Join the scavenger hunt for fun and happiness!Third Flatiron's all-original science fiction/fantasy/horror/humor anthology, Rhapsody of the Spheres, presents short stories about things that give us joy or meaning. The theme is inspired by the well-known "music of the spheres" philosophy (aka musica universalis) and movements of the heavenly bodies, which dates as far back as ancient Greece. The term, rhapsody refers to an outpouring of ecstatic expression...

Do rising tides always lift all boats?Third Flatiron's all-original science fiction/fantasy/horror/humor short story anthology has the theme, "After the Gold Rush." Twenty-two authors explore themes related to complications of booms and bubbles, including effects of accelerated culture; ecological consequences caused by human over-expansion, such as climate disasters; and economics (for example, monopolies on resources and commodities). Includes a flash humor section, "Grins & Gurg...

“Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction belongs on every Canadian reader’s bookshelf.” - Amazing StoriesThe World Fantasy Award finalist and two-time Aurora Award-winning series is back with an all-new volume!Step into worlds of wonder with the definitive showcase of the best Canadian fantasy and science fiction of the year.Discover the magic woven by more than three dozen of Canada’s most celebrated authors and rising st...

2025 Aurora Award Winner for Best Anthology!“Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction belongs on every Canadian reader’s bookshelf.” - Amazing StoriesThe Aurora Award-winning series returns with a new volume!Venture into extraordinary realms of imagination with the essential collection of the year’s best Canadian fantasy and science fiction.Discover the magic woven by more than three dozen of Canada...

For well over a quarter of a century, Gardner Dozois has been defining the field with his annual selection of the very best of recently published science fiction. Every year he showcases truly exceptional contemporary writing, both by undisputed masters of the genre and outstanding up-and-coming writers. Comprising thirty-three fantastic stories by authors of the calibre of Paolo Bacigalupi, James S. A. Corey, Ann Leckie, Paul McAuley and Ian McDonald, and including, as ever, Dozois' illum...

Since 2006, Clarkesworld Magazine has been entertaining science fiction and fantasy fans with their brand of unique science fiction and fantasy stories. Collected here are all of the stories this Hugo Award-winning magazine published during their eighth year. Includes stories by Michael Swanwick, Yoon Ha Lee, Robert Reed, Susan Palwick, Sean Williams, N.K. Jemisin, James Patrick Kelly, E. Lily Yu, Ken Liu, Xia Jia, Seth Dickinson, Juliette Wade, Matthew Kressel, and many more!&nbs...

A fresh post-apocalyptic anthology of 18 stories: the end of the world seen through the salvage and ruins. Featuring Emily St John Mandel, Carmen Maria Machado, Clive Barker, China Mièville, Charlie Jane Anders and more.This anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction asks, what would you save from the fire? In the moments when it all comes crashing down, what will we value the most, and how will we save it?Featuring stories from China Miéville, Emily St John Man...

2024 Aurora Award winner for Best Anthology!2024 World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Anthology!Award winners. Award finalists. Hidden gems. All Canadian. All in one anthology.Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume One showcases the powerful, award-winning fantastical fiction being written by Canadians today.Discover the magic woven by more than three dozen of Canada’s finest establ...

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 ...

A chilling horror anthology of 18 stories about the terrifying fears of isolation, from the modern masters of horror.Featuring Tim Lebbon, Paul Tremblay, Joe R. Lansdale, M.R. Carey, Ken Liu and many more.Lost in the wilderness, or shunned from society, it remains one of our deepest held fears. This horror anthology calls on leading horror writers to confront the dark moments, the challenges that we must face alone: hikers lost in the woods; astronauts adrift in the silence...

2015 Best Science Fiction and alien anthology, Publisher's Weekly Science Fiction Best SellerThe future is here…the future is now! Orson Scott Card, Kevin J. Anderson and Larry Niven have seen the future. Now, you can, too.A constellation of the brightest lights in the Science Fiction and Fantasy firmament have judged these authors to be the best, the brightest, the truest emerging stars in the field.From Alien Invasion to Alternate History, from Cyberpunk to Comic ...

Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future is an anthology of optimistic science fiction from some of today's most hopeful visionaries."This collection could be the shot in the arm our imaginations need. It's an important book and not just for the fiction." — Wall Street JournalBorn of an initiative at the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, this remarkable collection unites a diverse g...