The job felt wrong from the start.The sheriff of Jericho offered Flint the bounty, but the contract originated from a murkier source—the Duskfinders, a secret society with ties to the Occult. Still, Flint accepted. Hunting bounties defined him. His reputation distracted bigots from the unique shape of his good eye and gawkers from the ocular implant that replaced the other. Most everyone figured Flint was just another badass in the sheriff's posse of dubious freaks...

Vermutlich jeder, der sich intensiver mit zeitgenössischer Musik beschäftigt, hat mehr als einmal die "Darmstädter Beiträge zur Neuen Musik" konsultiert. Die schlichten grünen Bände mit der großen weißen Schrift trugen ohne Frage auch dazu bei, dass sich die Darmstädter Ferienkurse als maßgebliches Theorie- und Diskursforum etablieren konnten. Dabei waren dei Sammelbände weniger als wissenschaftliche Beiträge gedacht, sondern bereits in ihrer Konzeption durch Wolfgang Steinecke, den Begrün...

In 2005, a highly contagious, lethal disease swept through the virtual world of Azeroth, slaughtering millions of player characters in a matter of hours. What began as a simple programming glitch accidentally became one of the most important sociological events in modern epidemiology. Public health officials have always struggled to model how real humans react during a pandemic, as mathematical simulations cannot account for irrational panic, altruism, or intentional griefing. The "Corrupt...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Academy Award–nominated actress and 2023 SeeHer award recipient America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first-person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures.America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably linked to her parents’ homeland and Honduran culture. Speaking Spanish at home, having Satur...

"" The People's Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world." – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of CaliforniaIn 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create one of the most miraculous political victories in modern American history. Opponents attacked the issue of marriage equality as amoral and a direct threat to families. Allies warned ...

**A FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE FOR DEBUT SHORT STORY COLLECTION • WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL IN FIRST FICTION • WINNER OF THE JOHN ZACHARIS FIRST BOOK AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNAL“An urgent and necessary literary voice.”—Alexander Chee, Electric Literature**“Tough, lumin...