Finalist for the Hugo Award • “Ofelia—tough, kind, wise and unwise, fond of food, tired of foolish people—is one of the most probable heroines science fiction has ever known.”—Ursula K. Le Guin
For forty years, Colony 3245.12 has...
Call me Joe is the first of a multi-volume compendium of Poul Anderson’s best works from a writing career that spans over 50 years and contains 26 stories, including: «Call Me Joe», «Enough Rope», «Starfog»,...
From the author of the award-winning Marmawell Trilogy
THE DOLLMAGE IS THE WISE WOMAN OF SEEKVALLEY.
As her powers weaken and age comes upon her, she knows she must choose a successor. On the day she predicts to be the birthday of her chosen...
An over-sized, huge tribute anthology for Richard Laymon -- featuring original and reprint short fiction, essays, interviews, personal remembrances, photos, etc. from dozens of the biggest names in horror! Personal, moving, and wildly entertaining...
Ray Aldridge ("The Cold Cage," February 1990) returns with a compelling new story about the world Dilvermoon, whose citizens seek escape by adopting beast-like...
What Mad Universe is a science fiction novel, written in 1949 by the American author Fredric Brown. It satirizes many of the conventions of American "pulp" magazine science-fiction of the...
Plain Kate lives in a world of superstitions and curses, where a song can heal a wound and a shadow can work deep magic. As the wood-carver's daughter, Kate held a carving knife before a spoon, and her wooden charms are so fine that some even call...
When news of dragon trouble comes from the north, villagers in Marmawell scoff. Dragons haven't flown in the land of Ve for many generations. But Marwen, the Oldwife's apprentice, doesn't scoff. She Knows the reports are true; she senses the...
Ray Aldridge writes, "I've been a potter and stained glass designer for about fifteen years. I've built a series of sf-oriented windows that deal with the same subject matter as 'Floating Castles' — the impact (often fatal) of high tech cultures...