Fiction

Black Candles (English version)

by Dab Ray

Isotta Stella, witch really existed and processed for witchcraft at the end of the '500 to Triora (Italy), must redeem her soul. What better way than save a little girl, five hundred years later?

Riders on the storm (English version)

by Enzo D'Andrea

Although shapeless, perhaps immaterial, destiny is lurking. It's raining. A black Ford runs along a quite desert road, in the middle of Vermont woods. It's running toward something threatening, while the notes...

Workaholic - English edition

by Morgan Magnin

Amina works as an executive in a state-of-the-art IT company. She joined that company right after getting her degree and progressively climbed up through the ranks. Greater responsibilities also imply greater...

And then, she ...

by the Womanity community

 Who is Zora? Why did you leave such a desperate letter in a copy of the famous novel Perfume by Patrick Suskind? And how did this book end up in a book club in a small American town lost in the middle of nowhere?...

The checked Moon

by Filip Fromell & Quelli di Zed

The Checked Moon is a novel as black as the fingernails of a dead man and as scented as a flower. The protagonist is Alida, a woman suffering from a disease dating back to the cultures of middle-ages Europe....

The Burned Tower

by Sergey Dyachenko & Marina Dyachenko

A truck driver on a lonely stretch of road, a hitchiker, and an ancient curse— a brilliant and moving tale, steeped in folklore, by the masters of modern Fantasy. In 1999 "The Burned Tower" was awarded the...

I killed Bambi

by Zed Lab & Carla Cucchiarelli

Silvia and Deborah are two students like many others. They love music and joints, not so much school and rules. One day, they go into their classroom, at their high school in the heart of Rome, and start shooting...

Cheeky Face #1

by Carla Cucchiarelli

Giulia is fifteen-years old and she has the doubts of all teenagers, a nickname given her by her father, "cheeky fa ce", and a present-day family, with recently split-up parents, dealing with the economic crisis....

Grace Immaculate

by Gregory Benford

When we encountered the aliens, we thought we knew the story they were telling. But we were looking at the wrong end . . .

At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management...

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition

by Elizabeth Bear, Adam Troy Castro, Paul Cornell & Kathryn Cramer et al.

A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2012. Includes stories by Elizabeth Bear, Adam Troy Castro, Paul Cornell, Kathryn Cramer, Brit Mandelo, Pat Murphy, Charles Stross,...

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition

by Charlie Jane Anders, James Alan Gardner, Yoon Ha Lee & Nnedi Okorafor et al.

A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2011. Includes stories by Charlie Jane Anders, James Allan Gardner, Yoon Ha Lee, Nnedi Okorafor, Paul Park, Matthew Sandborn Smith,...

The Fierce Reads Anthology

by Anna Banks, Leigh Bardugo, Jennifer Bosworth & Emmy Laybourne et al.

This anthology includes short stories from five fierce young adult authors! Inside, you’ll find a magical mermaid tale from Anna Banks, a fantastical Russian-influenced story from Leigh Bardugo, an electric...

Exams

by Luca Poggi

A fantastic tale from the collection "Di Stella in Stella" by the same author.

Redshirts: Chapters 1-4

by John Scalzi

THEY WERE EXPENDABLE . . . UNTIL THEY STARTED COMPARING NOTESA free preview of Redshirts, the astonishing new science-fiction yarn from John Scalzi.

"Redshirts is (a) ruin-your-underwear funny, (b) a mind-bender...

After the Battle on Starship Hill

by Vernor Vinge

"After the Battle on Starship Hill" is more than 12000 words of prologue from Vernor Vinge's forthcoming novel, The Children of the Sky. Taking place on Tines World, this mini e-book describes events of the...

Boots and Lace

by Myla Jackson

She wants no strings...but he wants it all.

After her philandering husband left her, Lacey Lambert found sanctuary, and a better class of friends, at the Ugly Stick Saloon. She learned that the best revenge-against...

Ender's Game

The Ender Saga #1

Hugo Award for Best Novel 1986, Nebula Best Novel 1986

by Orson Scott Card

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards

In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy,...

Eveline

by Anonymous

"Eveline, The Amorous Adventures of a Victorian Lady" is a classic Victorian erotic novel, published in 800's. It contains graphic sexual descriptions and themes. I was aroused by finding the concierge standing...

Tor/Forge Author Voices: Volume 2

by Stacy Hague-Hill

Do you have the guts to steal from the Queen of England?  Or the survival instincts to survive a zombie apocalypse?  Have you ever wondered what your cat is staring at in a seemingly empty room? In this collection...

Tor/Forge Author Voices: Volume 3

by Stacy Hague-Hill

For over three decades Tor and Forge have been proud to publish some of the most beloved and respected works of genre fiction.

With this sampler, we are pleased to present a one-of-a-kind collection of articles...