Science Fiction / Short Stories

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...

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...

Impossible Things

by Connie Willis

Winner of six Nebula and two Hugo awards for her fiction, Connie Willis is acclaimed for her gifted imagination and bold invention. Here are eleven of her finest stories, surprising tales in which the impossible...

Flatlander

by Larry Niven

Gil "The Arm" Hamilton was one of the top operatives of ARM, the elite UN plice force. His intuition was unfailingly accurate, his detective skills second to none, and his psychic powers -- esper sense and telekinesis...

Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love

by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois

IN this star-studded cross-genre anthology, seventeen of the greatest modern authors of fantasy, science fiction, and romance explore the borderlands of their genres with brand-new tales of ill-fated love. From...

Women of War

by Alexander Potter & Tanya Huff

In the real world, many women are still struggling for equality, but science fiction and fantasy provide a stage for the portrayal of women who have come fully into their own. Here, a talented group of writers...

Other Earths

by Nick Gevers & Jay Lake

one world among many... eleven stories about them all

What if Lincoln never became president, and the Civil War never took place? What if Columbus never discovered America, and the Inca developed a massive, technologicallyadvanced...

We Think, Therefore We Are

by Peter Crowther

Fifteen original stories about our fear of and fascination with artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence has captured the imaginations of writers, readers, and scientists alike, from Karl Capek's R.U.R....

Front Lines

by Denise Little

War-what is it good for?

It's good for 19 all-new tales from the battlefield...

Nineteen all-new tales that look at war from the perspective of everyone from human to alien, pixie to toy. From epic intergalactic...

Future Americas

by John Helfers & Martin H. Greenberg

Oh say can you see- sixteen original stories about the America to come Predicting the future has long been a cornerstone of science fiction, and the number of trends in society, politics, and religion that have...

Timeshares

by Jean Rabe

Sixteen original stories about taking your dream vacation-in any era you desire.

Take a vacation through time with the help of a Time Travel Agency offering excursions into the past and future. Readers will...

A Girl's Guide to Guns and Monsters

by Martin H. Greenberg

Brilliant, original sci-fi and fantasy stories featuring brave and bold heroines

Thirteen urban and paranormal tales of strong women, armed with weapons they are not afraid to use, as well as fists and feet...