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Sweetlings by Lucy Taylor
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Mental Diplopia
Julianna Baggott - 2017
People are getting stuck in the past in mostly happy memories. They are straddling the line between now and then. Although the disease ends in death, the infected seem to go willingly. The epidemiologist seeks the answers to this viral mystery while she is falling in love and yet trying not to get infected.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
La beauté sans vertu
Genevieve Valentine - 2016
La beauté sans vertu by Genevieve Valentine is a vicious little swipe at the fashion industry as certain disturbing trends are amplified in the future and a famous fashion House prepares for an important show.
Rag and Bone
Priya Sharma - 2013
Colorful, disturbing, and moving as Tom maneuvers warily between the masters he serves and the poor from whom he scavenges.At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
As the Last I May Know
S.L. Huang - 2019
An alternate history short story looking at decisions and consequences, and what it takes to pull the trigger.Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.
Midway Relics and Dying Breeds
Seanan McGuire - 2014
The wild was the wrong place for our elephant, just like the recycler was the wrong place for Billie, and the cities were the wrong place for me."A tale of bioengineering, a carnival, and the cost of finding one’s right place.At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
I, Cthulhu, or, What’s a Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing in a Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9′ S, Longitude 126° 43′ W)?
Neil Gaiman - 1986
Neil Gaiman's contribution to Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.Available from tor.com or neilgaiman.com
The Weight of the Dead
Brian Hodge - 2016
Two siblings live in an enclave with their father, who’s about to be punished for a crime, sparking fierce but secret rebellion by the daughter.
Tear Tracks
Malka Ann Older - 2015
She's undergone careful training and study to prepare for this moment. But what if her approach is too human?
The Destroyer
Tara Isabella Burton - 2016
The test subject? Her own daughter. A mother-daughter mad scientist story, "The Destroyer" asks how far we'll go to secure our own legacies — and how far we'll run to escape them.
As Good as New
Charlie Jane Anders - 2014
From the author of the Hugo-winning "Six Months, Three Days," a new wrinkle on the old story of three wishes, set after the end of the world.
Ponies
Kij Johnson - 2010
If you want to be friends with TheOtherGirls, you're going to have to give something up; this is the way it's always been, as long as there have been Ponies.
Vilcabamba
Harry Turtledove - 2010
All he can do is try to keep the rest of it out of their hands, in Harry Turtledove's Vilcabamba.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Deepest Rift
Ruthanna Emrys - 2015
A team of sapiologists seek to prove that these delicate filaments are true language, not just bee's dance. But time has run out, and their reckoning is upon them. Will they prove that their research is valid, or will they be scattered to the corners of the galaxy?At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Plague
Ken Liu - 2013
Presenting Ken Liu’s “The Plague” a new short story from Nature magazine’s Futures series about a meeting between a girl whose skin has been replaced with plague and a man from the Dome who doesn’t understand her.
That Game We Played During the War
Carrie Vaughn - 2016
The people of Enith are not. The two countries have been at war for decades, but now peace has fallen, and Calla of Enith seeks to renew an unlikely friendship with Gaantish officer Valk over an even more unlikely game of chess, in Carrie Vaughn's novella That Game We Played During The War.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.