Third Flatiron Anthologies presents "Cat's Breakfast," a double issue containing 30 science fiction and fantasy short stories inspired by the wit and wisdom of Kurt Vonnegut.While satire and humor have long been standard tools of the trade for fiction writers, our authors have channeled the uniquely Vonnegutian attitude into all-original stories that probe and instruct us on themes such as free will, mental illness, social cruelty, loneliness, and family. The book concludes with a ...

Ever wonder what became of those fantastic worlds described byA. Conan Doyle and Edgar Rice Burroughs? Third Flatiron Publishingpresents "Lost Worlds, Retraced," a spate of new speculative fictionshort stories by an international group of award-winning and emergingwriters. Contributors include Maureen Bowden, Ron Collins, NeilDavies, Judith Field, Bruce Golden, Sarah Hodgetts, DeAnna Knippling,Andrew Kozma, Marilyn K. Martin, Will Morton, Konstanti...

Third Flatiron Anthologies presents "Keystone Chronicles," 19 freshscience fiction and fantasy stories exploring the theme of keystoneevents.What is a keystone? It's the central stone at the summit of an arch,locking the whole together, something on which other things depend forsupport, the heart or core of something, the crux. In storytelling, itis the pivotal message or character who makes it all happen.The international group of contrib...

Why is everything and everyone out to get you? Paranoid? Or just realistic?Third Flatiron Publishing presents "Universe Horribilis," a new anthology of science fiction short stories by an international group of award-winning and emerging writers, who offer their speculative takes on the theme of a hostile or uncaring universe. Contributors include Clare L. Deming, Sarina Dorie, James S. Dorr, Robin Wyatt Dunn, Siobhan Gallagher, Jack M. Horne, Rich Larson, David Luntz, Marilyn K. M...

Can you make a "Hero's Journey" in 10 pages or less? And what if you're a heroine? "Abbreviated Epics" from Third Flatiron Anthologiesis a double issue containing 19 very short fantasy adventures featuring samurai and shield maidens, alternate history and steampunk, and myths old and new. The issue also contains a reprint of Jo Walton's epic poem, "Odin on the Tree.""Abbreviated Epics" proudly showcases an international group of new and established speculative fiction author...

Third Flatiron Anthologies presents "Redshifted: Martian Stories," a collection of new speculative fiction by rising and established authors. Contributors include Maureen Bowden, Lela E. Buis, Martin Clark, Jaimie M. Engle, Jeff Hewitt, Neil James Hudson, Jason Lairamore, Vince Liberato, Michael McGlade, Kara Race-Moore, Ian Rose, Chuck Rothman, and Robina Williams.Look for your sign as an astrologer casts a Martian colony's horoscope, the Roman god decides war's not in his stars, ...

Paradoxically, war is both a rite of passage and the bane of human existence. Third Flatiron Publishing presents "A High Shrill Thump," anew anthology of science fiction stories by an international group of award-winning and emerging writers, who offer their visionary takes onthe theme of war. Contributors include Gustavo Bondoni, K. R. Cairns, James S. Dorr, David L. Felts, John Harrower, Nick Johnson, Brenda Kezar, Lon Prater, Tom Sheehan, Jack Skelter, Michael Trudeau, Dav...

Watch out! Don't you know that you can get burned if you play with fire?Third Flatiron Publishing presents "Playing with Fire," a new anthology of science fiction short stories by an international group of established and emerging writers. Contributors include Nicholas M. Bugden, Gunnar De Winter, James S. Dorr, Michael Fedo, Adele Gardner, G. Miki Hayden, L. L. Hill, Marissa James, Ian O'Reilly, H. L. Pauff, Marian Powell, J. M. Scott, and Jonathan Shipley.Follow these tal...

Third Flatiron Anthologies presents "Astronomical Odds," a fresh selection of short SF/Fantasy/Horror/Humor stories with a mathematicaltwist. Authors include Ken Altabef, Michelle Ann King, Edoardo Albert, John A. McColley, Jennifer R. Povey, James Aquilone, Martin Clark, Iain Ishbel, Garry McNulty, Nick Slosser, Benjamin T. Smith, Susan Nance Carhart, and Adele Gardner. Edited by Juliana Rew.What are the chances of getting away with murder? Or of getting back that letter th...

Fourteen international authors come together in "It's Come to OurAttention," from Third Flatiron Anthologies. Their stories scratchbelow the surface to unearth a world of hidden gems:Visit a landfill to hear some real trash talk. Tag along with an alienagent here to save the earth from his hideout in the insaneasylum. Bust a conspiracy to change the climate via mind control. Forman unhealthy attachment to your radio. Go down to the basement even

Third Flatiron Publishing presents "Over the Brink," a new anthology of science fiction stories by an international group of award-winning and emerging writers, who offer their visionary takes on the theme of environmental disaster. Contributors include Colleen Anderson, Kurt Bachard, Thomas Canfield, Linda A.B. Davis, William Highsmith, Rich Larson, Curtis James McConnell, Mark Mills, Tim Myers, Khristo Poshtakov, Ian Rose, Ken Staley, and Robina Williams. These expert storytellers show u...

The future we all want.Twenty authors contribute short science fiction and fantasy stories about their visions of a brighter future.Explore how life might change with increasing use of social media, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, space exploration, and medical advances. Envision worlds where climate change can be mitigated through technology, and war is a thing of the past. Third Flatiron's "Gotta Wear Eclipse Glasses" offers new opportunitiesto boldly go ...