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Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
18 ratingsIlya Kaminsky's astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence?Deaf Republic opens in an occupied country in a time of political unrest. When soldiers breaking up a protest kill a deaf boy, Petya, the gunshot becomes the last thing the citizens hear--they all have gone deaf, and their dissent becomes coordinated by sign language... -
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler
24 ratingsA perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes "Bloodchild," winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and "Speech Sounds," winner of the Hugo Award... -
The Essential Ellison by Harlan Ellison
12 ratingsIn April of 1949, Harlan Ellison was a lonely little kid living in Painesville, Ohio. A time traveler, observing him from within an invisible bubble, would not have marked him as anything more interesting than an undersized fourteen-year-old, seemingly always in hot water. Lively blue eyes, but basically just another kid... -
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Black Legion by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
12 ratingsAbaddon returns from exile and raises the dreaded Black Legion. The Sons of Horus may be no more, but rising from their ashes come the Black Legion. Returning after his long self-imposed exile, Abaddon offers the disparate Chaos Space Marine warbands within the Eye of Terror a simple choice - join him or die... -
Blood Reaver by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
14 ratingsDriven on by their hatred of the False Emperor, the Night Lords stalk the shadows of the galaxy, eternally seeking revenge for the death of their primarch. Their dark quest leads them to a fractious alliance with the Red Corsairs, united only by a common enemy. Together with this piratical band of renegades, they bring their ways of destruction to the fortress-monastery of the Marines Errant... -
Apex Predator: Wolf Moon by D.A. Roberts
6 ratingsThey exist in myth and legend dating back to the earliest history of man. Different cultures have different names for the same creature, which has haunted the dark places of our collective psyche. Loup Garou, Werewolf, Lycanthropes, Rougaru, Michigan Dogman, The Beast of Land Between the Lakes, Oolonga-Doglalla, Shunka Warak'in, Skinwalker... -
Psion Omega by Jacob Gowans
8 ratingsSammy, a fourteen-year-old fugitive, accidentally discovers he has the powers of a Psion. The war between the New World Government and the Continental American Government has taken its toll, not only on the two world superpowers, but also on the band of resistance fighters stuck between them... -
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
26 ratingsIt is the year 2081. Because of Amendments 211, 212, and 213 to the Constitution, every American is fully equal, meaning that no one is stupider, uglier, weaker, or slower than anyone else. The Handicapper General and a team of agents ensure that the laws of equality are enforced.One April, fourteen-year-old Harrison Bergeron is taken away from his parents, George and Hazel, by the government... -
Eve of Destruction by Sherrilyn Kenyon
6 ratingsEve Erixour is a mercenary with a past no one would envy and more enemies than anyone should have. Death stalks her relentlessly. So when she gains the attention of a League assassin, she considers it par for the course.But Jinx Shadowbourne isn’t after Eve. Someone has it in for him and his brethren. High-ranking assassins are falling, and Jinx is convinced one of their own is selling them out... -
Arch Rivals by Simon Archer
6 ratingsNick Gateon may have made it through his first semester in Valcav Academy, found a mentor in the world's greatest superhero, found romance with several hot superheroines, and survived, but a new semester is coming. New heroes, new villains, new powers, new women, all wrapped up in the greatest superpowered competition on the entire planet... -
Frenzied Rebirth by Matthew Peed
6 ratingsThe Aether Shift. An event that changed the world forever. Unleashing untold powers onto the minds and bodies of humans on Earth. Some were chosen, against their will, to become something new. Azaria, finally allowed leave the house on her own for the first time, ends up as a Dungeon Core, however, the situation gets turned sideways during the process and she's left alone for nearly a year... -
7th Son: Deceit by J.C. Hutchins
13 ratingsDeceit is the second novel in J.C. Hutchins' acclaimed 7th Son thriller trilogy. Two days ago, seven human clones were torn away from their normal lives to stop a ruthless plot created by their progenitor, a man code-named John Alpha. Their quest was a descent into conspiracy, violence and death. To prevent the next phase of Alpha’s plan, Kilroy2... -
Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison
14 ratingsThe Seattle Times said of Angry Candy: "Ellison's stories rattle the bars of complacency that people put around their souls . . . Razor sharp . . . piercingly profound." Once again, Ellison's writing defies all labels. These seventeen stories by a modern master are an "assembled artifact" of anger and faith - as bittersweet as a"jalapeno-laced cinnamon bear... -
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Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
24 ratingsIn the stories of Adjei-Brenyah’s debut, an amusement park lets players enter augmented reality to hunt terrorists or shoot intruders played by minority actors, a school shooting results in both the victim and gunman stuck in a shared purgatory, and an author sells his soul to a many-tongued god.Adjei-Brenyah's writing will grab you, haunt you, enrage, and invigorate you...Categorized as:
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Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 by Frederik Pohl
6 ratingsContentsDisappearing Act • short story by Alfred BesterIt's a Good Life • short story by Jerome BixbyThe Clinic • (1953) • short story by Theodore SturgeonThe Happiest Creature • [Quarantine] • short story by Jack WilliamsonThe Odor of Thought • short story by Robert SheckleyF Y I • short story by James BlishCritical Factor • short story by Hal ClementThe Remorseful • short story by C.M... -
Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari
6 ratingsAn Astra Militarum novelIn the jungles of the Dolorosa Coil, a coalition of alien tau and human deserters have waged war upon the Imperium for countless years.READ IT BECAUSEIt's a typically weird and twisted tale from Peter Fehervari, with intriguing characters, a plot that will keep you guessing and more mystery than you can shake a pulse rifle at... -
The Immaculate Void by Brian Hodge
6 ratings"You wouldn't think events happening years apart, at points in the solar system hundreds of millions of miles distant, would have anything to do with each other."When she was six, Daphne was taken into a neighbor's toolshed, and came within seconds of never coming out alive. Most of the scars healed. Except for the one that went all the way through... -
I'll Bring You the Birds From out of the Sky by Brian Hodge
6 ratingsWhen Nona Conklin brings him a painting by the great-grandfather she never knew, gallery owner Timothy Randolph knows he's found the project of a lifetime: curating a spectacular cache of folk art hidden for decades in the mountains of her home. "God never made a lazier man than Cecil Conklin. Never put a more slothful soul in a fella big enough to wrestle an ox to the ground... -
Nightfall by Daniel Barnett
6 ratings"Tomorrow died on the last morning of May. There were those who saw it happen, who watched the shadow fall, who felt the chop of the guillotine as the world lost its head. Everyone else witnessed only the aftermath, for the event itself lasted no longer than a moment... -
Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Camp
8 ratingsThe characters of Moccasin Square Gardens inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the sixtieth parallel. These stories are filled with in-laws, outlaws and common-laws. Get ready for illegal wrestling moves (“The Camel Clutch”), pinky promises, a doctored casino, extraterrestrials or “Sky People,” love, lust and prayers for peace... -
The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson
8 ratings"Here is how monstrous humans are."A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurking behind a shimmering wall; brutal barrow men: of all the terrors that populate The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, perhaps the most alarming are the beings who decimated the habitable Earth: humans... -
Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories by Harlan Ellison
10 ratingsHarlan Ellison is undoubtedly one of the most audacious, infuriating, brazen characters on the planet. Which may help explain why he is also one of the most brilliant, innovative, and eloquent writers on earth. Slippage simply presents recent, typical Ellison. In a word, masterful... -
Professor Dowell's Head by Alexander Belyaev
16 ratingsThe entire scientific world mourned the loss of Professor Dowell. It was said that just before his death he was on the verge of a breakthrough in the transplantation of human organs.Marie Laurent felt privileged to work for the professor’s brilliant associate, Professor Kern... -
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Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler
16 ratingsSet on a distant planet, Bloodchild is Octavia E. Butler’s shattering meditation on symbiosis, love, power and tough choices. It won the Hugo, Locus, Nebula and Science Fiction Chronicle awards and is widely regarded as one of her greatest works.Years ago, a group known as the Terrans left Earth in search of a life free of persecution... -
Storm Surge by Naomi Lucas
14 ratingsBook two of Cyborg Shifters, same universe as the Stranded in the Stars series, every book is a standalone that only subtly builds off of the others.Everybody feared the man with the metal band over his mouth. Stryker was part of an elite group of Cyborgs genetically enhanced with inhuman DNA. He was known as the Creeper, the quiet, the man with half a face... -
The Broken Room by Peter Clines, Timothy Andrés Pabon
8 ratings“Absolutely brilliant!” (Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author)The new supernatural thriller from New York Times best-selling author Peter ClinesYou can still owe the dead.Hector was the best of the best. A government operative who could bring armies to a halt and nations to their knees... -
Path of the Incubus by Andy Chambers
6 ratingsSecond novel in the Dark Eldar Path seriesThe eternal city of Commorragh has been cast into turmoil by the Dysjunction, a cataclysmic disturbance in the very fabric of its existence. As the streets are inundated with horrors from beyond the veil the supreme overlord, Asdrubael Vect, battles to keep his enemies in check and maintain his stranglehold over the riven city... -
The Dry Salvages by Caitlín R. Kiernan
6 ratingsAward-winning author Caitlmn R. Kiernan, best known for her contemporary settings, "gothnoir" tales of pain and wonder, and atmospheric stories of Lovecraftian terror, was first published as an author of dark science fiction. Now she returns to sf with a masterful thirty-thousand word novella, The Dry Salvages... -
Spider Kiss / Stalking the Nightmare by Harlan Ellison
6 ratingsIn May 1996, White Wolf announced what remains its most ambitious publishing program of a single author: 20 volumes of the collected fiction, essays, teleplays and columns of the writer The Washington Post calls "one of the great living American short story writers... -
Vacation by Jeremy C. Shipp
6 ratingsIt's time for blueblood Bernard Johnson to leave his boring life behind and go on The Vacation, a yearlong corporate-sponsored odyssey. But instead of seeing the world, Bernard is captured by terrorists, becomes a key figure in secret drug wars, and, worse, doesn't once miss his secure American Dream... -
The Desert by Colin Wilson
6 ratingsMankind once ruled planet Earth, smugly ignoring the tiny creatures crawling underfoot. Then came the cosmic catastrophe which put man at the mercy of the giant spiders, icily intelligent conquerors armed with awesome mind powers. Now, the struggle for survival begins... The Death Lord spiders rule the Earth, herding humans like cattle... -
Matched to Wrath by C.Y. Croc
6 ratingsMonstrous alien romance. Romantic suspense. Action and adventure…and a giggle.Wrath! Wrath! Wrath! I could say his name all day long. It just slips so easily off my tongue.I wonder what else of his will slip off my tongue—wink, wink!Okay, I admit it! I joined a space exchange dating app.Please don't judge me. At least not until you see the male dregs left here on Earth... -
We Travel the Spaceways by Victor LaValle
12 ratingsOtherworldly interference in real-world New York City? Or delusions? For the answer, follow two loving strangers in an astonishing short story of faith and hope by a World Fantasy Award winner.Grimace is a homeless man on a holy mission to free Black Americans from emotional slavery. His empty soda cans told him as much... -
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The Red King by Nick Cole
10 ratingsThe end of the world is only the beginning as an odd band of survivors pull together to construct a modern-day castle amid the burning ruins of suburbia lost... -
The Starving Years by Jordan Castillo Price
10 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B007H0KETIImagine a world without hunger. In 1960, a superfood was invented that made starvation a thing of the past. Manna, the cheaply manufactured staple food, is now as ubiquitous as salt in the world’s cupboards, pantries and larders.Nelson Oliver knows plenty about manna. He’s a food scientist—according to his diploma, that is... -
Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond by Bill Campbell, Junot Díaz
8 ratingsMothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond is a groundbreaking speculative fiction anthology that showcases the work from some of the most talented writers inside and outside speculative fiction across the globe—including Junot Diaz, Victor LaValle, Lauren Beukes, N. K. Jemisin, Rabih Alameddine, S. P. Somtow, and more... -
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization by Greg Keyes, Ната Гриценко
8 ratingsThe official novelization of the summer blockbuster Godzilla: King of the Monsters , the latest film in the MonsterVerseTM franchise, starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, with Ken Watanabe and Ziyi Zhang... -
The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories by John L. Apostolou, Kōbō Abe
6 ratingsMost Americans would describe Japanese science fiction with one word: Godzilla. However, true fans of the genre know that for decades, Japan has been turning out some of the most innovative stories ever published. Unfortunately, those that make it into English are often difficult to find... -
Angel of Fire by William King
6 ratingsAt the dawn of the forty-first millennium, Lord Commander Macharius and his forces embark upon the re-conquest of over a thousand worlds. A man of steel and fire, Macharius is the only one with the will to lead the massed armies of the Imperium to victory. As the crusade rolls onwards, it reaches the world of Karsk... -
Rogue; Planet Athion by Debbie Cassidy
6 ratingsEach Victory is another day I get to continue breathing. Each Victory is a reprieve from Death. Ever since I was betrayed and taken from my home planet, ever since they pumped me with poison and abandoned me on this asteroid to fight or die, I’ve been surviving.But I’m not alone.There are others with me, alien to me, just as I am to them... -
Dystopia: Collected Stories by Richard Christian Matheson, Peter Straub
6 ratingsThe critically acclaimed collection of Richard Christian Matheson's stories of dread and the 'irreal'. Inescapably troubling and bizarre, these sixty stories are severe and immediate... -
Ah Pook Is Here, and Other Texts: by William S. Burroughs
6 ratingsA nice item by Burroughs that is seldom seen in nice condition... -
Дьявол среди людей by Arkady Strugatsky, Аркадий Стругацкий
6 ratings"Дьявол среди людей". Ироничная и мрачноватая "сказка для взрослых". Последнее из произведений, опубликованных под псевдонимом С.Ярославцев, написанное Аркадием Стругацким "сольно"... -
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Wicked Weeds: A Zombie Novel by Pedro Cabiya
6 ratingsSet at the contact zones between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this is a polyphonic novel, an intense and sometimes funny pharmacopeia of love lost and humanity regained; a most original combination of Caribbean noir and science-fiction addressing issues of global relevance including novel takes on ecological/apocalyptical imbalance bound to make an impact... -
Caviar by Theodore Sturgeon
6 ratingsContents:1 · Bright Segment · nv * 28 · Microcosmic God · nv Astounding Apr ’41 59 · Ghost of a Chance [“The Green-Eyed Monster”] · ss Unknown Jun ’43 77 · Prodigy · ss Astounding Apr ’49 89 · Medusa · nv Astounding Feb ’42 112 · Blabbermouth · nv Amazing Feb ’47 138 · Shadow, Shadow, on the Wall · ss Imagination Feb ’51 149 · Twink · ss Galaxy Aug... -
Muscle Memory by Steve Lowe
6 ratingsBilly Gillespie wakes up one morning to discover his junk is gone. In its place is his wife's junk. Billy is now Tina, and Tina is dead. That's because Billy's dead. His lifeless body is still in bed and empty beer bottles and a container of antifreeze litter the kitchen counter... -
This Plague of Days, Season Two by Robert Chazz Chute
6 ratings"Unique, smart, thought provoking, multi-layered and intensely terrifying." Alex Kimmell, author of The Key to Everything This Plague of Days began with bio-terrorists launching the war for the future. The Sutr-X virus killed billions in the world flu pandemic that ended the world as we knew it...Categorized as:
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They All Died Screaming by Kristopher Triana
6 ratingsIt’s called The Scream... Once you get it, you simply cannot stop screaming. You can’t eat or sleep. It drives you more and more insane until you can’t stand to be alive a second longer.When the phenomenon hits Chuck's city, the chronically unemployed pervert joins a band of misfits to make his final stand... -
Best New Horror 20 by Stephen Jones
6 ratingsThis annual collection of exceptional horror and dark fantasy fiction stories is the essential must-have for horror buffs. The 20th edition of this showcase of horror includes a comprehensive overview of international selections, an impressively researched necrology, and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated horror fan and aspiring writer of true horror...
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