LIFE SUCKS AND THEN YOU DIE: A wildly inventive cyberpunk family drama set in a dystopian world run by the afterlife, from a Nebula Award finalist.“A brilliant, original world . . . a wild ride from start to finish.” —Sarah Gailey, author of Magic for LiarsIn the near future, the minds of the deceased are uploaded into the computer network, where they control the world from the afterlife. For those still on Earth, living is just wa...

A teen boy must save an intergalactic diner from financial ruin in this hopepunk space opera adventure for fans of Becky Chambers and The Good Place.Kenna, a destitute teenager with dreams of advising the cosmic elite, wins the dinner of a lifetime at The Sol Majestic, the galaxy's top restaurant. Yet there's no such thing as a free meal: Kenna discovers that The Sol Majestic risks bankruptcy if the planned soirée doesn't attract enough intergalactic billio...

The first in a “sharp, weird, and wildly innovative” urban fantasy series about a desperate father who embraces a forbidden magic in order to save his daughter (Cherie Priest, Locus Award winner and Hugo Award nominee)Flex: Distilled magic in crystal form. The most dangerous drug in the world. Snort it, and you can create incredible coincidences to live the life of your dreams.Flux: The backlash from snorting Flex. The univ...

The second edge-of-your-seat adventure in an urban fantasy series featuring a bureaucracy-obsessed magician, his rebellious daughter—and a spectacularly original magic systemLove something enough, and your obsession will punch holes through the laws of physics. That devotion creates unique magics: videogamemancers. Origamimancers. Culinomancers.But when ‘mancers battle, cities tremble…Aliyah Tsabo-Dawson: The world’s most dangerous ...

A tortured mercenary and a genetically engineered assassin fall in love while running for their lives in this high-octane cyberpunk romance adventure."Steinmetz expertly fuses cyberpunk staples and romantic comedy elements to deliver an over-the-top, action-packed tale while also addressing mental illness and body issues." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Meet Mat, a tortured mercenary who has become the perfect shot, and Silvia, ...

Paul and his companions must save Europe from the brink of catastrophe—the final installment in a “one-of-a-kind series” that reads like “if you put Breaking Bad and Reddit in a blender” (Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi Blog)America has long sent its best SMASH agents overseas to deal with the European crisis. As of today, they decided dismantling your operation was more important than containing the Bastogne Broach. Now, y...

"Narrator James Fouhey serves up a delicious feast of a performance in this unusual combination of science fiction, philosophy, and food." — AudioFile MagazineThe Sol Majestic is a big-hearted and delightful intergalactic adventure for fans of Becky Chambers and The Good Place."A feast of a book.”—Hugo Award-winning author Seanan McGuireKenna, an aspirational teen guru, wanders destitute across the stars a...

Flex: ​​a világ legveszélyesebb kábítószere. Ha felszippantod, hihetetlen szerencsés leszel, és így a legmerészebb álmaidat is megélheted. Nincs többé lehetetlen: felszedheted a buli legjobb nőjét, megnyerheted a lottót… és karcolás nélkül megúszhatod a legdurvább tűzharcokat is. Fluxus: balszerencse-többlet, a flex használatának következménye. Az univerzum a mágia minden formáját gyűlöli, s az egyenlőtlenségeket újra egyensúlyba próbálja hozni. Ha sikerül elvezetned valahova a fle...

Ferrett Steinmetz’s high-octane cyberpunk romance Automatic Reload about a tortured mercenary and the genetically enginnered assassin he loves.Meet Mat, a tortured mercenary who has become the perfect shot, and Silvia, and idealistic woman geneticall engineered to murder you to death.Together they run for the shadiest corporation in the world... and realize their messed-up brain chemsitry cannot ov...

The September/October 2016 issue of the Hugo Award Winning Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Carmen Maria Machado, Tim Pratt, Sarah Pinsker, E. Lily Yu, and Ferrett Steinmetz, reprinted fiction by Sofia Samatar, essays by Mary Anne Mohanraj, Una McCormack, Aidan Moher, and Dominik Parisien, poetry by S. Qiouyi Lu, Ada Hoffmann, and Sonya Taaffe, interviews with Carmen Maria Machado and Sarah Pinsker by Deborah Stanish, a cover by Kirbi Fagan, and an editoral by Lyn...

Fantasy Scroll Magazine is an online, quarterly publication featuring science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal short-fiction. The magazine’s mission is to publish high-quality, entertaining, and thought-provoking speculative fiction. With a mixture of short stories, flash fiction, and micro-fiction, Fantasy Scroll Magazine aims to appeal to a wide audience. Issue #2 includes 14 short stories: "Winter Solstice" — Mike Resnick "Da Capo al Fine"...