Detective Sergeant Mariko Oshiro has been promoted to Japan’s elite Narcotics unit—and with this promotion comes a new partner, a new case, and new danger. The underboss of a powerful yakuza crime syndicate has put a price on her head, and he’ll lift the bounty only if she retrieves an ancient iron demon mask that was stolen from him in a daring raid. However, Mariko has no idea of the tumultuous past carried within the mask—or of its deadly link with the famed Inazuma blade she wields.

The secret of this mask originated hundreds of years before Mariko was born, and over time the mask’s power has evolved to bend its owner toward destruction, stopping at nothing to obtain Inazuma steel. Mariko’s fallen sensei knew much of the mask’s hypnotic power and of its mysterious link to a murderous cult. Now Mariko must use his notes to find the mask before the cult can bring Tokyo to its knees—and before the underboss decides her time is up....

The ebook edition of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards novella finalist, from the Nebula Award-winning author of the acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy...

For generations Prosper Station has thrived under the guidance of its Honoured Ancestress: born of a human womb, the station's artificial intelligence has offered guidance and protection to its human relatives.

But war has come to the Dai Viet Empire. Prosper's brightest minds have been called away to defend the Emperor; and a flood of disorientated refugees strain the station's resources. As deprivations cause the station's ordinary life to unravel, uncovering old grudges and tearing apart the decimated family, Station Mistress Quyen and the Honoured Ancestress struggle to keep their relatives united and safe. What Quyen does not know is that the Honoured Ancestress herself is faltering, her mind eaten away by a disease that seems to have no cure; and that the future of the station itself might hang in the balance…

Quintessence is an alternate history/fantasy set in the Age of Exploration, full of arcane science, alchemy, human dissection, sea monsters, betrayal, torture, religious controversy, and magic. Scientists and explorers gamble with their lives to turn lead into gold and bring the dead back to life. In Europe, the magic is thin, but at the edge of the world, where the stars reach down close to the Earth, wonders abound. This drives the bravest among them to the alluring Western Ocean, where they just might find the secret to life and immortality.

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You can pre-order now; release date is October 2.

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RIGEL KENTAURUS

It's the first human voyage outside the solar system, and Proxima Centauri is the destination. The crew of the sleeper ship Deep Space discovers we are not alone, and not everyone out there is nice.

Diverted to Alpha Centauri A (Rigel Kentaurus) to fetch and return a faster-than-light prototype, the crew learns that humanity is the only civilization to ever solve the light barrier problem.

Now, Deep Space must defend it as a military secret, because the mysterious Betels have been at war with the brutal Thrace since before mankind discovered fire–all with sublight space travel.

No one will help 16-year-old Seth Quitman--ever, with anything. Seth's family live in a small Vermont town under a curse that has hounded them for generations, one that makes anything they may need--from a bus ride to a recommendation letter to an ambulance--forever out of their reach.

Until now, Seth's family has done the best they could under the curse, knowing that the hill sorcerer family that cursed them could do much, much worse. But now things have gone farther than Seth can stand, and he plans to face down the curse-keeper and free his family--or die trying.

The year is Three Rabbit, and the storm is coming...

The coronation war for the new Emperor has just ended in a failure, the armies retreating with a mere forty prisoners of war - not near enough sacrifices to ensure the favor of the gods.

When one of those prisoners of war dies of a magical illness, ACATL, High Priest for the Dead, is summoned to investigate.

File Under: Fantasy [ Magical Murder | Aztec Mystery | Human Sacrifice | The Gods Walk ]

Toby Hay is a psychic living in New York City, supporting his screwed-up family using his visions to play the stock market. He also helps his private investigator best-friend with the occasional case--all while trying not to read the future of every person he meets. Such as Toby's new neighbor, a beautiful painter hiding from her violent Ex. Or Toby's psychic, sex-pot, sister, scared of her own future. Or his quirky virtual-assistant, struggling to care for her sick child. Toby wants to help them all, but his super-psychic father trained him not to interfere, lest he lose his own sanity in the process. Toby's father knew everything--he must have had good reasons for his rules. Of course, he vanished nearly a year ago...

Then a voice speaks in Toby's mind, offering a path away from the dark future predicted by the Family Histories--if only Toby will challenge what his father taught him and learn to use his visions, rather than merely control them. Now Toby must find his father, uncover the identity of the voice, and save his friends from their futures, all while figuring out how to live inside his own, increasingly strange mind.

Deep under the City of Glass in the frozen southern land, an age-old machine called the Heart of the City radiates a power which locals call icefire. Most citizens are immune to it, but a few, always born with physical disabilities, can bend it to their will. For fifty years, the ruling Eagle Knights, who fly on the back of giant birds, have killed these Imperfects, fearing the return of the old royal family, who used icefire to cut out people's hearts, turning them into ghostly servitors.
The old king's grandson Tandor only sees the good things icefire brought: power and technology now forgotten while the people of the south live in dire poverty. He's had enough of seeing his fellow kinsfolk slaughtered by ignorant Knights, of Imperfect babies being abandoned on the ice floes to be eaten by wild animals. His grandfather's diary tells him how to increase the beat of the Heart the first step to making the land glorious once more. Arrogant as he is, he sets the machine in motion. All he needs is an army of Imperfect servitors to control the resulting power.
Isandor is Imperfect, an ex-Knight apprentice, betrayed by his best friend and running for his life.
The queen Jevaithi is Imperfect, living like a prisoner amidst leering Knights, surviving only because the common people would rebel if their beloved queen were harmed.
Both are young and desperate and should be grateful that Tandor wants to rescue them from their hopeless situations. Or so he thinks. The youngsters, however, have no inclination to become heartless ghosts, but while they defy Tandor, the Heart beats, and he alone cannot control its power.

Winner of the EPIC eBook Award for Science Fiction and the Global eBook Award for Science Fiction

In the mid-21st century, the human race stopped aging. Those who know why aren't talking, and the few who are brave enough to ask questions tend to disappear. To an elite few, The Change means long life and health, but to the increasing masses, it means starvation, desperation, and violence. Four centuries after The Change, Grace Harper, a blacklisted P.I., sets off on a mission to find the man responsible for it all and solicit his help to undo The Change - if he's still alive. To complicate matters, Grace's employer is suspected of murdering his father, and when the police learn of their connection, they give her a choice - help them find the evidence they need to convict Matthew Stanton, or die. But if they discover Grace's true mission, they won't hesitate to kill her in order to protect their shot at immortality.

NEANDERTHAL SWAN SONG

The world of anthropology would have been excited when a perfectly preserved Neanderthal body is discovered in the Greenlandic permafrost, if authorities would allow the details out. When an American anthropologist involved in the excavation is denied access to the body, she uses an illicit tissue sample as source material to carry the Neanderthal’s clone to term herself.

Meet Ike Mudge, twenty-first-century Neanderthal man. Self-educated and raised in a laboratory thirty-thousand years out of his time, he is alone in a world of billions. Will it drive him insane, or will he make a final contribution for his kind–a Neanderthal Swan Song?

Death, magic and intrigue in this hotly-anticipated follow-up to Servant of the Underworld. A sumptuously-detailed Aztec world, which will appeal to fans of magical fantasy, historical drama, political intrigue and murder mysteries.

The Aztec Empire teeters on the edge of extinction.

As the political infighting starts within the imperial court, Acatl, High Priest for the Dead, makes a macabre discovery in the palace: a high-ranking nobleman has been torn to pieces by an invocation - and it looks like the summoner belongs to the court itself...

COMMITTED. CONFLICTED. AND UTTERLY CHAOTIC.

In spite of his continuing hot-blooded affair with his soon-to-be sister-in-law Rachel, Eric’s plan is simple: Give his vampire girlfriend Tabitha the fancy wedding she’s always wanted, then head off to Paris for their honeymoon in the hopes of tracking down his sire, the Empress vampire Lisette. The City of Love proves anything but romantic when the True Immortal rulers of Europe try to block Eric from entering the Continent—and subject Tabitha to a series of challenges to prove her vampire worth. Back home in Void City, Eric’s volatile daughter Greta is getting lonely and bored—and that’s not good news for anyone. And when, like a bat out of hell, Lisette descends upon Void City to wipe Eric and his brood off the face of the earth—forever—this much is clear: the honeymoon is over.

Imagine a fantasy novel written by Jane Austen…

Shades of Milk and Honey is exactly what we could expect from Jane Austen if she had been a fantasy writer: Pride and Prejudice meets Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It is an intimate portrait of a woman, Jane, and her quest for love in a world where the manipulation of glamour is considered an essential skill for a lady of quality.

Jane and her sister Melody vie for the attentions of eligible men, and while Jane’s skill with glamour is remarkable, it is her sister who is fair of face. When Jane realizes that one of Melody's suitors is set on taking advantage of her sister for the sake of her dowry, she pushes her skills to the limit of what her body can withstand in order to set things right--and, in the process, accidentally wanders into a love story of her own.

“SIXTY-ONE NAILS is NEVERWHERE for the next generation. The pacing is spot-on, the characters engaging, and the world fits together beautifully to create a London that ought to be. I stayed up too late finishing it.” – C E Murphy

Book two in the princess series.

A young man’s and woman’s families are being hunted for using dark magic, but their problems quickly become far larger . . .

“Servant of a Dark God delivers solid pacing, a great setting, and a smart story that breaks away from genre conventions” Brandon Sanderson

“Engrossing” Publishers Weekly

“Provocative” Booklist

Starred Review! Library Journal

A sweet historical paranormal romance, published by Drollerie Press.

Calen Gollnet lives in a tumultuous world. Surrounded by hostile forces bent on its destruction, his country of Klune has been free for ten years, having thrown off the yoke of oppression thanks to a small group of heroes known as the Covenant. But the Covenant is now broken, and the nation's liberty is tenuous. As dark armies gather while politics bogs down the governors of city and country, Calen flees from the army attacking his home city, unaware that there is more to fear than mortal warriors.

A former stage hypnotist, the Amazing Conroy really just wants to have a good meal. His company leases buffalo dogs, alien creatures capable of devouring nearly anything. When Conroy attempts to implement a solution for cleaning up massive industrial waste sites, he becomes targeted by ecological terrorists who resent the use of alien technology (living or otherwise) to heal the Earth. Accompanied by his pet buffalito, Reggie, Conroy must elude terrorists, confound alien zealots, withstand temporal distortions throughout the former state of Texas, and explore ancient Mayan ruins.

In Staked, Eric lost his strip club, his Mustang, and even Marilyn, the elderly love of his (mortal) life. Even his body was obliterated. In short, they almost got him. But when you're a vampire, "almost" is a very important word. Blood will flow, fangs will be bared, and the claws will come out, because revenge is never pretty and Eric has plenty to pass around.

A fun mash-up of fairy tale princesses and Charlie's Angels. Book one of a new series.

The sequel to Bitterwood. After the death of King Albekizan, Shandrazel and his allies struggle to keep the kingdom intact as the radical human prophet, Ragnar gathers forces to launch a full scale rebellion against the dragons. When all out war erupts, legendary dragon hunter, Bitterwood, must face his own personal daemons and choose where his loyalty really lies.

Book 3 of the Strongbow Saga.

A novel about mind upload gone wrong.

In Void City, the vampires run the town, the cops are on the take, and the werewolves have found religion… but Eric doesn’t give a damn about any of that. He just wants to run his club, drink a little blood, and be left alone. Yeah. Not gonna happen. Because being undead isn't easy, but it beats the alternative.

Book three of the goblin series.

A futuristic Robin Hood where dragons
are the ruling class

Book 2 of the Strongbow Saga.

Jig the goblin has faced hobgoblins, humans, giant bats, angry wizards, and a 5,000-year-old dragon.

Things are about to get worse.

Humorous sword & sorcery.

Thirteen fictional pirate tales. More than three hundred years of American history, folklore, and adventure.

A free preview of the first chapter is available at www.judsonroberts.com, and the Strongbow Saga Viking research site is at www.strongbowsaga.com.

The legend of the Jersey Devil, a unique American myth that has terrorized and captivated for more than two hundred years, collected in thirteen original tales.

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A massive fantasy omnibus containing all three novels in the Obsidian and Blood series:

SERVANT OF THE UNDERWORLD
Year One-Knife, Tenochtitlan - the capital of the Aztecs. The end of the world is kept at bay only by the magic of human sacrifice. A priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in blood. Acatl, high priest, must find her, or break the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead.

HARBINGER OF THE STORM
The year is Two House and the Mexica Empire teeters on the brink of destruction, lying vulnerable to the flesh-eating star-demons - and to the return of their creator, a malevolent goddess only held in check by the Protector God's power. The council is convening to choose a new emperor, but when a councilman is found dead, only Acatl, High Priest of the Dead, can solve the mystery.

MASTER OF THE HOUSE OF DARTS
The year is Three Rabbit, and the storm is coming...
The coronation war for the new Emperor has just ended in a failure, the armies retreating with a mere forty prisoners of war - not near enough sacrifices to ensure the favor of the gods. When one of those prisoners of war dies of a magical illness, ACATL, High Priest for the Dead, is summoned to investigate.

This book contains seventeen SF stories, all previously published in magazines such as Asimov's Science Fiction.

In "Erosion" (reprinted in three Year's Best anthologies), a cyborg road-tests his new body before leaving Earth for the stars. "The Golden Record" sees future collectors competing to retrieve 20th century space probes. In "The Hastillan Weed", conservationists battle an alien plant spreading across the English countryside.

The remaining stories are: "Reality 2.0", "The Edge of the Map", "This Is How It Feels", "Cut and Pastiche", "Cut Loose the Bonds of Flesh and Bone", "Proper Names", "Crimes, Follies, Misfortunes and Love", "Demonstration Day", "Successful Delegation", "The Adventures of Captain Contempt in Mixed Media Installations", "In Profit and In Loss", "The Scaffold", "Rush Hours", and "The Prize Beyond Gold".

The collection concludes with an Afterword discussing the inspirations and background behind all the stories.

Total length: 94,000 words (about 300 pages).

For more than 80 years H.P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of supernatural fiction, artists, musicians, filmmakers, and gaming. His themes of cosmic indifference, the utter insignificance of humankind, minds invaded by the alien, and the horrors of history - written with a pervasive atmosphere of unexplainable dread - remain not only viable motifs, but are more relevant than ever as we explore the mysteries of a universe in which our planet is infinitesimal and climatic change is overwhelming it. In the first decade of the twenty-first century the best supernatural writers no longer imitate Lovecraft, but they are profoundly influenced by the genre and the mythos he created. New Cthulhu: The Recent Weird presents some of the best of this new Lovecraftian fiction - bizarre, subtle, atmospheric, metaphysical, psychological, filled with strange creatures and stranger characters - eldritch, unsettling, evocative, and darkly appealing.

Experience the power of Appalachian storytelling as twelve exceptional authors from around the world give their unique interpretations on a truly unique art form. Local, national, and international voices honor a grand tradition by telling stories as fresh as a mountain stream and as old as the hills. Powerful tales to edify the mind, move the heart, and stir the soul. Contributors include Beth Cato, Diane Tarantini, Shelly Li, Karin Fuller, Rachel Towns, Jamie Lackey, Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy, Josh Reynolds, Theodore Carter, Jeff Baker, Steve Rasnic Tem and Sara J. Larson. The fire is lit. Gather 'round. It's story time.

This collection includes eleven stories by award winning author Nancy Fulda. From computers that invent God to minds that travel through time, electronic ghosts to enigmatic extraterrestrials, these stories stem from a love of fiction and a fascination with the boundless possibilities of our universe.

Fans of Orson Scott Card, Lois McMaster Bujold and Timothy Zahn are likely to enjoy this book.

Filiméala the banshee has spent most of the past hundred years keening the deaths of an Irish mob family in New York. But when the new head of the family throws her out -- replacing her with an enchanted iPod -- she must learn to make her own way in America.

A collection of the best new science fiction from rising stars to established masters of the genre. The way science fiction was meant to be, a luxury cruise for the mind.

Includes the following stories by Codex members: “Father’s Last Ride” by Aliette de Bodard, and “Bird Dropping and Sunday” by Eric James Stone.

Anthology of the year's best SF stories from 2009, including:
"Blood Dauber" by Ted Kosmatka and Michael Poore
"Erosion" by Ian Creasey

Anthology of the year's best SF stories from 2009, including:
Ian Creasey — "Erosion";
Mary Robinette Kowal — "The Consciousness Problem";
Eric James Stone — "Attitude Adjustment".

Includes “Paint Box, Puzzle Box” by D.T. Friedman, “First Communions” by Geoffrey Girard, "The God of Last Moments" by Alethea Kontis, "Ring Road" by Mary Robinette Kowal, “Desperata” by Lon Prater (poem)

Includes "Savage Planet" by Alethea Kontis

Includes "The Witch of Black Mountain" by Alethea Kontis

Includes "The Utility of Love" by David Steffen--An alternate version of Dorothy's first journey to Oz, with a Tin Man who is a two-story tall psychopath.

_M-BRANE SF_'s first anthology includes "The World in his Throat" by Lisa Shapter.

Includes "From the Clay of His Heart" by John Brown.

It’s your typical girl-meets-golem, girl-can’t-rid-of-golem, girl-almost-loses-golem-to-evil-volhov story. You know how those go. . .

Includes "The Moment" by Lawrence M. Schoen

The QUEER WOLF anthology is available as an e-book.

(Paranormal/urban fantasy. Adult content.)

My flash fic, "Snip and Rip" is in Northern Haunts--a "guidebook for your journey through the shadowy New England otherworld. 100 original tales of ghosts, creatures, mad men, and other horrifying mysteries. Each story is told in the first person so that you can employ NORTHERN HAUNTS as a fireside ghost story reference book. It is designed for you to customize these treacherous tales in order to tantalize your friends and terrify your family."


All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.

"Shalott's Inn," in Sword & Sorceress 23, is an Arthurian fantasy story based on Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott."

The humorous tale of a ghoul, a serial killer, and a vampire.

Why would a band deny recording their most popular song?

Gareth L Powell’s first collection of short stories is stuffed with mind-bending ideas and unforgettable characters. Ranging from the day after tomorrow to the far-flung future, these fifteen stories are perfect for anyone with a craving for intelligent and thought-provoking adventure.

“Buy this book and do your brain a favour” - Sci-fi Online

“One of the finest collections of SF short stories I have had the privilege of reading” - Morpheus Tales

Includes "Gift Time" by Lawrence M. Schoen

Bits of the Dead is a hard-hitting, pulse-pounding collection of zombie tales that'll have you ripping through the pages faster than a ghoul through a warm body.

A reluctant archaeomancer searches for the lost city of Camanac.

Includes "The Amulet of Winter" by Lawrence M. Schoen

Book of short stories.

Includes "What Doesn't Stay in Vegas" by Lawrence M. Schoen

Contains stories by Aliette de Bodard, Andrea Kail and Tony Pi.

Includes "Bright Waters" by John Brown.

A fearsome Dutch trapper, a spunky Irish woman stolen as a girl in an Abenaki raid, and a small Iroquois tattoo . . .

Nineteen writers dig into the imaginative spaces between conventional genres-realistic and fantastical, scholarly and poetic, personal and political-and bring up gems of new fiction: interstitial fiction. Interfictions contains the story "Pallas at Noon," by Joy Marchand.

Includes "Strings of Love" by Mary Robinette Kowal

Includes "Bound Man" by Mary Robinette Kowal.

Includes "H.E. Double Hockey Stick" by Geoffrey Girard

Includes "Bright Waters" by John Brown.

A fearsome Dutch trapper, a spunky Irish woman stolen as a girl in an Abenaki raid, and a small Iroquois tattoo . . .

Includes "A Good Hair Day in Anarchy," by Ken Scholes

Edited by Steven Savile and Alethea Kontis

"23 original stories by some of sf and fantasy's greatest writers ... a good addition to most libraries." -- Library Journal

"thought-provoking entertainment for a good cause, with all publisher and author profits earmarked for the Save the Children Tsunami Relief Fund." -- Booklist

Includes "Beauty Sleep" (poem) by Helena Bell.

Includes stories by Andy Gudgel, Floris M. Kleijne, Michael Livingston, Lon Prater, Scott Roberts, Ken Scholes, Eric James Stone, David W. Goldman ("The Story of His Life": In a future world where life consists of role-playing, one character decides to rewrite his story -- including his death).

Includes "Idiot Hearts" by Steven Savile.

Includes "The Apprentice" by Joy Marchand

Includes "Femina Obscura" by Joy Marchand

Includes stories by Ian Creasey, Lawrence Schoen, Ken Scholes and Mikal Trimm.

Includes "The Sympathy of Five" by Joy Marchand

featuring stories by Tobias Buckell, David Levine and Lawrence M. Schoen.
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Includes stories by Brad Beaulieu, Matt Champine, William T. Katz, Floris M. Kleijne, Tom Pendergrass, Luc Reid, Joy Marchand (writing as Joy Remy) and Eric James Stone

Includes stories by by James Maxey and Matt Rotundo

Includes "Perhaps the Snail" by James Maxey

Includes "The Writing on the Wall" by E. Catherine Tobler.

Includes "Bidding the Walrus" by Lawrence M. Schoen

Includes "Ukaliq and the Great Hunt" by David Levine and "Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown" by Matt Rotundo

featuring stories by Nancy Fulda, James Maxey, M.T. Reiten, Eric James Stone and David Walton

with stories by Steve Bein, Robert Defendi, Geoffrey Girard, Luc Reid, Steve Savile, and others

Includes "Into the Snowy Wood" by E. Catherine Tobler.

Includes "Empire of Dreams and Miracles" by James Maxey

Includes "Rewind" by David Levine and "What Became of the King" by Aimee C. Amodio

Includes "Flash Point" by E. Catherine Tobler.

Includes the first prize winning "Scent of Desire" by John Brown (writing as Bo Griffin)

Ronald Wolf knew his deceased lovers had come back to make trouble when a large mallard tumbled like a drunkard out of a blue sky and smashed onto his porch . . .

Oops, they've done it again! This time the Alphabet Players mix it up in costume.

--A Junior Library Guild Selection

Ideas are like horses, but Amy's tend to run wild. With a little help, Amy learns how to guide her ideas in constructive ways.

Z is tired of always having to be last when the alphabet family lines up. It's chaos! It's pandemonium! And it's definitely not as easy as A-B-C!

"An alphabet book with attitude." --Booklist

"Hysterical...a must for preschool and elementary classrooms." --Kirkus

Tales of the Amazing Conroy #3

Tales of the Amazing Conroy #2

The official, authorized companion to Sherrilyn Kenyon's bestselling Dark-Hunter universe.

Audiobook

Heist caper set in 1442 Japan. Pre-order your ninja action now; publication date is September 4.

A tough-as-nails attorney becomes a victim of a supernatural stalking. How far will she go to survive this Halloween?

One of the best brain doctors of his time, Nathi lost his own brain five centuries ago when he became a posthuman.

He is called upon to save a comatose girl. The damage is extensive, so he decides to map his own mind into her brain in order to replace the badly damaged part.

But something unexpected waits for him within the Girl’s brain. She is a carrier of a Wish Fairy, an enigmatic sentient cyber being whose only purpose is to kill the Wish, a virus used by the ruling cyber Wizard Orders to enslave all posthuman minds--including Nathi’s.

Liberated, Nathi forms a symbiotic union--the Dancer--with the Girl, discovers the true cause of her brain injury, and finds a way to break out of the Castle, their high-tech prison, and into the Martian polar night.

But once outside, the real chase begins.

They must resist the cyber wizards who are trying to remotely regain control of their minds while also sending a force in pursuit. This battle must be fought both in the physical world and that of the mind.