Sofia is in love with Marc Cassell, but she shouldn't be. In fact, as an unassigned Whisperer she should not be anywhere near him. Passing dreams from the stars and guiding them with a whisper, the interdimensional beings, the Whisperers, send elaborate messages in the hope to prevent a staged third world war that, thanks to the devious Lords of Time and their machine dream monitoring system, target the Dreamers of Earth.After Marc's midnight visions lead him to a prison cell under...

Sofia is in love with Marc Cassell, but she shouldn't be. In fact, as an unassigned Whisperer she should not be anywhere near him. Passing dreams from the stars and guiding them with a whisper, the interdimensional beings, the Whisperers, send elaborate messages in the hope to prevent a staged third world war that, thanks to the devious Lords of Time and their machine dream monitoring system, target the Dreamers of Earth.After Marc's midnight visions lead him to a prison cell under...

Sofia is in love with Marc Cassell, but she shouldn't be. In fact, as an unassigned Whisperer she should not be anywhere near him. Passing dreams from the stars and guiding them with a whisper, the interdimensional beings, the Whisperers, send elaborate messages in the hope to prevent a staged third world war that, thanks to the devious Lords of Time and their machine dream monitoring system, target the Dreamers of Earth.After Marc's midnight visions lead him to a prison cell under...

What is the prevalence of insomnia in a particular age group, in men and women, or in Caucasians and African Americans? What is the average total sleep time among normal sleepers among these groups? How does the sleep of Caucasians and African Americans differ? These are just some of the questions addressed in The Epidemiology of Sleep.This new book presents the most detailed and comprehensive archive of normal and abnormal sleep patterns. Based on a landmark study support...

A young man named Atrum has a haunting dream that he cant seem to understand. As he tries to understand this recurring dream, the events in his life takes a similar turn. He meets a girl named Stella, who he realizes is the only focus of his dream. As he spends more and more time in her company, his life takes an epic turn. Tragedy hits and Atrum slowly learns what he needs to, to make his reality less of a nightmare and to start controlling his own life, and to live his dreams. Alongside ...

Sofia is in love with Marc Cassell, but she shouldn’t be. In fact, as an unassigned Whisperer she should not be anywhere near him. Passing dreams from the stars and guiding them with a whisper, the interdimensional beings, the Whisperers, send elaborate messages in the hope to prevent a staged third world war that, thanks to the devious Lords of Time and their machine dream monitoring system, target the Dreamers of Earth.After Marc’s midnight visions lead him to a prison cell under...

Aurealis #56 is the second special Award Winners issue. Thoraiya Dyer's The 'Fruit of the Pipal Tree' won Best Fantasy Short Story. 'The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt', a raw autobiographical story, was joint winner in the Best Horror Short Story category. The author, Paul Haines, died in March this year after a battle with cancer, and didn't live to receive the Aurealis Award.

"A Matter of Protocol" is a detective novel featuring a complex and intriguing plot. The story revolves around a central mystery or crime, often involving a high-stakes situation where protocol and proper conduct are crucial.The narrative typically follows a detective or amateur sleuth who must navigate a web of clues and suspects to solve the case. The story emphasizes the importance of adhering to established procedures and protocols, both in the investigation and in the social or profes...

All original stories about the return of Cthulhu and the Old Ones to Earth.Some of the darkest hints in all of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos relate to what will happen after the Old Ones return and take over the earth. What happens when Cthulhu is unleashed upon the world? What happens when the other Old Ones, long since banished from our universe, break through and descend from the stars? What would the reign of Cthulhu be like on a totally transformed planet wh...

After her space ship crash lands on an alien planet, Stella finds shelter in a nearby cave that is much more than it appears. But when a hidden door closes, she's trapped inside... and she isn't alone. Monsters lurk in the shadows and another survivor, mysterious and beastly, takes her under his protection. He promises to keep her body safe, but her heart is another matter.Arest knows nothing but blood and death. Yet, when he sees Stella, his only thought is to keep her from harm. ...

Shyama, a forty-eight-year-old London divorcée, already has an unruly teenage daughter, but that doesn't stop her and her younger lover, Toby, from wanting a child together. Their relationship may look like a cliché, but despite the news from her doctor that she no longer has any viable eggs, Shyama's not ready to give up on their dream of having a baby. So they decide to find an Indian surrogate to carry their child, which is how they meet Mala, a young woman trapped in an oppressive marr...

The idea of creating an artificial human is an old one. One of the earliest science-fictional novels, Frankenstein, concerned itself primarily with the hubris of creation, and one’s relationship to one’s creator. Later versions of this “artificial human” story (and indeed later adaptations of Frankenstein) changed the focus to more modernist questions… What is the nature of humanity? What does it mean to be human? These stories continued through the golden age of science fiction with Isaac...