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H. G. Wells is a Victorian-era James Bond who must defend England and the world against time travelers, alien incursions and interdimensional threats (if he can learn quickly on the job, and survive the human foes he encounters, that is!)
During his missions, Wells will team up with Anton Chekhov to foil an assassination plot against Prince Nicholas Romanov of Russia, oversee the construction of the giant antenna designed to detect alien invasion...
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40 short stories by Alex Shvartsman, winner of the 2014 WSFA Small Press Award for Short Fiction.
* An elder god trapped in a pocket dimension turns up in the world's oldest magic pawn shop.
* A cybernetically-enhanced assassin who can't feel pain faces a dangerous adversary.
* A computer hacker and a mystic team up to break into the Book of Fate and change their futures.
* Vatican investigators are called to examine a miracle on another planet.
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CURSED BY PROPHECY. CORRUPTED BY POWER.When Eridani's parents are murdered and their kingdom is seized by a traitorous duke, she plans to run. After she suffers yet another unendurable loss, the lure of revenge pulls her back.Eridani's brilliance as a strategist offers her a path to vengeance and the throne, but success may mean becoming everything she hates. To survive, she must sway religious zealots, outwit ambitious politicians, and confront bloodthirsty...
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31 science fiction and fantasy short stories encompassing hard SF, fantasy humor, and everything in-between. * Refugees with a salvaged mech suit find that family ties are stronger than armor. * Two artificial intelligences in love turn the world into their playground. * Modern-day Dante is guided through hell by the ghost of Bob Marley. * Ancient gods and monsters stalk the halls of a 1920s night club. * A young woman must save her planet by committing...
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Fourth issue of FUTURE SF themed Alien Invasion features eight stories from the UK, Russia, China, USA, Sweden, and Italy.
Table of Contents:
"They Are Coming" by Paul R. Hardy
"The Building Atop the Hill" by Alexander Bachilo (translated by Alex Shvartsman)
"A Typical Tale of Bloodlust and Conquest" by Mike Resnick
"You Came to the Tower" by Shaenon K. Garrity
"Through the Fog, a Distant Land Appears" by Wanxiang Fegnian (translated by Nathan...
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Contents:"Knights of the Phantom Realm" by Wanxiang Fengnian (China) translated by Nathan Faries"The Jellyfish" by K.A. Teryna (Russia) translated by Alex Shvartsman"Artificial Zen at the End of the World" by Gunnar De Winter (Belgium)"Unredacted Reports from 1546" by Leah Cypess (USA)"Follow" by T. R. Siebert (Germany)Cover art by Luca Oleastri (Italy)Cover layout by Jay O'Connell (USA)Interior art by K.A. Teryna (Russia)
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Featuring stories from USA, the UK, China, Sweden, and Cuba. "A Friend on the Inside" by Will McIntosh (USA)"Four-Letter Word" by Alexy Dumenigo (Cuba), translated by Toshiya Kamei"Rat's Tongue" by Xing Fan (China), translated by Judith Huang"Vagrants" by Lavie Tidhar (UK)"The Sweetness of Berris and Wine" by Jo Miles (USA)"Paean for a Branch Ghost" by Filip Wiltgren (Sweden) Cover art: Oleksandr Kulichenko (Ukraine)Cover design: Jay O'Connell (USA)...
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Stories from Austria, China, Germany, USA, and Russia. "Old People's Folly" features a cantankerous, disabled old lady protagonist living a difficult life many generations after the collapse of modern society. When she meets a young and idealistic woman from before the collapse, whose personality has been digitally stored, there's both a culture clash and a generational divide. Can the two find something in common in order to help a teenager in need?"The...
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SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR The Unidentified Funny Objects series delivers an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! * Superheroes mired in government bureaucracy.* Cat cat-burglars* Grandmotherly golems.* Literal-minded self-driving cars.* Evil overlords retired in Florida.* Indifferent aliens.
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Future SF is a magazine focusing on international science fiction.In this oversized issue we've collected stories from the established masters as well as some exciting up-and-comers in China, Japan, and South Korea.From machine societies to ocean depths, from interstellar migrations to genetically engineered mermaids, these tales envision very different, often dark, but always fascinating futures.Includes the following stories:Rœsin by Wu Guan (translated...
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GUARD BROOKLYN, FIGHT MONSTERS, TAUNT BAD GUYS "Shvartsman delivers real magic action and surprise twists...You're going to want more."-Esther M. Fiesner, Nebula-award winning author of the national bestseller, Warchild. What would you do if you lost everything that mattered to you, as well as all means to protect yourself and others, but still had to save the day? Conrad Brent is about to find out. Conrad Brent protects the people of Brooklyn from...
13) Kakistocracy
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If you do it well, lying is every bit as effective as magic.
Conrad Brent has no innate magic, so he bluffs a lot and uses a myriad of magical items to protect Brooklyn from monsters and arcane threats. As a member of the Watch, the group that protects the mundane humans from such dangers, he risks his life on a regular basis. Sometimes twice before lunch. Sometimes during lunch, when he dares order his food from a street cart.
After regaining his...