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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.

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.

Thirteen Steps in the Underworld


Su-Yee Lin - 2013
    Free online fiction from tor.com.Stories about mortals travelling into hell have been omnipresent in our literary canon for almost as long as we’ve had one, but young writer Su-Yee Lin has still managed to find modern resonance and new territory to explore in this lyrical and evocative vision of a trip to a place that is never quite what we expect it to be.This short story was acquired and edited for Tor.com by editor Liz Gorinsky.

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.

Some Gods of El Paso


Maria Dahvana Headley - 2015
    Some Gods of El Paso by Maria Dahvana Headley is a short fantasy story of a couple on the run from the law for stealing and illegally trading in strong emotions in 1920s US.

The Dead Men Stood Together


Chris Priestley - 2013
    Stevenson, a haunting adaptation of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.‘The Devil is coming to your house.’Crazy words begin a gripping story of madness, demons and death. Home from the sea, a boy’s uncle entrances him with tales of life aboard ship and of foreign lands. Soon the boy decides to join his uncle on his next voyage.A violent storm blows the ship off course and the crew find themselves marooned in a sea of ice. As their despair grows, an albatross seems to befriend them and restore their hope. But seized by an evil madness, the uncle kills the great bird with his crossbow, and so condemns all on board to unimaginable horrors, of which life in death is the greatest . . .

Chapter Six


Stephen Graham Jones - 2014
    As he and his former professor scavenge on bone marrow left behind by the local zombie horde, he makes his well-reasoned argument.At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

The Finite Canvas


Lee Mandelo - 2012
    And erasing either of those can have unpredictable consequences...

The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex


Tamsyn Muir - 2020
    For the bookish academics of the Sixth, every secret is a mystery, and every mystery is a puzzle to be solved or a paper to be published. Deep in the bowels of their house, one such secret is about to reveal itself. The study of the famed academic Donald Sex, sealed since the moment of his death, is about to open, and archivists are ready to dissect what he left behind. They are not ready for the macabre surprise that awaits them.Enter Palamedes Sextus and Camilla Hect, age thirteen.

The Christmas Show


Pat Cadigan - 2013
    This Xmas, they’re producing A Christmas Carol with the real ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Humorous and charming.At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

A Window or a Small Box


Jedediah Berry - 2013
    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.

Fabulous Beasts


Priya Sharma - 2015
    The woman recalls the unravelling of the family upon her uncle's release from prison.

Clockwork Fairies


Cat Rambo - 2011
    Desiree feels the most at home with her clockwork creations, but Claude worries about all this science and Darwinist nonsense—after all, where do clockwork fairies fall in the Great Chain of Being?

The Maiden Thief


Melissa Marr - 2016
    Her father blames her when one of her sisters is one of the taken.