This short story anthology by the author of The Godhead Trilogy "reveals him to be one of the wittiest writers of contemporary speculative fiction" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Join the Abominable Snowman as, determined to transcend his cannibalistic past, he studies Tibetan Buddhism under the Dalai Lama. Pace the walls of Ilium with fair Helen as she tries to convince both sides to abandon their absurd Trojan War. Visit the nursery of...

She believed in her destiny, then fate tore up their pact.Princess Samara, daughter of the Sorcerer King, is unimpressed with the current turn of her fortune. Her father's chosen another successor, after promising that she would one day be Sorceress Queen. Then, he begs her to go fetch the very boy who is to usurp her place on his throne. When a reluctant knight, who only thinks of bedding women or hunting dragons, is assigned as their escort, she's...

CLEANSING THE GALAXY OF THE EIJEN FILTH IS A SACRED DUTY. For three hundred years, the Republic has outlawed genetic engineering and its associated technologies. Nearly a decade ago, Oryelle (Ori) Tey, an engineered, enhanced super soldier, was found in the remains of a warship, drifting at the edge of Republic space. From the webs and tunnels of Xia, Ori is sent to the Republic, a humanoid civilisation still wracked by the aftershocks of the Great...

Cuando tres inmigrantes, una de las cuales es una mujer en avanzado estado de embarazo, cruzan ilegalmente la frontera y se encuentran con un par de milicianos armados, esto termina en un acto de violencia abominable y en una muestra de compasión empática. "El día del cruce" destacará a una familia campesina migrante y pobre de México que busca escapar de la violencia despiadada de los cárteles de la droga. Con un bebé en camino, la pareja...

Anra is a solitary. She was born without the power to mindspeak, and unlike her fellows, she cannot communicate in unspoken thoughts. In the past, she would have been killed at birth, but the arrival of the Wanderer, the comet controlled by the cybernetic intelligence known as the Homesmind, has changed everything. The people of the comet, the skydwellers, now supply solitaries with implants that allow artificial mindspeaking. The solitaries are sequestered...

Kim Stanley Robinson's Escape From Kathmandu is a light-hearted fantasy tribute to the world of extreme mountain climbing follows the adventures of two American expatriates living in Nepal. Living in the city of Kathmandu in the Kingdom of Nepal are dozens of American and British expatriates who are in love with the Himalayas. George Fergusson is one of them--he works as a trek guide for "Take You Higher, Ltd.", leading groups of tourists into the...

What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the She-Devil With a Sword than to revisit her greatest tales in an all-new hardcover collection? Brought together for the first time in a single volume, these storied sagas trace the legendary exploits of the Hyboria's favorite daughter over five skull-smashing, tavern-wrecking decades! . "The Temple of Abomination!" - Roy Thomas & Dick Giordano . "Red Sonja" - Roy Thomas & Esteban Maroto ....

A Collection Of Four Short Stories Set In The Strange City Of Brakenport, Texas. A Disgraced Former Priest Returns To His Former Parish Only To Meet A Stranger Who Promises The Answer To The Question He Has Pursued His Entire Life. Though Much Like The Sins Of His Past, The Answers Come At A Cost That He May Not Be Ready To Pay. The Day Before The Interview Detailing His Harrowing Tale Of Survival Of The Neon Cowboy Massacre Debuts, Eddie Winters...

A mixture of urban fantasy and Los Angeles noir, “Dead Monkey Rum” revolves around a stolen Tiki idol that contains the ashes of visionary artist Stanislaw Szukalski. Our heroes, an alcoholic monkey named Robert Mclintlock and a beautiful bartender named Stephanie Waterfall, must locate the missing statue in the wilds of Los Angeles before a tribe of pissed-off Yetis can get their massive, dirty paws on it. Because the obsidian idol possesses...

The most evil book ever conceived falls into the hands of the leader of the Spanish Inquisition in this ingenious bibliomystery from the bestselling creator of Repairman Jack. In the fifteenth century, the Spanish Inquisition spreads terror throughout the land, with Prior Tomás de Torquemada serving as the ultimate judge of who will live and who will be consigned to the purifying flames. Never has Torquemada questioned his own faith or his sacred...