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Where the Trains Turn by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
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The Thyme Fiend
Jeffrey Ford - 2015
When he finds the skeleton of a missing man the skeleton begins to haunt him. What does it want?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Martian in the Wood
Stephen Baxter - 2017
Although people hoped and prayed peace had come, they were wrong. Across the gulf of space, plans were being drawn for a return, but before they could bear fruit a terrible discovery was made deep in Holmburgh Wood, one that would tear a family apart and shock the world.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
meat+drink
Daniel Polansky - 2016
Not even for the predatory meat that stalks its nights. Searching for victims who won't be missed, meat doesn't feel regret or pain--only thirst. But the meat remembers something more... doesn't it? is there more to eternal life than finding another drink?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Breaking Water
Indrapramit Das - 2016
In this story from Indrapramit Das, a journalist strives to understand Krishna's actions and what they say about the rest of society and how we treat our dead.
The Situation
Jeff VanderMeer - 2008
“The Situation” is based on a short story by Jeff VanderMeer which Margo Lanagan called “darkly hilarious” and Kevin Brockmeier “a work of surreal humor, bemused sadness, and meticulous artifice...as if the workplace novels of Sinclair Lewis and Joshua Ferris had been inverted, shaken, and diced until they came out looking like a Terry Gilliam creation.”
Uncanny Valley
Greg Egan - 2017
But if you could carry on, if you could make choices about who you would be forever, how much of your past would you bring with you? Would you be tempted to maybe…edit? Adam isn’t all that he used to be, but he wants to be.
The End of the End of Everything
Dale Bailey - 2014
The inhabitants of the colony indulge in suicide parties as the world teeters on the brink of extinction, worn away by some weird entropy.
The Three Lives of Sonata James
Lettie Prell - 2016
But this young artist wants to prove that living forever isn't the same as living a beautiful life.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Dala Horse
Michael Swanwick - 2011
And they have scores to settle with one another.
A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers
Alyssa Wong - 2016
Weather workers. Time benders. When two people so determined have opposing desires, it's hard to say who will win - or even what victory might look like. This stunning, haunting short story from rising star Alyssa Wong explores the depth and fierceness of love and the trauma of family.
Oddly Enough
Bruce Coville - 1994
A collection of nine short stories featuring an angel, unicorn, vampire, werewolf, and other unusual creatures.
Schrödinger's Gun
Ray Wood - 2015
In every possible universe, Johnny Rivers is dead. But the questions that need answering--who killed him and why--are still a matter of uncertainty.
Troll: A Love Story
Johanna Sinisalo - 2000
Trolls are known in Scandinavian mythology as wild beasts like the werewolf, but this troll is just a small, wounded creature. Angel decides to offer it a safe haven for the night. In the morning Angel thinks he dreamed it all. But he finds the troll alive, well, and drinking from his toilet. What does one do with a troll in the city?Angel begins researching frantically. Angel searches the Internet, folklore, nature journals, and newspaper clippings, but his research doesn't tell him that trolls exude pheromones that have a profound aphrodisiac effect on all those around him. As Angel's life changes beyond recognition, it becomes clear that the troll is familiar with the man's most forbidden feelings, and that it may take him across lines he never thought he'd cross. A novel of sparkling originality, Troll is a wry, peculiar, and beguiling story of nature and man's relationship to wild things, and of the dark power of the wildness in ourselves.
Crispin's Model
Max Gladstone - 2017
A contemporary Lovecraftian tale of art, obsession, and elder gods.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.