What would you do with one more call?The Phone seems to pop innocently into existence for anyone, in what feels like their hour of greatest need. But what is spoken into the receiver changes more in our world than it does in for the dead.Inspired by real events, experienced and debut authors have come together in 2021 to create these epic moments in the lives of rebels, explorers, aliens, killers, orphans, and more.With each story, we're confronted by the question, ...

What would you do with one more call?The Phone seems to pop innocently into existence for anyone, in what feels like their hour of greatest need. But what is spoken into the receiver changes more in our world than it does for the dead.Inspired by real events, experienced and debut authors have come together in 2021 to create these epic moments in the lives of rebels, explorers, aliens, killers, orphans, lovers, and more.With each story, we'...

The brilliant new post-apocalyptic collection by master anthologist John Joseph Adams, for the first time including new stories by the edgiest modern writers. The new post-apocalyptic collection by master anthologist John Joseph Adams, featuring never-before-published stories and curated reprints by some of the genre's most popular and critically-acclaimed authors. In WASTELANDS: THE NEW APOCALYPSE, veteran anthology editor John Joseph Adams is once again our guide through the wastelands u...

The farther we’ve gotten from the magic and mystery of the past, the more we've come to love Halloween—the one time each year when the mundane is overturned in favor of the bizarre, the “other side” is closest, and everyone can become anyone (or anything) they wish . . . and sometimes what they don’t. Introducing nineteen original stories from mistresses and masters of the dark celebrate the most fantastic, enchanting, spooky, and supernatural of holidays.

SOMETIMES THE BIGGEST HORRORS COME IN THE SMALLEST PACKAGES…There's nothing better than a short, sharp slice of flash fiction to get the mind working. 99 Tiny Terrors is an anthology that the reader can dip into for something deliciously dangerous in a short amount of time, or spend an afternoon trolling through blood-soaked stories from all over the world, including Canada, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, India, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the United Sta...

Celebrate Halloween with these spooky, creepy tales. On that darkest night of the year, when the veil between the ordinary world and the world of scares and imagination fades away, treat yourself to stories that thrill and chill you. Some tales are sweet as candy, some chill to the bone. Are the monsters real? Or just people in rubber masks?If you're up for a trick and a treat, curl up with these scary stories. Just remember to read with the light on!Table of Contents

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month, we have original science fiction by Keffy R.M. Kehrli ("HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!!") and Ken Liu ("Ghost Days"), along with SF reprints by Constance Cooper (...

NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror.This month, we have original fiction from Adam-Troy Castro ("The Totals") and Kat Howard ("Dreaming Like a Ghost"), along with reprints by Gary Braunbeck ("We Now Pause for Station Identification") and Tanith Lee ("The Gorgon"). We also have the latest installment of our column on horr...

"It would be our duty, as citizens on this earthto document its end the best way we knowand if that means a second by second updateof the world going up in flames, or down in rain, or crushed under the feet of invading monstersso be it."-- Shivangi NarainNo one understands an apocalypse like the people who have experienced it. Mad Scientist Journal has brought together twenty-three tales of people who have seen the world end. These accounts range ...

Sixteen original stories about magic-fueled crimes and those who investigate themWhen magic is used for criminal purposes, all sorts of ethical and logistical questions arise beyond the realm of everyday law and order.Now, sixteen top tale-tellers offer fascinating new stories of those who commit magic crimes, those who investigate them, and those who prosecute them. From a young woman who uses out-of-body excursions to research paranormal crimes to a booki...

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2020.Includes stories by:Charlie Jane AndersG. V. AndersonGregory Norman BossertJeremy Packert BurkeKatharine DuckettBrian EvensonCarolyn Ives GilmanMaria Dahvana HeadleyStephen Graham JonesJustin C. KeyNaomi KritzerRich LarsonYoon Ha LeeS. Qiouyi LuUsman ...

The Book Collector is the guy Telford calls when one of his Mythos volumes goes missing. This time the renter is dead and the book is gone. Can the Book Collector find it in 24 hours, and can he beat another who wants it just as much? Enough to kill for it.