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The first collection by writer Matthew Hughes, and the perfect companion to his acclaimed novel Black Brillion, The Gist Hunter and Other Stories features nine stories taking place in the universe of The Archonate, as well as four non-series stories. The stories of Henghis Hapthorn, Old Earth's "foremost freelance discriminator", combine mystery and science fantasy while simultaneously recalling the arch irony of Gene Wolfe and the sly fancies of Jack Vance.

Brought to you by Penguin. A shopping mall where droids sell organs harvested from street trash... A murderous imaginary friend... A psychotic composer drafting music from pain... All in a day's work for the Lawman of the Future. Edited by and with an introduction by Dredd veteran Michael...

In the aftermath of the storm, reality sets in for Will Fontenot. Life as he knew it is over. He's battered and bruised from his previous battles but more determined than ever to escape Houston. There's no other choice. Houston is a powered keg ready to blow, and it's only a matter of time before the city falls. When Will, Cayden, and Isabella are again drawn back into the enemy's plan for the nation's final destruction, they'll have to once again fight for their lives against seemingly insurmountable odds as insurgents unleash their attack on Houston.

Life as a lonely prospector is over, but many problems remain. An insurmountable obstacle has arisen on the way to the big world—and now Alex must save his team from a trap in which even veterans of the Other Side are dying.

An alien civilization offers the human race a deal—access to the Other Side and the extraction of its resources in exchange for technology and knowledge. Thanks to this, humanity opens up a whole new universe full of unusual opportunities. Alex, just starting out as a prospector, sets off to the Other Side for the first time, but during the journey he finds himself in an unknown and extremely dangerous area, from where he can only escape over the bodies of his enemies.

In a post-apocalyptic future, 15-year-old Vic wanders the wasteland with Blood, his genetically-altered telepathic dog, in the Hugo Award-nominated and Nebula Award-winning novella, A Boy and His Dog - the basis of the cult classic film. An intergalactic conspiracy infects the minds of the most powerful politicians in the Republican Party - and only one jolly old elf can save them in “Santa Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R.” And in the Hugo Award-winning title story, disparate threads of violence, conflict, and conversation weave an intricate tapestry across worlds and times.

Crynn Dayholt and her brave group of fighters found an underground compound, a place of safety, until outside forces threaten to take away all they’d fought for. Her thirst for revenge against the mighty city of Soriah has her on the constant hunt for soldiers willing to desert Soriah’s army and fight on the side of the rebellion. Her incessant hunt for others takes a back seat when she is handed the journals of the man who had built the underground compound. A man more evil than the president of Soriah. A man who held secrets to the earth’s destruction.

Adrian Ring is in a coma. Shot by a traitor in his midst, he has slipped into an existence where his consciousness is neither alive nor dead. He has gone to the other side. Bolstered by the presence of the friends he has lost since "that day", Adrian embarks on exploring this frozen landscape of dreams and nightmares. Transported through time and space, Adrian sees a hunting trip firsthand with Gavin and then relives one of Gilbert's worst firefights during his Vietnam era. Then, he sees something that hasn't happened yet, but will. And what he sees will change the world forever.

In Dark Property, a woman carries a dying baby across a desert waste, moving toward a fortress harboring a mysterious resurrection cult. Menaced by scavengers, she nevertheless begins to suspect that the reality within the fortress may be even more unsettling than the blasted environment outside. In Contagion and Other Stories, Evenson takes his audiences into a world that is at once apocalyptic, dark, observant, and grotesque without ever dipping into static genre conventions.

Don't believe everything the characters tell you. Recommended for fans of John Crowley, Paul Park, and Michael Swanwick.

The world in which we live is full of technological marvels. Information is at your fingertips and as a species, we have reached a peak because of our creativity and inventiveness. What would happen to our society if this technological marvel was stripped away from us, and we were left to figure things out on our own. The Other Side of the Sun is a classic tale of survival where you are left trying to answer the question, will you survive or thrive?

Imagine a world without humans, where smart clothes equipped with apparel intelligence fight for supremacy. When a brave pair of smart-briefs sets out on a quest to cure his people's madness, he ends up in the middle of an all-out wardrobe war instead. That's just one of the incredible science fiction stories featured in this collection by USA Today best-selling author Robert Jeschonek.

Flesh-eating zombies invade a biker bar! Is it an isolated incident or a ghastly foretaste of a nationwide plague of zombies? Harry Black and his girlfriend, Irena, have to survive the first zombie onslaught in order to find out while society crashes and burns all around them.

All zombies all the time. Included in The Bus Stops Here and Other Zombie Tales are five zombie short stories by Bryan Cassiday that are together for the first time in one anthology. "The Bus Stops Here" is a brand-new short story that has never before been published. The zombie action is nonstop and lethal. During a zombie apocalypse, everybody is caught up in a Hobbesian world where life is nasty, brutish, and short. Along with graphic zombie mayhem, these tales depict the lengths that individuals will go to to survive.

Harmony and Dan were left with so many questions when her family disappeared from their home. Swept up by the military, Melody, Jason, and their daughter Aubrey must survive the safe zones that have turned into war zones. Jason will do anything to keep his family alive, and he won't let anyone stand in his way. They are determined to press north, hoping to reach Jason's family and find Harmony and Dan. The only problem is the world they're traveling through is not their own, but a fractured one.

Colton leads his team into the unknown regions of a desolate world to find materials that can possibly save their home.

Уникальный дар Рихтовщика—Душелов, позволяет избавить от паразита любого заражённого на начальной стадии болезни. Игрок с таким даром ценится на Континенте дороже белого жемчуга. И двери любого стаба распахнуты перед ним. От желающих воспользоваться им нет отбоя. Вот только у него имеется обратная сторона—откат.

A collection of (mostly) previously unpublished stories by award-winning journalist and cult horror author Ryan C. Thomas. From zombies to monsters to ghosts and more, Thomas weaves unique tales that will send a chill up your spine.

After Claudia and Ben stumble upon Dorian's secret, they are taken prisoner. Food and supplies are running low, and Dorian's ultimate goal is survival of the race - and the fittest.

The Limits of Pain: Tom wandered the streets around midnight, looking for his next fix. His addiction had taken him to some pretty dark places already, but nothing could have prepared him for Anna. A little old lady with a very big secret.