Short Stories

The Button Man and the Murder Tree

by Cherie Priest

George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards multi-author shared-world universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years. Now, in addition to overseeing the ongoing publication of new Wild Cards books (like 2011's Fort...

Shall We Gather

by Alex Bledsoe

When one world brushes another, asking the right question can be magic…

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Fire Above, Fire Below

by Garth Nix

"Fire Above, Fire Below" is about the crisis that the dying of a dragon living below a major city causes, and the pact made many years earlier to deal with such a situtation.

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Jack of Coins

by Christopher Rowe

Jack of Coins, by Christopher Rowe, is about a strange, amnesiac man who is befriended by a rebellious group of teenagers living in a repressive city.

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The Ink Readers of Doi Saket

by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

People send their dreams and wishes floating down the Mae Ping River with the hope that those dreams will be captured, read and come true. It is a surprise what some wish for and why. One can never know what's...

Do Not Touch

by Prudence Shen

Lane doesn't understand why people have such a hard time following directions. All these paintings are clearly marked "DO NOT TOUCH" for a reason.

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Sing

by Karin Tidbeck

In a village on the distant colony of Kiruna, the outcast Aino has worked hard to created a life for herself. The fragile status quo is upset when the offworlder Petr arrives and insists on becoming a part of...

TALKING ABOUT DESTINY....

by Linda Gray

What is destiny? Does it really exhist? Are we living following a path already traced? These are questions womankind poses since when men started looking up at stars. Normally we do not believe in destiny, we...

Rag and Bone

by Priya Sharma

Rag and Bone, by Priya Sharma, is about Tom, who buys unwanted household items and scavenges other materials (including bones) and resells them in an alternative 19th century Liverpool in which the wealthy use...

Backscatter

by Gregory Benford

Life might emerge under the most unlikely conditions...or in the last extremity.

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Dangerous Liaisons in the Kitchen, Cristiana Danila Formetta's menu

by Cristiana Danila Formetta

6 courses, 6 recipes developed through 6 short stories. (from: NAUGHTY BOOKS, First Course) Poetry represents a carnal desire that thrives on sin and can turn even the most innocent girl into a mistress of lust....

Stepping Stone / Love Machine

by Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley’s talent knows no bounds. Stepping Stone and Love Machine are but two of six fragments in the Crosstown to Oblivion short novels in which Mosley entertainingly explores life’s cosmic questions....

Stepping Stone

by Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley’s talent knows no bounds. Stepping Stone and Love Machine are but two of six fragments in the Crosstown to Oblivion short novels in which Mosley entertainingly explores life’s cosmic questions....

Border Dogs: A SEAL Team 666 Adventure

by Weston Ochse

Sent to Southern Arizona to investigate rumors of chupacabra running rampant, SEAL Team 666 becomes embroiled in Mexican cartel politics, the loss of one of their own, and the machinations of an American patriot...

The Kelly affair

by Paul D. Brazill

The third chapter of Luke’s wondering around Europe reveals part of his secrets. What is he hiding behind drinks and cigarettes, pubs and women?

The Memory Coder

by Jessica Brody

When a security breach is detected, the Memory Restoration Department is called upon to do what they do best: make you forget. But with every memory that’s taken out, a new one must be installed in its place....

Dangerous Liaisons in The Kitchen, Charmel Roses's menu

by Charmel Roses

6 courses, 6 recipes developed through 6 short stories. (from: THE MAN I LOVE, First Course) Summer was over; it had run away on tiptoe. Autumn’s fresh and sometimes chilly breeze swept the lonely roads at...

Dangerous Liaisons in the Kitchen, Nora Noir's menu

by Nora Noir

6 courses, 6 recipes developed through 6 chapters of a medieval story marked by the perversions of an insane aristocrat, Lord Irwin Blaxtone, who will vent his impulses and his harassment on the new, young and...

I dont intend to complain

by Luis Landa

The characters in these stories are marked by an introspective nature. Occasionally naive, somewhat lost, they struggle against their problems without reallly solving their conflicts These stories speak of music,...

I know no shame

by Solidea Ruggiero

Human relationships in all its forms. People, like words, become intertwined in unexpected scenarios. Ruggiero's stories, which are sometimes structured like poetry, lead to the discovery of humanity from the...