A lifetime buried in the mud, a shadow haunting your past, a creature built from offered scraps – there is something lurking in the dark! In this new collection, 15 writers explore the many shapes that darkness can take, from the monstrous to the stark realities of loss and heartbreak. In tales that embrace both the mundane and the supernatural, nothing is impossible, and realities can be shattered and rebuilt for those willing to dare.With stories by Chase Anderson, Die Booth, Tab...

What lies beyond the portals of our reality – and what would lead you through them?In the newest Sans. PRESS anthology, 15 writers take on what it means to step into chaos! From parallel universes to magical encounters, from the heartbreak of unbending reality to the mayhem of the end of times, these stories will take readers on a wild adventure, and look into what it truly means to embrace the unknown, and to find joy in the strangest of places.Wi...

Shoreline of Infinity science fiction magazine. New stories, reviews, interviews and more.StoriesDie Booth – Junk MedicineEphiny Gale – Little FreedomsSerena Johe – Don't Speak; Don't ListenDaniel Rosen – If Thine Eyes Offends TheeK.E. Macphee – The Apple BeeChris Bailey – Sweet CompulsionFlash-fiction Competition WinnersWinner: Matthew Castle – A Choice for a Golden AgeRunners-up:Marija Smits ...

Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology features twelve fat-positive horror tales of people who come into their own, celebrate their curves, and save the day. There are babysitters and bakers, thieves and roller derby stars. Young women unsure about their bodies meet demons and water spirits who offer assistance–in their own way, of course. Danger lurks in hospitals, in the mysterious occult shop in the local mall, and in a house filled with cats. Campers, trash collectors, and house flippers al...

From the slow degradation of society to the rotting of holy places, corruption touches everything. Featuring stories from new and upcoming horror authors, the first anthology from Madness Heart Press represents the best and most horrifying of corruption stories. Inside you'll find corruption in all of its forms. Diseases and parasites that eat away at the flesh, madnesses, and phobias that destroy minds and degrading acts that peel away the soul.16 stories by some of the freshest a...

Building on the evocative chill captured by 2024's Winter in the City, editors R.B. Wood and Anna Koon are back with a spectacular multicultural lineup to explore Spring in the City— yet wildflowers aren't the only things finding their way through cracked concrete in these dark speculative tales.Even in the shadows of skyscrapers, spring sees an awakening in the concrete jungle that we call "the city."Spring in the City: A Collection of ...

This is the third annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. This is an anthology collecting more of the stories from that nomination list to get them to more readersThe Long List Anthology Volume 3 collects 20 science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories from that nomination list, totaling ov...

Harlan Ellison, Richard Christian Matheson, Connie Willis, and many more contribute to a compelling psychological exploration of the many shades of love.World Fantasy Award–Winning EditorAn incubus disguised as a high school girl puts a disturbing spin on the teacher/student fantasy. An engineer creates a robot with unexpected consequences during the end of the world. A man becomes the pet of alien invaders. From stories of aliens in other ...

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the fi...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF—and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month, we present our special anniversary issue, Women Destroy Science Fiction!, an all-science fiction extravaganza entirely written—and edited!—by women.Gu...

The multiple Locus Award-winning annual collection of the year's best science fiction stories.In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas ...

The Future Is OurselvesThe world is rapidly changing. We surf future-shock every day, as the progress of technology races ever on. Increasingly we are asking: how do we change to live in the world to come?Whether it’s climate change, inundated coastlines and drowned cities; the cramped confines of a tin can hurtling through space to the outer reaches of our Solar System; or the rush of being uploaded into cyberspace, our minds and bodies are going to have t...