When I convinced my friends to join me in a scheme to play the stock market, it paid off beyond our expectations. Honestly, most days I don’t even remember that I’m a billionaire. But it was big news for my family. In fact, my cousin made me guardian of her son in the event something happened to her.At face value, it sounds kind of nice.But I never really knew my cousin.And I only found out about her decision a week before the kid showed up on my doorstep.Th...

I never questioned my decision to marry Faith the day she turned eighteen.She needed to get out of her situation at home and, at nineteen, I already knew everything about everything, so in my mind it made perfect sense. We’d been pals for years.I loved her.She had no idea.But she was desperate for somebody to rescue her, and a marriage of convenience with me was a better—safer—choice than anything else she could find.Since I lived away at college, no...

The sixteen stories and two screenplays that make up Volume One of the Emmy® Award–winning Netflix Original series Love, Death & Robots.Featuring bestselling authors and screenwriters from all over the globe, curated by filmmakers Tim Miller and David Fincher.Stories and screenplays by Alastair Reynolds, Alberto Mielgo, Claudine Griggs, David W. Amendola, Joe Lansdale, John Scalzi, Ken Liu, Kirsten Cross, Marko Kloos, Michael Swanwick, Peter F. Hamilton, Steven Lew...

You ever meet someone and have that immediate click? That was Kayla and me. First day of our first teaching jobs and we both just knew we were going to be best friends forever.And we are.She does a great job keeping me down to earth—a skill I appreciate even more now that I’m a billionaire.Except lately, it’s like she’s pulling away.It started with her spending more time with my sister instead of hanging out with me. And now it feels like I’m in danger of lo...

One of the things I’ve been looking forward to since opening my scuba shop is leading groups to dive in all the amazing spots around the globe. The Galapagos and Great Barrier Reef are calling.First things first, though. I figure we’ll start off with the Caribbean.Which is why I’m headed down to spend some time scouting resorts and dive spots on the various islands. I’ve chartered a yacht, complete with a captain who, I’m told, knows everything there is to know about diving...

Love might be a choice, but some choices are off limits.They say opposites attract—and I’m not going to disagree. In fact, I’d be doing my best to see if the attraction was mutual if not for one little thing.She’s my best friend’s little sister.And since she and her brother are close, she’s become the honorary sister for all the guys in our group.But I don’t see her as a sister.At all.She’s funny and smart.An...

Jenna and I have been friends since college.Not besties or anything. Just the kind of friend you hit up when you want to go to a party but don’t want the pressure of a date.She’s fun. Independent. And she gets me.Which is probably why we dated for a while - more for fun than anything..The kiss was completely out of left field. And so was the ridiculous pact to get married if we were still single in our thirties.Neither of us have ever mentioned that ...

The fifteen stories and three screenplays that make up Volumes Two and Three of the Emmy® Award–winning Netflix Original series Love, Death + Robots.Featuring bestselling authors and screenwriters from all over the globe, curated by filmmakers Tim Miller and David Fincher, and Supervising Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson.Stories by Neal Asher, Paolo Bacigalupi, J. G. Ballard, Alan Baxter, Justin Coates, Harlan Ellison, Joachim Heijndermans, Joe Lansdale, Rich Larson, A...

This compulsive novel wrestles with vital questions of our time: sentience, purpose, life, death, and how to make a really good commercial. Told entirely through questionably obtained company emails, chat transcripts, TED Talks, training sessions, and more, this all-too-probable future pits emotionally intelligent AI against emotionally stunted humans.Megacorporation UniView is poised to cement their reputation as “the most trusted name in AI.” After pioneering the...

God is dead. Killer at large.In a world filled with powerful witches and wizards, Professor Marcus Orren is about as magical as your average brick, leading to a life of rampant cynicism coupled with mild-to-moderate alcohol abuse.While his contemporaries are content in their sorcerous ways, Marcus dares to ask the important questions in life, such as: “How can a pyromancer summon fire without fuel and a spark?” or, “What, exactly, is so special abo...

What's it like to drive trucks for an elder god? Can you be a good coworker when the corporate AI has it out for you? Who gets to decide if the big red button gets pushed?The Dark Humor Will Continue Until Morale Improves is all about finding the laughs in the dark corners of the world we'd rather not look at.As a condition of laughing at the dark state of the world, half of the profits support ActBlue, so maybe the next book doesn't have to feel s...

For the first time ever, Found Audio presents a complete transcription of the unsettling audio recordings of a mysterious unnamed adventure journalist and his decades-long pursuit of the Borgesian "City of Dreams," alongside analysis from audio expert, Amrapali Anna Singh* A Best Book of 2017 —Writer's Bone"[A] mysterious work of metafiction... dizzying, arresting and defiantly bold."—Laura Pearson, Chicago TribuneAmrapali Anna Singh is an historian and anal...