From the award-winning author Brian Evenson comes Immobility, a far-future thriller that looks at a post-human world struggling to stay humanWhen you open your eyes things already seem to be happening without you. You don't know who you are and you don't remember where you've been. You know the world has changed, that a catastrophe has destroyed what used to exist before, but you can't remember exactly what did exist before. And you're paralyzed from the w...

From a modern master of the form, a new short story collection that dexterously walks the tightrope between literary fiction, sci-fi, and horror.A newborn’s absent face appears on the back of someone else’s head, a filmmaker goes to gruesome lengths to achieve the silence he’s after for his final scene, and a therapist begins, impossibly, to appear in a troubled patient’s room late at night. In these stories of doubt, delusion, and paranoia, no belief, no claim to ...

“Here is how monstrous humans are.”A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurking behind a shimmering wall; brutal barrow men—of all the terrors that populate The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, perhaps the most alarming are the beings who decimated the habitable Earth: humans. In this new short story collection, Brian Evenson envisions a chilling future beyond the Anthropocene that forces excruciating decisions about survival and self-sacr...

“Perhaps tomorrow I will wake up another person. Perhaps tomorrow I will wake up not a person at all.”From the “master of literary horror” (GQ) comes a collection of new stories tracing the limits and consequences of artificial intelligence and “post-human” relationships. Populated by twins stepping into worlds of absence, bears who lick their cubs into creation, and artificial beings haunted by their less-than-human nature, each page sketches a world wher...

Explore all aspects of programming with Python in this comprehensive resource. Expert programmer Brian Evenson guides you from the fundamentals of using modules through the use of advanced objectorientation classes. Salient Features:1 Learn how to develop complex applications, create multimedia software, and develop interactive Web sites. 2 While written with the experienced programmer in mind, it is an invaluable source-book for the beginning programmer as well. 3 The book also covers how...

"A creepy, mind-bending quest of identity and mystery, told with a master's skill. No one explores inner landscapes quite like Brian Evenson." —Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times–bestselling author of AnnihilationX doesn't have a name. He thought he had one—or many—but that might be the result of the failing memories of the personalities imprinted within him. Or maybe he really is called X.He's also not as human as he believes himself to be.

As climate change wreaks havoc on the earth and the fate of humanity grows dire, a scientist makes a plan to save humanity that would shame the devil.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A post-human civilization of synthetic beings, fixated on the concept of children, grapples with the meaning of life…after all life ceases to exist.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

From the “the Donald Barthelme of psychological horror” (Los Angeles Times) comes this collection of “satisfying and surreal stories” (The Plain Dealer). Illustrated by graphic novelist Zak Sally, Brian Evenson’s hallucinatory and darkly comic stories of paranoia, pursuit, sensory deprivation, amnesia, and retribution rattle the cages of the psyche and peer into the gaping moral chasm that opens when we become estranged from ourselves. From sadistic bosses with secret fears to a woman trap...

Winner of the Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Awards: "Twenty insanely inventive, hauntingly atmospheric and flat out coo coo for Cocoa Puffs stories" ( Hellnotes).A World Fantasy Award nominee, "this anthology . . . is a collection of some of the most talented horror and speculative fiction authors writing today" ( BuzzFeed). It includes all-new stories by Laird Barron, Pat Cadigan, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Ford, Caítlin R. Kiernan, Garth Nix, Mich...

Fourteen original stories inspired by the influential horror writer, including tales by Laird Barron, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Gemma Files, and Brian Evenson.Compiled by Hugo and Bram Stoker Award–winning editor Ellen Datlow, these original stories of the supernatural employ H. P. Lovecraft's trademark terror of the cosmic unknown. A fresh generation of writers have been set free to play in his playground, exploring new themes and new horrors.In "Oblivion Mode" by...

Start your journey towards becoming a JavaScript developer with the help of more than 100 fun exercises and projects.Key FeaturesWrite eloquent JavaScript and employ fundamental and advanced features to create your own web appsInteract with the browser with HTML and JavaScript, and add dynamic images, shapes, and text with HTML5 CanvasBuild a password checker, paint web app, hangman game, and many more fun projectsBook DescriptionThis book de...