The Evolving Project of Cormac McCarthy presents eleven essays of original scholarship that undertake a programmatic reassessment of McCarthy’s literary and philosophical worldview. Examining issues of race, morality, history, metaphysics, law, economics, and ecology in McCarthy’s writing reveals how these themes intersect in an overarching, positive gesture that characterizes his work. Taken together, the essays offer a more expansive understanding of McCarthy’s critique of conte...

Mysterious and looming, towers and tower-like structures pierce the skies and shadow the lands. Hides the Dark Tower includes over two dozen tales of adventure, danger, magic, and trickery from an international roster of authors. Readers of science fiction, fantasy, horror, grimdark, campfire tales, and more will find a story to haunt their dreams. So step out of the light, and into the world of Hides the Dark Tower—if you dare.Featuring fiction by Richard Chizmar, Alex Shvartsman,...

Worlds of If was a three time winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction magazine. Worlds of If discovered many talented writers who would go on to dominate genre fiction. This is the third in our Worlds of If series with even more memorable stories from its tremendous run. ‘The Yillian Way’ by Keith Laumer ‘Homo Inferior’ by Mari Wolf ‘The Talkative Tree’ by H.B. Fyfe ‘Show Business’ by Boyd Ellanby ‘The One and the Many’ by Milton Lesser ‘The Stowaway’ by Alvin Heiner ‘Sound of Te...

Everyone is dying to visit the graveyard.Skip down the path, between the tombstones, and around the mausoleum to the old town hanging tree. There you will find what you didn’t even know you were looking for.Have you ever wondered what that thing chasing you in the woods was? Or the shadowy creature that swears it is not real even when others can see it too? What about a house that has locked you snuggly in and won’t let you go no matter how loud the creatur...