At the end of twentieth century, the world witnessed China's rise as a global power. Some alleged that the twenty-first century would be the Chinese Century. However, few realized that barely one hundred years...
What would it take to make you commit bio-terrorism on a global scale? When Josh and Tom's wives discover there are people 'out there' planning to ensure the 2012 Doomsday prophecies are fulfilled, they decide...
Steve and Milt are hit men that always get the job done. But Steve's enthusiasm for his job has slacked off, and Milt's beginning to get on his nerves. It might be time for a change.
One man goes to Tokyo to end the world. It goes fairly well. As a Japanese cult gets ready to stage a massive attack, they are forced to recruit a secretive young bio-chemist from the West. They hide out on...
Nasrin is an up-and-comer as thieves go; scoring an artifact of disturbing power has drawn the attention of an even more lucrative client. All he has to do is nail his audition...
George and his crew huddle in a poorly-heated shed after a serious accident halts their work. As they wait to hear of the victim's survival, rumors bounce off the metal walls.
Jules is a young man barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies...and to realize his boyhood dream of...
Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine....
A bar band crosses the state to play a strange club they've never heard of. The big paycheck sounds like a great idea, until they actually start playing!
"I, Robot" is a science-fiction short story by Cory Doctorow published in 2005. The story is set in the type of police state needed to ensure that only one company is allowed to make robots, and only one type...
The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the...
Jack is a winner who grinds his competitors into the dirt. His wife's lover is about to find that out in the harshest way possible. But Jack finds out he's been playing by the wrong set of rules...