Science Fiction / Short Stories

Mammoth Books presents The Region Between

by Harlan Ellison

"The Region Between" first appeared in Galaxy back in 1970. It had originally been commissioned as one of a set of stories by different authors who all used a common starting point as set out in the story's...

Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution

by Ann VanderMeer

Playfully mashing up the romantic elegance of the Victorian era with whimsically modernized technology, this entertaining and edgy new anthology is the third installment in a bestselling steampunk series. Featuring...

The Weird

by Ann VanderMeer & Jeff Vandermeer

From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The...

A Clean Sweep With All the Trimmings

by James Alan Gardner

Award-winning science fiction author James Alan Gardner brings us Damon Runyon-esque tale of courteous guys, bulletproof dolls, and the fedora-clad spacemen that bring them together.

At the publisher's request,...

The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland--For a Little While

by Catherynne M. Valente

This original short story tells the tale of how a girl named Mallow defeated King Goldmouth with the help of the Red Wind, Mr. Map, and many fairyland friends new and old--from Catherynne M. Valente, author...

Writers of the Future Volume 25

by L. Ron Hubbard

Embark on Voyages of Imagination and Wonder. Discover the new visionaries of imagination in the Writers of the Future—celebrating 25 years of showcasing the best new talent. Established in 1983 by L. Ron Hubbard...

At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories

by Kij Johnson

A break out first collection from one of the hottest writers in science fiction.

The Thieves of Silence

by Jean-Claude Dunyach, Sheryl Curtis & Jean-Louis Trudel

Sixteen amazing stories, with only four previously published in English, by the award-winning author of The Night Orchid. A lonely astronaut shepherds a flock of artificial intelligences... A human is captured...

Selected Stories of H. G. Wells

by H.G. Wells & Ursula K. Le Guin

Le Guin's selection of twenty-six stories showcases Well's genius and reintroduces readers to his singular talent for making the unbelievable seem utterly plausible.

Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology

by James Patrick Patrick Kelly & John Kessel

Following the rapid evolution of cyberpunk from Bruce Sterling and William Gibson into the current millennium, this vivid anthology welcomes a new generation of exciting writers to take the genre in new and unexpected...

The Blond From Barsoom

by Robert F Young

The Tarks were attacking, the bosomy princess was clinging to him in terror, and Harold Smith realized he was at the end of his plot-line.What a dilemma! And what an opportunity!

Year's Best SF

by David G. Hartwell

WORLD-ALTERING

SCIENCE FICTION

• Tales of wonder and adventure, set on distant planets or in the future of our own
• Stories that go beyond the limits of Space and Time
• David G. Hartwell has brought together only...

Spectra Magazine - Issue 5: Sci-fi, Fantasy and Horror Short Fiction

by Paul Andrews & Joe Larkins

Spectra is the new digital magazine bringing you the best in new sci-fi, horror and fantasy short fiction, news and reviews. With four new stories from established writers and rising talent every issue, Spectra...

Departures

by Harry Turtledove

What if history had taken a different path, made a detour, and deviated just a little bit from the road it chose? Here, Harry Turtledove explores such "what ifs" in twenty alternate-history stories ranging from...

Prayers to Broken Stones

by Dan Simmons

A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her.... An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror.... During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration,...

Year's Best SF 16

by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer

Step Into The Future

The finest selections from a banner year for short-form science fiction, Year's Best SF 16 is the boldest, most eye-opening compilation to date from acclaimed, award-winning editors and anthologists...

Tales From The Edge Of Forever

by Alexander Hammond

An anthology of mind bending imagination, Tales from the Edge of Forever offers a delicious collection of wildly original vignettes mixing fantasy, speculation, spirituality and science invention. Hammond has...

Alternate Gerrolds: An Assortment of Fictitious Lives

by David Gerrold & Mike Resnick

David Gerrold takes you on a tour of alternate universes … universes where Santa Claus isn’t nice and the best man is actually elected president; where Ronald Reagan and Gregory Peck command the plane carrying...

Past Lives, Present Tense

by Various & Elizabeth Scarborough

"A fertile [set-up] for SF fabulation." (Publishers Weekly)

Fifteen all-new stories of famous personalities reborn through genetic manipulation. Featuring: Elizabeth Moon, Carole Nelson Douglas, Kristine Kathryn...

A Separate War and Other Stories

by Joe Haldeman

6 years of stories from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author.

Here are fifteen stories-never before collected-that tread upon familiar Haldeman territory, as well as explore the outer reaches of his phenomenal...