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...

"Lucanus: Prodigal Son" is the third novel in Juliana Rew's Unwinding Series. The cosmic disruption known as The Unwinding leaves the galaxy's scattered survivors to pick up the pieces. The time-traveling Watchmen discover an unlikely ally in the human Lucanus, the renegade son of the Masquat Empire. Home after years of space exploration, Lucanus has grown restless. He leaves along with his mother and Dog to establish a colony on a new planet, developing an advanced artificial intelligence...

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...

Are we just a glitch in the matrix?"Brain Games: Stories to Astonish," from Third Flatiron Anthologies, is a collection of twenty-seven short science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories that speculate where the brain's logical and creative sides might lead us. Tales feature puzzle solving and ingenuity, inverted tv tropes, inventions (clockwork, biomedical, and Rube Goldberg), masterful creations, mythology, technology and robotics, and social commentary. A flash humor secti...

Is there hope for us all?Emily Dickinson's poem, "Hope," described it as "a thing with feathers." Third Flatiron Anthologies' latest collection of short speculative fiction, fantasy, and horror stories touches on the theme of hope, whether it's about taking flight filled with optimism for the future, venturing outside one's comfort zone, taking outsize risks in order to succeed, or finding it dashed on the rocks. Twenty-four authors give their entertaining takes on the subject, inc...

“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...

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 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...

Compostela (Tesseracts Twenty) is an anthology of hard and soft science fiction stories that best represent a futuristic view of the sciences and how humanity might be affected (for better or worse) by a reliance in all things technological.The stories contained within the pages of Compostela are a refelction of the world we live in today; where science produces both wonders and horrors; and will leave us with a future that undoubtedly will contain...

SOMETIMES THE BIGGEST HORRORS COME IN THE SMALLEST PACKAGES…There's nothing better than a short, sharp slice of flash fiction to get the mind working. 99 Tiny Terrors is an anthology that the reader can dip into for something deliciously dangerous in a short amount of time, or spend an afternoon trolling through blood-soaked stories from all over the world, including Canada, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, India, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the United Sta...

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...

Every one of transreal cyberpunk master Rudy Rucker's science-fiction tales, a trove of gnarl and wonder, from 1976 through 2025. Includes collaborations with Bruce Sterling, Marc Laidlaw, Paul Di Filippo, John Shirley, Terry Bisson, Rudy Rucker Jr, and Eileen Gunn. Nearly 100 stories in all.