Third Flatiron Anthologies presents "Cat's Breakfast," a double issue containing 30 science fiction and fantasy short stories inspired by the wit and wisdom of Kurt Vonnegut.While satire and humor have long been standard tools of the trade for fiction writers, our authors have channeled the uniquely Vonnegutian attitude into all-original stories that probe and instruct us on themes such as free will, mental illness, social cruelty, loneliness, and family. The book concludes with a ...

Ever wonder what became of those fantastic worlds described byA. Conan Doyle and Edgar Rice Burroughs? Third Flatiron Publishingpresents "Lost Worlds, Retraced," a spate of new speculative fictionshort stories by an international group of award-winning and emergingwriters. Contributors include Maureen Bowden, Ron Collins, NeilDavies, Judith Field, Bruce Golden, Sarah Hodgetts, DeAnna Knippling,Andrew Kozma, Marilyn K. Martin, Will Morton, Konstanti...

Third Flatiron Anthologies presents "Terra! Tara! Terror!" Tales range from dark to playful, featuring fantastical elements, mythology and folklore, alternate history and steampunk, as well as modern political anxieties. We invite you to savor its mixture of dark and playful themes, fantastical elements, and mystery. A flash humor section, "Grins and Gurgles," is also featured."Terra! Tara! Terror!" is an original and varied collection of science fiction/fantasy, humor, and horror ...

Hidden Histories is a new speculative fiction anthology with the themes of alternate and secret (shadow) histories.In Hidden Histories, agents of the ancient Library of Alexandria attempt to steer human history, a witch at the stake explains how she was framed, a missing airliner black box turns up, General Custer is defeated by wendigos, Queen Elizabeth tells Shakespeare she was cursed, a seance saves the Apollo-13 moon mission, an alien ambassador mentors Jimi Hendrix, a competin...

Time. We feel it march by, seeming to gain momentum with each passingyear. Some physicists argue that it might not actually exist. We haveonly our recollections to depend on, and sometimes those can fool us,becoming fogged, like overexposed film."The Time It Happened" from Third Flatiron Anthologies contains 15short science fiction adventures and flash humor pieces that exploreworld-altering events, both real and imagined, ranging from alien...

Third Flatiron Anthologies presents "Principia Ponderosa," 17 newscience fiction and fantasy stories exploring weird western,gothic, and steampunk themes.Our authors dig into the principles that have made Weird West fertileground for speculative fiction and adventure.The international group of contributors to "Principia Ponderosa" makethis a unique and varied collection that is sure to please fans ofspeculative fiction.

Fictional military superpowers have captured our imaginations sincePlato invented Atlantis, and superpowers are all too real in today'stechnological world. How would our stories evolve if they took placeon other worlds?"Hyperpowers" from Third Flatiron Anthologies, guest-edited by BascombJames, takes on the challenge of telling short speculative fictionstories that explore space opera and military fiction themes. Thesetales raise potent iss...

Are we alone in the universe? Third Flatiron's speculative fiction anthology, "Galileo's Theme Park," explores themes such as space exploration and adventure, religion, and cosmology. A flash humor section, "Grins and Gurgles," is also featured."Galileo's Theme Park" is an original and varied collection of science fiction/fantasy, humor, and horror from an international group of contributors. Writers include Alexander Zalben, Ginger Strivelli, Steve Toase, Dr. Jackie Ferris, Eric J...

Third Flatiron Anthologies presents "Keystone Chronicles," 19 freshscience fiction and fantasy stories exploring the theme of keystoneevents.What is a keystone? It's the central stone at the summit of an arch,locking the whole together, something on which other things depend forsupport, the heart or core of something, the crux. In storytelling, itis the pivotal message or character who makes it all happen.The international group of contrib...

Third Flatiron's speculative fiction anthology, "Monstrosities," contains 20 stories about things that are dauntingly large or outrageous. A flash humor section, "Grins and Gurgles," is also featured.An international group of new and established contributors to "Monstrosites" makes this an original and varied collection that is sure to please fans of science fiction/fantasy, humor, and horror. Writers include Keyan Bowes, Larry Hodges, Carl R. Jennings, Mark Pantoja, Ray Daley, Bri...

Nothing is too strange for Third Flatiron's new anthology, "StrangeBeasties." Find something unsettling at every turn, from risingprimordical monsters and gods to murderous supernatural predators andvengeful soul-hungry demons.There's plenty of dark comedy too, with gamblers who race unusualbeasts, ogres who run cooking podcasts, horrifically dysfunctionalfamilies, and unhinged sorcerers.An international group of new and established contri...

Third Flatiron publishes quarterly themed speculative fiction anthologies. The "Third Flatiron Best of 2017" collection is a sampling of the best of the best short stories offered during 2017. Authors include John Sunseri, James Beamon, Rati Mehrotra, J. L. Forrest, Konstantine Paradias, Jean Graham, Jill Hand, Brian Trent, Ville Nummenpaa, Wulf Moon, Keyan Bowes, Vaughan Stanger, and Premee Mohamed.