These surreal, satiric stories pay a mesmerizing visit to the shadowy zone that lies between our everyday lives and a perilously tangible near-future.In The Wall of America,” the Department of Homeland Security has put up a border wall between the United States and Canada. But the NEA has plans for the wall as well, turning it into the world’s largest art gallery. After the Rapture, working-class life for A Family of the Post-Apocalypse” is not as different as one might imagine, ...

'I am not Number 6. I am not a prisoner. I am a free man.'This is the classic novel of the TV series The Prisoner, by cult author Thomas M. Disch. First published in 1968, this new edition celebrates the long-awaited remake of the series, from ITV1 and the producers of Mad Men, starring Sir Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel.Combining the power of a great spy thriller with Orwellian science fiction, The Prisoner follows a former British secret agent wh...

Not since The Da Vinci Code!The only tome ever written by God Himself!INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS!In this compelling memoir, the first and hopefully the last of its kind, America’s most divine author reveals the intimate and shocking details of His sudden elevation to the most coveted and least understood position in the universe.In early 2005 (A.D.), wearying of the world’s religious schisms, doctrinal heresies, and manifold editorial sins, Thomas M. D...

Not since The Da Vinci Code!The only tome ever written by God Himself!INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS!In this compelling memoir, the first and hopefully the last of its kind, America s most divine author reveals the intimate and shocking details of His sudden elevation to the most coveted and least understood position in the universe.In early 2005 (A.D.), wearying of the world s religious schisms, doctrinal heresies, and manifold editorial sins, Thomas M. D...

The world's most famous lost computer game, by one of the world's most famous science fiction authors, disappeared when the publisher lost the uncompiled version. Now, due to the efforts of people all across the United States, the game has been restored (it's available, free, by Googling Amnesia Restored) and the complete text and programming notes are available here. Included are appreciations and essays by John Crowley, Jimmy Maher (the Digital Antiquarian), Gregory Feeley, prizewinning ...

From the four-time Nebula Award–winning author, a keystone text in literary theory and science fiction analyzing a 1972 work of dystopian fiction.The American Shore: Meditations on a Tale of Science Fiction by Thomas M. Disch—"Angouleme" was first published in 1978 to the intense interest of science fiction readers and the growing community of SF scholars. Recalling Nabokov's commentary on Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, Roland Barthes's commentary on Bal...

The Mad Butterfly's Ball is an essential compendium of stories dedicated to the lurking horror and profound wonder of those that live, largely unseen, in the world around us—the enigmatic insect! Featuring original and new works by Clive Barker, Jeffrey Thomas, Kaaron Warren, Paul Di Filippo, Eugen Bacon, and many more, alongside classics of the subgenre, The Mad Butterfly's Ball is the largest and most comprehensive anthology of its kind, with stunning illustrations by R...

These surreal, satiric stories pay a mesmerizing visit to the shadowy zone that lies between our everyday lives and a perilously tangible near-future.In The Wall of America, the Department of Homeland Security has put up a border wall between the United States and Canada. But the NEA has plans for the wall as well, turning it into the world s largest art gallery. After the Rapture, working-class life for A Family of the Post-Apocalypse is not as different as one might imagine, desp...

This is BCW's last issue of the year—which explains why we have a New Year’s story from Elizabeth Elwood (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman). We also have original mysteries from Mark Troy (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Nikki Knight (a new Grace the Hit Mom story), plus a complete short story collection by Edgar Wallace, plus a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.Five classics this time on the science fiction & fantasy front, from some of...

Black Cat Weekly #30 is a fabulous issue. This time, Darrell Schweitzer has unearthed his 1980 interview with Tom Disch, which is fascinating. Disch talks about writing his classic fantasy novel, The Businessman, among other things. As Darrell always notes, these old interviews fall “somewhere between oral history and paleontology.”Lots of mysteries this time, too—including an originals by Elizabeth Elwood (thanks to editor Michael Bracken) and Jack Halliday (a fl...

Domestique ou sauvage, familier ou exotique, amical ou hostile, l’animal nous apparaît sous de multiples aspects, qui nous en apprennent autant sur lui que sur nous… Au travers de ces dix nouvelles, partez à la découverte de vos semblables, à la fois si proches et si lointains ! Conçu pour le thème BTS "Les animaux et nous" au programme de la session 2026, ce recueil de nouvelles vous permettra de composer un brillant essai. 10 NOUVELLES CONTEXTUALISÉES • Présentation thématique • Notes po...

« Une histoire captivante, étrange et effrayante. »Des arbres titanesques, à la croissance très rapide ont mystérieusement envahi la Terre.Ils colonisent le monde, assèchent mers et lacs, totalement indifférents au destin d’une civilisation humaine en train de disparaître dans ce cataclysme vert.Dans le nord du Minnesota, Anderson, un agriculteur vieillissant, une bible dans une main et une arme à feu dans l’autre, tente désespérément de faire survivre la population ...