Travel through a multitude of exciting worlds and adventures in this collection of innovative and thought-provoking science fiction and fantasy short stories.How does a scientist and a band of corporate superheroes escape an eternal time-loop? What does a "real" mermaid do when she's held captive by a spoiled short-sighted prince? Why does a young woman find herself compelled to portray a trope character in a LitRPG? These and a multitude of other questions are ans...

Sommaire / Table of contents: E. MACPHAIL, "From Caesar to Augustus: a note on Rabelais' revisions to Pantagruel"; C. CLAVEL, "Dithyrambe pour un massacre, Création lexicale et esthétique des genres"; H. ORII, "Oncques ne feut faict soloecisme": l'interprétation et l'image du membre viril dans le Tiers Livre de Rabelais"; J. PARKIN, "The Polygelastic Rabelais"; X. UGARTE-BALLESTER, "Les traductions catalanes de Rabelais"; S. D. JUALL, "Early Modern Franco-Ottoman Relations: Utopian Mapping...

LTUE Benefit Anthologies, Volume 2.Everyone knows dragon tales make for the best adventure stories. Throw in women who actively seek what they want—a little intrigue, exciting battles, and hard decisions—to get these twenty excellent adventures by some of today's best fantasy writers!This collection celebrates Linda Hunter Adams, a truly amazing mentor and role model for many in our Life, the Universe, & Everything writing community. Proceeds from this volume suppo...

The essays in this volume consider the ways in which material and intellectual culture both shaped and were shaped by the literature of late medieval England. The first section, “Textual Material,” reflects on cultural and social issues generally referred to as the History of Ideas, and how those ideas manifest in later medieval English texts. Essays address, for example, affect in The Book of Margery Kempe, rhetoric in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, anarchy in late medieval political te...

A thud-and-blunder fantasy spoof, featuring the mighty Thews Thongrin, Norse warrior, in his debut short story.When mild-mannered Arlin Anderssen pisses in the magic Pot of Tiergaard, he is transformed into the mighty Thews Thongrin, Norse Warrior, defender of good and scourge of evil. But young Arlin must keep his identity a secret or risk losing everything—especially his place in the king's household staff as assistant Gentleman of the Privy Chamber.When the kingdom is th...

A science fiction novella set in the Planetary Assessment Corporation story universe. The clock is ticking as the planetary survey team tries to make sense of the first earth-like planet ever discovered by the Planetary Assessment Corporation. The planet teems with life, but the animals make no sense—segmented dinosaurs and carnivorous rats that attack at the slightest hint of blood. The team has to get in, plant a marker and discovery station, and get out or risk being stranded ...

The Hunt family reunion was an annual event with a cast of hundreds and a budget of not inconsiderable proportions. It's all fun and games until Uncle Burt believes he's been wronged by Aunt Myrna in the bean count contest--an old rift that threatens to break the family apart.When a young man visits this grand event with his new wife, he learns more about the challenges of extended family than he bargained for in this slice of life short story set in the intermountain West. (about ...

Everyone has different ideas about wizards, but are they really all that different? Some subscribe to monthly clubs, some are brighter than they seem, some live for praise and acclaim, and others just want to protect those they love. Twenty-four stories of wizardly derring-do are found here, and all show wizards in different lights.Jonathan Langford is the wizard of Life, the Universe, & Everything and The Leading Edge. Parliament of Wizards is filled with daring and interesting ta...

A science fiction short set in the Planetary Assessment Corporation story universe.Joseph Abrams can hear the thistles' constant moaning, as if in deep, incessant pain--but no one else can. When he tries to hack the weeds down, they scream with such penetrating power that he is forced to stop and cover his ears, as those around him stare in confusion at his odd reactions to sounds they cannot hear.So Joseph is trapped by multiple battles: the cultural animus between camps o...

Future wars will be fought with new technologies and even on new planets, but one military constant will remain: the need for human valor.Eleven skilled authors explore science fiction’s military dimension as they rocket toward a doomed interplanetary invasion, grapple with cold-hearted aliens on the galaxy’s lonely rim, and outwit space conquerors with nothing but their wits and two strong fists.This latest volume of Fiction River celebrates the bravery and courag...

A routine transport becomes anything but routine. A space station maintenance worker finds himself fighting off an invasion. A routine test flight becomes a first contact situation. A weary soldier must save an abandoned child, more than once. A veteran mech pilot and his crew are betrayed by those they are sworn to protect. A stockpile of old rations is worth more than it seems. A young lieutenant commander finds herself using skills she didn't knew she had when a simple mission becomes m...