Pulphouse Fiction Magazine gives you “afterlife” like no other magazine. No idea what afterlife means exactly, but these ten stories suggest a few things.Not sure why we thought the afterlife might be full of creepy stories, but that turned out to be the title of this fine book, so we went with it by including ghosts and zombies that solve crimes and other things that go bump.Yes, we consider ghosts and zombines solving crimes kind of creepy. Grab this book full of...

The weird title fits the ten great short stories in this book.All ten stories come from the pages of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, so of course the stories fit the title.That title does not shout romance. It shouts weirdness, a book full of weirdness with maybe just a twang of love.Stories of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and combinations of genres fill these pages, all done by top writers of short fiction. And all the stories feature twangs of love, wha...

Ever wonder what would happen if an alien ate someone’s homework?No? Neither did we.Do the ten wild and crazy stories in this volume by fantastic authors pretend to answer the question? Not really. But aliens do show up. A good thing in science fiction stories.Ten fantastically entertaining stories from Pulphouse Fiction Magazine that will make you forget about an alien eating homework, let alone burping?

Does market liberalization promote democracy? The accepted answer from scholars, pundits, and politicians alike has been yes. However, the contributors to this innovative study of market reforms and political change in Mexico and the People's Republic of China argue that this easy equation is not only empirically uncertain but methodologically flawed. Using comparative contextual analysis, the contributors carefully identify the elective affinities between these two very different polities...

This is a book that contains true life experiences of every kind imaginable, all kinds of happenings under the sun and then some. Just sit back in your seat and hold on tight for these tales are not just part of my imagination to try get your attention, these indeed, truly did happen. Ghosts have been a large part of my life since childhood. Numerous encounters with all sorts of fascinating things, so much that it would wear out my fingers to put them all in writing. My life has not been l...

Featuring short stories from Jim Butcher, Seanan McGuire, Kevin J. Anderson, and Rob Thurman, this dark and gritty “must-read anthology for UF fans”(RT Book Reviews) proves that nothing is as simple as black and white, light and dark, good and evil...In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s Cold Case, Molly Carpenter—Harry Dresden’s apprentice-turned-Winter Lady—must collect a tribute from a remote Fae colony and discovers th...

Tis the Season for fourteen magical, macabre and merry tales to make your Holidays Fantastic in this fantasy anthology.Gingerbread houses, caroling carolers, brightly trimmed trees, big family dinners, pristine snowfalls—the familiar pleasures of the season. But what better pleasure is there than a good holiday story? So open this winter solstice sampler and indulge in fully festive fantasies, nightmares before Christmas, and stunning space-age celebrations.

From USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood, a new unforgettable novel that "will leave its mark on your heart" (Benjamin Percy).In a small Pennsylvania town, one of the most famous women in history — a woman who the world has believed dead for almost two decades — is dying.John Chambers walked away from his life eighteen years ago to become the woman's bodyguard. He gave up everything — including the woman he loved — because he believed tha...

“Kathy Ivan’s books are addictive, you can’t read just one!” Susan Stoker, NYT Bestselling AuthorWhen someone in New Orleans has a problem, Gator Boudreau is Mister Fix-It. Discovering an elderly neighbor has been swindled by a con artist, there’s no question he’ll deal with the situation. Only this time, he needs a little help from the missus.Wilhelmina McDaniels is pretty sure Gator Boudreau has a few screws loose when he approaches her with a pr...

Bestselling author Julianna Baggott delivers her mind-bending debut short-story collection, featuring an array of genres populated by deeply human characters, and with film rights to the stories already having been sold to Netflix, Paramount, Amblin, Lionsgate, and others!In the title story, set five minutes in the future where you not only have a credit score but also a dating score, a woman who’s been banished from all dating apps attends a weekly help group with...

One Buck Horror presents five chilling tales from five of today's most up-and-coming horror authors."Jenny's House" is a great place to play, but an unexpected playmate makes for a dark session of show-and-tell.Three kids seek to steal from a traveling carnival and get more than they bargained for in "A Lullaby for Caliban"In "The Last Nephew", Nephew yearns to be free of Uncle's depredations, but when Uncle leaves his pocket watch behind one night, it gives him the...

**One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 20242025 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection“A bright new voice in fiction…A genuine young talent, one who deftly palpates the dark areas of human psyches…Like Gabriel García Márquez and Stephen King…we might be staring before long at [the] 'Selected Stories of Zach Williams.'”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times Book Review“One of the year’s best debuts…this writer’s got talent to burn...