Last year, we were born of defiance.This year, we are born of rage.In turbulent worlds born from science fiction, fantasy, and the fantastical, find stories of women who rise like the phoenix in flames of fury. The wrath of goddesses, the power of grief and ire, and the strength of women to transform themselves and their worlds.Refusing to settle for just surviving, they choose to build their lives on their own terms, despite whatever may stand in their way....

Born of resistance. Of rebellion. Of defiance.The history of the world and the tapestry of literature has been drawn with the colors of women who chose to buck the status quo, to resist What Was with the dreams of creating What Could Be, even when the rest of the world told them not to. Women who chose not to tolerate injustice. Who chose to stand when they were told to sit. Who chose to lead when they were told to follow.In this anthology...

Stories by Ken Liu, Charlie Jane Anders, Victor LaValle, Elizabeth Bear, and others—guest-edited by the author of the mega–bestselling Outlander series.Today's readers of science fiction and fantasy have an appetite for stories that address a wide variety of voices, perspectives, and styles. There is an openness to experiment and pushing boundaries, combined with the classic desire to read about spaceships and dragons, future technology and ancient magic, and the p...

There are many ways to be a heroine.Princess and swordswoman, lawyer and motorcyclist, scholar and barbarian: there are many ways to be a heroine. In this anthology, seventeen authors find new ways to pair one weapon-wielding woman and one whose strengths lie in softer skills.“Which is more powerful, the warrior or the gentlewoman?” these stories ask. And the answer is inevitably, “Both, working together!”Herein, you’ll find duels and smugglers, dan...

Science fiction is a portal that opens doors onto futures too rich and strange to imagine. Fantasy takes us through doorways of magic and wonder. For more than a decade award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has sifted through tens of thousands of stories to select the best, the most interesting, the most engaging science fiction and fantasy to thrill and delight readers.Featuring stories from Daniel Abraham, Charlie Jane Anders, Kelly Barnhill, R. S. Benedict, Tobias Buckel...

Since 2006, Clarkesworld Magazine has been entertaining fans with their brand of unique science fiction and fantasy stories. Collected here are all of the stories this Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning magazine published during the first half of their twelfth year. Includes stories by Kij Johnson, Robert Reed, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Juliette Wade, E. Lily Yu, Tobias S. Buckell, and many more!

A teen girl in a test for magical powers. A dangerous encounter in the woods. What will she risk to become a witch?Rosa always dreamed of becoming a witch, and on her thirteenth birthday, she finally has her chance. The Seelie Court sets a test: follow a trail up the mountain to the castle. If she can make it on her own, she’ll be granted magic. The Fae promised her the test wouldn’t be dangerous, so she’s prepared to face anything.As she hikes through the woods, a mysterio...

Joanna Angeles is ready for anything. Sent to Chalice, an alien world, with state-of-the-art equipment and a ten-year time limit, she is determined to change the harsh environment of her new world into a welcoming home for the hundred-thousand colonists that are depending on her. How will she survive the most brutal environment she has ever faced? Can her AI companion truly be the perfect lover? Can she succeed in her mission when her new home seems to be determined to kill her?

Five stories, five timesFive science fiction and fantasy themes, each explored five times by five different authors.Twenty-five great authors demonstrating just how varied and interesting SF&F can be, and how each author's style and approach make all the difference.ContentsContemporary FantasyDreaming in Other Colours — Meryl StenhouseLetters to the Earth — Caleb WarnerThe Fourth Pillar Sa...

Five stories, five timesFive science fiction and fantasy themes, each explored five times by five different authors.Twenty-five great authors demonstrating just how varied and interesting SF&F can be, and how each author's style and approach make all the difference.This special Writers' Edition has all the above, plus two extra stories, the original story briefs, and extensive author notes for each story and each brief.100 pages of ...

A father and son find magical beings in the strangest setting.Are they seeing intelligent creatures or.................A youth learns to always watch his step.

This is the first part of the serialized story of the Rail-Walker. A woman caught in the dying world of humanity's future. Will she be able to escape the slow decay of her artificial home? And more important still, can the rest of mankind be saved? She must uncover the lost knowledge of the origins of man, so that she might find a future for us all. If she cannot then the last great haven of the human race will die a slow death under the glare of an increasingly hostile sun.