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Stephen Eric Johnson

Humanity has pushed itself to the brink of extinction. After a deadly series of internal wars, most of Earth is now an uninhabitable, monster-infested wasteland. All hope seemed lost until an alien society, the Pan-Galactic Republic, came to the rescue, building Sunflower City as a safe haven. This is humanity's last chance for survival.However, not everyone accepts this new inter-species relationship, and a dangerous movement is rising up to compromise humanity's survival yet agai...

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Michael Swanwick

A collection of nineteen short stories from the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of The Iron Dragon's Daughter and Stations of the TideWritten over the course of a decade, Tales from Old Earth contains nineteen masterful pieces of short fiction—including the Hugo Award–winning stories "The Very Pulse of the Machine" and "Scherzo with Tyrannosaur;" the World Fantasy Award–winning novella "Radio Waves;" Hugo Award finalists "The Dead," ...

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Rebecca M. Zornow

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The Displacement Duology

It is dangerous to heal oneself.In a galaxy where the last rare resource is unique humans, Yaniqui knows her ability to heal is priceless. She lives in hiding on a dry labor planet, mourning the loss of her engagement to Hloban, the man she loved.Yaniqui is discovered when she heals an injured migrant worker and word of her abilities travels all the way to Earth, where Hloban lives - with his wife. He hasn't seen Yaniqui since childhood, but that doesn't st...

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William Richards

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Tales From A Mercenary In Space

Rimor Dynex is hailed as the greatest Mercenary in the history of the Galaxy. Between him, and his one-of-a-kind Dynex suit, there is no mission he can't handle. However, that doesn't mean life is easy. When Rimor is tasked with searching for Calax Crystals, one of the rarest, not to mention, illegal materials in the world, he soon finds out he's getting more than he bargained for.Finding himself stranded on the desolate planet of RG-87, he is now being hunted by a race of angry sp...

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Andrew North

The Empress, a derelict space cruiser, hangs in orbit above the planet's surface. Many have tried to breach its hull, and lay claim to the riches within - but none have returned from its depths. Cliff, however, is determined to bring the treasures the Empress holds back to the surface, and employs the services of Steena - a colour blind spacer - and her feline companion Bat in order to brave whatever dangers lurk within the spaceborne husk's walls.

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Thomas Ha

Uncertain Sons is a startling and masterful collection exploring familial love and trauma; societal and technological anxieties; identity and class; and alternate near-future irrealities. Sharp, incisive, imaginative, and visionary, Thomas Ha's debut heralds the arrival of a vital new voice.Philip K. Dick Award NomineeBritish Science Fiction Association Awards NomineeBram Stoker Awards Nominee in Long Fiction (for t...

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Sam A Miller

From the beloved creator of the wildly popular Sam O’Nella Academy YouTube channel, an irreverent and timely science fiction collection that offers a wry look at the not-so-distant futureSam A. Miller, the creator behind Sam O'Nella Academy, has spent ten years teaching his 4.8 million subscribers about the past and the present. Here, he turns towards fiction—and the future…A hyper advanced alien race seemingly solves all existential threats—no climate chan...

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Neil Clarke, E. Lily Yu, Ken Liu

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Clarkesworld Anthology

Since 2006, Clarkesworld Magazine has been entertaining science fiction and fantasy fans with their brand of unique science fiction and fantasy stories. Collected here are all of the original stories this Hugo Award-winning magazine published during their fifth year. Included in this volume are twenty-four stories by visionary writers of short fiction, including Ken Liu, Nnedi Okorafor, Robert Reed, N.K. Jemisin, Yoon Ha Lee, E. Lily Yu, and more!CONTENTS

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Neil Clarke, Fiona Moore, Louis Inglis Hall, Claire Jia-Wen, Wang Zhenzhen, M. L. Clark, Somto Ihezue, Rocío Vega

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our February 2025 issue (#221) contains:Fiction* "Bodyhoppers" by Rocío Vega* "King of the Castle" by Fiona Moore* "We Begin Where Infinity Ends" by Somto Ihezue* "A Planet Full of Sorrows" by M. L. Clark* "The Hanging Tower of Babel" by Wang Zhenzhen* "Numismatic Archetypes in ...

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Kalli Lanford

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Trans-Galactic Insurrection

I may be a Prince, but there are things that trouble me about my father's royal rule-the forced abduction, experimentation, and torture of alien creatures. The king has a new prisoner who's a carefully kept secret...There's a young female who belongs to a little-known civilization I have been studying extensively. They are human, belonging to a small, undeveloped planet called Earth. She is pretty in a way I find unusual and compelling. Sometimes I sneak into the adjoining cell and...

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David Mark Brown

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Lost DMB Files

***Get 6 FREE ebooks @http://www.DavidMarkBrownWrites.com as part of the FREE DMB PRIMER LIBRARY!***Raising Arizona meets Joe Black"A provocative moral tale as much about embracing life as meeting Death.""Never has Death been so human as a kiddie pool, a folding chair and a bottle of regret. If only the other three horseman could be as easy to relate to."WARNING:Handling a scythe without proper train...

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Elsa Jade

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Edge of Sunrise

He found her in the darkness of an embattled moon. Once frozen and forgotten, she may be their only hope.Her home was destroyed, her memories all but erased.Imprisoned in cryo for five hundred turns, Tick woke to her world in crisis. Since then she’s been lurking in the shadows of the qubition quarries, willing to fight with knife and fire—until she stumbles on a charming hardrock miner lost in the depths. Though his hands are too soft and...