The monuments were only the beginning. The world survived the first wave of disappearances.We may not survive what comes next.The irremnantizations are no longer confined to monuments and skylines. The vanishings have turned personal—a beloved celebrity mid-post, a footballer mid-shot, and a sitting president, plucked from a moving vehicle without a trace. These people, in addition to the tallest buildings, iconic monuments, and most prized works of art, are those most phot...

What if reality itself could be deleted? We photograph everything. We store everything. We forget that storage has limits."... the floodlights suddenly turned back on. They were directed at an upward angle from ground level. But they were not shining onto anything except each other's beaming light in the surrounding air. Any physical structure or solid light-absorbing medium was simply missing, rendering the light useless as it dissipated into the dilution of ultim...

Her fight begins the day the world ends.Scarlett Fisher is an average California teenager. She likes hanging out with her friends and talking on the phone. She does all right at school, and she's made the best of her parents' divorce. But in one way, she's special: on her fifteenth birthday, a fast-moving plague wipes out everyone she’s ever known, yet somehow it passes her by.Her family dead, alone in a corpse-strewn metropolis, she has no choice but to survive. She needs ...

Waylines is a magazine of science-fiction, fantasy, and horror. Our goal is to capture the "bang" in speculative fiction - that mindbending, wow factor.Issue 4 features interviews with authors Dean Wesely Smith and Nina Kiriki Hoffman and a feature about the film The Secret Number, with the following two stories:1 Rachael Acks takes us on the exploration of a new world, and the sacrifices made in order to do so in"Samsara."2 Jake Kerr offers a fun-filled tale of tim...

The Hugo Award-winning author of The Delirium Brief reveals the secrets of The Laundry Files in an adventure of Lovecraftian horror and espionage hi-jinks...As a newly appointed junior manager within the Laundry—the clandestine organization responsible for protecting Britain against supernatural threats—Bob Howard is expected to show some initiative to help the agency battle the forces of darkness. But shining a light on what’s best left in the shadows is ...

Winner of the Locus Award for AnthologyFrom genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transformative visions of the future, fantastical alternate worlds, and inspiration for the social justice movements of tomorrow.One of the Most Anticipated Books of the YearAutostraddle • Ms. Magazine • Reactor • Alta Journal • Library Journal • ...

LONDON CAN DRAIN THE LIFE OUT OF YOU . . .Bob Howard is an intelligence agent working his way through the ranks of the top secret government agency known as 'the Laundry'. When occult powers threaten the realm, they'll be there to clean up the mess - and deal with the witnesses.There's one kind of threat that the Laundry has never come across in its many decades, and that's vampires. Mention them to a seasoned agent and you'll be laughed out of the room.But when a s...

The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology.Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, & Vox"A deeply human, highly personal, and beautifully told story." —Dave EggersBridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body , Dawn of the Ne...

Two Top-Selling Sequels to Anne McCaffrey's The Ship Who Sang in One VolumeTwo novels in one large volume, both set in the same universe as *The Ship Who Sang:The Ship Who Searched:Tia, a bright and spunky seven-year old contracted an unknown neural disorder which made her lose control of her body. So she became a shell person—controlling a spaceship as if it were her body and searching for the origin of the disease that lai...

'Fascinating and thought provoking with some genuine surprises and incredibly clever ideas that kept me thinking about it long after I finished it… a Japanese Black Mirror!' Ajay Chowdhury, author of The WaiterSome mother-in-laws are hard. This one might be murder.Miyako suspects her mother-in-law is a murderer. It’s not just a case of them rubbing each other up the wrong way – there is definitely something suspicious going on. But...

For players and designers alike... How To Beat Escape Games!Are you ready to create your own escape room game? Interested in increasing your odds at beating the clock to escape?You'll learn about:5 Ways To Beat Escape GamesChoosing a Game Theme9 Fun Activities to Fill the Escape Game VoidAnd more...

Subway Sufers: Game Guide This guide gives you all the basic controls, tips, and general strategies. In addition, it also gives you my 13 MASTER Tips. Playing this game from Day 1, I can tell you there are certain tips and tricks that can help you achieve scores in the millions! These are my best tips to help you rack up monster scores and dominate all your friends. This guide covers: Basic Instructions and Controls Power...