"The Gentle Vultures" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the December 1957 issue of Super-Science Fiction, and was reprinted in the 1959 collection Nine Tomorrows.The story is one of a number that Asimov...
In 2007, a New York attorney bumps into an old college buddy — and accepts his friend’s offer of a job in Dubai, as the overseer of an enormous family fortune. Haunted by the collapse of his relationship and hoping for a fresh start, our strange...
The year is 2009. For Kip Dawson, winning a passenger seat on American Space Adventure’s spacecraft is a dream come true. One grand shot of insanity and he can return to earth fulfilled. But the thrill of the successful launch turns to terror...
Only 47 days left until Larry Durrant's execution, but lawyer Lac McElroy is determined to save his client's life.
There are only three small problems: the evidence against Durrant is overwhelming, he's made a full confession, and he wants to...
With wry humor and penetrating satire, Flatland takes us on a mind-expanding journey into a different world to give us a new vision of our own. A. Square, the slightly befuddled narrator, is born into a place which is limited to two...