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The Year of the Witching
by Alexis HendersonA young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut. In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet's word is law, Immanuelle Moore's very existence is blasphemy. Her mother&’s union with an outsider of a different race cast her once-proud family into disgrace, so Immanuelle does her best to worship the Father, follow Holy Protocol, and lead a life of submission, devotion, and absolute conformity, like all the other women in the settlement. But a mishap lures her into the forbidden Darkwood surrounding Bethel, where the first prophet once chased and killed four powerful witches. Their spirits are still lurking there, and they bestow a gift on Immanuelle: the journal of her dead mother, who Immanuelle is shocked to learn once sought sanctuary in the wood. Fascinated by the secrets in the diary, Immanuelle finds herself struggling to understand how her mother could have consorted with the witches. But when she begins to learn grim truths about the Church and its history, she realizes the true threat to Bethel is its own darkness. And she starts to understand that if Bethel is to change, it must begin with her.
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume One
by Paula GuranJoin twenty-five masterful authors and talented newcomers with more than 400 pages of the disturbing, unnerving, haunting, and strange. This outstanding annual exploration of the year&’s best dark fiction delivers tales of deathly possession, the weirdly surreal, mysterious melancholy, and frighteningly plausible futures. Confront your own humanity and the fears that stir you—from the darkly supernatural and painfully familiar to the disquieting terror of the unknown.
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by Arthur W. SahaTHE GLASS-BLOWER'S DRAGON was born of a craftsman's art to bring magic into the world of men. . . . BUFFALO GALS, WON'T YOU COME OUT TONIGHT to wander in the lands of legend where Coyote the Trickster is a power to reckon with and gods wear the skins of beasts. . . . During HAPPY HOUR those special tunes can turn back time for anyone who has the sense to hear them. . . . MAXIE SILAS was the kind of baseball player legends are created about -- but no one seemed to know exactly where or when he'd played. . . . A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY can be the magic ingredient to create an ever-growing garden of enchantment. . . . Potions are brewed, spells cast, bargains are made and destinies changed in this collection of tales from today's top word wizards THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY STORIES: 14
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Sixth Annual Collection
by Ellen Datlow Terri WindlingMore than four dozen stories and poems, featuring writings by Joyce Carol Oates, Jane Yolen, Harlan Ellison, and many others, investigate the outermost perimeters of the human imagination.
The Year's Best S-F: 10th Annual Edition
by Judith Merril10th Annual Edition The Year's Best S-F by Judith Merril
The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020
by Jonathan StrahanThe definitive guide and a must-have collection of the best short science fiction and speculative fiction of 2019, showcasing brilliant talent and examining the cultural moment we live in, compiled by award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan. With short works from some of the most lauded science fiction authors, as well as rising stars, this collection displays the top talent and the cutting-edge cultural moments that affect our lives, dreams, and stories. The list of authors is truly star-studded, including New York Times bestseller Ted Chiang (author of the short story that inspired the movie Arrival), N. K. Jemisin, Charlie Jane Anders, and many more incredible talents. An assemblage of future classics, this anthology is a must-read for anyone who enjoys the vast and exciting world of science fiction.
The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 2: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2021
by Jonathan StrahanThe most celebrated science fiction short story editor of our time, multi-award-winning editor and Locus Magazine critic Jonathan Strahan presents the definitive collection of best short science fiction of 2020.With short works from some of the most lauded science fiction authors, as well as rising stars, this science fiction collection displays the top talent and cutting-edge cultural moments that affect our lives, dreams, and stories. These brilliant authors examine the way we live now, our hopes, and struggles, all through the lens of the future. An assemblage of future classics, this star-studded anthology is a must-read for anyone who enjoys the vast and exciting world of science fiction.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eighteenth Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisTable of contents: Summation: 2000 the juniper tree John Kessel antibodies Charles Stross the birthday of the world Ursula K. he Guin savior Nancy Kress reef Paul J. McAuley going after bobo Susan Palwick crux Albert E. Cowdrey the cure for everything Severna Park the suspect genome Peter F. Hamilton the raggle taggle gypsy-o Michael Swanwick radiant green star Lucius Shepard great wall of mars Alastair Reynolds milo and sylvie Eliot Fintushel snowball in hell Brian Stableford on the orion line Stephen Baxter oracle Greg Egan obsidian harvest Rick Cook & Ernest Hogan patient zero Tananarive Due a colder war Charles Stross the real world Steven Utley the thing about benny M. Shayne Bell the great goodbye Robert Charles Wilson tendeleo's story Ian McDonald HONORABLE MENTIONS: 2OOO
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisTwenty eight science fiction and fantasy stories previously published in noted magazines. This collection covers the best stories of 1997.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisFrom Cyberspace to outer space, from the Dark Continent to the speed of light, the dozens of stories in this terrific collection represent the year's finest offerings in imaginative fiction. Among the twenty-eight tales assembled here are:<P> The Land of Nod, Mike Resnick's powerful tale of the orbital space colony Kirinyaga and how the old ways conflict with the new.<P> Foreign Devils, Walter Jon Williams's exotic revision of the War of the Worlds Martian Invasion.<P> Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland, Gwyneth Jones's unpredictable venture into the frightening territory of on-line romance.<P> Death Do Us Part, Robert Silverberg's masterful tale of love in the future.<P> In addition, there are two dozen more stories from today's and tomorrow's brightest stars, including, William Barton, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, James P. Blaylock, Damien Broderick, Michael Cassutt, Jim Cowan, Tony Daniel, Gregory Feeley, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, Jonathan Lethem, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Paul Park, Robert Reed, Charles Sheffield, Bud Sparhawk, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Steven Utley, Cherry Wilder, Gene Wolfe.<P> Rounding out the volume are a long list of Honorable Mentions and Gardner Dozois's comprehensive survey of the year in science fiction.<P> In all, the stories assembled here will take you as far as technology, imagination, and hope can go. Climb aboard.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection (Year's Best Science Fiction #34)
by Gardner DozoisIn the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisIn the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation of short stories has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-fifth Annual Collection (Year's Best Science Fiction #35)
by Gardner DozoisThe multiple Locus Award-winning annual collection of the year's best science fiction stories.In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. Featuring short stories from acclaimed authors such as Indrapramit Das, Nancy Kress, Alastair Reynolds, Eleanor Arnason, James S.A. Corey & Lavie Tidhar, an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisWidely regarded as the one essential book for every science fiction fan, The Year's Best Science Fiction(Winner of the 2004 Locus Award for Best Anthology) continues to uphold its standard of excellence with more than two dozen stories representing the previous year's best SF writing. The stories in this collection imaginatively take readers far across the universe, into the very core of their beings, to the realm of the Gods, and to the moment just after now. Included are the works of masters of the form and the bright new talents of tomorrow. This book is a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-first Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisTable of contents: Acknowledgments xi Summation: 2003 xiii off on a starship William Barton 1 it's all true John Kessel 45 rogue farm Charles Stross 61 the ice Steven Popkes 73 ej-es Nancy Kress 108 the bellman John Varley 123 the bear's baby Judith Moffett " 146 calling your name Howard Waldrop 176 june sixteenth at anna's Kristine Kathryn Rusch 187 the green leopard plague Walter Jon Williams 198 the fluted girl Paolo Bacigalupi 246 dead worlds Jack Skillingstead 264 king dragon Michael Swanwick 275 singletons in love Paul Melko 303 anomalous structures of my dreams M. Shayne Bell 319 the cookie monster Vemor Vinge 338 joe steele Harry Turtledove 377 birth days Geoff Ryman 388 AWAKE IN THE NIGHT John C. Wright 399 the long way home James Van Pelt 435 the eyes of America Geoffrey A. Landis 447 welcome to olympus, mr. hearst Kage Baker 469 night of time Robert Reed 519 \strong medicine William Shunn 533 send me a mentagram Dominic Green AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON Paul Di Filippo flashmen Terry Dowling dragonhead Nick DiChario dear abbey Terry Bisson Honorable Mentions: 2003
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-sixth Annual Collection
by Gardner DozoisThe thirty stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-third Annual Collection
by Gardner Dozois[from the book jacket] "In The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-Third Annual Collection, our very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world with such compelling stories as: "Beyond the Aquila Rift": Critically acclaimed author Alastair Reynolds takes readers to the edge of the universe, where no voyager has dared to travel before-or so we think. "Comber": Our world is an ever-changing one, and award-winning author Gene Wolfe explores the darker side of our planet's fluidity in his own beautiful and inimitable style. "Audubon in Atlantis": In a world not quite like our own, bestselling author Harry Turtledove shows us that there are reasons some species have become extinct. The twenty-nine stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright .new talents, including: Neal Asher Paolo Bacigalupi Stephen Baxter Elizabeth Bear Chris Beckett David Gerrold Dominic Green Daryl Gregory Joe Haldeman Gwyneth Jones James Patrick Kelly Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold Ken MacLeod Ian McDonald Vonda N. McIntyre David Moles Steven Popkes Hannu Rajaniemi Alastair Reynolds Robert Reed Chris Roberso Mary Rosenblum William Sanders Bruce Sterling Michael Swanwick Harry Turtledove Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy Liz Williams Gene Wolfe Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book both a valuable resource and the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination, and the heart."
The Yearbook
by Carol Masciola* A USA Today Bestseller * Misfit teen Lola Lundy has every right to her anger and her misery. She's failing in school, living in a group home, and social workers keep watching her like hawks, waiting for her to show signs of the horrible mental illness that cost Lola's mother her life. Then, one night, she falls asleep in a storage room in her high school library, where she's seen an old yearbook--from the days when the place was an upscale academy for young scholars instead of a dump. When Lola wakes, it's to a scene that is nothing short of impossible. Lola quickly determines that she's gone back to the past--eighty years in the past, to be exact. The Fall Frolic dance is going full blast in the gym, where Lola meets the brainy and provocative Peter Hemmings, class of '24. His face is familiar, because she's seen his senior portrait in the yearbook. By night's end, Lola thinks she sees hope for her disastrous present: She'll make a new future for herself in the past. But is it real? Or has the major mental illness in Lola's family background finally claimed her? Has she slipped through a crack in time, or into a romantic hallucination she created in her own mind, wishing on the ragged pages of a yearbook from a more graceful time long ago?
The Years of Longdirk: The Complete Series (The Years of Longdirk #2)
by Dave DuncanThe complete fantasy trilogy of a feared Scottish outlaw—from the author of the Seventh Sword series and “one of the leading masters of epic fantasy” (Publishers Weekly). In his action-packed fantasy saga, originally written under the pseudonym Ken Hood, Scottish-born, Aurora Award–winning author Dave Duncan tells the tale of Scottish outlaw Toby Strangerson, known and feared by the name Longdirk. In 1244, all of Europe is under the control of Genghis Khan, whose conquering Golden Horde has cut a swath of devastation. Scotland, in addition, lies under the heel of England. But out of the battle-scarred highlands, a hero will rise . . . Demon Sword: Young Toby Strangerson, a half-English bastard reared by a witchwife, wants only to shed his hated Sassenach blood and free his beloved highlands. As the outlaw Longdirk, Toby wields a sword that can cut down men like stalks of corn. But stranger winds are swirling across the lochs—eldritch winds that are ridden by hobs and wisps and demons. The enemy Sassenach king is also a sorcerer. His demon soul needs a body, and his Black Arts can free Europe from the Khan’s Golden Horde. Demon Rider: Longdirk has become possessed by a hob, a murderous demon spirit, as amoral as a child, neither inherently good nor evil. Toby wants his freedom—and the spirit of the tyrant-demon Nevil, ensorcelled in amethyst, can be traded for the exorcism of the hob. In order to make the exchange, though, Toby and his ally Hamish must face the hexer Oreste on his own ground, in the dank and fetid dungeons of Barcelona, where souls are racked and tortured—and ultimately destroyed on the relentless wheel of the Inquisition. Demon Knight: Longdirk has used gramarye—dark magic—to defeat the Fiend and save Europe from abject slavery, but he has also made himself the most feared and envied man in all of Italy. The hordes are reorganizing and plan to sweep over the Alps once more to retake their lost prize of power and conquest. Toby and his friend Hamish struggle to unite the quarreling city-states into a single, powerful force to resist the invasion, in a world where no ally can be trusted and traitors lurk in every shadow. But there is more at stake than freedom and the destiny of a continent—a woman’s love hangs in the balance . . .
The Years of Rice and Salt: A Novel
by Kim Stanley RobinsonWith the incomparable vision and breathtaking detail that brought his now-classic Mars trilogy to vivid life, bestselling author KIM STANLEY ROBINSON boldly imagines an alternate history of the last seven hundred years. In his grandest work yet, the acclaimed storyteller constructs a world vastly different from the one we know. The Years of Rice and Salt: It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur--the coming of the Black Death.
The Years with Laura Díaz: A Novel
by Carlos FuentesA radiant and epic new novel that is among the finest achievements of Mexico's greatest man of letters.The Years With Laura Diaz is Carlos Fuentes' most important novel in several decades. Like his masterpiece The Death of Artemio Cruz, the action begins in the state of Veracruz and moves to Mexico City--tracing a migration during the Revolution and its aftermath that was a feature of Mexico's demographic history and that is a significant element in Fuentes's fictional world.Now the principle figure is not Artemio Cruz (who, however, makes a brief appearance) but Fuentes's first major female protagonist, the extraordinary Laura Diaz. Carlos Fuentes's richly woven narrative tapestry-filled with a multitude of dramatic scenes both witty, amusing, and heartbreaking-shows us this wonderful creature as she grows into a politically committed artist who is also a wife and mother, a lover of great men, a complicated and alluring heroine whose brave honesty prevails despite her losing a son and grandson to the darkest forces of Mexico's repressive, corrupt regimes. In the end, Laura Diaz herself dies, after a life filled with tragedy and loss, but she is a happy woman, for she has borne witness to, and helped to affect, the course of history and has vindicated the aims and intentions of the highest art.
The Yellow Arrow
by Andrew Bromfield Victor PelevinSet during the advent of perestroika, a surreal, satirical novella by a critically acclaimed young Russian writer traces the fate of the passengers on The Yellow Arrow, a long-distance Russian train headed for a ruined bridge, a train without an end or a beginning--and it makes no stops. Andrei, the mystic passenger, less and less lulled by the never-ending sound of the wheels, has begun to look for a way to get off. But life in the carriages goes on as always. This important young Russian author's first American translation garnered rave reviews. The main character, Andrei, is a passenger aboard the Yellow Arrow, who begins to despair over the trains ultimate destination and looks for a way out as the chapters count down. Indifferent to their fate, the other passengers carry on as usual -- trading in nickel melted down fro the carriage doors, attending the Upper Bunk avant-garde theatre, and leafing through Pasternak's Early Trains. Pelevin's art lies in the ease with which he shifts from precisely imagined science fiction to lyrical meditations on past and future. And, because he is a natural storyteller with a wonderfully absurd imagination. The Yellow Arrow is full of the ridiculous and the sublime. It is a reflective story, chilling and gripping.
The Yellow District
by Mauricio R B Campos Fernando Luiz Schumann SessegoloThe Yellow District is a selection of horror tales written by Mauricio R B Campos, laureate writer awarded with several literary prizes, including the HQ Mix Trophy for his work on the Horror Comics "O Rei Amarelo em Quadrinhos", published by Draco. The author shows facets of horror that will surprise the reader, with a distinctive focus on the themes, redeeming the cosmic horror in the title story or leading the reader to a surprising apocalypse in "The Night Of The Dead Horse". Open the pages of this book carefully because they are pages full of blood and screams of horror, where the madness and fear go hand in hand.