human woman trapped within the forest, is reunited with her four children, only to learn that each has been marked by the deepwood's wild magic. And her newly born fifth child, captured by a winged demon, is still missing. Audrun has sworn to find the infant, but can a mere human possibly hope to outwit the monstrous inhabitants of Alisanos... and the nightmarish deepwood itself?

The Last Green Tree

Kirith Kirin: Book 3

Jim Grimsley

Three hundred years have passed since the Conquest, and the Great Mage rules over all of humanity, even as cybernetic links connect the varied worlds of the empire. Vast Gates allow travel from one planet to another, across unimaginable distances. Choirs of chanting priests maintain order, their songs subtly shaping reality, while the armies of the empire have known nothing but total victory for centuries.

But on the planet Aramen, where sentient trees keep human symbionts as slaves, a power has arisen that may rival that of the Great Mage himself. Hordes of unnatural creatures rampage across the planet, leaving death and destruction in their wake. An inhuman intelligence, cruel and implacable, meets the priests' sung magic with a strange new music of its own. The Anilyn Gate is shut down, cutting off Aramen from the rest of humanity. The long era of peace is over.

Now a handful of traumatized survivors must venture deep into a hostile wilderness on a desperate mission to uncover the source of the enemy's powers. And the future of the universe may depend on the untested abilities of one damaged child....

Love in Vein

Love in Vein: Book 1

Poppy Z. Brite
Martin H. Greenberg

A sexy new repackaging of the extremely popular anthology of vampire erotica, edited by acclaimed author Poppy Z. Brite.

The classic horror tale is about fear. But in the last few years a new literature of the macabre has arisen, one that goes deeper than horror, beyond fear, to explore our darkest, most intimate hungers. The ones even lovers are forbidden to share.

Acclaimed dark fantasy author Poppy Z. Brite has brought together this genre's most powerful and seductive authors in an original collection of vampiric erotica, a shameless celebration of unspeakable intimacies. It is not for everyone.

But neither is the night.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction (1994) - essay by Poppy Z. Brite
  • Do Not Hasten to Bid Me Adieu - (1994) - novelette by Norman Partridge
  • Geraldine - (1994) - novelette by Ian McDowell
  • In the Greenhouse - (1994) - short story by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
  • Cafe Endless: Spring Rain - (1994) - short story by Nancy Holder
  • Empty Vessels - (1994) - novelette by David B. Silva
  • The Final Fete of Abba Adi - (1994) - short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
  • Cherry - (1994) - short story by Christa Faust
  • White Chapel - (1994) - novelette by Douglas Clegg
  • Delicious Antique Whore - (1994) - short fiction by W. H. Pugmire
  • Triptych di Amore - (1994) - novelette by Thomas F. Monteleone
  • Queen of the Night - (1994) - short story by Gene Wolfe
  • The Marriage - (1994) - short story by Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem
  • In This Soul of a Woman - (1994) - short story by Charles de Lint
  • The Alchemy of the Throat - (1994) - novelette by Brian Hodge
  • Love Me Forever - (1994) - short story by Mike Baker
  • --And the Horses Hiss at Midnight - (1994) - short story by A. R. Morlan
  • Elixir - (1994) - short story by Elizabeth Engstrom
  • The Gift of Neptune - (1994) - short story by Danielle Willis
  • From Hunger - (1994) - short story by Wayne Allen Sallee
  • A Slow Red Whisper of Sand - (1994) - novelette by Robert Devereaux

Green Mars

Mars Trilogy

Kim Stanley Robinson

Hugo and Nebula Award nominated novella. It originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1985. The story can also be found in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection (1986) and form half of Tor Double #1: A Meeting With Medusa/Green Mars (1988 , whith Arthur C. Clarke). It is included in the collection The Martians (1999).

Green Mars

Mars Trilogy: Book 2

Kim Stanley Robinson

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel

Kim Stanley Robinson's classic trilogy depicting the colonization of Mars continues in a thrilling and timeless novel that pits the settlers against their greatest foes: themselves.

Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed on Mars, and its transformation to an Earthlike planet is under way. But not everyone wants to see the process through. The methods are opposed by those who are determined to preserve their home planet's hostile, barren beauty. Led by the first generation of children born on Mars, these rebels are soon joined by a handful of the original settlers. Against this cosmic backdrop, passions, partnerships, and rivalries explode in a story as spectacular as the planet itself.

To Green Angel Tower, Part 1: Seige

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn: Book 3

Tad Williams

Simon Snowlock and Prince Josua's band of allies gather at the Stone of Farewell. King Elias is drawn ever deeper into the dark sorceries of Ineluki, the Storm King. The badly depleted League of the Scroll searches for age-old knowledge with which to aid Josua's much-outnumbered army. Across the face of Osten Ard lines are drawn as the final battle approaches, and the struggle between Light and Dark reaches a climax.

SIEGE is the first half of TO GREEN ANGEL TOWER - an international hardback bestseller - the final volume of Tad Williams' highly acclaimed trilogy Memory, Sorrow and Thorn.

To Green Angel Tower, Part 2: Storm

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn: Book 4

Tad Williams

Memory, Sorrow and Thorn: The three swords which seem inextricably linked to the fate of both Simon, the ex-kitchen boy and now Knight, and the land of Osten Ard itself. As their enigma unfolds, new horrors of war and dark sorcery draw the land and its people to an unimaginably powerful climax, in this final volume of Tad Williams' landmark series.

Part 2 of To Green Angel Tower, the 3rd book of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn.

Barking Dogs

Mitch Helwig: Book 1

Terence M. Green

Is your boss lying to you? Your wife? Husband? Is everybody?

Suppose you could tell. Absolutely.

Suppose you had a Barking Dog.

Mitch Helwig is a cop who has gone over the edge. He's got a Barking Dog - an infallible, illegal lie-detector, worn under street clothes - and he's tired of being lied to.

He's a criminal's worst nightmare.

Blue Limbo

Mitch Helwig: Book 2

Terence M. Green

In early-21st century Toronto, police officer Mitch Helwig survives -- in rapid succession -- the murder of his partner, an attempt on his own life, another attempt on the life of his boss, Captain Karoulis, and suspension from the force. To deal with the parties responsible, Helwig turns rogue cop, setting off a sequence of explosively paced confrontations -- using Blue Limbo, a technique for partially reviving the dead, on Karoulis to provide him with vital evidence. Then there is Mitch's octogenarian father, Paul, a man of wit, courage and resources unsuspected by even his son, let alone the villains.

Mitch Helwig is a renegade on the street with some heavy-duty hi-tech weaponry and a not quite sane determination to get revenge -- even if he has to go beyond death to do it.

The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest

Mythic Fiction: Book 1

Ellen Datlow
Terri Windling

One of our most enduring, universal myths is that of the Green Man-the spirit who stands for Nature in its most wild and untamed form, a man with leaves for hair who dwells deep within the mythic forest. Through the ages and around the world, the Green Man and other nature spirits have appeared in stories, songs, and artwork, as well as many beloved fantasy novels, including Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

Now Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, the acclaimed editors of over twenty anthologies, have gathered some of today's finest writers of magical fiction to interpret the spirits of nature in short stories and poetry. Charles Vess (Stardust) brings his stellar eye and brush to the decorations, and Windling provides an introduction exploring Green Man symbolism and forest myth.

The Green Man will become required reading for teenagers and adults alike-not only for fans of fantasy fiction, but for anyone interested in mythology and the mysteries of the wilderness.

Table of Contents:

  • Preface - essay by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
  • Introduction: About the Green Man and Other Forest Lore - essay by Terri Windling
  • Going Wodwo - poem by Neil Gaiman
  • Grand Central Park - novelette by Delia Sherman
  • Daphne - shortstory by Michael Cadnum
  • Somewhere in My Mind There Is a Painting Box - novelette by Charles de Lint
  • Among the Leaves So Green - novelette by Tanith Lee
  • Song of the Cailleach Bheur - poem by Jane Yolen
  • Hunter's Moon - shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
  • Charlie's Away - novelette by Midori Snyder
  • A World Painted by Birds - novelette by Katherine Vaz
  • Grounded - novelette by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • Overlooking - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
  • Fee, Fie, Foe, et Cetera - novelette by Gregory Maguire
  • Joshua Tree - novelette by Emma Bull
  • Ali Anugne O Chash (The Boy Who Was) - shortstory by Carolyn Dunn
  • Remnants - shortstory by Kathe Koja
  • The Pagodas of Ciboure - novelette by M. Shayne Bell
  • Green Men - poem by Bill Lewis
  • The Green Word - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
  • About the Editors - essay by uncredited
  • About the Artist - essay by uncredited

How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea

Newsflesh

Mira Grant

Post-Rising Australia can be a dangerous place, especially if you're a member of the government-sponsored Australia Conservation Corps, a group of people dedicated to preserving their continent's natural wealth until a cure can be found. Between the zombie kangaroos at the fences and the zombie elephant seals turning the penguin rookery at Prince Phillip Island into a slaughterhouse, the work of an animal conservationist is truly never done -- and is often done at the end of a sniper rifle.

Dead Man Walking

Nick Holleran: Book 1

David Green

Nick Holleran, thought he had seen it all.

That was until he died and his whole world was turned upside down when he learnt the truth. There is a Hell, and we are living in it. Demons, ghosts, and fallen angels live amongst us, and only the cursed few know.

Deciding to earn his way back into heaven, Nick spends the next five years taking cases to earn his ticket back. That is until Michelle walks into his office and forces him to deal with the one thing he has avoided; the man that killed him. With his soul on the line will Nick be able to keep his past behind him, or will it destroy his present and his future?

Revenge may be a sin, but you can't keep a dead man down.

The Devil Walks In Blood

Nick Holleran: Book 2

David Green

Hell is real. We're all living it.

Nick Holleran learned that truth the hard way the day he took three bullets to the chest and bled out in an alleyway. Only death didn't stick, and it's been five long years working among the ghosts and monsters, demons and fallen angels, hoping that next time he'll make it to heaven. But things are never that simple, are they?

After a night from Hell, private investigator Nick Holleran finds himself face to face with Diana, the mystery ghost from his office, and a job that he can't say no to. With unseen evils on his heels, and a dead girl at his side, Nick uncovers horrific truths that put him at odds with the Haven Police Department, and even closer to death than ever before.

Nick will soon realize the Devil isn't the only one that walks in blood.

One Life Left

Nick Holleran: Book 3

David Green

Nick Holleran's life in Hell is about to get a whole lot worse.

Failing to learn from his previous escapades, Haven's one and only Paranormal Detective stumbles through life, and makes deadly enemies in all the wrong places. Implicated in a growing number of murders, Nick scrambles to clear his name and uncover the true culprit, but old habits die hard. Sheltering his girlfriend Rosa, and their ghost ward Diana, from the harsh reality surrounding them, Nick finds himself hunted by an unstoppable creature craving blood and with few allies.

But with reality stranger and vaster than he ever realized, and long-dormant entities on the rise, can Nick Holleran put his past, and his reckless instincts, behind him and carve out a safe existence for himself and those he loves?

It's the week of Christmas and, with one life left, Nick Holleran's foes are closing in... And they smell blood.

Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader

Night Gallery: Book 3

Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • ix - Introduction (Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader) - essay by Carol Serling
  • 1 - The Escape Route - (1967) - novella by Rod Serling
  • 71 - The Dead Man - (1950) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
  • 104 - The Little Black Bag - (1950) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
  • 138 - The House - (1932) - short story by André Maurois (trans. of La maison 1931)
  • 141 - The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes - (1950) - short story by Margaret St. Clair
  • 152 - The Academy - (1965) - short story by David Ely
  • 163 - The Devil Is Not Mocked - (1943) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
  • 171 - Brenda - (1954) - short story by Margaret St. Clair
  • 184 - Big Surprise - (1959) - short story by Richard Matheson
  • 191 - House--With Ghost - (1962) - short story by August Derleth
  • 199 - The Dark Boy - (1957) - short story by August Derleth
  • 215 - Pickman's Model - (1927) - short story by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 230 - Cool Air - (1928) - short story by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 240 - Sorworth Place - [Ralph Bain] - (1952) - novelette by Russell Kirk
  • 261 - The Return of the Sorcerer - [Cthulhu Mythos] - (1931) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith
  • 279 - The Girl with the Hungry Eyes - (1949) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • 297 - The Horsehair Trunk - (1946) - short story by Davis Grubb
  • 308 - The Ring with the Velvet Ropes - (1968) - short story by Edward D. Hoch

Greenmantle

Ottawa and the Valley

Charles de Lint

Not far from the city there is an ancient wood, forgotten by the modern world, where Mystery walks in the moonlight. He wears the shape of a stag, or a goat, or a horned man wearing a cloak of leaves. He is summoned by the music of the pipes or a fire of bones on Midsummer's Evening. He is chased by the hunt and shadowed by the wild girl.

Gwen, in Green

Paperbacks From Hell: Book 14

Zach Hughes

After receiving a large insurance settlement, young couple Gwen and George fulfill a dream by buying their own little island, a secluded, private paradise surrounded by a lush green landscape of plants.

What the real estate man didn't tell them was that years earlier a tragedy took place nearby in the cool, clear pool, whose waters still hold a terrifying, centuries-old secret.

Soon George begins to notice strange changes in his wife. Always so reserved and demure, suddenly Gwen has become passionate and insatiable. And could there be any connection between her altered personality and a recent series of mysterious disappearances?

Hell Hound

paperbacks from hell: Book 16

Ken Greenhall

'What are the possibilities of my strength? That is a thought I have never had before. What if some morning as the old woman stood at the head of the staircase she were suddenly to feel a weight thrusting against the back of her legs? What if she were to lunge forward, grasping at the air, striking her thin skull against the edge of a stair? What would become of me if she were found unmoving at the bottom of the stairway?'

Such are the thoughts of Baxter, a sociopathic bull terrier on the hunt for the perfect master, as he contemplates the demise of his first victim. The basis for the acclaimed 1989 film Baxter, Ken Greenhall's utterly chilling and long-unobtainable Hell Hound (1977) has earned a reputation as a lost classic of horror fiction. This first-ever reissue includes a new introduction by Grady Hendrix.

Take Back Plenty

Plenty / Tabitha Jute: Book 1

Colin Greenland

It is carnival time on Mars, but Tabitha Jute isn't partying. She is in hiding from the law, penniless and about to lose her livelihood and her best friend, the space barge "Alice Liddell". Then, the intriguing Marco Metz offers her some money to take him to Plenty, and the adventure begins.

Seasons of Plenty

Plenty / Tabitha Jute: Book 2

Colin Greenland

Space Captain Tabitha Jute is the hero of the solar system. She has defeated the Capellan overlords and liberated the gigantic alien spaceship known as Plenty. Now begins the first human voyage to another star - a journey that will take the strange ship and her motley complement of passengers and crew far into unknown reaches of time and space.

Mother of Plenty

Plenty / Tabitha Jute: Book 3

Colin Greenland

Captain Tabitha Jute is past the point of no return. Stripped of her command and her dignity, she has lost control of the huge alien starship called Plenty, and forefeited the devotion of the myriad lifeforms traveling with her in its dingy caverns and labyrinthine corridors. Now they all lie captive beneath the glowering red twin stars of Capella, awaiting the pleasure of the parasitic Guardinas.

For the Guardians, who once gave Plenty to humanity, are now scheming with high-tech tyrants called the Seraphim. And Captain Jute and her followers are caught in the middle of a terrifying experiment in which the human race is the raw material. Her only option is to risk it all on one last headlong flight into the heart of a dying star system in a desperate attempt to uncover the final secrets of the Capellans.

And as the Guardians will soon learn, Tabitha Jute doesnt want mauch... she only wants Plenty.

Green-Eyed Demon

Sabina Kane: Book 3

Jaye Wells

Things to do:
1. Rescue sister.
2. Murder grandmother.
3. Don't upset the voodoo priestess.

The clock is ticking for Sabina Kane. Her sister has been kidnapped by her grandmother, the Dark Races are on the brink of war, and a mysterious order is manipulating everyone behind the scenes.Working on information provided by an unlikely ally, Sabina and her trusty sidekicks--a sexy mage named Adam Lazarus and Giguhl, a Mischief demon--head to New Orleans to begin the hunt for her sister. Once there, they must contend with belligerent werewolves, magic-wielding vampires and--perhaps most frightening of all--humans.

But as much as Sabina is focused on surviving the present, the past won't be ignored. Before she can save those she cares about most, she must save herself from the ghosts of her past.

Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology

Science Fiction Research Association: Book 1

Martin H. Greenberg
Patricia S. Warrick
Charles G. Waugh

Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology. A great collection from 1843-1984. The 26 stories in this anthology were selected during 1984 and 1985 by the members of the Science Fiction Research Association. For years, those bringing SF into the classroom have had to improvise their course materials from anthologies and collections not designed for classwork. Now here is presented a carefully selected reading anthology reflecting the SF field in all its modern diversity.

Collection of 26 chronologically-arranged stories by 25 authors (H. G. Wells is represented twice) that illustrate the historical development of the genre from Nathaniel Hawthorne into the 1980s. All three of the editors are academics, and each story is followed by commentary from another academic critic; the sponsoring organization is dedicated to the study of science fiction, and the collection is intended as a college textbook. Come along for a fascinating glance into...Science Fiction.

Table of Contents:

  • Preface (Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology) essay by editors
  • The Birthmark (1854) / short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of The Birth-Mark 1843); Afterword to "The Birthmark" essay by Francis J. Molson
  • The Star (1897) / short story by H. G. Wells; Afterword to "The Star" essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
  • The Country of the Blind (1904) / novelette by H. G. Wells;Afterword to "The Country of the Blind essay by Jack Williamson
  • The Machine Stops (1909) / novelette by E. M. Forster; Afterword to "The Machine Stops" essay by Charles L. Elkins [as by Charles Elkins]
  • A Martian Odyssey [Tweel 1] (1934) / novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum; Afterword to "A Martian Odyssey" essay by Frederik Pohl
  • Who Goes There? (1938) / novella by John W. Campbell Jr.; Afterword to "Who Goes There?" essay by Sam Moskowitz
  • Nightfall (1941) / novelette by Isaac Asimov; Afterword to "Nightfall" essay by Donald M. Hassler
  • No Woman Born (1944) / novella by C. L. Moore; Afterword to "No Woman Born" essay by Mary S. Weinkauf
  • Thunder and Roses (1947) / novelette by Theodore Sturgeon; Afterword to "Thunder and Roses" essay by H. Bruce Franklin
  • Private Eye (1950) / novelette by Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]; Afterword to "Private Eye" essay by Merritt Abrash
  • There Will Come Soft Rains [The Martian Chronicles] (1950) / short story by Ray Bradbury; Afterword to "There Will Come Soft Rains" essay by Patrick G. Hogan, Jr.
  • The Sentinel [A Space Odyssey] (1951) / short story by Arthur C. Clarke; Afterword to "The Sentinel" essay by Thomas D. Clareson
  • Common Time (1953) / short story by James Blish; Afterword to "Common Time" essay by Willis E. McNelly
  • The Game of Rat and Dragon [The Instrumentality of Mankind] (1955) / short story by Cordwainer Smith; Afterword to "The Game of Rat and Dragon" essay by Muriel R. Becker
  • The Men Who Murdered Mohammed (1958) / short story by Alfred Bester; Afterword to "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" essay by Russell Letson
  • Flowers for Algernon (1959) / novelette by Daniel Keyes; Afterword to "Flowers for Algernon" essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • A Rose for Ecclesiastes (1963) / novelette by Roger Zelazny; Afterword to "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" essay by Carl B. Yoke
  • Driftglass (1967) / short story by Samuel R. Delany; Afterword to "Driftglass" essay by David N. Samuelson
  • Faith of Our Fathers (1967) / novelette by Philip K. Dick; Afterword to "Faith of Our Fathers" essay by Patricia S. Warrick
  • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967) / short story by Harlan Ellison; Afterword to "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" essay by Richard D. Erlich
  • Nine Lives (1969) / novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin; Afterword to "Nine Lives" essay by Veronica M. S. Kennedy
  • When It Changed [Whileaway] (1972) / short story by Joanna Russ; Afterword to "When It Changed" essay by Mary Kay Bray
  • Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand [Snake] (1973) / novelette by Vonda N. McIntyre; Afterword to "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" essay by Mary Kay Bray
  • Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (1976) / novella by James Tiptree Jr.; Afterword to "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" essay by Thomas P. Dunn
  • Options [Eight Worlds] (1979) / novelette by John Varley; Afterword to "Options" essay by John Clute
  • Bloodchild (1984) / novelette by Octavia E. Butler; Afterword to "Bloodchild" essay by Elizabeth Anne Hull
  • Select Bibliography (Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology) essay by editors
  • General Bibliography (Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology) essay by editors

There is an additional index that rearranges the chronological list by Thematic Contents, broken down into the interest categories of biological, environmental, psychosocial, and technological (with several stories appearing in more than one category). Each story is followed by several paragraphs of editorial commentary (by college professors other than the trio of editors) that explains things about the author and the story's place in the history of science fiction.

Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology: The SFWA-SFRA Anthology

Science Fiction Research Association: Book 2

Martin H. Greenberg
Patricia S. Warrick
Joseph D. Olander

Essays by noted science-fiction writers and critics on the nine major themes of the genre are accompanied by representative, exemplary stories.

Table of Contents:

  • ix - Prefatory Comments (Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology) - (1978) - essay by Frederik Pohl
  • xi - Prefatory Comments (Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology) - (1978) - essay by Thomas D. Clareson
  • xv - Introduction: Mythic Patterns - (1978) - essay by Patricia S. Warrick
  • 1 - Science Fiction Myths and Their Ambiguity - (1978) - essay by Patricia S. Warrick
  • 9 - Goat Song - (1972) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • 39 - The Remarkable Adventure - (1978) - essay by Philip José Farmer and Beverly Friend
  • 49 - Brightside Crossing - (1956) - novelette by Alan E. Nourse
  • 67 - Before Eden - (1961) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
  • 77 - The Game of Rat and Dragon - [The Instrumentality of Mankind] - (1955) - short story by Cordwainer Smith
  • 92 - Beyond Reality's Barriers: New Dimensions - (1978) - essay by Charles L. Elkins and Robert Silverberg
  • 101 - Common Time - (1953) - short story by James Blish
  • 120 - The Shadow of Space - (1967) - novelette by Philip José Farmer?
  • 146 - Aliens - (1978) - essay by James E. Gunn and Pamela Sargent
  • 157 - Specialist - (1953) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 171 - The Dance of the Changer and the Three - (1968) - short story by Terry Carr
  • 185 - The Father-Thing - (1954) - short story by Philip K. Dick
  • 197 - The Scientist - (1978) - essay by Thomas D. Clareson and L. Sprague de Camp
  • 206 - A Scientist Divides - (1934) - short story by Donald Wandrei
  • 219 - Memorial - (1946) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • 231 - The Hole Man - (1974) - short story by Larry Niven
  • 244 - The Machine and the Robot - (1978) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 254 - Twilight - [Twilight - 1] - (1934) - novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • 273 - The New Father Christmas - (1958) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
  • 278 - Computers Don't Argue - (1965) - short story by Gordon R. Dickson
  • 294 - More Than Human?: Androids, Cyborgs, and Others - (1978) - essay by Patricia S. Warrick and George Zebrowski
  • 307 - Nine Lives - (1969) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • 331 - Masks - (1968) - short story by Damon Knight
  • 342 - Sea Change - (1956) - short story by Thomas N. Scortia
  • 354 - Day Million - (1966) - short story by Frederik Pohl
  • 359 - The City - (1978) - essay by Ralph S. Clem and Theodore R. Cogswell
  • 365 - Billennium - (1961) - short story by J. G. Ballard
  • 379 - A Happy Day in 2381 - [Urban Monad] - (1970) - short story by Robert Silverberg
  • 393 - Utopias and Dystopias - (1978) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander and Frederik Pohl
  • 401 - New York A.D. 2660 (Excerpt) - (1911) - short fiction by Hugo Gernsback
  • 412 - Coming Attraction - (1950) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • 424 - The Luckiest Man in Denv - (1952) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth
  • 435 - Apocalypse - (1978) - essay by David Ketterer and Jack Williamson
  • 441 - The Game of Blood and Dust - (1975) - short story by Roger Zelazny
  • 445 - All the Last Wars at Once - (1971) - short story by George Alec Effinger
  • 459 - Notes on the Contributors (Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology) - (1978) - essay by uncredited
  • 469 - Index (Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology) - (1978) - essay by uncredited

The Man with the Golden Torc

Secret Histories: Book 1

Simon R. Green

For ages, Eddie Drood and his family have kept humanity safe from the things that go bump in the night. But now one of his own has convinced the rest of the family that Eddie's become a menace, and that humanity needs to be protected from him. So he's on the run, using every trick in the book, magical and otherwise, hoping he lives long enough to prove his innocence...

Daemons are Forever

Secret Histories: Book 2

Simon R. Green

The Drood family is all that stands between Humanity and all the forces of darkness. They were supposed to protect the world, but ended up ruling it. Eddie Drood discovered the lies at the heart of his family, and brought them down. For his sins, they put him in charge: to run the family, and to redeem it. Eddie feels the need to prove to the world that the Drood family is as strong as it ever was. So he decides to wipe out one of Humanity's greatest enemies, the soul eaters known as the Loathly Ones. But once started on this venture, he discovers that the Loathly Ones are just the forerunners of something far worse; the Many-Angled Ones, the Hungry Gods, descending from a higher dimension to consume every living thing in this world. Eddie Drood has got his work cut out for him...

The Spy Who Haunted Me

Secret Histories: Book 3

Simon R. Green

Eddie Drood's evil-stomping skills have come to the attention of the legendary Alexander King, Independent Agent extraordinaire. The best of the best, King spent a lifetime working for anyone and everyone, doing anything and everything, for the right price.

Now, he's on his deathbed and looking to bestow all of his priceless secrets to a successor, provided he or she wins a contest to solve the world's greatest mysteries. Eddie has to win, because King holds the most important secret of all to the Droods-the identity of the traitor in their midst...

From Hell With Love

Secret Histories: Book 4

Simon R. Green

It's no walk in the park for a Drood, a member of the family that has protected humanity from the things that go bump in the night for centuries. They aren't much liked by the creatures they kill, by ungrateful humans, or even by one another. Now their Matriarch is dead, and it's up to Eddie Drood, acting head of the family, to figure out whodunit. Unpopular opinion is divided: it was either Eddie's best girl, Molly. Or Eddie himself. And Eddie knows he didn't do it.

For Heaven's Eyes Only

Secret Histories: Book 5

Simon R. Green

The Fifth and possible penultimate book in the Secret Histories series.

After the murder of the Drood Matriarch, the family finds itself vulnerable to evil. This time, it's a Satanic Conspiracy that could throw humanity directly into the clutches of the Biggest of the Bads....

Live and Let Drood

Secret Histories: Book 6

Simon R. Green

The name is Bond, Shaman Bond. Better known as Drood, Eddie Drood. Yes, I'm one of those Droods—the family who've been keeping the forces of evil contained in the shadows for as long as humans have walked the earth.

Recently I suffered a slight case of death, but thanks to Molly, my best girl (who happens to be a powerful witch), I got over that right quick. Unfortunately my family wasn't so lucky. In my absence, Drood Hall was destroyed and all my relatives were killed. Which left me as the last of the Droods.

I didn't much like being the Last Drood, I can tell you—and then I realized that things weren't as they seemed. Someone had activated a dimensional engine, sending my Drood Hall off to an alternate Earth, replacing it with a burnt-out doppelgänger. My family is still alive out there. Somewhere.

And nothing's going to stop me from finding them....

Casino Infernale

Secret Histories: Book 7

Simon R. Green

My name is Drood, Eddie Drood, aka Shaman Bond. For generations my family has protected you ordinary mortals against things that lurk in the darkness, just out of sight, but not at all out of mind.

Unfortunately, I've had a falling-out with my near and dear (some of whom were trying to kill me), so my true love and powerful witch, Molly Metcalf, and I are now in the employ of the Department of the Uncanny. We've been given an Extremely Important Assignment: Attend Casino Infernale, an annual event held by the Shadow Bank, financiers of all global supernatural crime. Our mission: Rig the game and bring down the Shadow Bank.

But at Casino Infernale, the stakes are high indeed—winner takes all, and losers give up their souls....

Property of a Lady Faire

Secret Histories: Book 8

Simon R. Green

Call me Drood, Eddie Drood. Some know me as Shaman Bond and most simply don't want to know me at all. For centuries, my family has been keeping the things that lurk on the darker side of existence as far away as possible from humans like you, without you even knowing we're there.

Unfortunately for us, not everybody appreciates what we Droods do. Recently, I personally managed to survive yet another attempt on my life, but the rest of my relatives weren't so lucky. My parents are missing in action. My grandfather has been murdered. And the future of my family lies in the iron grasp of the Lady Faire, an incredibly seductive, mysterious, and powerful being.

She possesses an ancient object that can save them. I have to steal it from her. Easy enough to say, difficult—and very, very dangerous—to do....

From a Drood to a Kill

Secret Histories: Book 9

Simon R. Green

Some call me Shaman Bond, but I was born Eddie Drood, the latest in a long line of folks who chase monsters out of closets for a living to keep humanity safe from all that is dark, demonic, and just downright evil. Needless to say, we've made our fair share of enemies over the centuries--and made some questionable bargains.

In exchange for the power to fight the forces of darkness, my parents signed over their souls. They're not the only ones who've made deals with Heaven, Hell, and every otherworldly realm in between, but now the bill's due for several big names in the supernatural community.

Including my girl, Molly. She, my parents, and other major players have been kidnapped so they'll pay up--or participate in the "Big Game." The rules are simple: get from one side of the pocket dimension to the other and kill your competitors. The winner's debt is paid in full, and the losers get themselves permanently lost, body and soul, forever.

To save my loved ones, I've got to become a ringer in this deadly contest that's undoubtedly rigged by the Powers That Be....

DR. DOA

Secret Histories: Book 10

Simon R. Green

The name is Drood, Eddie Drood, also known as Shaman Bond. My family has been safeguarding humanity for generations, facing the hidden horrors of the world so you can sleep at night and remain oblivious to the existence of the monstrous nightmares that walk and stalk among us.

Speaking of predatory night terrors, there is a man who gets away with murder. A man who specializes in removing the problems from other people's lives, by killing the people who cause those problems. He operates from the darkest shadows of the hidden world, coming and going unseen. No-one knows who he is, just his nomme du muerte. Dr. DOA.

Somehow, this demented doc poisoned me. I don't know how he did it, when or where, but whatever is coursing through my veins seems to be immune to magic cures and treatments. But that's not going to stop me from finding him and whoever hired him and give them both a taste of their own medicine...

Moonbreaker

Secret Histories: Book 11

Simon R. Green

My name is Eddie Drood, aka Shaman Bond, the very secret agent. And I am a dead man walking.

I've been poisoned by Dr. DOA. There is no cure, no treatment, no chance of a last-minute miracle. So all that is left to me and my love, Molly Metcalf, is to track down my killer and stop him before he can murder anyone else.

So whether that means fighting a secret army on another world; or searching for a forgotten weapon in the Museum of Unattached Oddities; or facing off against Grendel Rex, the Unforgiven God, in the hidden heart of the Moon, for the terrible secret that is Moonbreaker...I will do whatever it takes, while I still can. Because the game isn't over till I say it's over--and I still have one last card to play.

Night Fall

Secret Histories: Book 12

Simon R. Green

From the New York Times bestselling author of Moonbreaker comes the epic final Secret Histories adventure, where the Droods will take on the most unexpected of enemies: the inhabitants of the Nightside.

The Droods are all about control, making people do what they're told for the greater good. The Nightside is all about choice: good and bad and everything in between. The Droods want to make the world behave. The Nightside wants to party. They were never going to get along.

For centuries, ancient Pacts have kept the Droods out of the Nightside, but now the Droods see the Nightside as a threat to the whole world. They march into the long night, in their armour, to put it under their control. All too soon, the two sides are at war. It's Eddie Drood and Molly Metcalf against John Taylor and Shotgun Suzie. The Drood Sarjeant-at-Arms and their Armourer against Dead Boy and Razor Eddie. More groups join in: the London Knights, the Ghost Finders, the Spawn of Frankenstein, Shadows Fall, and the Soulhunters. Science and magic are running wild, there's blood running in the gutters, and the bodies are piling up.

Is anyone going to get out of this alive?

Shadow of Ashland

Shadow of Ashland: Book 1

Terence M. Green

I have a memory of her outline in the darkened room, of the sway of the mattress, of the cool sheets wrapped about us, and of the tastes of her mouth as the lightning flashed finally in the skies, I remember the feel of her fingers as they trailed along my shoulder, and how much I needed that touch.

"Things have to be settled, or they never go away."

Only weeks before she dies in March, 1984, Leo Nolan's mother shows her son a rose she says was just given to her by her brother, Jack, who disappeared 50 years earlier. After her death, letters from Jack begin to arrive at the family home. They are postmarked 1934. The final one is from Ashland, Kentucky.

Leo heads to Ashland, to track down the source of the letters... And to find out why they are arriving now, after 50 years.

Time shifts. Time runs underground, then surfaces. It is 1934, and Leo experiences the Great Depression and the ghosts of the past as no one has in 50 years, in Ashland, where dreams die and are born again.

A Witness to Life

Shadow of Ashland: Book 2

Terence M. Green

In the acclaimed Shadow of Ashland, Terence M. Green introduced us to the poignant beauty and rich history of his own family. Publishers Weekly called Shadow of Ashland "wonderfully imagined and poetically told.... With Leo's narration as evocative as the pages of a newly discovered family album, this proves a remarkably affecting literary work that the publisher rightly compares to Jack Finney's Time and Again."

Now in A Witness to Life, with his spare but powerful style, Green examines the meaning of life, family, death--the connections that bind us all. The story begins at the moment of Martin Radley's death. His soul, free to drift back over his life, searches for meaning in a welter of change and occasional tragedy. He bears silent witness to his defining moments and the enigmatic patterns of his life.

As Martin grows in a young man in Canada, he meets Maggie Curtis. Soon they are married, have a daughter and son, and are enjoying life. But Maggie dies suddenly, leaving Martin ill-equipped to be the single parent of two teenagers. He does a bad enough job that he loses their respect and the warmth of their affection that he desperately desires. Lost in a muddle, he falls passionately in love with Gertrude McNulty, twenty years younger. He marries her and they have a child. A new wife, a new daughter, new pieces for the puzzle, but as he tries to pull together a new life, his old one slips away. His son, Jack, leaves for the promise of work in the U.S. and disappears. His older daughter marries, withdrawing into her new family, and in a few years Gertrude dies, and Martin once again is left alone to raise a child. Martin is a good man who has failed at something important to him, and now all his love and attention are devoted to his young daughter, for decades. When death finally takes him, Martin is still looking for answers. Now, he has come full circle and has found only a few answers but, perhaps, redemption.

St. Patrick's Bed

Shadow of Ashland: Book 3

Terence M. Green

"There's a line drawn across your life. You cross the line forever."

When Leo Nolan's father dies in 1995, his stepson, Adam, now twenty-one, finally asks the question that he has never asked, the question he could never ask. He asks it simply. "Is my father alive?"

St. Patrick's Bed, the sequel to the highly acclaimed, World Fantasy Award finalists Shadow of Ashland and A Witness to Life, revisits Leo's family, eleven years after the momentous visit to Ashland, Kentucky.

Thus begins this new odyssey to Dayton, Ohio, to the past, accompanied by family ghosts and the hard truths of the present. Leo's quest is both simple and complex: the need in the human heart for redemption, resolution and homecoming.

Sisters in Fantasy

Sisters in Fantasy: Book 1

Susan Shwartz
Martin H. Greenberg

A collection of original short stories by acclaimed writers of women's fantasy--including Jane Yolen, Tanith Lee, Janny Wurts, Sheila Finch, Elizabeth Moon, and Katharine Kerr--features powerful stories of women doing extraordinary, heroic things--with a woman's touch.

Table of Contents:

  • ix - The Women Whose Work We See - An Opossum's-Eye View of Fantasy - essay by Susan Shwartz
  • 1 - Women's Stories - (1995) - poem by Jane Yolen
  • 3 - Hallah's Choice - (1995) - novelette by Jo Clayton
  • 34 - Wayfinder - (1994) - novelette by Janny Wurts
  • 67 - The Way Wind - novelette by Andre Norton
  • 105 - Healer - short story by Josepha Sherman
  • 117 - No Refunds - (1994) - short story by Phyllis Eisenstein
  • 137 - Firstborn, Seaborn - short fiction by Sheila Finch
  • 151 - A Game of Cards - (1994) - short story by Lisa Goldstein
  • 168 - Courting Rites - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 183 - Felixity - short story by Tanith Lee
  • 207 - Horse of Her Dreams - short fiction by Elizabeth Moon
  • 228 - Unto the Daughters - short story by Nancy Kress
  • 239 - Babbitt's Daughter - short fiction by Phyllis Ann Karr
  • 264 - Remedia Amoris - short fiction by Judith Tarr
  • 287 - The Bargain - short fiction by Katharine Kerr

Sisters in Fantasy 2

Sisters in Fantasy: Book 2

Susan Shwartz
Martin H. Greenberg

Twenty-three tales of magic and wonder feature the works of today's most popular women fantasy writers, including Mercedes Lackey, Jane Yolen, Diana L. Paxson, Gael Baudino, and Patricia McKillip.

Table of Contents:

  • xi - Introduction (Sisters in Fantasy II) - (1996) - essay by Susan Shwartz
  • 17 - Wonder Land - (1996) - short story by Jane Yolen
  • 20 - Shahrezad - (1996) - short story by Ellen Guon
  • 33 - This Fair Gift - (1996) - novella by Pamela Dean
  • 80 - Dumping Ra - (1996) - short story by Sharan Newman
  • 89 - Kneeling at His Side - (1996) - short story by Lois Tilton
  • 98 - Vashti and God - (1996) - short story by Valerie J. Freireich
  • 118 - Angel of the City - (1996) - short story by Susan Shwartz
  • 131 - Why Is This Night Different? - (1996) - short story by Janni Lee Simner
  • 138 - Völsi - (1996) - short story by Diana L. Paxson [as by Diana Paxson]
  • 154 - Stone Whorl, Flint Knife - (1996) - short story by Rebecca Ore
  • 166 - Horse Tracks - (1996) - short story by Rebecca Ore
  • 178 - The Witches of Junket - (1996) - novelette by Patricia A. McKillip [as by Patricia McKillip]
  • 201 - Moonlight in Vermont - (1996) - novelette by Esther M. Friesner [as by Esther Friesner]
  • 224 - The Way Your Life Is - (1996) - short story by Nancy Springer
  • 230 - Bitterfoot (Homage to Ernest K. Gann) - (1996) - novelette by Gaèl Baudino
  • 251 - A Night at the J Street Bar - (1996) - short story by Susan Casper
  • 255 - Fuzz - (1990) - short story by Martha Soukup
  • 262 - Call Him by Name - (1996) - short story by Ru Emerson
  • 273 - Daria's Window - (1996) - short story by Sherwood Smith
  • 293 - The Found and Lost Shop - (1996) - short story by Barbara Delaplace
  • 307 - Pyre - (1996) - novelette by Lee Barwood
  • 330 - Coyote - (1996) - short story by Beth Meacham
  • 343 - Wet Wings - short story by Mercedes Lackey

Door into Chaos

Star Trek: Crossovers: Gateways: Book 3

Robert Greenberger

More than 200,000 years ago, the ancient Iconians created a network of interdimensional Gateways providing instantaneous transportation across unimaginable distances. Once known as the "Demons of Air and Darkness," the Iconians mysteriously vanished many millennia ago, never to return -- or so it was believed.

Summoned to an emergency briefing at Starfleet Headquarters, Captain Jean-Luc Picard is stunned to discover that the legendary Iconians have returned at last, and are offering to sell the secrets of their advanced technology to the Federation. To prove their sincerity, they have reactivated their long-abandoned Gateways, but the results have been strife and chaos throughout the entire Alpha Quadrant. Now Picard and his crew must contend with feuding Klingons and Romulans as the captain seeks to discover the sinister truth behind the Iconians' unexpected rebirth!

What Lay Beyond

Star Trek: Crossovers: Gateways: Book 7

Peter David
Diane Carey
Keith R. A. DeCandido
Christie Golden
Robert Greenberger
Susan Wright

Contents:

  • 1 - One Giant Leap - [Star Trek: Gateways] - novelette by Susan Wright
  • 43 - Exodus - [Star Trek: Gateways] - novelette by Diane Carey
  • 83 - Horn and Ivory - [Star Trek: Gateways] - novella by Keith R. A. DeCandido
  • 141 - In the Queue - [Star Trek: Gateways] - novelette by Christie Golden
  • 181 - Death After Life - [Star Trek: Gateways] - novelette by Peter David
  • 219 - The Other Side - [Star Trek: Gateways] - novella by Robert Greenberger
  • 319 - The Pocket Books Star Trek Timeline - essay by The Timeline Gang

Wrath of the Prophets

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Book 20

Michael Jan Friedman
Peter David
Robert Greenberger

When a fatal disease spreads over Bajor, threatening the entire planet with extinction, Captain Sisko must accept aid from an unexpected source: Ro Laren, Starfleet officer turned Maquis renegade.

Major Kira and Ro reluctantly join forces to track the alien plague to its source -- even as the disease claims new victims on Deep Space Nine itself. Dr. Bashir struggles to find a cure, but the secret of the virulent invader may hide deep in the shadows of Dax's past.

No Surrender

Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Book 4

Robert Greenberger
Jeff Mariotte
Glenn Hauman
Mike Collins
Ian Edginton

The technical specialists tackle a failed prison facility, battle a super-computer, save an entire race and attempt to cure a virulent plague in this stunning collection. The intrepid ingenious Starfleet Corps of Engineers return with four new challenging adventures.

In NO SURRENDER the S.C.E. try to salvage a failed prison facility in a political firestorm, as the failure was due to sabotage by a group of political agitators.

CAVEAT EMPTOR finds the corps contesting an ancient super-computer in a simple rescue mission gone horribly wrong.

In PAST LIFE they must save the Evorons from certain demise when a radical faction sets out to destroy any evidence the Environs have that aliens visited the world before civilisation began.

And in OATHS a questionable malaise plagues the chief medical officer of S.C.E., Dr. Elizabeth Lense. Can she find her way out of depression to determine a cure to save her shipmates and an entire planets population from a deathly virus?

Contents:

  • 1 - No Surrender - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 13] - novella by Jeff Mariotte
  • 75 - Caveat Emptor - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 14] - novella by Ian Edginton and Mike Collins
  • 153 - Past Life - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 15] - novella by Robert Greenberger
  • 235 - Oaths - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 16] - novella by Glenn Hauman

Aftermath

Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Book 8

Keith R. A. DeCandido
Christopher L. Bennett
Andy Mangels
Michael A. Martin
Robert Greenberger
Aaron Rosenberg
Loren L. Coleman
Randall N. Bills

Having recovered from the catastrophic events of Wildfire, the Starfleet Corps of Engineers team on the U.S.S. da Vinci meets its new second officer: Mor glasch Tev, an arrogant Tellarite who's the best there is -- and he knows it.

Even as Captain Gold and Commander Gomez get used to their acerbic new officer, the S.C.E. team faces crises in its own solar system. A strange vessel appears in the middle of San Francisco that the S.C.E. must deal with -- aided by engineers extraordinaire Montgomery Scott and Miles O'Brien. Then they have to help the Venus terraforming team -- a mission that brings Bynar computer expert Soloman to a difficult crossroads.

That's only the beginning of the challenges for the Corps as it faces a Ferengi with a time machine, a prison colony in a black hole -- and a mission from the Dominion War that comes back to haunt the da Vinci crew in more ways than one....

Contents:

  • vii - Introduction (Aftermath) - essay by Keith R. A. DeCandido
  • 1 - Aftermath - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 29] - (2003) - novella by Christopher L. Bennett
  • 105 - Ishtar Rising - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 30] - (2003) - novella by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels
  • 237 - Buying Time - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 32] - (2003) - novella by Robert Greenberger
  • 319 - Collective Hindsight - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 33] - (2003) - novella by Aaron Rosenberg
  • 433 - The Demon - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 35] - (2004) - novel by Loren L. Coleman and Randall N. Bills
  • 619 - About the Authors (Aftermath) - essay by uncredited

Creative Couplings

Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Book 10

Christina F. York
J. Steven York
Glenn Hauman
David Mack
Aaron Rosenberg
Dayton Ward
Kevin Dilmore
Glenn Greenberg
Connie Willis

These are the voyages of the U.S.S. da Vinci. Their mission: to solve the problems of the galaxy, one disaster at a time. Starfleet veteran Captain David Gold, along with his crack Starfleet Corps of Engineers team led by former Starship Enterprise engineer Commander Sonya Gomez, travel throughout the Federation and beyond to fix the unfixable, repair the irreparable, and solve the unsolvable.

The S.C.E.'s missions don't always go as planned -- repairing the weather grid on the resort planet Risa turns into a deadly first contact, constructing an industrial complex on a nonaligned world leads to some startling revelations about the financier behind it, diverting a runaway ship could spell death for the crew the da Vinci didn't even know was there, and a planet in a box proves a more valuable prize than anyone could have imagined -- but their greatest challenge comes much closer to home...

Captain Gold's granddaughter Esther is marrying Khor, son of Lantar, a Klingon politician. Now Gold faces what may be the greatest challenge of his career: officiating the first-ever Klingon-Jewish wedding!

Contents:

  • 1 - Paradise Interrupted - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 43] - (2004) - novella by John S. Drew
  • 97 - Where Time Stands Still - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 44] - (2004) - novella by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
  • 181 - The Art of the Deal - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 45] - (2004) - novella by Glenn Greenberg
  • 277 - Spin - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 46] - (2004) - novella by J. Steven York and Christina F. York
  • 337 - Creative Couplings - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 47] - (2004) - novella by Glenn Hauman and Aaron Rosenberg
  • 465 - Small World - [Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers - 49] - (2005) - novella by David Mack
  • 529 - About the Authors (Creative Couplings) - essay by uncredited

Doomsday World

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Book 12

Peter David
Carmen Carter
Michael Jan Friedman
Robert Greenberger

The planet Kirlos -- an artificial world built by a mysterious long-dead race called the Ariantu. Kirlos is now home to many races from both the Federation and the K'vin Hegemony, who have enjoyed years of peaceful co-existence and profitable trade. The planet also holds a wealth of undiscovered archaeological treasures, which the Enterprise and its crew are dispatched to help uncover.

Sent to the surface to assist an archaeological team, Geordi, Data, and Worf soon find themselves cut off from the Enterprise -- and the prime suspects in a series of terrorist attacks. The three Enterprise crewmen are imprisoned, relations between the K'vin and the Federation begin to crumble, and Kirlos' ancient underground machinery awakens from a centuries long dormancy, primed to release the most powerful destructive force ever known.

The Romulan Stratagem

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Book 35

Robert Greenberger

On a mission to an unexplored planet near the Klingon/Romulan border, the U.S.S. Enterprise travels to the planet Eloh to negotiate Federation memebership. But upon arrival, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his diplomatic team find themselves face to face with Commander Sela, an old Romulan enemy -- who's there to convince the Elohsians to join the Romulan Empire.

When a series of fatal incidents casts suspicion on both delegations, Data must form an uneasy alliance with Sela to prove the innocence of the Enterprise crew -- or lose a sprategic stronghold to the Federation's greatest enemy.

A Time to Love

Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Time to…: Book 5

Robert Greenberger

On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship Enterprise has never been told.

UNTIL NOW.

One hundred years ago, the recurring conflicts between the Bader and the Dorset ended mysteriously when both races colonized the distant planet Delta Sigma IV -- a world located far from the destructive wars of their people -- and quickly became the Federation's perfect example of interspecies cooperation. But there are now rumblings of trouble in paradise, as an investigation led by Kyle Riker -- Commander William Riker's estranged father -- into this harmonious society has discovered a shocking, immutable truth: over the next few generations, the reaction to a native gas will spell the extinction of Delta Sigma IV's inhabitants.

Captain Picard and his crew, still recovering from the tragic events that have tarnished the career of one of the Federation's most decorated captains, must come to the aid of a world that once knew only peace, but now faces emerging violence and chaos... and Commander Riker must confront the reality that his own father may be held responsible for Delta Sigma IV's almost certain downfall!

A Time to Hate

Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Time to…: Book 6

Robert Greenberger

On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's long-time crew were heading for new assignments and new challenges. Among the changes were William Riker's promotion to captain and his new command, Riker's marriage to Counselor Deanna Troi, and Dr. Beverly Crusher's new career at Starfleet Medical. But the story of what set them on a path away from the Starship Enterprise has never been told.

UNTIL NOW.

The recurring blood feuds between the Bader and the Dorset ended mysteriously a century ago when both races colonized the planet Delta Sigma IV. But, unknown until now, it was a reaction to a naturally occurring gas that led to their harmonious existence... a reaction that would eventually mean certain death for the planet's inhabitants. What the Enterprise crew believed was a cure for the population -- a treatment introduced into Delta Sigma IV's environment by Kyle Riker, a man at odds with his son, Commander William Riker -- has instead triggered worldwide carnage, as long-suppressed aggression and hostility are suddenly and violently unleashed.

Caught in a world on the brink of self-destruction, Captain Picard -- a man still waging his own personal battle for redemption in the eyes of his commanding officers -- must somehow find a way to resolve this catastrophic event and save his crew, even as the implications of his actions may ultimately doom an entire race....

The Disinherited

Star Trek: The Original Series: Book 59

Michael Jan Friedman
Peter David
Robert Greenberger

Gamma Xaridian -- a peaceful Federation research colony that becomes the third Federation world to suffer a brutal attack at the hands of a mysterious alien fleet. With Lt. Uhura gone on an important mission of her own, Captain Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise are dispatched to investigate the attacks, only to find the planets completely devastated.
When another nearby colony is attacked, the Enterprise is ready and encounters a fleet of quick, small and deadly ships. Though Kirk and his crew manage to turn the raiders away, the Enterprise is severly damaged and the aliens escape.

As Kirk and his crew prepare for their next encounter with the raiders, Mr. Spock makes a startling discovery about the purpose behind the alien attacks -- a purpose that, if realized, could have deadly consequences for the Federation and the U.S.S Enterprise...

The Warrior Within

Terrilian Sequence: Book 1

Sharon Green

Terril is one of Central's most respected psychics and ambassadors. Powerful, intelligent and imperious, she is in charge of every situation she encounters.

Yet on assignment to a primitive planet where women are valued for their pliancy and eroticism, she encounters the huge barbarian Tammad -- a blond behemoth who appreciates her in an entirely different way from the men on her home world. Torn between attraction and rebelliousness, she begins a journey that will shape her life, and the lives of those around her...

The Warrior Enchained

Terrilian Sequence: Book 2

Sharon Green

The further adventures of empath/ambassador Terrilian and Tammad, the huge blond barbarian who claims her body but struggles to take control of her heart -- including a heartstopping rescue from the clutches of the murderous slaveholding Hizah.

The Warrior Rearmed

Terrilian Sequence: Book 3

Sharon Green

Terril has rescued a prince out of slavery, and he wants to take her away from the barbarian who owns her body and soul. But does she really want to go?

The Warrior Challenged

Terrilian Sequence: Book 4

Sharon Green

In this barbaric land ruled by men, women are meant only to serve. But Terril, an empathic agent from an advanced interstellar society, owes her first allegiance to her masters from the stars and can never be completely ruled by any man, not even Tammad, the barbarian lord she has come to love. Yet when Terril joins Tammad on a rescue expedition to the distant female-dominated city of Vediaster, neither she nor Tammad can foresee that they are riding straight into a trap that may claim both their lives. Will Terril`s rapidly growing skills of both body and mind prove powerful enough to meet the deadly challenge of the tyrant of Vediaster?

The Warrior Victorious

Terrilian Sequence: Book 5

Sharon Green

Terril wakes up to find that she can't remember how she got where she is - and worse is the knowledge, when she's told, of where that is... the planet New Dawn, where the government has implemented a forced breeding program in hopes of creating advanced empaths.

The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels

The Arbor House Treasury

Robert Silverberg
Martin H. Greenberg

The follow-up to Silverberg's earlier Arbor House anthology focuses on short novels, or novellas, and discusses the difficulty of reprinting notable works of these lengths in anthologies with limited space. (Silverberg did an earlier, paperback anthology, Great Short Novels of Science Fiction, that just preceded in 1970 the first volume of his Alpha series. That book included 3 of the 15 stories here.)

Though a companion to the earlier Arbor House anthology, Silverberg slightly relaxes that one's scope; one story here was published in 1945, and Silverberg's introduction mentions that one story was written as early as 1941.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction (The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels) - (1980) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Robert Silverberg [as by Martin Harry Greenberg and Robert Silverberg]
  • Beyond Bedlam - (1951) - novella by Wyman Guin
  • Equinoctial - (1977) - novella by John Varley
  • By His Bootstraps - (1941) - novella by Robert A. Heinlein
  • The Golden Helix - (1954) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Born with the Dead - (1974) - novella by Robert Silverberg
  • Second Game - (1958) - novelette by Katherine MacLean and Charles V. De Vet
  • The Dead Past - (1956) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • The Road to the Sea - (1951) - novella by Arthur C. Clarke
  • The Star Pit - (1967) - novella by Samuel R. Delany
  • Giant Killer - (1945) - novella by A. Bertram Chandler
  • A Case of Conscience - (1953) - novella by James Blish
  • Dio - (1957) - novelette by Damon Knight
  • Houston, Houston, Do You Read? - (1976) - novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
  • On the Storm Planet - (1965) - novella by Cordwainer Smith
  • The Miracle-Workers - (1958) - novella by Jack Vance

This anthology was re-released by Random House imprint Avenel Books in 1989 as Worlds Imagined; the only change in contents being that "The Miracle-Workers" was excluded, possibly for publishing rights reasons.

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural

The Arbor House Treasury

Bill Pronzini
Barry N. Malzberg
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Stephen King
  • Hop Frog - (1849) - shortstory by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Rappaccini's Daughter - (1844) - novelette by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Squire Toby's Will - (1868) - novelette by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • The Squaw - (1893) - shortstory by Bram Stoker
  • The Jolly Corner - (1908) - novelette by Henry James
  • "Man Overboard!" - (1899) - shortstory by Winston Churchill
  • The Hand - (1919) - shortstory by Theodore Dreiser
  • The Valley of Spiders - (1903) - shortstory by H. G. Wells
  • The Middle Toe of the Right Foot - (1890) - shortstory by Ambrose Bierce
  • Pickman's Model - (1927) - shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft
  • Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper - (1943) - shortstory by Robert Bloch
  • The Screaming Laugh - (1938) - novelette by Cornell Woolrich
  • A Rose for Emily - (1930) - shortstory by William Faulkner
  • Bianca's Hands - (1947) - shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
  • The Girl with the Hungry Eyes - (1949) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
  • Shut a Final Door - (1947) - shortstory by Truman Capote
  • Come and Go Mad - (1949) - novelette by Fredric Brown
  • The Scarlet King - (1954) - shortstory by Evan Hunter
  • Sticks - (1974) - novelette by Karl Edward Wagner
  • Sardonicus - (1961) - novelette by Ray Russell
  • A Teacher's Rewards - (1970) - shortstory by Robert S. Phillips
  • The Roaches - (1965) - shortstory by Thomas M. Disch
  • The Jam - (1958) - shortstory by Henry Slesar
  • Black Wind - (1979) - shortstory by Bill Pronzini
  • The Road to Mictlantecutli - (1965) - shortstory by Adobe James
  • Passengers - (1968) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
  • The Explosives Expert - (1967) - shortstory by John Lutz
  • Call First - (1975) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
  • The Fly - (1952) - shortstory by Arthur Porges
  • Namesake - shortstory by Rosalind M. Greenberg
  • Camps - (1979) - novelette by Jack Dann
  • You Know Willie - (1957) - shortstory by Theodore R. Cogswell
  • The Mindworm - (1950) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
  • Warm - (1953) - shortstory by Robert Sheckley
  • Transfer - (1975) - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
  • The Doll - (1980) - novelette by Joyce Carol Oates
  • If Damon Comes - (1978) - shortstory by Charles L. Grant
  • Mass Without Voices - (1979) - shortfiction by Arthur L. Samuels
  • The Oblong Room - (1967) - shortstory by Edward D. Hoch
  • The Party - (1967) - shortstory by William F. Nolan
  • The Crate - (1979) - novelette by Stephen King

The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction

The Arbor House Treasury

Martin H. Greenberg
Robert Silverberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
  • Angel's Egg - (1951) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
  • Rescue Party - (1946) - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Shape - (1953) - novelette by Robert Sheckley
  • Alpha Ralpha Boulevard - (1961) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
  • Winter's King - (1969) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Or All the Seas with Oysters - (1958) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
  • Common Time - (1953) - novelette by James Blish
  • When You Care, When You Love - (1962) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
  • The Shadow of Space - (1967) - novelette by Philip José Farmer
  • "All You Zombies --" - (1959) - shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein
  • I'm Scared - (1951) - shortstory by Jack Finney
  • Child's Play - (1947) - novelette by William Tenn
  • Grandpa - (1955) - novelette by James H. Schmitz
  • Private Eye - (1949) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
  • Sundance - (1969) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
  • In the Bowl - (1975) - novelette by John Varley
  • Kaleidoscope - (1949) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
  • Unready to Wear - (1953) - shortstory by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
  • Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night - (1961) - novelette by Algis Budrys
  • Day Million - (1966) - shortstory by Frederik Pohl
  • Hobson's Choice - (1952) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
  • The Gift of Gab - (1955) - novella by Jack Vance
  • The Man Who Never Grew Young - (1947) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
  • Neutron Star - (1966) - novelette by Larry Niven
  • Impostor - (1953) - shortstory by Philip K. Dick
  • The Human Operators - (1971) - novelette by Harlan Ellison and A. E. van Vogt
  • Poor Little Warrior! - (1958) - shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
  • When It Changed - (1972) - shortstory by Joanna Russ
  • The Bicentennial Man - (1976) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • Hunting Machine - (1957) - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
  • Light of Other Days - (1966) - shortstory by Bob Shaw
  • The Keys to December - (1966) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
  • Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand - (1973) - novelette by Vonda N. McIntyre
  • A Galaxy Called Rome - (1975) - novelette by Barry N. Malzberg
  • Stranger Station - (1956) - novelette by Damon Knight
  • The Time of His Life - (1968) - shortstory by Larry Eisenberg
  • The Marching Morons - (1951) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
  • The Women Men Don't See - (1973) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
  • The Queen of Air and Darkness - (1971) - novella by Poul Anderson

The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces

The Arbor House Treasury

Robert Silverberg
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg
  • Mellonta Tauta - (1849) - shortstory by Edgar Allan Poe
  • In the Year 2889 - (1889) - shortstory by Jules Verne (trans. of La Journée d'un journaliste américain en 2889 1891)
  • Sold to Satan - (1923) - shortstory by Mark Twain
  • The New Accelerator - (1901) - shortstory by H. G. Wells
  • Finis - (1906) - shortstory by Frank Lillie Pollock
  • As Easy as A.B.C. - (1912) - novelette by Rudyard Kipling
  • Dark Lot of One Saul - (1912) - novelette by M. P. Shiel
  • R. U. R. - (1921) - shortfiction by Karel Capek (trans. of R. U. R. 1920)
  • The Tissue-Culture King - (1926) - shortstory by Julian Huxley
  • The Metal Man - (1928) - shortstory by Jack Williamson
  • The Gostak and the Doshes - (1930) - shortstory by Miles J. Breuer, M.D.
  • Alas, All Thinking! - (1935) - novelette by Harry Bates
  • The Mad Moon - (1935) - novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum
  • As Never Was - (1944) - shortstory by P. Schuyler Miller
  • Desertion - (1944) - shortstory by Clifford D. Simak
  • The Strange Case of John Kingman - (1948) - shortstory by Murray Leinster
  • Dreams Are Sacred - (1948) - novelette by Peter Phillips
  • Misbegotten Missionary - (1950) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
  • Dune Roller - (1951) - novelette by Julian May
  • Warm - (1953) - shortstory by Robert Sheckley
  • A Bad Day for Sales - (1953) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
  • Man of Parts - (1954) - shortstory by H. L. Gold
  • The Man Who Came Early - (1956) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • The Burning of the Brain - (1958) - shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
  • The Men Who Murdered Mohammed - (1958) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
  • The Man Who Lost the Sea - (1959) - shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Goodlife - (1963) - novelette by Fred Saberhagen
  • The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World - (1971) - shortstory by Philip José Farmer
  • Gehenna - (1971) - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
  • A Meeting With Medusa - (1971) - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Painwise - (1972) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
  • Nobody's Home - (1972) - shortstory by Joanna Russ
  • Think Only This of Me - (1973) - novelette by Michael Kurland
  • Capricorn Games - (1974) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
  • "The Author of the Acacia Seeds" and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics - (1974) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Travels - (1980) - shortstory by Carter Scholz
  • Doing Lennon - (1975) - shortstory by Gregory Benford

In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920-1954

The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov: Book 1

Isaac Asimov

This autobiography is detailed, showing how the Russian-speaking youth moved from being an English-illiterate to the self-taught genius that all came to know. It relates how he heard people pronounce street names, examined the street signs & figured out how to read before he began his formal education. This is the story as told when he didn't feel that he was running out of time. It has a sense of fun (cf. The Endochronic Properties of Theotimoline 'practice paper' he wrote prior to his Ph.D examination). Ranging widely, it includes whole stories as examples.

The Green Killer

The Avenger: Book 20

Kenneth Robeson

A dread disease that contorts men into ape-like creatures brings a stranger to the Avenger's lab. He asks for an antidote, but will the cure do more harm than the disease? Will it mean death for the Avenger himself?

Paul Ernst authored this novel under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson.

The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century

The Best of the 20th Century: Book 1

Harry Turtledove
Martin H. Greenberg

Explosive and provocative battles fought across the boundaries of time and space--and on the frontiers of the human mind.

Science fiction's finest have yielded this definitive collection featuring stories of warfare, victory, conquest, heroism, and overwhelming odds. These are scenarios few have ever dared to contemplate, and they include:

"Superiority": Arthur C. Clarke presents an intergalactic war in which one side's own advanced weaponry may actually lead to its ultimate defeat.

"Dragonrider": A tale of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern, in which magic tips the scales of survival.

"Second Variety": Philip K. Dick, author of the short story that became the movie Blade Runner, reaches new heights of terror with his post apocalyptic vision of the future.

"The Night of the Vampyres": A chilling ultimatum of atomic proportions begins a countdown to disaster in George R. R. Martin's gripping drama.

"Hero": Joe Haldeman's short story that led to his classic of interstellar combat, The Forever War.

"Ender's Game": The short story that gave birth to Orson Scott Card's masterpiece of military science fiction.

...as well as stories from Poul Anderson o Gregory Benford o C. J. Cherryh o David Drake o Cordwainer Smith o Harry Turtledove o and Walter John Williams

Guaranteed to spark the imagination and thrill the soul, these thirteen science fiction gems cast a stark light on our dreams and our darkest fears--truly among the finest tales of the 20th century.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Harry Turtledove
  • Among Thieves - (1957) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • Second Variety - (1953) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
  • Hero - (1972) - novella by Joe Haldeman
  • Superiority - (1951) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Ender's Game - (1977) - novelette by Orson Scott Card
  • Hangman - (1979) - novella by David Drake
  • The Last Article - (1988) - novelette by Harry Turtledove
  • The Game of Rat and Dragon - (1955) - shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
  • Night of the Vampyres - (1975) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
  • To the Storming Gulf - (1985) - novella by Gregory Benford
  • Wolf Time - (1987) - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
  • The Scapegoat - (1985) - novella by C. J. Cherryh
  • Dragonrider - (1967) - novella by Anne McCaffrey

The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century

The Best of the 20th Century: Book 2

Harry Turtledove
Martin H. Greenberg

Explore fascinating, often chilling "what if" accounts of the world that could have existed–and still might yet...

Science fiction's most illustrious and visionary authors hold forth the ultimate alternate history collection. Here you'll experience mind-bending tales that challenge your views of the past, present, and future, including:

  • "The Lucky Strike": When The Lucky Strike is chosen over The Enola Gay to drop the first atomic bomb, fate takes an unexpected turn in Kim Stanley Robinson's gripping tale.
  • "Bring the Jubilee": Ward Moore's novella masterpiece offers a rebel victory at Gettysburg which changes the course of the Civil War... and all of American history.
  • "Through Road No Wither": After Hitler's victory in World War II, two Nazi officers confront their destiny in Greg Bear's apocalyptic vision of the future.
  • "All the Myriad Ways": Murder or suicide, Ambrose Harmon's death leads the police down an infinite number of pathways in Larry Niven's brilliant and defining tale of alternatives and consequences.
  • "Mozart in Mirrorshades": Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner explore a terrifying era as the future crashes into the past–with disastrous results.

...as well as works by Poul Anderson - Gregory Benford - Jack L. Chalker - Nicholas A. DiChario - Brad Linaweaver - William Sanders - Susan Shwartz - Allen Steele - and Harry Turtledove himself!

The definitive collection: fourteen seminal alternate history tales drawing readers into a universe of dramatic possibility and endless wonder.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Harry Turtledove
  • The Lucky Strike - (1984) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • The Winterberry - (1992) - shortstory by Nicholas A. DiChario
  • Islands in the Sea - (1989) - novelette by Harry Turtledove
  • Suppose They Gave a Peace - (1992) - novelette by Susan Shwartz
  • All the Myriad Ways - (1968) - shortstory by Larry Niven
  • Through Road No Whither - (1985) - shortstory by Greg Bear
  • Manassas, Again - (1991) - shortstory by Gregory Benford
  • Dance Band on the Titanic - (1978) - novelette by Jack L. Chalker
  • Bring the Jubilee - (1952) - novella by Ward Moore
  • Eutopia - (1967) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • The Undiscovered - (1997) - novelette by William Sanders
  • Mozart in Mirrorshades - (1985) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner
  • The Death of Captain Future - (1995) - novella by Allen Steele
  • Moon of Ice - (1982) - novella by Brad Linaweaver

The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century

The Best of the 20th Century: Book 3

Martin H. Greenberg
Harry Turtledove

LEAP INTO THE FUTURE, AND SHOOT BACK TO THE PAST

H. G. Wells's seminal short story "The Time Machine," published in 1895, provided the springboard for modern science fiction's time travel explosion. Responding to their own fascination with the subject, the greatest visionary writers of the twentieth century penned some of their finest stories. Here are eighteen of the most exciting tales ever told, including

"Time's Arrow" In Arthur C. Clarke's classic, two brilliant physicists finally crack the mystery of time travel--with appalling consequences.

"Death Ship" Richard Matheson, author of Somewhere in Time, unveils a chilling scenario concerning three astronauts who stumble upon the conundrum of past and future.

"Yesterday was Monday" If all the world's a stage, Theodore Sturgeon's compelling tale follows the odyssey of an ordinary joe who winds up backstage.

"Rainbird" R.A. Lafferty reflects on what might have been in this brainteaser about an inventor so brilliant that he invents himself right out of existence.

"Timetipping" What if everyone time-traveled except you? Jack Dann provides some surprising answers in this literary gem.

...as well as stories by Poul Anderson - L. Sprague de Camp - Joe Haldeman - John Kessel - Nancy Kress - Henry Kuttner - Ursula K. Le Guin - Larry Niven - Charles Sheffield - Robert Silverberg - Connie Willis

By turns frightening, puzzling, and fantastic, these stories engage us in situations that may one day break free of the bonds of fantasy... to enter the realm of the future: our future.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Harry Turtledove
  • Yesterday Was Monday - (1941) - shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Time Locker - (1943) - novelette by Henry Kuttner
  • Time's Arrow - (1950) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
  • I'm Scared - (1951) - shortstory by Jack Finney
  • A Sound of Thunder - (1952) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
  • Death Ship - (1953) - shortstory by Richard Matheson
  • A Gun for Dinosaur - (1956) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
  • The Man Who Came Early - (1956) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • Rainbird - (1961) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
  • Leviathan! - (1970) - shortstory by Larry Niven
  • Anniversary Project - (1975) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
  • Timetipping - (1975) - shortstory by Jack Dann
  • Fire Watch - (1982) - novelette by Connie Willis
  • Sailing to Byzantium - (1985) - novella by Robert Silverberg
  • The Pure Product - (1986) - novelette by John Kessel
  • Trapalanda - (1987) - novelette by Charles Sheffield
  • The Price of Oranges - (1989) - novelette by Nancy Kress
  • Another Story or a Fisherman of the Inland Sea - (1994) - shortfiction by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Best Paranormal Crime Stories Ever Told

The Best Stories Ever Told: Book 3

Martin H. Greenberg

Paranormal crime stories by bestselling fiction writers like Kelley Armstrong, Anne Perry, Simon R. Green, Patricia Briggs, and more. A massive, monumental volume of paranormal crime fiction by bestselling authors. Gripping tales of mayhem include both novellas and short stories like "Stalked," by Kelley Armstrong, "The Judgment" by worldwide bestselling author Anne Perry, "Appetite for Murder" by Simon R. Green, , "Road Dogs" by Norman Partridge, "The Hex Is In" by Mike Resnick, "Doppelgangster" by Laura Resnick, the chilling "If Vanity Doesn’t Kill Me" by Michael A. Stackpole, and many, many, more.

Contents:

  • ix - Introduction (The Best Paranormal Crime Stories Ever Told) - essay by John Helfers
  • 1 - Appetite for Murder - [Nightside] - (2008) - short story by Simon R. Green
  • 21 - Star of David - [Mercy Thompson Universe] - (2008) - novelette by Patricia Briggs (variant of The Star of David)
  • 57 - If Vanity Doesn't Kill Me - [Trick Molloy] - (2009) - novelette by Michael A. Stackpole
  • 83 - Grave-Robbed - [Vampire Files (P. N. Elrod)] - (2007) - novelette by P. N. Elrod
  • 117 - The Judgment - (2004) - short story by Anne Perry
  • 137 - The Angel of the Lord - [Uncle Abner] - (1911) - short story by Melville Davisson Post
  • 157 - Special Surprise Guest Appearance by... - (2004) - short story by Carole Nelson Douglas
  • 175 - Occupational Hazard - [Harry the Book] - (2007) - short story by Mike Resnick
  • 189 - She's Not There - (2009) - short story by Steve Perry
  • 213 - Hostile Takeover - [Haunted House & Nathan the Ghost] - (2007) - short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • 241 - Doppelgangster - (2004) - short story by Laura Resnick
  • 261 - The Necromancer's Apprentice - (2004) - short story by Lillian Stewart Carl
  • 283 - The Night of Their Lives - (1995) - short story by Max Allan Collins
  • 303 - Road Dogs - (2008) - novelette by Norman Partridge
  • 349 - Ninja Rats on Harleys - (2009) - short story by Elizabeth Vaughan [as by Elizabeth A. Vaughan]
  • 373 - Stalked - [Women of the Otherworld Short Fiction - 34] - (2007) - novelette by Kelley Armstrong
  • 409 - Corpse Vision - [Faerie Justice] - (2009) - novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
  • 449 - The Unicorn Hunt - (2005) - novelette by Michelle West
  • 491 - About the Authors (The Best Paranormal Crime Stories Ever Told) - essay by uncredited

Convergence

The Blending: Book 1

Sharon Green

In a world of magical adepts, every quarter-century the five greatest talents must be brought together. For only this powerful union of strangers can prevent the prophesied return of the Evil Ones who once enslaved the land.

Lorand of Earth, a simple farmer called to the city. Tamrissa is fire, sacrificing her home to escape an undesired marriage. Clarion is Air, an aristocrat flying free for the very first time. Spirit is the talent of Jovvi, the beautiful, sensuous, and knowing ex-courtesan. And Vallant is Water, a sailor who aches to return to the sea.

As one, they must stand against the odious treachery of past masters - and confront a fearsome depravity that hungers for their world. As one they must triumph... or as one they die.

Competitions

The Blending: Book 2

Sharon Green

They are the greatest talents on a beleaguered world of magical adepts--and its only hope for salvation. But first Lorand, Rion, Tamrissa, Jovvi and Vallant must prove themselves to be the Chosend Five of the ancient Prophecies. Which means they must first compete in a series of deadly conests designed to reveal the full scope of their powers... and place them at the center of a corrupt nobility's lethal schemes.

And there are those who wish them to fail. But defeat is unthinkable... because failure is doom.

Challenges

The Blending: Book 3

Sharon Green

Each magical adept possesses a potent preternatural talent. Stunning Tamrissa is Fire, Vallant the sailor, Water, Jovvi the lissome ex-courtesean, Spirit; farmer Lorand, Earth, and blue-blooded Rion, Air.

But their fragile union threatens to disintegrate when Jovvi and Tamrissa discover a secret sensuality that would make their Blending supreme. And the dissention within is nothing compared to the perile assailing the enchanted quintet from competing nobles and judges alike, all determined to see the peasant mages perish. For as they vie for the Palase of Fice, the brave but unwary tema rushes headlong into desperarate danger... and unknowable jeopardy.

Betrayals

The Blending: Book 4

Sharon Green

On a world of magical adepts, the five greatest talents are fated to unite and rule. But Tamrissa, Jovvi, Vallant, Rion, and Lorand have been cruelly separated, struck down by treachery at the very moment of their greatest triumph.

Scattered across a vast empire, the five heroes must escape their prisions and find each other again. For only then will they be able to re-create their Blending, that magical melding of hir powers that will allow them to defeat their enemies... and win the path to a throne.

Prophecy

The Blending: Book 5

Sharon Green

The Chosen Five--wielders of elemental magic--have defeated their betrayers and are returning to the city behind a legion of their followers. Tamrissa, fierce lady of Fire; Rion, noble lord of Air; Valliant, brave captain of Water; Lorand, clever master of Earth; and Jovvi, passionate sorceress of Spirit have so far successfully met the challenges set by those who would prevent the Five from their rightful throne.

But the struggle is not over yet.

Intrigues

The Blending Enthroned: Book 1

Sharon Green

Earth, Air, Water, Fire, Spirit, Sight... Uneasy are the Six who now hold the throne.

When the masters of elemental magic - six extraordinary men and women - merge the primal forces they represent, the ultimate sorcerous union comes to be: The Blending. Lorand, Rion, Vallant, Tamrissa, Jovvi... and Naran, possessor of the newly discovered prescient power of Sight, came together to wrest a beleaguered empire from the strangling grasp of treacherous nobles and to save it from the savagery of invading armies. Now it is the benevolent Six who reign, and the common people have found a voice at last. But now the Ruling Blending are ensconced in the bloodthirsty arena of politics - where their magicks may hold no sway.

In the roiling waters of the ruling court, the hungry sharks are swimming. Across foreign borders, sinister plots are being hatched to conquer the fledgling republic. But there is a dark hidden enemy growing ever-stronger amidst the riot of traitorous schemes and secret intrigues - a terrible malevolence which, when it reaches the peak of its power will wreck havoc upon an unsuspecting empire... and on everything and everyone beyond.

Deceptions

The Blending Enthroned: Book 2

Sharon Green

Lorand, Rion, Tamrissa, Vallant, Jovvi and Naran have combined their elemental powers and their deep compassion to bring a new era of enlightenment to their once enslaved land. The miraculous reforms decreed by the Ruling Sixfold Blending have enabled all to freely pursue the Lmits of their magic. But freedom is a hated thing to some, giving rise to jealousy, deceitfulness and unchecked ambition.

As traitors scheme at home, the Chosen Six are called beyond Gandistra's borders to deal with a dire threat to their empire and their world. For, as the leaders of neighboring Gracely bicker and brood and play politics, an inconceivable army is massing -- an invading wave of impossible terror, dedicated to the total devastation of everything in its path. And it may already be too late to stop a foe immune to every known magic -- including the awesome blended might of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Sight, and Spirit.

Destiny

The Blending Enthroned: Book 3

Sharon Green

The Six are stronger than the Five... But the darkness is most powerful of all.

Naran's remarkable Sight magic completed the Blending and brought solidity to their rule. But even their combined elemental powers - Earth, Fire, Air, Water, Spirit and Sight - will not turn back the dark clouds of destruction massing at Ganistra's border. For war is inevitable, as a horrific army led by a faceless malevolent entity sweeps relentlessly across the neighboring lands, enslaving, devouring, and destroying everything in its path. And fallen nobles closer to home implement dire schemes to unseat the reigning Six, intent on regaining the throne through the blackest of acts: mass murder.

Only by developing new, untested abilities - and unearthing startling secrets buried centuries ago - can Lorand, Rion, Tamrissa, Vallant, Jovvi and Naran hope to prevail.

The hour of reckoning is finally at hand. All else was a mere training for a grim and terrible destiny that they cannot avoid.

In Green's Jungles

The Book of the Short Sun: Book 2

Gene Wolfe

Gene Wolfe's In Green's Jungles is the second volume, after On Blue's Waters, of his ambitious SF trilogy, The Book of the Short Sun.

It is again narrated by Horn, who has embarked on a quest from his home on the planet Blue in search of the heroic leader Patera Silk. Now Horn's identity has become ambiguous, a complex question embedded in the story, whose telling is itself complex, shifting from place to place, present to past. Horn recalls visiting the Whorl, the enormous spacecraft in orbit that brought the settlers from Urth, and going thence to the planet Green, home of the blood-drinking alien inhumi. There, he led a band of mercenary soldiers, answered to the name of Rajan, and later became the ruler of a city state. He has also encountered the mysterious aliens, the Neighbors, who once inhabited both Blue and Green. He remembers a visit to Nessus, on Urth. At some point, he died. His personality now seemingly inhabits a different body, so that even his sons do not recognize him. And people mistake him for Silk, to whom he now bears a remarkable resemblance.

In Green's Jungles is Wolfe's major new fiction, The Book of the Short Sun, building toward a strange and seductive climax.

Green Earth

The Capital Code

Kim Stanley Robinson

GREEN EARTH takes the stories first told in FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN, FIFTY DEGREES BELOW and SIXTY DAYS AND COUNTING and combines them in a fully updated, compressed and compelling single volume.

Catastrophe is in the air. Increasingly strange weather events are pummelling the Earth. When the Gulf Stream shuts down and the Antarctic ice sheet starts melting, climate extremes multiply, and some winters hit like an ice age. New US President Phil Chase is on a mission: he's determined to solve climate change. His science advisor, Frank Vanderwal, is a bit more messed up. When massive floods hit Washington, Frank finds himself living in a treehouse and in love with a woman who's definitely not what she seems, one who will draw him into the shadowy world of Homeland Security, and other, blacker agencies. Only science can save the day. Frank knows he has to find a way to save the world so that science can proceed.

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

The Carls: Book 1

Hank Green

A sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined...

The Carls just appeared.

Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship--like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor--April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world--from Beijing to Buenos Aires--and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight.

Seizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world, April now has to deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her relationships, her safety, and her own identity. And all eyes are on April to figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us.

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

The Carls: Book 2

Hank Green

Who has the right to change the world forever?

How will we live online?

How do we find comfort in an increasingly isolated world?

The Carls disappeared the same way they appeared, in an instant. While the robots were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction with only their presence. Part of their maelstrom was the sudden viral fame and untimely death of April May: a young woman who stumbled into Carl's path, giving them their name, becoming their advocate, and putting herself in the middle of an avalanche of conspiracy theories.

Months later, April's friends are trying to find their footing in a post-Carl world. Andy has picked up April's mantle of fame, speaking at conferences and online; Maya, ravaged by grief, begins to follow a string of mysteries that she is convinced will lead her to April; and Miranda is contemplating defying her friends' advice and pursuing a new scientific operation... one that might have repercussions beyond anyone's comprehension. Just as it is starting to seem like the gang may never learn the real story behind the events that changed their lives forever, a series of clues arrive--mysterious books that seem to predict the future and control the actions of their readers--all of which seems to suggest that April could be very much alive.

The Green Fairy Book

The Colored Fairy Books: Book 3

Andrew Lang

Contents:

  • The Blue Bird
  • The Half-Chick
  • The Story of Caliph Stork
  • The Enchanted Watch
  • Rosanella
  • Sylvain and Jocosa
  • Fairy Gifts
  • Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla
  • Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine
  • The Three Little Pigs
  • Heart of Ice
  • The Enchanted Ring
  • The Snuff-box
  • The Golden Blackbird
  • The Little Soldier
  • The Magic Swan
  • The Dirty Shepherdess
  • The Enchanted Snake
  • The Biter Bit
  • King Kojata
  • Prince Fickle and Fair Helena
  • Puddocky
  • The Story of Hok Lee and the Dwarfs
  • The Story of the Three Bears
  • Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida
  • Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes
  • Jorinde and Joringel
  • Allerleirauh; or, the Many-furred Creature
  • The Twelve Huntsmen
  • Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle
  • The Crystal Coffin
  • The Three Snake-leaves
  • The Riddle
  • Jack my Hedgehog
  • The Golden Lads
  • The White Snake
  • The Story of a Clever Tailor
  • The Golden Mermaid
  • The War of the Wolf and the Fox
  • The Story of the Fisherman and his Wife
  • The Three Musicians
  • The Three Dogs

The Devil in Green

The Dark Age: Book 1

Mark Chadbourn

Humanity has emerged, blinking, from the Age of Misrule into a world substantially changed: cities lie devasted, communications are limited, anarchy rages across the land. Society has been thrown into a new Dark Age where superstition holds sway. The Tuatha De Danaan roam the land once more, their terrible powers dwarfing anything mortals have to offer. And in their wake come all the creatures of myth and legend, no longer confined to the shadows.

Fighting to find their place in this new world, the last remnants of the Christian Church call for a group of heroes: a new Knights Templar to guard the priesthood as they set out on their quest for souls. But as everything begin to fall apart, the Knights begin to realise their only hope is to call on the pagan gods of Celtic myth for help

Greenwitch

The Dark is Rising: Book 3

Susan Cooper

"AND THOSE WHO ARE CROSSED, OR BARREN, OR WHO WOULD MAKE ANY WISH, MUST TOUCH THE GREENWITCH"

The Dark has stolen an object of great power -- a golden grail that holds a vital secret. Will embarks on a new quest to reclaim the grail, and to drive back the Dark once again. But first he will need the help of three former grail seekers: Jane, Simon, and Barney Drew.

Learning to work together, they must take back the grail and retrieve the missing manuscript that unlocks its mystical secret. But the manuscript is located at the bottom of the sea, and their only hope of obtaining both grail and script is entangled in the mysterious ritual of the Greenwitch....

The Greener Shore

The Druids of Hibernia: Book 2

Morgan Llywelyn

At last, the haunting sequel to Morgan Llywelyn's phenomenal epic Druids. The Greener Shore unfurls the story of a brave and mystical people who learned to manipulate the forces of nature–in order to control magic.

As druids in Celtic Gaul, they had been the harmonious soul of their tribe, the Carnutes. But when Julius Caesar and his army invaded and conquered their homeland, the great druid Ainvar and his clan fled for their lives, taking with them the ancient knowledge. Guided by a strange destiny, they found themselves drawn to a green island at the very rim of the world: Hibernia, home of the Gael.

Here they would depend for survival on an embittered man who had lost his faith–and a remarkable woman who would find hers. Burning with hatred of the Romans, Ainvar can no longer command his magic. But his mantle falls on unexpected shoulders. In a beautiful, war-torn land of numerous kingdoms and belligerent tribes, Ainvar and his beloved wife, Briga, struggle toward an uncertain future. Their companions include the volatile Onuava, widow of their fallen chieftain; Lakutu, Ainvar's dark and mysterious second wife; Ainvar's son, Dara, who seems more drawn to poetry than to combat; and the "Red Wolf," the young warrior who is as close as kin and is determined to find Ainvar's missing daughter.

Other forces are at work in Hibernia as well -- the spirits that haunt the island, forces older than even the magic of the druids. Through them Ainvar seeks his redemption... as Briga seeks her rendezvous with history.

Filled with the deep feeling, stunning detail, and rich characters that made Druids a masterwork, The Greener Shoreis a superb saga of an amazing world and its wondrous ways -- a much-awaited novel that will delight all the devotees of this admired author.

The Evergreen Heir

The Five Crowns of Okrith: Book 4

A. K. Mulford

Neelo Emberspear, heir to the throne and realm, would never leave the library if they could help it. They certainly never asked for a kingdom or a husband to rule it with. But when their mother, the troubled queen, disastrously lights the castle on fire Neelo knows duty can be put off no longer.

No matter how charming everyone else finds fae warrior Talhan Catullus, this is not what Neelo chose.

Fighting to save their mother's life and throne, Neelo is astonished when the written word brings them closer than ever to their cavalier new fiancé. But a dark force is rising, which not only threatens their love, but the entire continent.

Always Greener

The General Buzz: Book 1

J. R. H. Lawless

Life's biggest victim, please step up and claim your prize!

A smash-hit reality show is offering a lifetime of luxury to the one person living the world's worst life, and now everyone is out to prove just how bad they've got it.

Want in? All you've got to do is accept ocular implants that let the whole world see life through your eyes, twenty-four hour a day, seven days a week.

Fortunately, there's still one person who hasn't lost faith in all humanity. The show's ever-smiling host is determined to wring some tiny bit of meaning out of this twisted competition and your unhappy existence.

There has to be a purpose behind all this misery.

...doesn't there?

The Golden Key

The Golden Key: Book 2

Kate Elliott
Jennifer Roberson
Melanie Rawn

In a land where art is prized above all else, the master painters of the Grijalva family stand apart from other artists. Theirs is an art that can alter Reality, a secret Gift passed down for generations and always used for the good of the kingdom. But now the most talented of the Grijalvas has decided to use his power for his own dark intentions--with results more devastating than anyone could imagine.

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939)

The Great SF Stories: Book 1

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1979) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • I, Robot - (1939) - short story by Otto Binder
  • The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton - (1939) - short story by Robert Bloch
  • Trouble with Water - (1939) - short story by H. L. Gold
  • Cloak of Aesir - (1939) - novella by John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • The Day Is Done - (1939) - short story by Lester del Rey
  • The Ultimate Catalyst - (1939) - short story by John Taine
  • The Gnarly Man - (1939) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
  • Black Destroyer - (1939) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
  • Greater Than Gods - (1939) - novelette by C. L. Moore
  • Trends - (1939) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • The Blue Giraffe - (1939) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
  • The Misguided Halo - (1939) - short story by Henry Kuttner
  • Heavy Planet - (1939) - short story by Milton A. Rothman
  • Life-Line - (1939) - short story by Robert A. Heinlein
  • Ether Breather - (1939) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Pilgrimage - (1939) - novelette by Nelson S. Bond
  • Rust - (1939) - short story by Joseph E. Kelleam
  • The Four-Sided Triangle - (1939) - novelette by William F. Temple
  • Star Bright - (1939) - novelette by Jack Williamson
  • Misfit - (1939) - novelette by Robert A. Heinlein

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940)

The Great SF Stories: Book 2

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1979) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Dwindling Sphere - (1940) - short story by Willard Hawkins
  • The Automatic Pistol - (1940) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • Hindsight - (1940) - short story by Jack Williamson
  • Postpaid to Paradise - (1940) - short story by Robert Arthur
  • Into the Darkness - (1940) - novelette by Ross Rocklynne
  • Dark Mission - (1940) - short story by Lester del Rey
  • It - (1940) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Vault of the Beast - (1940) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
  • The Impossible Highway - (1940) - short story by Oscar J. Friend
  • Quietus - (1940) - short story by Ross Rocklynne
  • Strange Playfellow - (1940) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • The Warrior Race - (1940) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp
  • Farewell to the Master - (1940) - novelette by Harry Bates
  • Butyl and the Breather - (1940) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • The Exalted - (1940) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
  • Old Man Mulligan - (1940) - novelette by P. Schuyler Miller

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941)

The Great SF Stories: Book 3

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1980) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Mechanical Mice - (1941) - novelette by Eric Frank Russell and Maurice G. Hugi
  • Shottle Bop - (1941) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • The Rocket of 1955 - (1939) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth
  • Evolution's End - (1941) - short story by Robert Arthur
  • Microcosmic God - (1941) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Jay Score - (1941) - short story by Eric Frank Russell
  • Liar! - (1941) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • Time Wants A Skeleton - (1941) - novella by Ross Rocklynne
  • The Words of Guru - (1941) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
  • The Seesaw - (1941) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
  • Armageddon - (1941) - short story by Fredric Brown
  • Adam and No Eve - (1941) - short story by Alfred Bester
  • Solar Plexus - (1941) - short story by James Blish
  • Nightfall - (1941) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • A Gnome There Was - (1941) - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
  • Snulbug - (1941) - short story by Anthony Boucher
  • Hereafter, Inc. - (1941) - short story by Lester del Rey

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 4 (1942)

The Great SF Stories: Book 4

Martin H. Greenberg
Isaac Asimov

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1980) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Star Mouse - (1942) - novelette by Fredric Brown
  • The Wings of Night - (1942) - short story by Lester del Rey
  • Cooperate - Or Else! - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
  • Foundation - (1942) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • The Push of a Finger - (1942) - novella by Alfred Bester
  • Asylum - (1942) - novella by A. E. van Vogt
  • Proof - (1942) - short story by Hal Clement
  • Nerves - (1942) - novella by Lester del Rey
  • Barrier - (1942) - novella by Anthony Boucher
  • The Twonky - (1942) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett ]
  • QRM - Interplanetary - (1942) - novelette by George O. Smith
  • The Weapon Shop - (1942) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
  • Mimic - (1942) - short story by Donald A. Wollheim

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 5 (1943)

The Great SF Stories: Book 5

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1981) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Cave - (1943) - novelette by P. Schuyler Miller
  • The Halfling - (1943) - novelette by Leigh Brackett
  • Mimsy Were the Borogoves - (1943) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
  • Q. U. R. - (1943) - short story by Anthony Boucher
  • Clash by Night - (1943) - novella by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lawrence O'Donnell]
  • Exile - (1943) - short story by Edmond Hamilton
  • Daymare - (1943) - novelette by Fredric Brown
  • Doorway Into Time - (1943) - short story by C. L. Moore
  • The Storm - (1943) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
  • The Proud Robot - (1943) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
  • Symbiotica - (1943) - novelette by Eric Frank Russell
  • The Iron Standard - (1943) - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 6 (1944)

The Great SF Stories: Book 6

Martin H. Greenberg
Isaac Asimov

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1981) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Far Centaurus - (1944) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
  • Deadline - (1944) - novelette by Cleve Cartmill
  • The Veil of Astellar - (1944) - novelette by Leigh Brackett
  • Sanity - (1944) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • Invariant - (1944) - short story by John R. Pierce
  • City - (1944) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
  • Arena - (1944) - novelette by Fredric Brown
  • Huddling Place - [City] - (1944) - short story by Clifford D. Simak
  • Kindness - (1944) - short story by Lester del Rey
  • Desertion - (1944) - short story by Clifford D. Simak
  • When the Bough Breaks - (1944) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
  • Killdozer! - (1944) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
  • No Woman Born - (1944) - novelette by C. L. Moore

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 7 (1945)

The Great SF Stories: Book 7

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1982) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Waveries - (1945) - short story by Fredric Brown
  • The Piper's Son - (1945) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
  • Wanted - An Enemy - (1945) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • Blind Alley - (1945) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • Correspondence Course - (1945) - short story by Raymond F. Jones
  • First Contact - (1945) - novelette by Murray Leinster
  • The Vanishing Venusians - (1945) - novelette by Leigh Brackett
  • Into Thy Hands - (1945) - short story by Lester del Rey
  • Camouflage - (1945) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
  • The Power - (1945) - short story by Murray Leinster
  • Giant Killer - (1945) - novella by A. Bertram Chandler
  • What You Need - (1945) - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
  • De Profundis - (1945) - short story by Murray Leinster
  • Pi in the Sky - (1945) - novelette by Fredric Brown

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 8 (1946)

The Great SF Stories: Book 8

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1982) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • A Logic Named Joe - (1946) - short story by Murray Leinster [as by Will F. Jenkins]
  • Memorial - (1946) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Loophole - (1946) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
  • The Nightmare - (1946) - novelette by Chan Davis
  • Rescue Party - (1946) - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Placet Is a Crazy Place - (1946) - short story by Fredric Brown
  • Conqueror's Isle - (1946) - short story by Nelson S. Bond
  • Lorelei of the Red Mist - (1946) - novella by Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury
  • The Million Year Picnic - (1946) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • The Last Objective - (1946) - novelette by Paul A. Carter
  • Meihem in ce Klasrum - (1946) - essay by Dolton Edwards
  • Vintage Season - (1946) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lawrence O'Donnell]
  • Evidence - (1946) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • Absalom - (1946) - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
  • Mewhu's Jet - (1946) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Technical Error - (1946) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9 (1947)

The Great SF Stories: Book 9

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1983) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Little Lost Robot - (1947) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • Tomorrow's Children - (1947) - novelette by Poul Anderson and F. N. Waldrop [as by Poul Anderson ]
  • Child's Play - (1947) - novelette by William Tenn
  • Time and Time Again - (1947) - short story by H. Beam Piper
  • Tiny and the Monster - (1947) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • E for Effort - (1947) - novelette by T. L. Sherred
  • Letter to Ellen - (1947) - short story by Chan Davis
  • The Figure - (1947) - short story by Edward Grendon
  • With Folded Hands… - (1947) - novelette by Jack Williamson
  • The Fires Within - (1947) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Zero Hour - (1947) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • Hobbyist - (1947) - novelette by Eric Frank Russell
  • Exit the Professor - (1947) - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett ]
  • Thunder and Roses - (1947) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10 (1948)

The Great SF Stories: Book 10

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1983) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Don't Look Now - (1948) - short story by Henry Kuttner
  • He Walked Around the Horses - (1948) - novelette by H. Beam Piper
  • The Strange Case of John Kingman - (1948) - short story by Murray Leinster
  • That Only a Mother - (1948) - short story by Judith Merril
  • The Monster - (1948) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
  • Dreams Are Sacred - (1948) - novelette by Peter Phillips
  • Mars Is Heaven! - (1948) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • Thang - (1948) - short story by Martin Gardner
  • Brooklyn Project - (1948) - short story by William Tenn
  • Ring Around the Redhead - (1948) - short story by John D. MacDonald
  • Period Piece - (1948) - short story by John R. Pierce [as by J. J. Coupling ]
  • Dormant - (1948) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
  • In Hiding - (1948) - novelette by Wilmar H. Shiras
  • Knock - (1948) - short story by Fredric Brown
  • A Child Is Crying - (1948) - short story by John D. MacDonald
  • Late Night Final - (1948) - novelette by Eric Frank Russell

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 11 (1949)

The Great SF Stories: Book 11

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1984) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Red Queen's Race - (1949) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • Flaw - (1949) - shortstory by John D. MacDonald
  • Private Eye - (1949) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett ]
  • Manna - (1949) - novelette by Peter Phillips
  • The Prisoner in the Skull - (1949) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett ]
  • Alien Earth - (1949) - novelette by Edmond Hamilton
  • History Lesson - (1949) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Eternity Lost - (1949) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
  • The Only Thing We Learn - (1949) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
  • Private - Keep Out! - (1949) - shortstory by Philip MacDonald
  • The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast - (1949) - shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Kaleidoscope - (1949) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
  • Defense Mechanism - (1949) - shortstory by Katherine MacLean
  • Cold War - (1949) - novelette by C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner [as by Henry Kuttner ]
  • The Witches of Karres - (1949) - novelette by James H. Schmitz

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 12 (1950)

The Great SF Stories: Book 12

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1984) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Not With a Bang - (1950) - shortstory by Damon Knight
  • Spectator Sport - (1950) - shortstory by John D. MacDonald
  • There Will Come Soft Rains - (1950) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
  • Dear Devil - (1950) - novelette by Eric Frank Russell
  • Scanners Live in Vain - (1950) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
  • Born of Man and Woman - (1950) - shortstory by Richard Matheson
  • The Little Black Bag - (1950) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
  • Enchanted Village - (1950) - shortstory by A. E. van Vogt
  • Oddy and Id - (1950) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
  • The Sack - (1950) - shortstory by William Morrison
  • The Silly Season - (1950) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
  • Misbegotten Missionary - (1950) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
  • To Serve Man - (1950) - shortstory by Damon Knight
  • Coming Attraction - (1950) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
  • A Subway Named Mobius - (1950) - shortstory by A. J. Deutsch
  • Process - (1950) - shortstory by A. E. van Vogt
  • The Mindworm - (1950) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
  • The New Reality - (1950) - novelette by Charles L. Harness

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 13 (1951)

The Great SF Stories: Book 13

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1985) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Null-P - (1951) - shortstory by William Tenn
  • The Sentinel - (1951) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
  • The Fire Balloons - (1951) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
  • The Marching Morons - (1951) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
  • The Weapon - (1951) - shortstory by Fredric Brown
  • Angel's Egg - (1951) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
  • "Breeds There a Man--?" - (1951) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • Pictures Don't Lie - (1951) - shortstory by Katherine MacLean
  • Superiority - (1951) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
  • I'm Scared - (1951) - shortstory by Jack Finney
  • The Quest for Saint Aquin - (1951) - novelette by Anthony Boucher
  • Tiger by the Tail - (1951) - shortstory by Alan E. Nourse
  • With These Hands - (1951) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
  • A Pail of Air - (1951) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
  • Dune Roller - (1951) - novelette by Julian May

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 14 (1952)

The Great SF Stories: Book 14

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1986) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Pedestrian - (1951) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
  • The Moon Is Green - (1952) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
  • Lost Memory - (1952) - shortstory by Peter Phillips
  • What Have I Done? - (1952) - shortstory by Mark Clifton
  • Fast Falls the Eventide - (1952) - shortstory by Eric Frank Russell
  • The Business, As Usual - (1952) - shortstory by Mack Reynolds
  • A Sound of Thunder - (1952) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
  • Hobson's Choice - (1952) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
  • Yesterday House - (1952) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
  • The Snowball Effect - (1952) - shortstory by Katherine MacLean
  • Delay in Transit - (1952) - novelette by F. L. Wallace
  • Game for Blondes - (1952) - shortstory by John D. MacDonald
  • The Altar at Midnight - (1952) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
  • Command Performance - (1952) - novelette by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • The Martian Way - (1952) - novella by Isaac Asimov
  • The Impacted Man - (1952) - novelette by Robert Sheckley
  • What's It Like Out There? - (1952) - novelette by Edmond Hamilton
  • Sail On! Sail On! - (1952) - shortstory by Philip José Farmer
  • Cost of Living - (1952) - shortstory by Robert Sheckley

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 15 (1953)

The Great SF Stories: Book 15

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction (1986) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Big Holiday (1953) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • Crucifixus Etiam (1953) - short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • Four in One (1953) - novelette by Damon Knight
  • Saucer of Loneliness (1953) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • The Liberation of Earth (1953) - short story by William Tenn
  • Lot [David Jimmon] (1953) - novelette by Ward Moore
  • The Nine Billion Names of God (1953) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Warm (1953) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • Impostor (1953) - short story by Philip K. Dick
  • The World Well Lost (1953) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • A Bad Day for Sales (1953) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • Common Time (1953) - novelette by James Blish
  • Time Is the Traitor (1953) - novelette by Alfred Bester
  • The Wall Around the World (1953) - novelette by Theodore R. Cogswell
  • The Model of a Judge (1953) - short story by William Morrison
  • Hall of Mirrors (1953) - short story by Fredric Brown
  • It's a Good Life (1953) - short story by Jerome Bixby

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 16 (1954)

The Great SF Stories: Book 16

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1987) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Test - (1954) - shortstory by Richard Matheson
  • Anachron - (1954) - shortstory by Damon Knight
  • Black Charlie - (1954) - shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson
  • Down Among the Dead Men - (1954) - novelette by William Tenn
  • The Hunting Lodge - (1954) - novelette by Randall Garrett
  • The Lysenko Maze - (1953) - shortstory by Donald A. Wollheim [as by David Grinnell ]
  • Fondly Fahrenheit - (1954) - novelette by Alfred Bester
  • The Cold Equations - (1954) - novelette by Tom Godwin
  • Letters from Laura - (1954) - shortstory by Mildred Clingerman
  • Transformer - (1954) - shortstory by Chad Oliver
  • The Music Master of Babylon - (1954) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
  • The End of Summer - (1954) - novelette by Algis Budrys
  • The Father-Thing - (1954) - shortstory by Philip K. Dick
  • The Deep Range - (1955) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Balaam - (1954) - shortstory by Anthony Boucher
  • Man of Parts - (1954) - shortstory by H. L. Gold
  • Answer - (1954) - shortstory by Fredric Brown

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 17 (1955)

The Great SF Stories: Book 17

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1988) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Tunnel Under the World - (1955) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
  • The Darfsteller - (1955) - novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • The Cave of Night - (1955) - shortstory by James E. Gunn
  • Grandpa - (1955) - novelette by James H. Schmitz
  • Who? - (1955) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
  • The Short Ones - (1955) - novelette by Raymond E. Banks
  • Captive Market - (1955) - shortstory by Philip K. Dick
  • Allamagoosa - (1955) - shortstory by Eric Frank Russell
  • The Vanishing American - (1955) - shortstory by Charles Beaumont
  • The Game of Rat and Dragon - (1955) - shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
  • The Star - (1955) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Nobody Bothers Gus - (1955) - shortstory by Algis Budrys
  • Delenda Est - (1955) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • Dreaming Is a Private Thing - (1955) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 18 (1956)

The Great SF Stories: Book 18

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1988) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Brightside Crossing - (1956) - novelette by Alan E. Nourse
  • Clerical Error - (1956) - novelette by Mark Clifton
  • Silent Brother - (1956) - short story by Algis Budrys
  • The Country of the Kind - (1956) - short story by Damon Knight
  • Exploration Team - (1956) - novelette by Murray Leinster
  • Rite of Passage - (1956) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
  • The Man Who Came Early - (1956) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • A Work of Art - (1956) - novelette by James Blish
  • Horrer Howce - (1956) - short story by Margaret St. Clair
  • Compounded Interest - (1956) - short story by Mack Reynolds
  • The Doorstop - (1956) - short story by Reginald Bretnor
  • The Last Question - (1956) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • Stranger Station - (1956) - novelette by Damon Knight
  • 2066: Election Day - (1956) - short story by Michael Shaara
  • And Now the News... - (1956) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 19 (1957)

The Great SF Stories: Book 19

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1989) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Strikebreaker - (1957) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • Omnilingual - (1957) - novelette by H. Beam Piper
  • The Mile-Long Spaceship - (1957) - short story by Kate Wilhelm
  • Call Me Joe - (1957) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • You Know Willie - (1957) - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
  • Hunting Machine - (1957) - short story by Carol Emshwiller
  • World of a Thousand Colors - (1957) - short story by Robert Silverberg
  • Let's Be Frank - (1957) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
  • The Cage - (1957) - short story by A. Bertram Chandler
  • The Education of Tigress McCardle - (1957) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth
  • The Tunesmith - (1957) - novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
  • A Loint of Paw - (1957) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • Game Preserve - (1957) - short story by Rog Phillips
  • Soldier - (1957) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
  • The Last Man Left in the Bar - (1957) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 20 (1958)

The Great SF Stories: Book 20

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1990) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Last of the Deliverers - (1958) - short story by Poul Anderson
  • The Feeling of Power - (1958) - short story by Isaac Asimov
  • Poor Little Warrior! - (1958) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
  • The Iron Chancellor - (1958) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
  • The Prize of Peril - (1958) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • Or All the Seas with Oysters - (1958) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
  • Two Dooms - (1958) - novella by C. M. Kornbluth
  • The Big Front Yard - (1958) - novella by Clifford D. Simak
  • The Burning of the Brain - (1958) - short story by Cordwainer Smith
  • The Yellow Pill - (1958) - short story by Rog Phillips
  • Unhuman Sacrifice - (1958) - novelette by Katherine MacLean
  • The Immortals - (1958) - novelette by James E. Gunn

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 21 (1959)

The Great SF Stories: Book 21

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1990) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Make a Prison - (1959) - short story by Lawrence Block
  • The Wind People - (1959) - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • No, No, Not Rogov! - (1959) - short story by Cordwainer Smith
  • What Rough Beast? - (1959) - novelette by Damon Knight
  • The Alley Man - (1959) - novella by Philip José Farmer
  • Day at the Beach - (1959) - short story by Carol Emshwiller
  • The Malted Milk Monster - (1959) - novelette by William Tenn
  • The World of Heart's Desire - (1959) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • The Man Who Lost the Sea - (1959) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • A Death in the House - (1959) - short story by Clifford D. Simak
  • The Pi Man - (1959) - short story by Alfred Bester
  • Multum in Parvo - (1959) - short story by Jack Sharkey
  • What Now, Little Man? - (1959) - novelette by Mark Clifton
  • Adrift on the Policy Level - (1959) - short story by Chan Davis

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 22 (1960)

The Great SF Stories: Book 22

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1991) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Mariana - (1960) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • The Day the Icicle Works Closed - (1960) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
  • The Fellow Who Married the Maxill Girl - (1960) - novelette by Ward Moore
  • Mine Own Ways - (1960) - short story by Richard McKenna
  • Make Mine Homogenized - (1960) - novelette by Rick Raphael
  • The Lady Who Sailed the Soul - (1960) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith and Genevieve Linebarger [as by Cordwainer Smith ]
  • I Remember Babylon - (1960) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
  • Chief - (1960) - short story by Henry Slesar
  • Mind Partner - (1960) - novelette by Christopher Anvil
  • The Handler - (1960) - short story by Damon Knight
  • The Voices of Time - (1960) - novelette by J. G. Ballard

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 23 (1961)

The Great SF Stories: Book 23

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1991) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Highest Treason - (1961) - novella by Randall Garrett
  • Hothouse - (1961) - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
  • Hiding Place - (1961) - novella by Poul Anderson
  • What Is This Thing Called Love? - (1961) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
  • A Prize for Edie - (1961) - shortstory by J. F. Bone
  • The Ship Who Sang - (1961) - novelette by Anne McCaffrey
  • Death and the Senator - (1961) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
  • The Quaker Cannon - (1961) - novelette by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth
  • The Moon Moth - (1961) - novelette by Jack Vance
  • A Planet Named Shayol - (1961) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
  • Rainbird - (1961) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
  • Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night - (1961) - novelette by Algis Budrys
  • Remember the Alamo! - (1961) - shortstory by T. R. Fehrenbach [as by R. R. Fehrenbach ]

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 24 (1962)

The Great SF Stories: Book 24

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1992) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • The Insane Ones - (1962) - short story by J. G. Ballard
  • Christmas Treason - (1962) - novelette by James White
  • Seven-Day Terror - (1962) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
  • Kings Who Die - (1962) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity - (1962) - short story by Fritz Leiber
  • Hang Head, Vandal! - (1962) - short story by Mark Clifton
  • The Weather Man - (1962) - novella by Theodore L. Thomas
  • Earthlings Go Home! - (1962) - short story by Mack Reynolds
  • The Streets of Ashkelon - (1962) - shortstory by Harry Harrison
  • When You Care, When You Love - (1962) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
  • The Ballad of Lost C'Mell - (1962) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
  • Gadget vs. Trend - (1962) - short story by Christopher Anvil
  • Roofs of Silver - (1962) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 25 (1963)

The Great SF Stories: Book 25

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1992) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
  • Fortress Ship - (1963) - short story by Fred Saberhagen
  • Not in the Literature - (1963) - short story by Christopher Anvil
  • The Totally Rich - (1963) - novelette by John Brunner
  • No Truce With Kings - (1963) - novella by Poul Anderson
  • New Folks' Home - (1963) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
  • The Faces Outside - (1963) - short story by Bruce McAllister
  • Hot Planet - (1963) - short story by Hal Clement
  • The Pain Peddlers - (1963) - short story by Robert Silverberg
  • Turn Off the Sky - (1963) - novelette by Ray Nelson
  • They Don't Make Life Like They Used To - (1963) - novelette by Alfred Bester
  • Bernie the Faust - (1963) - novelette by William Tenn
  • A Rose for Ecclesiastes - (1963) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
  • If There Were No Benny Cemoli - (1963) - novelette by Philip K. Dick

Robert Silverberg Presents the Great SF Stories (1964)

The Great SF Stories: Book 26

Robert Silverberg
Martin H. Greenberg

Table of Contents:

  • Foreword - (2002) - essay by Robert Silverberg
  • Introduction - (2002) - essay by Robert Silverberg
  • Outward Bound - (1964) - novelette by Norman Spinrad
  • The Kragen - (1964) - novella by Jack Vance
  • The Master Key - (1964) - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal - (1964) - shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
  • The Graveyard Heart - (1964) - novella by Roger Zelazny
  • Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon - (1964) - shortstory by Leigh Brackett
  • The Last Lonely Man - (1964) - shortstory by John Brunner
  • Soldier, Ask Not - (1964) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson
  • A Man of the Renaissance - (1964) - novelette by Wyman Guin
  • The Dowry of Angyar - (1964) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • When the Change-Winds Blow - (1964) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
  • The Fiend - (1964) - shortstory by Frederik Pohl
  • The Life Hater - (1964) - shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
  • Neighbor - (1964) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
  • Four Brands of Impossible - (1964) - novelette by Norman Kagan

Jade Shards

The Green Bone Saga

Fonda Lee

Fonda Lee returns to the acclaimed Green Bone Saga with four prequel short stories that delve into the personal histories of the Kaul and Ayt families.

The Witch and Her Friend. Before she was the ruthless leader of the Mountain clan, Ayt Mada was an orphan without friends at school except for one: Aun Ure, a teenage girl feared and renowned as an assassin but yearning for a simpler life.

Not Only Blood. Before he was the heir apparent of the No Peak clan, Kaul Lan challenged his grandfather and clan patriarch to help a boy who had lost everything.

Better Than Jade. Before they were married, Kaul Hilo and Maik Wen were a young couple facing long odds: the son of a top Green Bone clan in love with a stone-eye girl from a disreputable family.

Granddaughter Cormorant. Before she left and returned to Kekon, Kaul Shae was the apple of her grandfather's eye... as well as a daring secret informer to a foreign country.

The Jade Setter of Janloon

The Green Bone Saga

Fonda Lee

The rapidly changing city of Janloon is ruled by jade, the rare and ancient substance that enhances the abilities and status of the trained Green Bone warriors who run the island's powerful clans.

Pulo Oritono is not one of those warriors. He's simply an apprentice jade setter with dreams of securing clan patronage and establishing a successful business. His hopes are dashed, however, when a priceless jade weapon is stolen from the shop where he works.

Now, Pulo has three days to hunt down the thief, find the jade, and return it to its rightful owner if he wants to save his future prospects, the people he cares about, and his very life. The desperate mission will lead Pulo to old vendettas, vast corruption, and questions about everything and everyone he thought he knew.

Jade City

The Green Bone Saga: Book 1

Fonda Lee

TWO CRIME FAMILIES, ONE SOURCE OF POWER: JADE.

Jade is the lifeblood of the city of Janloon - a stone that enhances a warrior's natural strength and speed. Jade is mined, traded, stolen and killed for, controlled by the ruthless No Peak and Mountain families.

When a modern drug emerges that allows anyone - even foreigners - to wield jade, simmering tension between the two families erupts into open violence. The outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all in the families, from their grandest patriarch to even the lowliest motorcycle runner on the streets.

Jade War

The Green Bone Saga: Book 2

Fonda Lee

On the island of Kekon, the Kaul family is locked in a violent feud for control of the capital city and the supply of magical jade that endows trained Green Bone warriors with supernatural powers they alone have possessed for hundreds of years.

Beyond Kekon's borders, war is brewing. Powerful foreign governments and mercenary criminal kingpins alike turn their eyes on the island nation. Jade, Kekon's most prized resource, could make them rich - or give them the edge they'd need to topple their rivals.

Faced with threats on all sides, the Kaul family is forced to form new and dangerous alliances, confront enemies in the darkest streets and the tallest office towers, and put honor aside in order to do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival - and that of all the Green Bones of Kekon.

Jade Legacy

The Green Bone Saga: Book 3

Fonda Lee

Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, is now coveted throughout the world. Everyone wants access to the supernatural abilities it provides, from traditional forces such as governments, mercenaries, and criminal kingpins, to modern players, including doctors, athletes, and movie studios. As the struggle over the control of jade grows ever larger and more deadly, the Kaul family, and the ancient ways of the Kekonese Green Bones, will never be the same.

Battered by war and tragedy, the Kauls are plagued by resentments and old wounds as their adversaries are on the ascent and their country is riven by dangerous factions and foreign interference. The clan must discern allies from enemies, set aside bloody rivalries, and make terrible sacrifices... but even the unbreakable bonds of blood and loyalty may not be enough to ensure the survival of the Green Bone clans and the nation they are sworn to protect.

Child of Saturn

The Green Lion: Book 1

Teresa Edgerton

After fifty years of peace, thanks due to the mighty wizard Glastyn, the realm of Celydonn is doomed unless his untried apprentice can stand against the powers of darkness.

The Moon in Hiding

The Green Lion: Book 2

Teresa Edgerton

Televi, apprentice to the wizard Glastyn, and Ceilyn, the kingdom's most virtuous knight, are accused of witchcraft and robbery respectively.

The Work of the Sun

The Green Lion: Book 3

Teresa Edgerton

The treacherous Princess Diaspad wields the sacred stone of Caer Cadwy as a weapon in her struggle for the throne of Celydonn, and the Queen's sorceress must battle to save the kingdom.

The Green Man's Heir

The Green Man: Book 1

Juliet E. McKenna

A hundred years ago, a man with a secret could travel a few hundred miles and give himself a new name and life story. No one would be any the wiser, as long as he didn't give anyone a reason to start asking questions. These days, that's not so easy, with everyone on social media, and CCTV on every street corner. So Daniel Mackmain keeps his head down and keeps himself to himself.

But now a girl has been murdered and the Derbyshire police are taking a closer look at a loner who travels from place to place, picking up work as he goes. Worse, Dan realises the murder involves the hidden world he was born into. When no one else can see the truth, who will see justice done?

The Green Man's Foe

The Green Man: Book 2

Juliet E. McKenna

When you do a good job for someone, there's a strong chance they'll offer you more work or recommend you elsewhere. So Daniel Mackmain isn't particularly surprised when his boss's architect brother asks for his help on a historic house renovation in the Cotswolds.

Except Dan's a dryad's son, and he soon realises there's a whole lot more going on. Ancient malice is stirring and it has made an alliance in the modern world. The Green Man expects Dan to put an end to this threat. Seeing the danger, Dan's forced to agree. The problem is he's alone in a place he doesn't know, a hundred miles or more away from any allies of his own.

The Green Man's Silence

The Green Man: Book 3

Juliet E. McKenna

Daniel Mackmain has always been a loner. As a dryad's son, he can see the supernatural alongside everyday reality, and that's not something he can easily share. Perhaps visiting East Anglia to stay with Finele Wicken and her family will be different. They have their own ties to the uncanny.

But something is amiss in the depths of the Fens. Creatures Dan has never encountered outside folk tales are growing uneasy, even hostile. He soon learns they have good reason. Can he help them before they retaliate and disaster strikes the unsuspecting locals? Can the Green Man help Dan in a landscape dominated by water for centuries, where the oaks were cut down aeons ago?

The Green Man's Challenge

The Green Man: Book 4

Juliet E. McKenna

A while back, Daniel Mackmain's life took an unexpected turn. Now the Green Man expects him to resolve clashes between those dwelling unseen in wild places and the ordinary people who have no idea what's out there. Dan's father is human and his mother's a dryad, so he sees what's happening in both these worlds.

Once upon a time, giants walked this land. So says everyone from Geoffrey of Monmouth to William Blake. This ancient threat is stirring in the Wiltshire twilight, up on the chalk downs. Can Dan meet this new challenge when he can only find half-forgotten fairy tales to guide him? Will the other local supernatural inhabitants see him - or the giant - as friend or foe?

A modern fantasy rooted in the ancient myths and folklore of the British Isles.

The book also features a bonus short story starring Dan's boss, Eleanor Beauchene.

The Green Man's Gift

The Green Man: Book 5

Juliet E. McKenna

A teenage boy has turned up in Snowdonia, barely conscious and babbling about beautiful women and fairy feasts. The authorities blame magic mushrooms. The wise women say different and they want dryad's son, Daniel Mackmain, to investigate. He needs to watch his step in the mountains. Those who live in the hollow hills mask their secrets and intentions with sly half-truths.

Far from the woods he knows, Dan needs help from the allies he has made in past adventures. But he's a loner at heart. As the true power of his adversary becomes clear, he must decide if he's willing to see those he cares for put themselves in danger.

The Green Man's Quarry

The Green Man: Book 6

Juliet E. McKenna

The Green Man sends Daniel Mackmain to stop threats from folklore making trouble in the everyday world. Now a naiad and dryad want him to deal with the big cat they've seen prowling in their woods. Reports like this turn up in the tabloid press from time to time, though no one has ever caught such a cat, or even found evidence of a large carnivore's kills.

Can Dan discover the truth behind this modern myth before social media turns his hunt into an internet sensation? He knows that not all animals are what they seem. A huge cat which can appear and disappear without a trace must be more than meets the eye. Dan knows one thing for certain. He's on the trail of a killer.

The Green Man's War

The Green Man: Book 7

Juliet E. McKenna

For a few years now, the Green Man has sent Daniel Mackmain to resolve clashes between ordinary people and the supernatural world. Dan has found allies among folk from myth and met other humans who can see the uncanny.

He has also made dangerous enemies. Someone has decided to put a stop to this interference once and for all. Dan and his friends are about to find themselves in the firing line.

Green Phoenix

The Latium Trilogy: Book 2

Thomas Burnett Swann

Prior to the dawn of human history, the Earth did not belong solely to humanity -- there were other intelligent species still fighting a last-stand battle against extinction. These are the beings remembered today only in legend, creatures of the trees and water, beings that combined beast and man, with strange lore of their own and sciences lost to the human victors. GREEN PHOENIX is a tour-de-force of the final stronghold of the prehumans against the last legion of fallen Troy.

Lavender-Green Magic

The Magic Collection: Book 5

Andre Norton

A mysterious maze

Eleven-year-old Holly Wade and her twin siblings, Judy and Crockett, are sent to live with their grandparents in the small town of Dimsdale, Massachusetts when their father is declared missing in action in Vietnam. Dimsdale is nothing like Boston; there are only two other African-American children in the entire school. Even worse, Grandpa and Grandma Wade live in an old junkyard! While exploring one day, Holly, Judy, and Crockett wander into an overgrown hedge maze--and find themselves transported back in time to Dimsdale's past. Can they right an ancient wrong and free the town of Dimsdale from a witch's curse?

The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s

The Mammoth Book of SF by Decade: Book 1

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Contents:

  • ix - Introduction: Science Fiction Finds Its Voice - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 1 - The Shadow Out of Time - [Cthulhu Mythos] - (1936) - novella by H. P. Lovecraft
  • 62 - A Matter of Form - (1938) - novella by H. L. Gold [as by Horace L. Gold]
  • 119 - Jane Brown's Body - (1938) - novella by Cornell Woolrich
  • 188 - Who Goes There? - [Who Goes There?] - (1938) - novella by John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • 241 - Sidewise in Time - (1934) - novella by Murray Leinster
  • 292 - Alas, All Thinking! - (1935) - novelette by Harry Bates
  • 328 - Seeker of Tomorrow - (1937) - novella by Leslie J. Johnson and Eric Frank Russell (variant of Seeker of To-morrow) [as by L. T. Johnson and Eric Frank Russell]
  • 367 - Dawn of Flame - [Margaret of Urbs] - (1936) - novella by Stanley G. Weinbaum
  • 425 - Divide and Rule - (1939) - novella by L. Sprague de Camp
  • 505 - Wolves of Darkness - (1932) - novella by Jack Williamson

The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s

The Mammoth Book of SF by Decade: Book 2

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction: The Age of Campbell - (1989) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 7 - Time Wants a Skeleton - (1941) - novella by Ross Rocklynne
  • 60 - The Weapons Shop - [Weapon Shops of Isher] - (1946) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt (variant of The Weapon Shop 1942)
  • 97 - Nerves - (1942) - novella by Lester del Rey
  • 167 - Daymare - (1943) - novelette by Fredric Brown
  • 205 - Killdozer! - (1944) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
  • 269 - No Woman Born - (1944) - novella by C. L. Moore
  • 313 - The Big and the Little - [Foundation (Original Stories) - 3] - (1944) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • 369 - Giant Killer - (1945) - novelette by A. Bertram Chandler
  • 414 - E for Effort - (1947) - novelette by T. L. Sherred
  • 462 - With Folded Hands... - [Humanoids] - (1947) - novelette by Jack Williamson

The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s

The Mammoth Book of SF by Decade: Book 3

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Contents:

  • [7] - The Age of the Troika - (1990) - essay by Isaac Asimov
  • 1 - Flight to Forever - (1950) - novella by Poul Anderson
  • 48 - The Martian Way - (1952) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
  • 91 - Second Game - [Kalin Trobt] - (1958) - novelette by Charles V. De Vet and Katherine MacLean
  • 130 - Dark Benediction - (1951) - novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • 180 - The Midas Plague - (1954) - novella by Frederik Pohl
  • 231 - The Oceans Are Wide - (1954) - novella by Frank M. Robinson
  • 296 - ... And Then There Were None - (1951) - novella by Eric Frank Russell
  • 361 - Baby Is Three - (1952) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
  • 414 - Firewater - (1952) - novella by William Tenn
  • 464 - The Alley Man - (1959) - novella by Philip José Farmer

The Mammoth Book of New World Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1960s

The Mammoth Book of SF by Decade: Book 4

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Contents:

  • 1 - The Eve of RUMOKO - [Nemo] - (1969) - novella by Roger Zelazny
  • 51 - The Night of the Trolls - [Bolo] - (1963) - novella by Keith Laumer
  • 97 - Mercenary - [Joe Mauser] - (1962) - novella by Mack Reynolds
  • 148 - Soldier, Ask Not - [Childe Cycle] - (1964) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson
  • 201 - Weyr Search - [Dragonriders of Pern short fiction] - (1967) - novella by Anne McCaffrey
  • 251 - Code Three - [Code Three] - (1963) - novella by Rick Raphael
  • 301 - How It Was When the Past Went Away - (1969) - novella by Robert Silverberg
  • 356 - The Highest Treason - (1961) - novella by Randall Garrett
  • 409 - Hawk Among the Sparrows - (1968) - novella by Dean McLaughlin
  • 454 - The Suicide Express - [Riverworld] - (1966) - novella by Philip José Farmer

The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s

The Mammoth Book of SF by Decade: Book 5

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Contents:

  • 1 - Born with the Dead - [Born with the Dead - 1] - (1974) - novella by Robert Silverberg
  • 65 - The Moon Goddess and the Son - (1979) - novella by Donald Kingsbury
  • 118 - Tin Soldier - (1974) - novella by Joan D. Vinge
  • 161 - In the Problem Pit - (1973) - novella by Frederik Pohl
  • 213 - Riding the Torch - (1974) - novella by Norman Spinrad
  • 276 - Mouthpiece - (1974) - novella by Edward Wellen
  • 343 - ARM - [Gil Hamilton] - (1975) - novella by Larry Niven
  • 398 - The Persistence of Vision - (1978) - novella by John Varley
  • 443 - The Queen of Air and Darkness - [The Queen of Air and Darkness] - (1971) - novella by Poul Anderson
  • 486 - The Monster and the Maiden - (1976) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson

The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s

The Mammoth Book of SF by Decade: Book 6

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh

Contents:

  • 1 - Slow Music - (1980) - novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
  • 47 - Le Croix (The Cross) - (1980) - novelette by Barry N. Malzberg
  • 90 - Scorched Supper on New Niger - (1980) - novelette by Suzy McKee Charnas
  • 126 - The Saturn Game - [Technic History] - (1981) - novella by Poul Anderson
  • 179 - Hardfought - (1983) - novella by Greg Bear
  • 244 - Swarmer, Skimmer - (1981) - novella by Gregory Benford
  • 316 - Sailing to Byzantium - (1985) - novella by Robert Silverberg
  • 377 - Trinity - (1984) - novella by Nancy Kress
  • 426 - The Blind Geometer - (1986) - novella by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • 476 - Surfacing - (1988) - novella by Walter Jon Williams

The New Hugo Winners: (1983-85)

The New Hugo Winners: Book 1

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1983 to 1985, each with an introduction by Isaac Asimov.

Table of Contents:

The New Hugo Winners, Volume II: (1986-88)

The New Hugo Winners: Book 2

Isaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg

This volume contains all the Hugo award winning short fiction for the award years 1986 to 1988.

Table of Contents:

Tales from the Nightside

The Nightside

Simon R. Green

Welcome to the Nightside, the secret heart of London where it's always 3am and the creatures of the night congregate. If you're looking for a place to indulge the darker side of your nature, this collection of short stories from the Nightside is what you need.

Delve into ten macabre mysteries that shine a dim light into the neighbourhood's darkest corners, revealing things that refused to stay hidden - and to hell with the consequences.

Take a walk with some of the deadly and dangerous denizens of the Nightside, like Razor Eddie, Dead Boy and Larry Oblivion, who are about to encounter things even more inhuman and inhumane than they are.

And join John Taylor, the PI with a knack for finding lost things, as he confronts Sir Francis Varney, King of the Vampires, in a never-before-published novella-length adventure.

There may be nothing to be afraid of in the dark, but there's plenty to be afraid of in the Nightside...

Something from the Nightside

The Nightside: Book 1

Simon R. Green

John Taylor is not a private detective per se, but he has a knack for finding lost things. That's why he's been hired to descend into the Nightside, an otherworldly realm in the center of London where fantasy and reality share renting space and the sun never shines.

For John Taylor, there's no place like home...

Agents of Light and Darkness

The Nightside: Book 2

Simon R. Green

A quest for the Unholy Grail-the goblet from which Judas drank at the Last Supper-takes private eye John Taylor deep into the secret, magical heart of London...called the Nightside.

Nightingale's Lament

The Nightside: Book 3

Simon R. Green

In the Nightside, the hidden heart of London where it's always 3 AM, Detective John Taylor must find an elusive singer known as The Nightingale. Her silken voice has inexplicably lured many a fan to suicide--and Taylor is determined to stop her, before the whole neighborhood falls under her trance. But to catch the swift-winged Nightingale, he'll have to hear the deadly music--and survive.

Hex and the City

The Nightside: Book 4

Simon R. Green

Lady Luck has hired John Taylor to investigate the origins of the Nightside--the dark heart of London where it's always 3 A.M. But when he starts to uncover facts about his long-vanished mother, the Nightside--and all of existence-- could be snuffed out.

Paths not Taken

The Nightside: Book 5

Simon R. Green

John Taylor just discovered his long-gone mother created the Nightside--the dark heart of London--and intends to destroy it. To save his birthplace, he will have to travel back through a very distant--and probably deadly--past.

Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth

The Nightside: Book 6

Simon R. Green

Private Eye John Taylor is the only thing standing between his not-quite-human mother and the destruction of the magical realm within London known as the Nightside.

Hell to Pay

The Nightside: Book 7

Simon R. Green

In the wake of the war that left the Nightside leaderless, Jeremiah Griffin-one of the last of the immortal human families-plans to fill the power vacuum. But his granddaughter has disappeared, and he wants John Taylor to use his special abilities to find her. Except someone-or something-is blocking Taylor's abilities.

The Unnatural Inquirer

The Nightside: Book 8

Simon R. Green

Welcome to the Nightside, that secret square mile located in the dark heart of London where the sun never rises and people can fraternize with every myth and monster imaginable.

John Taylor is a P.I. with the special ability to locate anyone or anything. The Unnatural Inquirer, the Nightside's most notorious gossip rag, has offered him a million pounds to find a DVD purportedto contain an actual recording of the afterlife. John doesn't know if it's true, but someone-or something-thinks so, and will stop at nothing to possess the disc.

Just Another Judgement Day

The Nightside: Book 9

Simon R. Green

There's a new sheriff in town, and he's got the Nightside's rich and powerful quaking in their boots. He's The Walking Man, and it's his mission to exorcise sinners-with extreme prejudice. Problem is, the Nightside was built on sin and corruption, and The Walking Man makes no distinction between evildoers and those simply indulging themselves. He'll leave the place a wasteland unless someone stops him, and P.I. John Taylor has been handed the job. No known magic or science can affect The Walking Man, and if John can't discover his weakness, he'll be facing the very Wrath of God...

The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny

The Nightside: Book 10

Simon R. Green

John Taylor, the PI with a knack for finding things, gets a visit from Walker-the powerful, never-to-be-trusted agent who runs the Nightside on behalf of The Authorities. He tells John he's dying, and wants to offer him an important job: His....

A Hard Day's Knight

The Nightside: Book 11

Simon R. Green

John Taylor is a P.I. with a special talent for finding lost things in the dark and secret center of London known as the Nightside. He's also the reluctant owner of a very special-and dangerous-weapon. Excalibur, the legendary sword. To find out why he was chosen to wield it, John must consult the Last Defenders of Camelot, a group of knights who dwell in a place that some find more frightening than the Nightside.

London Proper. It's been years since John's been back-and there are good reasons for that.

The Bride Wore Black Leather

The Nightside: Book 12

Simon R. Green

In the secret heart of London, under the cover of endless darkness, the Nightside caters to anyone with any unusual itch that needs to be scratched. But enter at your own risk. The party animals who live here may be as inhuman as their appetites...

My name is John Taylor. The Nightside is my home. I didn't plan it that way. In fact, I once tried to get away. But I came back. And now it seems I'm settling down, with a full-time job (in addition to my work as a very private eye) as Walker-the new Voice of the Authorities in the Nightside-and a wedding in the offing.

I'm marrying the love of my life, Suzie Shooter, the Nightside's most fearsome bounty-hunter. But nothing comes easy here. Not life. Not death. And for certain, not happily-ever-after. Before I can say "I do," I have one more case to solve as a private eye-and my first assignment as Walker.

Both jobs would be a lot easier to accomplish if I weren't on the run, from friends and enemies alike. And if my bride-to-be weren't out to collect the bounty on my head...

Macy Minnot's Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler's Green, the Potter's Garden

The Quiet War

Paul J. McAuley

This short story originally appeared in the anthology Edge of Infinity (2012), edited by Jonathan Strahan. It can also be found in the anthologies The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection (2013), edited by Gardner Dozois, and The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven (2013).

Elminster Must Die!

The Sage of Shadowdale: Book 1

Ed Greenwood

Elminster Returns!

Elminster Must Die is the debut 4th edition appearance of one of the Forgotten Realms® world's most iconic characters, written by the creator of the original Forgotten Realms campaign setting. An instant classic, and a must-read for every Realms fan.

When the goddess of magic was murdered, Elminster's world shattered. Once the most powerful wizard in the world, immortal, beloved of the goddess of magic, and the bane of villainy, he is now a tired old man. He is powerful but mortal, and with all the enemies a man who makes a habit of saving the world tends to accumulate. To make matters worse, Elminster has needs--feeding powerful magic items to the Simbul, his lover, is the only thing that keeps her sane--but their increasingly risky collection leads his enemies right to him.

Bury Elminster Deep

The Sage of Shadowdale: Book 2

Ed Greenwood

Elminster's archenemy, the vampiric Lord Manshoon, thinks he has destroyed Elminster at last. But Elminster survives in the form of magical ash, and with the help of his scion, a fop who is growing into a true nobleman, and his longtime companion Storm, he still has a chance to counter Manshoon's insidious plots.

Elminster Enraged

The Sage of Shadowdale: Book 3

Ed Greenwood

Commanded by the vestige of Mystra to work together, Manshoon and Elminster engage instead in a ferocious battle that sends the Sage plummeting into the Underdark as a cloud of ashes. Elminster soon inhabits the body of a fallen dark elf, so that he can begin carrying out Mystra's orders to rally Cormyr's Wizards of War, seek blueflame items to mend immense rifts throughout the realms that are releasing deadly monsters, and prevent the ancient Primordials from rising and unleashing their rage. But his sworn archenemy, Manshoon, has plans as well: to conquer Cormyr and be the new Emperor, and hunt down the Sage's clones. The battles are fierce, the stakes have never been higher, and the fate of Cormyr is on the line. Meanwhile, War Wizards are being mysteriously assassinated...

The Greenstone Grail

The Sangreal Trilogy: Book 1

Amanda Hemingway

While growing up under Bartlemy's protective eye, Nathan Ward senses something else watching him, a shift of shadows in the surrounding Darkwood. Then pieces of his dreams begin to come to life. A man he saved from the ocean washes ashore on the television news. A greenish stone cup set with jewels that has haunted his visions sounds eerily like one lost by the Thorn family centuries ago-a cup that has recently made its way back into the hands of the village's last living ancestor.

Yet when Nathan learns the chalice may have come from another world, a land with bloodstained moons and a toxic sun, he knows he is destined to play a part in something beyond his most vivid imagination. But why is the cup here, and what could it possibly want with a teenage boy and a sleepy town of villagers full of tall tales? With the help of his best friend, Hazel, Nathan must figure out why he's been chosen-and for what purpose. Even if it means traveling deeper each night into dreams, into lands, into legends that both terrify and mesmerize him.

Jacks and Queens at the Green Mill

The Shadow Society

Marie Rutkoski

Few know that the Great Chicago Fire was started deliberately, as a genocide of deadly creatures called Shades. Fewer still know that they didn't die, not quite... but one human will confront the truth when an ominous beauty makes him gamble for his life.

Read the full story for free at Tor.com.

The Smoke Thieves

The Smoke Thieves: Book 1

Sally Green

In a land tinged with magic and a bustling trade in an illicit supernatural substance, destiny will intertwine the fates of five players:

A visionary princess determined to forge her own path.

An idealistic solider whose heart is at odds with his duty.

A streetwise hunter tracking the most dangerous prey.

A charming thief with a powerful hidden identity.

A loyal servant on a quest to avenge his kingdom.

Their lives intersect with a stolen bottle of demon smoke. As war approaches, they must navigate a tangled web of political intrigue, shifting alliances, and forbidden love in order to uncover the dangerous truth about the strangely powerful smoke that interwines their fates.

The Demon World

The Smoke Thieves: Book 2

Sally Green

A princess. A soldier. A servant. A demon hunter. A thief. When we last saw them, this unlikely group was heading into the Northern Territory of the kingdom of Pitoria, on the run from the sadistic and power-hungry King Aloysius of Brigant. The Smoke Thieves have discovered that demon smoke is not only an illegal drug used for pleasure, but in fact, when taken by children, demon smoke briefly gives its users super-human strength. Aloysius' plan is simple and brutal: kill the demons for their smoke, and use that smoke to build an unstoppable army of children to take over Pitoria, Calidor, and then the rest of the world.

The Smoke Thieves are the only ones who understand this plan--but can they stop it? Catherine, Aloysius' daughter, is seen as a traitor from all sides; Tash is heartbroken after the loss of her one friend and sees nothing left for her in the human world; Edyon is wanted for murder; March is carrying the secret of his betrayal of his new love; Ambrose is out for revenge--and all the while, the demons have plans of their own...

The Burning Kingdoms

The Smoke Thieves: Book 3

Sally Green

In this conclusion to the epic Smoke Thieves trilogy, the world has erupted into all-out war. King Aloysius is mining powerful demon smoke and using it to fuel an unstoppable army of children. March, now banished for treason, has joined up with this boy army. Forbidden from ever seeing Edyon again, and overwhelmed by his own betrayal, March no longer cares if he lives or dies.

Catherine--now queen of Pitoria--must find a way to defeat the boy army, while also grappling with her own troubles: her secret demon smoke addiction, and unresolved tension with her former lover, Ambrose. Catherine seeks military support from Calidor by reaching out to her illegitimate cousin Edyon, who has been proclaimed heir to the Calidorian throne. But Edyon has almost no power as he's entangled in the unfamiliar machinations and manipulations of the royal court, finding that being the claimed son of a prince may be no easier than being a bastard.

With Catherine, his love, now married off and moving on, and his brother and sister tortured and executed before him, Ambrose doesn't know what his role in this world is any more. He leads an expedition into the demon world, hoping to destroy the boy army's stores of demon smoke. In this underground world, he runs into Tash, whom everyone had believed dead. She has survived in this new world using magical abilities that, prior to now, only demons had.

Aloysius will send his demon smoke-powered boy army to kill them all, if he can. But what nobody knows is that there is more to the smoke than meets the eye...

The Three

The Three: Book 1

Sarah Lotz

Four simultaneous plane crashes. Three child survivors. A religious fanatic who insists the three are harbingers of the apocalypse. What if he's right?

The world is stunned when four commuter planes crash within hours of each other on different continents. Facing global panic, officials are under pressure to find the causes. With terrorist attacks and environmental factors ruled out, there doesn't appear to be a correlation between the crashes, except that in three of the four air disasters a child survivor is found in the wreckage.

Dubbed 'The Three' by the international press, the children all exhibit disturbing behavioural problems, presumably caused by the horror they lived through and the unrelenting press attention. This attention becomes more than just intrusive when a rapture cult led by a charismatic evangelical minister insists that the survivors are three of the four harbingers of the apocalypse. The Three are forced to go into hiding, but as the children's behaviour becomes increasingly disturbing, even their guardians begin to question their miraculous survival.

Day Four

The Three: Book 2

Sarah Lotz

Hundreds of pleasure-seekers stream aboard The Beautiful Dreamer cruise ship for five days of cut-price fun in the Caribbean sun. On the fourth day, disaster strikes: smoke roils out of the engine room, and the ship is stranded in the Gulf of Mexico. Soon supplies run low, a virus plagues the ship, and there are whispered rumors that the cabins on the lower decks are haunted by shadowy figures. Irritation escalates to panic, the crew loses control, factions form, and violent chaos erupts among the survivors.

When, at last, the ship is spotted drifting off the coast of Key West, the world's press reports it empty. But the gloomy headlines may be covering up an even more disturbing reality.

Greenwode

The Wode: Book 1

J. Tullos Hennig

The Hooded One. The one to breathe the dark and light and dusk between....

When an old druid foresees this harbinger of chaos, he also glimpses its future. A peasant from Loxley will wear the Hood and, with his sister, command a last, desperate bastion of Old Religion against New. Yet a devout nobleman's son could well be their destruction-Gamelyn Boundys, whom Rob and Marion have befriended. Such acquaintance challenges both duty and destiny. The old druid warns that Rob and Gamelyn will be cast as sworn enemies, locked in timeless and symbolic struggle for the greenwode's Maiden.

Instead, a defiant Rob dares his Horned God to reinterpret the ancient rites, allow Rob to take Gamelyn as lover instead of rival. But in the eyes of Gamelyn's Church, sodomy is unthinkable... and the old pagan magics are an evil that must be vanquished.

The Greening of Bed-Stuy

The Years of the City

Frederik Pohl

Nebula Award nominated novella. It originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1984. The story can also be found in the anthology Nebula Awards 20 (1985), edited by George Zebrowski. It is included in the collections The Years of the City (1984) and Platinum Pohl: The Collected Best Stories (2005).

Jamie the Red

Thieves' World

Gordon R. Dickson
Roland J. Green

What's a father to do with a son like Jamie? Good-hearted, hot-blooded, quick to make both friends and enemies, he is too much of a firebrand to stay at home. The King's heart almost broke when he banished his favorite son, but Jamie the Red's adventures were only beginning!

Sword-Dancer

Tiger and Del: Book 1

Jennifer Roberson

He was Tiger, born of the desert winds, raised as a slave and winning his freedom by weaving a special kind of magic with a warrior's skill. Now he was an almost legendary sword-dancer, ready to take on any challenge--if the price was right... or the woman pretty enough.

She was Del, born of ice and storm, trained by the greatest of Northern sword masters. Now, her ritual training completed, and steeped in the special magic of her own runesword, she had come South in search of the young brother stolen five years before.

But even Del could not master all the dangers of the deadly Punja alone. And meeting Del, Tiger could not turn back from the most intriguing challenge he'd ever faced--the challenge of a magical, mysterious sword-dancer of the North.

Sword-Singer

Tiger and Del: Book 2

Jennifer Roberson

The Place of Swords. It was here that Del and Tiger -- she among the greatest of Northern sword masters, he a Southron warrior of legendary skills -- must make their way to free Del from the life curse under which she traveled. For this was where she had slain her own sword master long before to blood her magical blade with the kind of power she needed to avenge the cruel destruction of her family. Outlawed by her action, she now had only a year to return to the place of Swords to stand in sword-dancer combat and either clear her name and honor or meet her doom.

Tiger, who had stood by Del through so many trials, would not forsake her now, and so, together, they began the journey North. But between them and their rendezvous with destiny was a vast land replete with dangers of both sword and spell. And behind them stalked an unseen and deadly presence intent on stealing away the very heart and soul of their sword-dancer's magic.

Sword-Maker

Tiger and Del: Book 3

Jennifer Roberson

Sword-sworn to track down the hounds of hoolies, yet inescapably haunted by his memories of Del Tiger, now master of Northern and Southron sword skills, is relentlessly following the trail which will lead him to Ysaa-den. Yet before him wait perils far deadlier than any hounds. For in Ysaa-den he is hailed as a champion come to stop the force which has been wreaking destruction upon the villagers, a force which many claim is a dragon of unimaginable strength.

As the trail of hounds and "dragon" now seem intertwined, Tiger has no choice but to climb the mountain to the place known as Dragon's Lair. And it is here that he comes face to face with a challenge which may prove beyond even the mastery of Southron and Northern sword magic--the challenge of Chosa Del, a wizard out of legend with the power to unmake all that opposes him.

Sword-Breaker

Tiger and Del: Book 4

Jennifer Roberson

Accused of murdering a man the Southron tribes believe to be their messiah, but who is actually the slayer of Del's family, Tiger and Del flee across the deadly Punic' desert, hunted by religious zealots and sword-dancer assassins. But evading death by assassins' blades is only one of the challenges they face. For Tiger's sword, Samiel, has been possessed by the spirit of the deadly sorcerer, Chosa Dei -- a wizard out of legend with the power to unmake the entire world, a master of evil who seeks to mold Tiger into his ultimate weapon of destruction.

Tiger and Del have only one hope left-to find and gain the help of Chosa Dei's equally powerful counterpart and sworn enemy, Shako Obre. But Shako Obre has not been seen in the world for hundreds of years, and it may be beyond even the combined magical abilities of Tiger and Del to find this wizard who is their only chance for salvation.

Sword-Born

Tiger and Del: Book 5

Jennifer Roberson

It has been three years since Southron sword-dancer Tiger and Northern sword-singer Del's first fateful meeting. Now these mismatched companions have become true partners: their alliance forged by blood, magic, danger, adventure...and something more.Exiled from both the North and the South, the two have set sail to search for Tiger's homeland. But no journey is ever without complications for Tiger and Del. Ship wrecked, nearly drowned, abducted by pirates, bedeviled by magic and those who would use the pair to their own ends, the two finally do arrive at their destination. But before their quest is over, Tiger must face a truth about himself which may prove more dangerous than any sword-dance.

Sword-Sworn

Tiger and Del: Book 6

Jennifer Roberson

Southron sword-dancer Tiger and his sworn partner, Northern sword-singer Delilah, leave the island of Skandi and travel to the desert of Punja, following a series of dream-manifestations that are the result of Tiger's newfound magic. Together, they confront the secrets of their past and the dangers of an uncertain future.

Sword-Bound

Tiger and Del: Book 7

Jennifer Roberson

For the first time in years, life seems settled for Tiger and Del. They run a school for sword-dancers in the South. They're raising a two-year-old daughter. They collect income from their interest in a thriving cantina. Occasionally Tiger must dance against sword-dancers bent on killing him for forsaking the oaths and vows of the circle, but for the most part it's an idyllic life. Until Tiger's twenty-five-year-old son accuses him of being "domesticated."

Thus challenged by his own flesh-and-blood to reclaim his legendary status, Tiger, accompanied by Del and his son, embarks on a journey northwards that will test his sword skill and resolve, and lead him and Del into danger from an old enemy. Though Tiger had forsaken his magic years before, he now faces the choice to reclaim it, and to wield it, in order to save those he loves.

Sword-Bearer

Tiger and Del: Book 8

Jennifer Roberson

A return to the vivid fantasy world of the highly popular Sword-Dancer saga, featuring iconic characters Tiger and Del.

Sword-Bearer marks a return to the vivid world of Jennifer Roberson's highly popular Sword-Dancer saga, featuring iconic characters Tiger--the South's most famous and gifted sword-dancer--and Del, a Northern-born woman and expert sword-singer.

Tiger and Del have settled into semi-retirement to raise their daughter, establishing a school for those who wish to become sword-dancers, part of a highly ritualized rite in which specially trained sword-fighters are hired to settle feuds among rich and powerful desert princes. Death-dances are few and far between; the goal is simply to win within the confines of "the circle."

But Tiger is an outcast, a man who attained the highest level of achievement at the training school he attended faster than anyone before him, only to voluntarily break all oaths in order to save Del. By doing so, he made himself a target of men formerly his colleagues, now sworn enemies. He is constantly challenged to death-dances where rules, and oaths, no longer apply.

Now, with the world around them falling victim to a malignant Northern-born magic, Tiger gathers Del and his adult son, Neesha, to end the magic threatening the world--and discovers, along the journey, yet another element of magecraft within himself. Yet even as Tiger learns more about his gifts, Del comes face to face with the daughter she left behind so many years before.

Body Armor: 2000

Tomorrow's Warfare: Book 1

Martin H. Greenberg
Joe Haldeman

Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Body Armor: 2000) - essay by Joe Haldeman
  • 5 - Contact! - (1974) - short story by David Drake
  • 21 - The Warbots - (1968) - short story by Larry S. Todd
  • 23 - General Motors Terrain Walker - interior artwork by Larry S. Todd
  • 25 - McCauley Walker (Ambulant) - interior artwork by Larry S. Todd
  • 28 - Burton Damnthing - interior artwork by Larry S. Todd
  • 31 - Christopher Warbot - interior artwork by Larry S. Todd
  • 33 - Cuiver (Greedy Nick) Warbot - interior artwork by Larry S. Todd
  • 35 - Critter's Gateway Warbot - interior artwork by Larry S. Todd
  • 38 - Quicksilver Warbot - interior artwork by Larry S. Todd
  • 40 - 2nd Alakar - interior artwork by Larry S. Todd
  • 45 - The Scapegoat - [Alliance-Union] - (1985) - novella by C. J. Cherryh
  • 93 - The Last Crusade - (1955) - short story by George H. Smith
  • 106 - Hired Man - (1970) - short story by Richard C. Meredith
  • 122 - Early Model - (1956) - short story by Robert Sheckley
  • 141 - In the Bone - (1966) - short story by Gordon R. Dickson
  • 163 - The Chemically Pure Warriors - (1962) - novella by Allen Kim Lang
  • 222 - Right to Life - (1985) - short story by Thomas A. Easton
  • 234 - Or Battle's Sound - [Matter Transmitter] - (1968) - novelette by Harry Harrison (variant of No War, or Battle's Sound)
  • 256 - Hero - [Mandella] - (1972) - novella by Joe Haldeman

Supertanks

Tomorrow's Warfare: Book 2

Martin H. Greenberg
Joe Haldeman

Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Supertanks) - essay by Joe Haldeman
  • 5 - The Horars of War - (1970) - short story by Gene Wolfe
  • 23 - I Made You - (1954) - short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • 35 - Encounter - (1979) - novelette by Stephen Leigh
  • 55 - The Computer Cried Charge! - (1976) - short story by George R. R. Martin
  • 69 - Hangman - [Hammer's Slammers] - (1979) - novella by David Drake
  • 125 - Field Test - [Bolo] - (1976) - short story by Keith Laumer
  • 149 - An Empty Gift - (1983) - short story by Steve Benson
  • 161 - Tank - (1979) - short story by Francis E. Izzo
  • 167 - The Tank and Its Wife - (1978) - short story by Arsen Darnay
  • 177 - Damnation Alley - (1967) - novella by Roger Zelazny

Space-Fighters

Tomorrow's Warfare: Book 3

Martin H. Greenberg
Joe Haldeman

Contents:

  • 1 - Introduction (Space-Fighters) - essay by Joe Haldeman
  • 6 - The Game of Rat and Dragon - [The Instrumentality of Mankind] - (1955) - short story by Cordwainer Smith
  • 21 - The Immortal - (1965) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
  • 58 - City of Yesterday - (1967) - short story by Terry Carr
  • 67 - Industrial Accident - (1980) - novelette by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy]
  • 87 - Ender's Game - [Ender Wiggin] - (1977) - novelette by Orson Scott Card
  • 125 - The Claw and the Clock - [Federation of Humanity] - (1971) - novelette by Christopher Anvil
  • 148 - Time Piece - (1970) - short story by Joe Haldeman
  • 157 - Medal of Honor - (1960) - novelette by Mack Reynolds
  • 185 - Wings Out of Shadow - [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] - (1974) - novelette by Fred Saberhagen
  • 204 - Gambler's War - (1980) - short story by Marcia Martin and Eric Vinicoff
  • 221 - Safe to Sea - (1988) - short story by David Drake
  • 236 - Empire Dreams - (1985) - novelette by Ian McDonald
  • 259 - Stars, Won't You Hide Me? - (1966) - short story by Ben Bova
  • 273 - Waiting in Crouched Halls - (1970) - short story by Edward Bryant [as by Ed Bryant]
  • 285 - Early Bird - (1973) - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell and Theodore L. Thomas

Tor Double #1: A Meeting With Medusa / Green Mars

Tor Double: Book 1

Kim Stanley Robinson
Arthur C. Clarke

A Meeting With Medusa:

In leading an expedition through the many-layered Jovian atmosphere in the hydrogen balloon craft Kon-Tiki, Captain Howard Falcon discovers a world where bioluminescent air plankton produce brilliant atmospheric sea-fire, predatory manta-ray creatures dominate the skies, and enormous jellyfish-like beings grow to be over a mile across.

Green Mars:

This is the original Novella that starts Robinson's Mars exploration and not the book of the same name.

This work is centered around climbing Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain on Mars (and the rest of the solar system).

Mistworld

Twilight of the Empire: Book 1

Simon R. Green

Mistworld. The day would come when it would be a key world in Owen Deathstalker's Rebellion. Now, it's as it's always been, a world on the edge of the Empire, a lawless one, shielded from the outside by powerful ESPers. A world where Leon Vertue can run his body bank, where a burglar like Cat has more to fear from other thieves than the Empress' justice, a world where Investigator Topaz is determined to make her mark.

Ghostworld

Twilight of the Empire: Book 2

Simon R. Green

Ghostworld. Unseeli. A dead world, at least since the Ashrai Rebellion ten years before. A world of metal trees crucial to the Empire, as crucial as Captain John Silence will one day be to the Empress. But not now. Silence botched the Empire's response to the Rebellion, and bears the burden for a world wiped clean of all life, save its precious metal trees.

Now, Base Thirteen has gone silent, cut itself off from the Empire, and stopped its crucial shipments. Silence has to find out why, and clean up his mess, aided by the ESPer Diane Vertue and Investigator Frost. Behind each locked door on Base Thirteen, mystery and menace await.

Hellworld

Twilight of the Empire: Book 3

Simon R. Green

Hellworld. Wolf IV. It's the next stop for Captain Scott Hunter, who'd been given a choice. Get booted, or join the Hell Squads. For Russel Corbie, it was prison or the Hell Squads. Megan DeChance was an ESPer, so for her the only other choice was death. That's the kind of choice you're given when your new job puts you on the frontlines of the dangerous unknown...

The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories

Twilight Zone: Book 7

Richard Matheson
Charles G. Waugh
Martin H. Greenberg

Although Rod Serling, who created the classic television series that ran from 1959 to 1965, is the writer most associated with The Twilight Zone, he was not, of course, the only one. Serling was a serious admirer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, and he scoured every magazine and collection available to find stories suitable for his series. This anthology showcases almost every original story that had been adapted into an episode. The result is a masterful collection of 30 classic tales by Richard Matheson (who also wrote the warmly nostalgic introduction), Charles Beaumont, Ray Bradbury, Damon Knight, Lewis Padgett, Jerome Bixby, and Manly Wade Wellman, among others. Fans of The Twilight Zone will enjoy revisiting their favorite episodes in literary form, but even if you've never seen the show, you'll enjoy this fine anthology.

Table of Contents:

New Stories from the Twilight Zone

Twilight Zone: Book 8

Martin H. Greenberg

When Rod Serling's Twilight Zone went off the air in the 1960s, it left a gap in television programming that was not to be filled again until the show's revival in the mid-80s. Supervised by such top directors as William Freidkin and Wes Craven, and starring the likes of Bruce Willis and Eric Bogosian, the second incarnation of TZ hooked a brand new generation of viewers with its innovative blend of fantasy, suspense, and horror.

But, like its predecessor, The New Twilight Zone was fueled mainly by extraordinary writing. Each of the 21 tales in this collection is a brilliant flight of imagination, authored by such masters of the genre as Harlan Ellison, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Phyllis Eisenstein, Robert Silverberg, Henry Slesar, Alan Brennert, and others.

Join these extraordinary writers on an astonishing odyssey of dreams and nightmares that begins in this world and ends in the shadowy realm of The Twilight Zone.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction: Two Years in the Twilight Zone - essay by Alan Brennert
  • Shatterday - (1975) - short story by Harlan Ellison
  • Healer - (1989) - novelette by Alan Brennert
  • Nightcrawlers - (1984) - novelette by Robert R. McCammon
  • Examination Day - (1958) - short story by Henry Slesar
  • A Message from Charity - (1967) - short story by William M. Lee
  • Paladin of the Lost Hour - (1985) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
  • The Burning Man - (1975) - short story by Ray Bradbury
  • Wong's Lost and Found Emporium - (1983) - short story by William F. Wu
  • One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty - (1970) - short story by Harlan Ellison
  • I of Newton - (1970) - short story by Joe Haldeman
  • The Star - (1955) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
  • The Misfortune Cookie - (1970) - short story by Charles E. Fritch
  • Yesterday Was Monday - (1941) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • To See the Invisible Man - (1963) - short story by Robert Silverberg
  • Dead Run - (1985) - short story by Greg Bear
  • Button, Button - (1970) - short story by Richard Matheson
  • The Everlasting Club - (1910) - short story by Arthur Gray
  • The Last Defender of Camelot - (1979) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
  • A Saucer of Loneliness - (1953) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
  • Lost and Found - (1978) - short story by Phyllis Eisenstein
  • Influencing the Hell Out of Time and Teresa Golowitz - (1982) - novelette by Parke Godwin

The Tartarus Incident

UNSA: Book 1

William Greenleaf

"Somebody get us the hell out of..."

This is the last transmission received from Caitlin Palamara's audit team. What could never happen is now a terrifying fact. The five-person crew of the ISEA audit ship jack-a-dandy has vanished during a routine skip from sector ship Graywand to the planet Sierra.

Palamara and the others find themselves stranded on a hostile, undeveloped planet that bears no resemblance at all to Sierra. They've lost communication with Graywand, and their drive system is dead. Just when it seems that things can't get worse, John Wheeler, who feels a connection with a mysterious alien presence, wanders off and stumbles upon the sprawling ruins of an ancient city. The others have no choice but to go after him.

The place is more than a little spooky. But there's no real danger, right? The city is long dead, abandoned eons ago. Right?

Wrong.

For Caitlin Palamara's small audit team, it's the end of their comfortable routine, and the beginning of the interstellar nightmare that becomes known in ISEA archives as The Tartarus Incident.

The Pandora Stone

UNSA: Book 2

William Greenleaf

Arlo Triplethorn doesn't match the holo-vid image of a contract courier. Short, scrawny, and unremarkable in every way, he suffers from recurring nightmares about his one disastrous encounter with the cobra. The bloodiest war in human history was fought with the cobra, an alien race prone to senseless aggression and unrestrained violence. Although the cost was devastating, the cobra were eventually exterminated. Or so Arlo believes.

Everything changes for Arlo when he is hired by the International Space Exploration Agency to acquire a mysterious alien artifact and deliver it to their headquarters on Sierra. The artifact is a fist-sized crystal found buried on a Fringe world. It's clearly of alien origin, and it gives Arlo a bad case of the jitters when he first gazes into its amber depths. A strange thought comes unbidden to his mind: There's something alive in there...

Things go downhill fast when Arlo discovers that a ruthless underground organization known as Isterbrandt also wants the crystal. Pursued by both Isterbrandt and corrupt ISEA officials, Arlo escapes to Earth with the crystal. There, in the ruins of a sprawling city once known as Los Angeles, Arlo learns the truth about the crystal from a small band of mutated humans who are the only remaining inhabitants of Earth. Now he knows why the two most powerful organizations in humanspace are chasing him. But the worst is yet to come, and it steps straight out of Arlo's nightmares. Not all the cobra were exterminated, after all. One of them has been living among the crumbled ruins of the city, waiting patiently for the return of the amber crystal

Now that it's back, the cobra's patience has morphed into the single-minded goal of acquiring the crystal at any cost.

Only Arlo Triplethorn stands in its way.

Wandor's Ride

Wandor: Book 1

Roland J. Green

IN THE ANCIENT DAYS...

"...there was a King of the blood of the Sthi. and he wore Five Crowns and all the world owed him homage and lived at peace with one another. Then the Years of Darkness came upon us, and men became as beasts, and the world we know today came into being. But from those days to this there has been among us a prophecy that a King shall once more rise to wear the Five Crowns and bring men to peace."

This is the message brought by High Priestess Kayopla to Bertan Wandor. House Master of the Order of Duelists. Is Wandor the man chosen by destiny to claim the throne and restore peace? Only by setting out on an incredible quest. alone and unaided against the Dark Forces threatening his world, can Wandor dis. cover the truth. It is a quest rich in adventure. combat. mystery and imagination. in the highest traditions of heroic fantasy.

Wandor's Journey

Wandor: Book 2

Roland J. Green

PROPHECY OF THE ANCIENTS

"There was a King, and he wore Five Crowns and all the world owed him homage and lived at peace. Then the Years of Darkness came, and men became as beasts. But a King shall once more rise to wear the Five Crowns and bring men to peace:"

Thus spoke the High Priestess Kayopla to Bertan Wandor. Only by undergoing the Test of the Five-Crowned King can Wandor fulfill his destiny and claim the throne. As Wandor sets out on his passionate quest to seek the Helm of the Jagnar in the depths of the dread Blue Forest, he is swept along on swirling cur rents of high adventure and peril, in the greatest tradition of heroic fantasy.

Wandor's Voyage

Wandor: Book 3

Roland J. Green

THE LAST OF THE FIVE-CROWNED KINGS SPOKE:

"Go and win Firehair the Maiden. Go and win the faith of Strong-Ax and Fear-No-Devil. Go and win aid from Cheloth of the Woods. Go and seek these--the Helm of Jagnar. the Ax of Yevoda. the Spear of Valkath. the Sword of Artos. the Dragon-Steed of Morkol ....Go then at last to battle and smite those who come against you with all-your strength and cunning."

His magical and monumental quest leads him across the Ocean to Benzos. where Cragor. the Black Duke. unleashes Kaldmor's sorceries to imprison Wandor and the red-haired Gwynna Then, with the help of Cheloth s mental powers. Wandor snatches the sacred Spear of Valkath and escapes to a friendly Sea Folk fleet. But the life of Gwynna remains in mortal danger, unless Wandor can retrieve the Ax of Yevoda. tne only material weapon that can slay the Beasts...

Wandor's Flight

Wandor: Book 4

Roland J. Green

THE JUDGMENT

"Death," said the armored man."

"Death," echoed the man in the middle. "The death we have promised them."

"Not death," said the sorcerer Beon-Kagri. "It shall be as I wish. They shall go north and seek the Dragon Steed of Morkol."

Deep within the blackness beneath the city of Kerhab. Wandor the Swordsman and his beau-tiful Gwynna receive a terrible judgment. For their reluctant part in the unjust war against Kerhab, they must now capture the dreaded Dragon Steed of Morkol --a great winged creature possessed of Wondrous and fearsome powers.

Alone in their desperate quest to find the beast--and bring peace once again to their embattled world --VVandor and Gwynna set forth on adventures as perilous and heroic and as fantastically imagined as WANDOR'S RIDE and WANDOR'S JOURNEY.

Magestorm

Warhammer

Jonathan Green

A self-imposed exile after accidentally killing his family and destroying his hometown while hunting the skaven rat-men, fire wizard Gerhart Brennend risks his life to travel the Empire in order to make amends in the eyes of his mystical order. Original.

Necromancer

Warhammer

Jonathan Green

A man can stray into evil for many reasons - a lust for power, the pursuit of forbidden knowledge or simply a desire to do the right thing. But they all have one thing in common - once the first steps are taken along the dark path, none ever return. Pursued by fanatical witch hunters and universally hated and feared, the necromancer risks death and damnation in his studies to prolong life. For the successful, however, an eternity of power awaits! Following his last awesome fantasy novel, Magestorm, Jonathan Green charts the descent of a simple physician as he travels the insane path of necromancy! As the darkness grows, he must face up to the truth that he has perhaps gone too far in his quest to cheat death.

The Dead and the Damned

Warhammer: Torben Badenov

Jonathan Green

Fantasy novel set in Games Workshop's Warhammer universe

O Greenest Branch!

Water!: Book 1

Gael Baudino

A tiny kingdom, frought with internal conflicts and three centuries of drought, embraces the promise of relief by diplomats from the Righteous States of America, and three special people find their lives changed forever.

Across the Green Grass Fields

Wayward Children: Book 6

Seanan McGuire

"Welcome to the Hooflands. We're happy to have you, even if you being here means something's coming."

Regan loves, and is loved, though her school-friend situation has become complicated, of late.

When she suddenly finds herself thrust through a doorway that asks her to "Be Sure" before swallowing her whole, Regan must learn to live in a world filled with centaurs, kelpies, and other magical equines - a world that expects its human visitors to step up and be heroes.

But after embracing her time with the herd, Regan discovers that not all forms of heroism are equal, and not all quests are as they seem...

What Might Have Been? Volume 1: Alternate Empires

What Might Have Been?: Book 1

Gregory Benford
Martin H. Greenberg

Startling alternative history has been a popular sub-genre of military history and science fiction for years and has recently reached new heights of popularity with Harry Turtledove's epic alternative histories of WWII and the American Civil War. Gregory Benford, Hugo and Nebula Award winning author, here collects original stories by such luminaries as Poul Anderson, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Kim Stanley Robinson and Robert Silverberg in alternative histories from ancient times to the 20th century.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Gregory Benford
  • In the House of Sorrows - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • Remaking History - (1988) - shortstory by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Counting Potsherds - (1989) - novelette by Harry Turtledove
  • Leapfrog - novelette by James P. Hogan
  • Everything But Honor - (1989) - novelette by George Alec Effinger
  • We Could Do Worse - (1988) - shortstory by Gregory Benford
  • To the Promised Land - (1989) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
  • Bible Stories for Adults, No. 31: The Covenant - shortstory by James Morrow
  • All Assassins - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
  • Game Night at the Fox and Goose - (1989) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
  • Waiting for the Olympians - (1988) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
  • The Return of William Proxmire - shortstory by Larry Niven

What Might Have Been? Volume 2: Alternate Heroes

What Might Have Been?: Book 2

Martin H. Greenberg
Gregory Benford

What would have happened if history had been different - if the major events that shaped our times had occurred in a different way...or not at all? In this intriguing volume, fifteen of science fiction's most imaginative minds alter the past to create a present of startling posibilities. From a Confederacy that won the Civil War to a Europe converted to Viking paganism, from Albert Einstein as a frustrated violin teacher to a Christian Genghis Khan, these bold excursions in time depict bizarre new worlds - oddly familiar, yet disturbingly different.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Gregory Benford
  • A Sleep and a Forgetting - (1989) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
  • The Old Man and C - (1989) - shortstory by Sheila Finch
  • The Last Article - (1988) - novelette by Harry Turtledove
  • Mules in Horses' Harness - novelette by Michael Cassutt
  • Lenin in Odessa - shortstory by George Zebrowski
  • Abe Lincoln in McDonald's - (1989) - shortstory by James Morrow
  • Another Goddamned Showboat - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
  • Loose Cannon - novelette by Susan Shwartz
  • A Letter from the Pope - novelette by Harry Harrison and Tom Shippey
  • Roncesvalles - novelette by Judith Tarr
  • His Powder'd Wig, His Crown of Thornes - (1989) - shortstory by Marc Laidlaw
  • Departures - (1989) - shortstory by Harry Turtledove
  • Instability - (1988) - shortstory by Rudy Rucker and Paul Di Filippo
  • No Spot of Ground - (1989) - novella by Walter Jon Williams

What Might Have Been? Volume 3: Alternate Wars

What Might Have Been?: Book 3

Gregory Benford
Martin H. Greenberg

What would have happened if history has been different: If the major events that shaped our times had occurred in a different way - or not at all? In this thought-provoking volume, eleven outstanding science fiction writers and one legendary statesman alter the past in order to better see the present. Froma Trojan War in which Helen surrenders, to a Civil War fought with robots, from a World War I in which Teddy Roosevelt tries to capture the glory of San Juan Hill, to a World War II in which the race is not for atomic weapons but for orbital rockets, these bold excursions in time depict bizarre new worlds - oddly familiar, disturbingly different - a rare glimpse of WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Gregory Benford
  • And Wild for to Hold - (1991) - novella by Nancy Kress
  • Tundra Moss - novelette by F. M. Busby
  • When Free Men Shall Stand - novelette by Poul Anderson
  • Arms and the Woman - (1991) - shortstory by James Morrow
  • Ready for the Fatherland - shortstory by Harry Turtledove
  • The Tomb - shortstory by Jack McDevitt
  • Turpentine - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
  • Goddard's People - (1991) - novelette by Allen Steele
  • Manassas, Again - (1991) - shortstory by Gregory Benford
  • The Number of the Sand - (1991) - shortstory by George Zebrowski
  • If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg - (1930) - essay by Winston S. Churchill
  • Over There - (1991) - novelette by Mike Resnick

What Might Have Been? Volume 4: Alternate Americas

What Might Have Been?: Book 4

Martin H. Greenberg
Gregory Benford

Fourteen of science fiction's most popular writers--including L. Sprague de Camp, Robert Silverberg, and Kim Stanley Robinson--offer their visions of an America that might have been.

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Gregory Benford
  • Report of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life - (1980) - shortstory by Harry Turtledove
  • Ink from the New Moon - shortstory by A. A. Attanasio
  • Vinland the Dream - (1991) - shortstory by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • If There Be Cause - (1992) - novelette by Sheila Finch
  • Isabella of Castile Answers Her Mail - (1992) - shortstory by James Morrow
  • Let Time Shape - (1992) - shortstory by George Zebrowski
  • Red Alert - (1991) - shortstory by Jerry Oltion
  • Such a Deal - (1992) - shortstory by Esther M. Friesner
  • Looking for the Fountain - (1992) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
  • The Round-Eyed Barbarians - (1992) - shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp
  • Destination Indies - shortstory by Brad Linaweaver
  • Ship Full of Jews - (1992) - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
  • The Karamazov Caper - novelette by Gordon Eklund
  • The Sleeping Serpent - (1992) - novella by Pamela Sargent

Dragon's Green

Worldquake: Book 1

Scarlett Thomas

Effie Truelove believes in magic, as does her grandfather Griffin (although he refuses to do any magic, let alone teach Effie how to use it). After a mysterious incident leaves Griffin close to death, Effie is given an unusual silver ring and told she must look after her grandfather's library of rare and powerful books. But then the books fall into the hands of shady scholar Leonard Levar, and Effie is propelled into the most dangerous adventure of her life.

Now, Effie and her friends--nerdy Maximilian, rugby-mad Wolf, helpful Lexy, and eccentric Raven--must discover their true powers if they are to get the books back. And Effie alone will have to travel to the Otherworld, where she will uncover the true meaning of the strange old book called Dragon's Green...