Prepare to be intrigued, terrified, and delighted by the fifteen imaginative short stories contained in this collection, comprising works of science fiction, fantasy, horror, slice of life, and a bit of the absurd.Electronic Telepathy – a police forensics android investigates a mysterious murder, but uncovers aspects of himself he never knew existed...and which threatens his very existence.Ode de la Lune – an orchestral co...

One of young Barry's chores is to go outside and feed the horses, even if it's during a cold winter night. He is afraid of the dark recesses of the barn and what may lurk inside, and one night his fears become a reality.

A burned-out high school English teacher confronts his purpose as a mentor after reading the work of a troubled student.

"See those little circles there? Those are portals to another dimension."After this wild declaration, 14-year-old Max's Weird Uncle Bob disappears. Then the teen receives strange messages over his electronic devices. He believes they are from his uncle, who has traveled beyond the boundaries of our known universe—a plane of existence that Max intends to visit."The Portals" begins this eclectic collection of short fiction with a mixture of genres including science fiction, h...

Detective Peale had dealt with Todd and Lori Harlin over the years, as their drinking often turned to violence toward one another. One night, Todd confesses to Peale that he has killed his wife, then weaves a tale about a mysterious substance he found in a warehouse and its horrific effects when exposed to flesh.Stephen Wise brings you this dark tale, a cross between a noirish detective thriller and body horror that will keep you turning the page.

KL-124, or Kal to his teammates, is a forensics android assigned to a CSI unit of the police force. When a politician is murdered inside a locked room, Kal investigates but find a surprising lack of clues. As he searches the city's surveillance database, he makes an unsettling discovery that connects to a glitch he's noticed within his own operating system that could have devastating consequences for him.

Jerry Frekins, a renowned conductor, has composed his opus, a symphony called Ode de la Lune. During its grand opening, his orchestra plays to a packed house, but as Jerry is conducting, a terrifying condition he has kept under control surfaces and he struggles to contain it through to the end of the performance, otherwise he and the audience will face deadly consequences.

With GIS technology increasingly available to a wider audience on devices from apps on smartphones to satnavs in cars, many people routinely use spatial data in a way which used to be the preserve of GIS specialists. However spatial data is stored and analyzed on a computer still tends to be described in academic texts and articles which require specialist knowledge or some training in computer science. Developed to introduce computer science literature to geography students, GIS F...

Detective Peale had dealt with Todd and Lori Harlin over the years, as their drinking often turned to violence toward one another. One night, Todd confesses to Peale that he has killed his wife, then weaves a tale about a mysterious substance he found in a warehouse and its horrific effects when exposed to flesh.Stephen Wise brings you this dark tale, a cross between a noirish detective thriller and body horror that will keep you turning the page.

A fierce, lyrical manifesto that dares readers to face death without sentimentality—and reveals dying well as one of the deepest acts of living, loving, and human responsibility.Die Wise does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working with dying people and their families, Step...

Fourteen original stories inspired by the influential horror writer, including tales by Laird Barron, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Gemma Files, and Brian Evenson.Compiled by Hugo and Bram Stoker Award–winning editor Ellen Datlow, these original stories of the supernatural employ H. P. Lovecraft's trademark terror of the cosmic unknown. A fresh generation of writers have been set free to play in his playground, exploring new themes and new horrors.In "Oblivion Mode" by...

The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genre—including stories from award-winning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay.Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially Ellen Datlow—the most lauded editor in short works of supernatural suspense and dark fantasy. The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories is her definitive collection of ghost stories.