In this spell-binding tale, a Pakistani storyteller captivates a group of wide-eyed tourists with a nesting doll of interlocked stories about a trickster and a hidden city ruled by the Queen of Red Midnight.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

British Fantasy Award-winner: Best Novella"The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn" by Usman T. Malik is a fantasy novella about a disenchanted young Pakistani professor who grew up and lives in the United States, but is haunted by the magical, mystical tales his grandfather told him of a princess and a Jinn who lived in Lahore when the grandfather was a boy."Fascinating and poetic."--LocusAt the Publisher's request, this title is being s...

**"Some writers go a step past, into the darkness, but that step past is just a starting point for Usman T. Malik . . . Follow his voice. If you dare." —Stephen Graham Jones, bestselling author of The Only Good IndiansShirley Jackson meets The Arabian Nights in this stunning, epic dark fantasy, the debut novel of Stoker and World Fantasy award-winning author, Usman T. Malik.**When a mysterious and deadly plague sweeps through the world, a group of friends ...

A series of interviews between a young, clean-cut journalist and an alternative, independent pichal pairi turns into an unexpected romance. But their relationship is tested when the entire world around them shuts down.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine, 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from the giants of speculative fiction, including R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.Marking a century of uniquely peculiar storytelling, each part of this anthology features a different genre, from ...

**"Some writers go a step past, into the darkness, but that step past is just a starting point for Usman T. Malik . . . Follow his voice. If you dare." —Stephen Graham Jones, bestselling author of The Only Good IndiansShirley Jackson meets The Arabian Nights in this stunning, epic dark fantasy, the debut novel of Stoker and World Fantasy award-winning author, Usman T. Malik.**When a mysterious and deadly plague sweeps through the world, a group of friends ...

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 an original novelette from Usman Malik ("Dead Lovers on Each Blade, Hung") that we'll be serializing over two weeks. Our reprints are by Carole Johnstone ("Better You Believe") and Lucy Taylor ("Nikishi"). In the latest installment of our column on horror, "The H Wo...

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 ("Four Haunted Houses") and Maria Dahvana Headley ("Little Widow"), along with reprints by Rachael K. Jones ("Who Binds and Looses the World with Her Hands") and Usman T. Malik ("Laal Andhi"). We also have the latest installmen...

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first issues of Weird Tales Magazine, 100 Years of Weird is a masterful compendium of new and classic stories, flash fiction, essays, and poems from the giants of speculative fiction, including R. L. Stine, Laurell K. Hamilton, Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, Tennessee Williams, and Isaac Asimov.Marking a century of uniquely peculiar storytelling, each part of this anthology features a different genre, from ...

Apex Magazine is an online short fiction zine of fantastical literature. We publish short stories filled with marrow and passion, works that are twisted, strange, and beautiful. Creations where secret places and dreams are put on display.TABLE OF CONTENTSEditorial by Jason SizemoreORIGINAL FICTIONRoot Rot by Fargo TbakhiYour Own Undoing by P H LeeLove, That Hungry Thing by Cassandra KhawMr. Death by Alix E. HarrowThe Niddah by Elana...

This is the second annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much attention (and contention) across fandom. But there are more stories loved by the Hugo voters, stories on the longer...

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short stories published on Tor.com in 2015.Includes short fiction by Nino Cipri, Seth Dickinson, Jeffrey Ford, Yoon Ha Lee, Maria Dahvana Headley, David Herter, Kameron Hurley, Noah Keller, David D. Levine, Michael Livingston, Usman T. Malik, Haralambi Markov, Daniel José Older, Malka Older, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kelley Robson, Veronica Schanoes, Priya Sharma, Brian Staveley, Sabrina Vourvoulias,...