Three "modern gothic" works: a short story, a play, and a novel, all written in the last quarter of the twentieth century.The Position (short story): a group of young men compete for a job under mysterious circumstances."Incredible, Lorin thought. Incredible that we should all be here. Incredible that we should have to be here. Why did they let things like this come to be? Who ARE 'they?'He thought of his railroad trip to this processing center: the mountains; the fo...

Episodes One through Six of Space Dick, Space Ranger, Space Outlaw, and Space Avenger all in one boxed set. After a near death experience "sometimes licensed" P. I. Orlo Suggs finds himself in a new century with a new job. Follow the mistake-prone Orlo and his not always reliable team on their adventures throughout the cosmos. Futurism jostles with tongue-in-cheek in this serial.Some adult content and language.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog ManThey may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds... whether you like it or not in this New York Times bestselling illustrated series.POP QUIZ! You are on the roof of a skyscraper. Every floor of that building has nasty things that just don't like you....

A collection of nineteen short stories from the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of The Iron Dragon's Daughter and Stations of the TideWritten over the course of a decade, Tales from Old Earth contains nineteen masterful pieces of short fiction—including the Hugo Award–winning stories "The Very Pulse of the Machine" and "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur;" the World Fantasy Award–winning novella "Radio Waves;" Hugo Award finalists "The Dead," ...

“Wonderful . . . Dashner shares with Rowling a nimble use of fancy, delayed revelation, and charm.” — Chicago Sun TimesWhat if every time you made a choice that had a significant consequence, a new, alternate reality was created — the life that would've been had you made the other choice? What if those new realities were in danger? What if it fell to you to save all the realities?Atticus Higginbottom, a.k.a. Tick, is an average thirteen-year-old bo...

“Wonderful . . . Dashner shares with Rowling a nimble use of fancy, delayed revelation, and charm.” — Chicago Sun TimesIt’s been a quiet summer for Tick, Paul, and Sofia, but the latest message from Master George changes everything.The Realities are in danger — and from something more terrible than Mistress Jane and the mutated Chi’karda of the Thirteenth Reality. People from all Realities are unexplainably going insane. Worse, some Realities are f...

**AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the New York Times bestselling author of Frankly in Love comes a "sweet and funny" (PopSugar) romantic young adult novel about identity, perception, and how hard it can feel sometimes to simply be yourself.“The fun of this engrossing read is that underneath the slapstick lies a finely nuanced meditation on how we perform as ourselves.”—The New York Times Book Review**When Sunny Dae—self-proclaimed tot...

Johnny's job at the campus library isn't as glamorous as it sounds. In fact, when the wheels of the returns cart get stuck in the gap between the floor and the elevator, he's ready to just quit right there. But a stranger's kindness leads to chance encounter that improves Johnny's whole semester.

This anthology collects all 24 original stories from the third year of Diabolical Plots, an online magazine of science fiction and fantasy. Lovecraftian food bloggers, doors that bring back the dead, fantastical roommates apartment hunting in Brooklyn, oversea octopus explorers, sisterly love and rivalry in space, living breathing sweaters. The stories vary from humorous to tragic to thoughtful, from contemporary authors both new and established.The stories in this anthology are:

Peter F. Hamilton has proven himself a modern master of epic space opera, carrying the tradition of far-future empire building begun by Heinlein and Asimov into the new millennium. But Hamilton is also a master of the short story, and when he tackles one of science fiction’s most enduring themes—time travel—the result is as provocative as it is entertaining.It starts in 2007 with a break-in. The victim: Marcus Orthew, the financial and technological genius behind Orthanics, the com...

PART TWO! Cliffhanger! (Serialized story)HIM: I'm focused on two things; completing my degree & swimming. Until I meet her. But can she accept that I'm a shapeshifter? A polar bear?HER: I'm practically a born-again virgin, I'm so focused on my studies. Until I meet him, when he comes to my rescue at a frat party. I feel out of place at the sunny, SoCal university I'm at, a plus-sized, red-headed woman amongst a sea...

Born in the streets, a nameless dog fights to survive. When he is captured by humans, he struggles to adapt this new way of life. Will he find his home?