Lottie is living her best life: a new city to explore, new friends, and the challenge of her studies—until a chance encounter with Payge, an odd bookseller, shatters everything and changes her life forever.Payge warns Lottie that she’s being hunted by powerful, secretive individuals known as the Makers, who control portals linking different worlds. Offering his protection, Payge takes her through strange realms, where Lottie discovers she has a rare ability the Makers lack—the powe...

This collection of fantasy short stories are from the three winners of Remastered Words 2017 audio anthology, including a tale from Mark Lawrence with 'The Dream-Taker's Apprentice' which was first published in the Fantasy Faction's 2015 anthology. Listen to the chilling story of an antique phone before relaxing with a light take on a well known fairy tale. Then delve into the dark future of online shopping, finally wrapping things up in a mysterious Norse world that is both magical and ca...

This issue of HyphenPunk brings you six new stories in four different -punk genres!Cyberpunk by Anna Treffer, Aditya Sundararajan, and John R. MuthAtompunk by Stephen FrameSteampunk by Matt HandleLunarpunk by Devan Barlow

This collection of fantasy short stories are from the three winners of Remastered Words 2020 audio anthology, including a tale from T. O. Munro with ‘Blighted’ which was written for the anthology.The compilation marks our fifth year in production and was given the theme, 'One Last Chance', depicting a lone archer reaching for the last arrow from her quiver. So charge your tankards, goblets and mugs, sit back and enjoy a fabled journey or two.

'Lays out an absolutely essential part of initial climate action in the US and other countries. Climate policymakers need to read this book, now.' James Gustave Speth, former chair, US Council on Environmental Quality.We have a decade or less to radically slow global warming before we risk hitting irreversible tipping points that will lock in catastrophic climate change. The good news is that we know how to slow global warming enough to avert disaster. Cut...

Old hacks meet new media in this BBC radio sitcom set in the changing world of the newspaper industry'The writing is tight, the characters astutely observed and the situation comedy inclusive'Radio TimesMaddox is an old-school journalist struggling to keep up with new technology. He fears the art of finding stories is being forgotten, and is not about to let that happen. His online editor Freddy, however, will happi...

We are Dragon Girls -- hear us roar!In the Magic Forest, ordinary girls transform into powerful dragons. As Dragon Girls, they can soar above the treetops, breathe magical bursts of fire, and roar loud enough to shake the ground.Rani the Enchanted Dragon is facing one of the biggest challenges the Magic Forest has ever seen. A new villain is planning to kidnap all the adorable animals who usually help Dragon Girls complete their quests. Without these forest...

When Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman and Emmy Award winner Michael Reaves teamed up, they created the bestselling YA novel InterWorld.InterWorld tells the story of Joey Harker, a very average kid who discovers that his world is only one of a trillion alternate earths. Some of these earths are ruled by magic. Some are ruled by science. All are at war.Joey teams up with alternate versions of himself from an array of these worlds. Together, the army of Joeys...

Sometimes even fire-breathing apex predators need a helping hand.Whether it's rescuing strays or feeding a furry friend in need, Bean knows animals deserve friendship just as much as humans. (Possibly more.) So when a troop of visiting soldiers plans to use a baby dragon as bait to kill its mother, Bean knows it's up to her to stop them.But facing a squad of fighters and the mage leading them is bigger than Bean's usual rescues. Good thing she has ...

A collection of shockingly prescient stories covering topics from aliens to AI, including some that have never before been seen, from the New York Times best-selling author of the Silo trilogyHugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning millions of fans worldwide, first with his best-selling novel Wool, and then with other enthralling works such as Sand and Beacon 23....

Written by New York Times bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves with Mallory Reaves, The Silver Dream is a riveting sequel to InterWorld, full of bravery, loyalty, time and space travel, and the future of a young man who is more powerful than he realizes.Dangerous times lie ahead, and if Joey Harker has any hope of saving InterWorld and the Altiverse, he's going to have to rely on his wits—and, just possibly, on the mysterious Time Agent Acac...

18 short stories take us to the end of the world in this anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction featuring bestselling authors like Emily St. John Mandel, China Miéville, Samuel R. Delaney, Clive Barker, and more!In the moments when it all comes crashing down, what will we value the most, and how will we save it? Featuring new and exclusive post-apocalyptic short stories, as well as classics of the genre, editor Preston Grassmann takes us through the fall and beyond—...