Six stories explore the means and the price of survival when everything seems lost:An astrologer loses her stars but not her faith in them. A woman watches as her lover and her planet transform with new life—or die with it. A young man seeks revenge for unwelcome mercy granted in a world where every breath is agony. A group of artists discovers the strange loveliness which is all that remains of other worlds.At the end of things, people display selfishness, exhaustion, but ...

Four dystopian yet hopeful science fiction stories explore the power of determination, compassion, and endurance to turn anyone into a hero.Eric is imprisoned and condemned in the place of "John Kosichev," a rebel the police state has never been able to catch. A rebel Eric only superficially resembles, but whose myth could be broken if he's shown in defeat. Trapped in the lie, Eric finds his own truth and the courage to resist.Resisting her supposed duty to help restore the...

New authors and collections. Somewhere between epic historical fantasy, sword and sorcery and Tolkien-esque fantasy exists a thick vein of storytelling that would make Robert E Howard and H.G. Wells proud. Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror, Science Fiction, Murder Mayhem and Crime & Mystery we present a compilation of savage swordplay, and high magic, of daring deeds and gaudy battles, in a blazing mix of classic and ...

An epic, tragic, bewitching tale of strange spells and unexpected loyalties.To Hethan A'Manth, it seems like a routine enough mission: one more message to deliver. Certainly, this time it goes to a rebel queen, but he knows to keep his head down as he passes through the affairs of monarchs, armies, and sorcerers.Yet he becomes beguiled, entangled in the last stand of Felinda against the most puissant Empress of Xeocib—and in the friendship he forms with Asmadene the Halcyon...