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Kirmen is different from everyone else in the Cloister. Due to the doctor's endless experiments on Kirmen, his skin, his eyes, even his organs are changing. Kirmen wonders if he even belongs with the other inhabitants of the dome that protects the last remnants of humanity from the forever storm raging against the glass.  Kirmen's dreams of love, of acceptance, slip away with every treatment.  What will happen when the doctor's transformations are complete? What will Kirmen be then?

After 240 years traveling toward Tau Prius and a new planet to colonize, the inhabitants of the generation ship Argos are bored and aimless. They join groups such as the Markers and the Breeders, have costumed orgies, and test the limits of drugs, alcohol, and pain just to pass the time.To Laura Stein, they're morons and, other than a small handful of friends, she'd rather spend time with her meat plant than with any of her fellow passengers. But when one of her subordinates is murdered while out on a job, Laura takes it as her responsibility to find out what happened. She expects to find a personal grudge or a drug deal gone wrong, but instead stumbles upon a conspiracy that could tear the ship in two.Labelled a terrorist and used as a pawn in the ultimate struggle for control, Laura, with help from her friend Bruce and clues left by a geneticist from the past, digs deep into the inner working of the ship, shimmying her way through ductwork, rallying the begrudged passengers to rise up and fight, and peeking into an unsavory past to learn the truth and save their future.

War is everywhere. Not only among the firefights, in the sweat dripping from heavy armor and the clenching grip on your weapon, but also wedging itself deep into families, infiltrating our love letters, hovering in the air above our heads. It's in our dreams and our text messages. At times it roars with adrenaline. While at others it slips in silently so it can sit beside you until you forget it's there.Join Joe Haldeman, Linda Nagata, Karin Lowachee, Ken Liu, Jay Posey, and more as they take you on a tour of the battlefields. From those hurtling through space in spaceships and winding along trails deep in the jungle with bullets whizzing overhead, to the ones hiding behind calm smiles, waiting patiently to reveal itself in those quiet moments when we feel safest. War Stories brings us 23 stories of the impacts of war, showcasing the systems, combat, armor, and aftermath without condemnation or glorification.Instead, War Stories reveals the truth.War is what we are.

World Horror Grand Master Brian Keene returns to zombies in this relentless sword and sorcery horror epic! Einar, an enslaved barbarian, plots his escape from a war galley transporting troops and a mysterious weapon to far enemy shores. But when an apocalyptic storm at sea leaves Einar and his fellow captives shipwrecked on a strange, uncharted island, friend and foe alike must band together against a ravenous, steadily growing horde of the undead... and even worse dangers. Not even death is an escape from the... ISLAND OF THE DEAD

Whether striving to protect the family they've chosen, searching for meaning amid the chaos of the world, or questioning what it is that makes one alive, robotic ambition can mean many different things. Robotic Ambitions: Tales of Mechanical Sentience explores the nuance of sentience manufactured and evolved within mechanical beings. It peels back the metal exterior and takes a hard look at what is inside. Within these pages you will discover stories of robots defying their coding for a chance at love, resisting societal norms so that they may experience art and pleasure, and searching for their place in a world that was not made for them, but rather was made to use them. These are stories about striking out on your own, building something new amid destruction, and doing whatever it takes to make sure you survive. Robots and AI are more than tools for humanity. They have their own goals, dreams, and aspirations. This anthology includes stories by Lavie Tidhar, Premee Mohamed, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Jason Sanford, and many more. Includes an introduction by Martha Wells. TABLE OF CONTENTSIt-Who-Dreams-Under-Grey-Clouds in The-Town-Within-The-City by Marie CrokeShe Builds Quick Machines by Lyndsie ManusosOut There With Them by N.V. HaskellProspecting by Lavie TidharThe Caregivers by Marie VibbertThe Town Full of Broken Tin Men by Danny Cherry Jr.Ark by Liam HoganA Still Life by Elliott WinkThe City in the Forest by Premee MohamedAn Incomplete Record of Database Deletions, in Alphabetical Order by Mar VincentBuilt to Cheat by Derrick BodenThe Big Book of Grandmamas by Sheree Renee ThomasEverything else is advertising by J WallaceAlice & Lucy by Edward DaschleFearfully and Wonderfully Made by Izzy WassersteinA Lifeline of Silk by Renan BernardoLittle Fathers of Darkness by Jason SanfordSolor Sonata for Four Hands by Jennifer R. DonohueTenets of Asendance by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Somto IhezueIntersecting Datafields by Myna ChangeA Fragility, a Shadow by Leah NingInsatiable Life by Kathleen SchaeferRibbit by Mona WestHow to Get to Be a Three-Thousand-Year-Old Mining Ai by Nick HartlandAn Android in the Desert by Rachel Gutin

Danged Black Thing is an extraordinary collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, patriarchy and womanhood, from a remarkable and original voice. Traversing the West and Africa, they celebrate the author's hybridity with breathtaking sensuousness and lyricism.Simbiyu wins a scholarship to study in Australia, but cannot leave behind a world of walking barefoot, the orange sun, and his longing for a "once pillow-soft mother." In his past, darkness rose from the river and something nameless and mystical continues to envelop his life. In "A Taste of Unguja" sweet taarab music, full of want, seeps into a mother's life on the streets of Melbourne as she evokes the powers of her ancestors to seek vengeance on her cursed ex. In the cyberfunk of "Unlimited Data" Natukunda, a village woman, gives her all for her family in Old Kampala. Other stories explore what happens when the water runs dry-and who pays, capture the devastating effects on women and children of societies in which men hold all the power, and themes of being, belonging, and otherness.Speculative, realistic, and even mythological, but always imbued with truth, empathy, and Blackness, Danged Black Thing is a literary knockout.

Rogan-the aging, jaded barbarian who gave up his throne-painfully realizes that his most storied childhood heroes are fading into antiquity, becoming mere ballads in the eyes of the younger warriors. And he might be next.He stops at the hometown of his idol, but little remains to show of the man's exploits ... until he meets the hero's daughter, Roan, riding her father's infamous seven-hundred-year-old horse. Roan has a vendetta against General Tolin La Gaul, who harbors a dark secret. She tries to convince Rogan to join her in riding upon the Citadel of Nosmada in the land of Nod to confront Tolin, but Rogan has no interest in such a dicey plan. That is, until his nephew, Javan, goes missing, presumed captured. Now the Citadel has become a snare, and he has no choice but to spring the trap's jaws.Rogan's path leads him into darker and more twisted schemes than even he could have imagined ... gods, devils, and an undead dragon, forcing him to confront not only his own mortality and place in history-but even his god, Wodan.Steven L. Shrewsbury and Brian Keene's award-winning Bastards Saga comes to its exciting conclusion with CURSE OF THE BASTARDS!

Brutal. Devastating. Dangerous.Join an investigation into a cruel and heartless leader ... crawl through filth and mud to escape biological warfare ... team up with time-traveling soldiers faced with potentially life-altering instructions.Kameron Hurley, award-winning author and expert in the future of war and resistance movements, has created eighteen exhilarating tales giving glimpses into the warfare of tomorrow.A bleak future, yet there is hope for us. With Hurley's characteristic grim optimism, her characters fight for what they believe is right. They exhibit degrees of humanity only possible in the worst of circumstances. It is these characters, driven by a murky sense of honor and written with sincere, deep empathy, that make Future Artifacts: Stories a powerful collection you won't soon forget.

In The Apex Book of World SF 2, editor Lavie Tidhar collects short stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Africa and Latin America.An expedition to an alien planet; Lenin rising from the dead; a superhero so secret he does not exist. In The Apex Book of World SF 2, World Fantasy Award-nominated editor Lavie Tidhar brings together a unique collection of stories from around the world. Quiet horror from Cuba and Australia; surrealist fantasy from Russia and epic fantasy from Poland; near-future tales from Mexico and Finland, as well as cyberpunk from South Africa. In this anthology one gets a glimpse of the complex and fascinating world of genre fiction-from all over our world.Featuring work from noted international authors such as Will Elliot, Hannu Rajaniemi, Shweta Narayan, Lauren Beukes, Ekaterina Sedia, Nnedi Okorafor, and Andrzej Sapkowski.

Resistance. Revolution. Standing up and demanding to have your space, your say, your right to be. From small acts of defiance to protests that shut down cities, Do Not Go Quietly is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories about those who resist. Within this anthology, we will chronicle the fight for what is just and right, and what that means: from leading revolutions to the simple act of saying "No." Resistance can be a small act of everyday defiance. And other times, resistance means massive movements that topple governments and become iconic historical moments. Either way, there is power in these acts, and the contributors in Do Not Go Quietly will harness that power to shake our readers to the core. We are subordinates to a power base that is actively working to solidify its grip on the world. Now is the time to stand up and raise your voice and tell the world that enough is enough! TABLE OF CONTENTS: FICTIONJohn Hornor Jacobs - "Glossolalia"A. Merc Rustad - "The Judith Plague"Maurice Broaddus/Nayad Monroe - "What the Mountain Wants"Karin Lowachee - "Sympathizer"Brooke Bolander - "Kindle"Cassandra Khaw - "What We Have Chosen to Love"Fran Wilde - "The Society for the Reclamation of Words and Meaning"Rich Larson - "Scurry"Sarah Pinsker - "Everything Is Closed Today"Sheree Renée Thomas - "Thirteen Year Long Song"Dee Warrick - "Nobody Lives in the Swamp"Russell Nichols - "Rage Against the Vending Machine"Meg Ellison - "Hey Alexa"Marie Vibbert - "South of the Waffle House"Veronica Brush - "Face"Jo Miles - "Choose Your Truth"Rachael K. Jones - "Oil Under Her Tongue"Eugenia Triantafyllou - "April Teeth"E. Catherine Tobler - "Kill the Darlings (Silicone Sister Remix)">POETRYAnnie Neugebauer - "To Write"Jeremy Paden - "The Skeleton Archer Speaks"Mary Soon Lee - "If the Fairy Godmother Comes"Lucy A. Snyder - "Permian Basin Blues" Christina Sng - "The Dolls"Joshua Gage - "#greenlivesmatter"Alethea Kontis - "Witch's Star"Bianca Spriggs - "Plot Twist"

A futuristic crime-noir that will shock you.Ren Warom weaves a tale laced with gang crime, underground body mod shops, and shocking murders.Bone Adams is a legend, the best mortician in the spires. When a new killer begins leaving bodies twisted and bent into grotesque pieces of art, City Officer Stark tasks Bone to unravel the clues. As more victims are discovered, Bone and Stark are drawn deeper into a world where pain and personal statement blend and blur, and finally end up hunting for a semi-mythical man-machine named Burneo deep within the sewers.But things aren't what they seem. While searching for Burneo, Bone and Stark discover a hidden lab full of evidence of horrific abuses of science and experimentation. Meanwhile, the killer is still on the loose, and, as Stark becomes more and more obsessed with the case, Bone is forced to a shattering realization. Everything is connected: the killings, the gang activity, the labs, and his own past. Unless he can figure out how, he won't survive.

The landmark anthology series of international speculative fiction returns with volume 5 of The Apex Book of World SF. Cris Jurado joins series editor Lavie Tidhar to highlight the best speculative fiction from around the world.Cyberpunk from Spain, Singapore and Japan; mythology from Venezuela, Korea and First Nations; stories of the dead from Zimbabwe and Egypt, and space wonders from India, Germany and Bolivia. And much more. The fifth volume of the ground-breaking World SF anthology series reveals once more the uniquely international dimension of speculative fiction."Important to the future of not only international authors, but the entire SF community."-Strange Horizons"The Apex Book of World SF series is an excellent primer for any sci-fi reader trying to understand the field's global reach."-The GuardianFeaturing: Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Singapore) - "A Series of Steaks"Daína Chaviano (Cuba, translated by Matthew D. Goodwin) - "Accursed Lineage"Darcie Little Badger (USA/Lipan Apache) - "Nkásht íí"T.L. Huchu (Zimbabwe) - "Ghostalker"Taiyo Fujii (Japan, translated by Jim Hubbert) - "Violation of the TrueNet Security Act"Vandana Singh (India) - "Ambiguity Machines: An Examination"Basma Abdel Aziz (Egypt, translated by Elisabeth Jaquette) - "Scenes from the Life of an Autocrat"Liliana Colanzi (Bolivia, translated by Jessica Sequeira) - "Our Dead World"Bo-young Kim (South Korea, translated by Jihyun Park & Gord Sellar) - "An Evolutionary Myth"Israel Alonso (Spain, translated by Steve Redwood) - "You Will See the Moon Rise"Sara Saab (Lebanon) - "The Barrette Girls"Chi Hui (China, translated by John Chu) - "The Calculations of Artificials"Ana Hurtado (Venezuela) - "El Cóndor del Machángara"Karla Schmidt (Germany, translated by Lara M. Harmon) - "Alone, on the Wind"Eliza Victoria (Philippines) - "The Seventh"Tochi Onyebuchi (Nigeria/USA) - "Screamers"R.S.A. Garcia (Trinidad and Tobago) - "The Bois"Giovanni De Feo (Italy) - "Ugo"

A poet, professional protestor, and young heiress find themselves on the wrong side of local authorities and have to elude the powers that be.

With her mother's blood fresh on her hands, Nuawa has learned that to overthrow the tyrant Winter Queen she must be as exact as a bullet ... and as pitiless. In the greatest city of winter, a revolt has broken out and General Lussadh has arrived to suppress it. She's no stranger to treason, for this city is her home where she slaughtered her own family for the Winter Queen. Accompanying the general to prove her loyalty, Nuawa confronts a rebel who once worked to end the queen's reign and who now holds secrets that will cement the queen's rule. But this is not Nuawa's only predicament. A relentless killer has emerged and he means to hunt down anyone who holds in their heart a shard of the queen's mirror. Like the general. Like Nuawa herself.On these fields of tumult and shattered history, the queen's purposes will, at last, be revealed, and both Lussadh and Nuawa tested to their limits.One to wake. Two to bind. These are the laws that govern those of the glass."Sriduangkaew's poetic prose fairly sings, and this retelling of the Snow Queen legend is a dark delight."-Barnes and Noble Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog

These beautifully crafted, emotionally resonant stories speak of the unknown encroaching upon the familiar, the inscrutable power of grief and desire, and the thinness between all our layers. Where nature rubs against small towns, in mountains and woods and bedrooms, here is strangeness seen through a poet's eye. They say there are always greener pastures. These stories consider the cost of that promise.

Apex Book Company is proud to present HOLE IN THE WORLD - a weird fantasy prequel to Brian Keene's popular THE LOST LEVEL series.An hour ago, they were nineteen strangers on an airport shuttle, braving travel delays and a freak blizzard. Then they fell through a hole in the world. Now, they are nineteen strangers trapped in a dangerous dimension filled with prehistoric monsters, futuristic technology, and otherworldly mysteries. They'll have to learn to work together if they want to survive and return home ... but will any of them be left alive by then?Don't miss the other two books in Brian Keene's Lost Level series: The Lost Level and Return to the Lost Level