Science Space Horror

Alien visitors devastate a remote farm in Lovecraft’s first and best venture into science fiction.

The 13th person to walk on the moon could soon be part of a crew establishing a base on the lip of a crater at the lunar south pole. The discovery of ice in the eternal shadows of the polar regions transforms our ability to live on the moon. From bases on the moon we can make the long, lonely and dangerous voyage to Mars, where there is also ice. The obstacles are many, not least the fragilities of the human body. And what type of world would the first Mars explorers find?

From a New York Times bestselling and Hugo award-winning author comes a modern masterwork of science fiction, introducing a captain, his crew, and a detective as they unravel a horrifying solar system wide conspiracy that begins with a single missing girl. Now a Prime Original series. Humanity...

The last thing Captain Stuart Flane expected while working to solve the enigma of the Kilgary was a day-long running battle with the undead! Their troubles didn’t end there though, because the Mercury, their only ride home, was also in trouble!

What if horror didn’t crawl, speak, or breathe—but fell from the sky? The Colour Out of Space is not just a story; it’s a chilling descent into a nightmare beyond human understanding. When a strange meteorite crashes onto a quiet New England farm, it leaves behind something impossible to describe—an unnatural presence that seeps into the land, the animals, and the people who live there. Crops rot, livestock change, and the air itself feels wrong as an invisible force spreads with silent, relentless intent.

Captain Morgan Starling and her crew travel the stars, shipping cargo from one system to the next. Easy work, until first contact with another race devolved into all-out war. Now, they’re under attack from humanity’s mysterious alien foe, ambushed in the void between systems. When an unknown vessel comes to their aid, events spiral out of control, a twisted secret within its haunted corridors threatening to consume them, body and soul.

Roy Holland and the crew of the Poseidon were tasked with bringing home the scientists aboard the unresponsive research vessel Athena II. But as the Poseidon approached the ship resting near the event horizon of black hole V616, they discovered something truly terrible.

Nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award An investigator must solve a brutal murder on a claustrophobic space station in this tense science fiction thriller from the author of Salvation Day. Hester Marley used to have a plan for her life. But when a catastrophic attack left her injured, indebted...

Mehr als 3000 Jahre in der Zukunft: Längst verstehen sich die Menschen als Terraner, die ihre Erde und das Sonnensystem hinter sich gelassen haben. In der Unendlichkeit des Alls treffen sie auf Außerirdische aller Art. Ihre Nachkommen haben Tausende Welten besiedelt, zahlreiche Raumschiffe fliegen bis zu den entlegensten Sternen. Perry Rhodan ist der Mensch, der von Anfang an mit den Erdbewohnern ins All vorgestoßen ist. Nun steht er vor seiner vielleicht größten Herausforderung.

When a reality-crushing anomaly called the Cosmic Squeeze begins collapsing digital and physical worlds into a single point, the lines between player and code shatter. Cassidy Delgado, sharp-tongued commander of the USS Rammedass, finds herself dragged into a cosmic contest where game admins conspire, Al fleets wage holy war, and sentient code hungers for more than just data. What started as interstellar chaos becomes a battle for the fate of existence itself.

In the tradition of Memento and Inception comes a thrilling and scary young adult audiobook about blurred reality where characters in a story find that a deadly and horrifying world exists in the space between the written lines. Seventeen-year-old Emma Lindsay has problems: a head full of metal, no parents, a crazy artist for a guardian whom a stroke has turned into a vegetable, and all those times when she blinks away, dropping into other lives so ghostly and surreal it's as if the story of her life bleeds into theirs.

Captain Reeds and his crew are on their way to a salvage job when they encounter an intriguing signal. They go to check it out, which may be their undoing. The signal originates from a long-derelict space station drifting in deep space. But something is not quite right aboard the station. Something dark and sinister lurks in the shadows. Something waits to feed.

Step into the chilling world of H. P. Lovecraft’s The Colour Out of Space, a landmark tale of cosmic horror and science fiction. When a strange meteorite crashes onto Nahum Gardner’s farm, it unleashes a terrifying force beyond human comprehension—an indescribable “colour” that poisons the land, warps nature, and drives the Gardner family into despair and madness. Blending eerie atmosphere, rural isolation, and the unknown terror of extraterrestrial presence, this story stands as one of Lovecraft’s most haunting masterpieces.

The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft, narrated by Shawn Rigby, is a chilling tale of cosmic horror that explores the incomprehensible and terrifying forces beyond human understanding. When a meteorite crashes into a remote farm in rural New England, it brings with it a strange, otherworldly "colour" that defies description. This unearthly phenomenon begins to warp the land and the people who live there, slowly consuming everything in its path with an inexplicable, malevolent force.

The Colour Out of Space is a science fiction/horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in March 1927. In the tale, an unnamed narrator pieces together the story of an area known by the locals as the "blasted heath" in the wild hills west of the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts. The narrator discovers that many years ago a meteorite crashed there, poisoning every living being nearby; vegetation grows large but foul tasting, animals are driven mad and deformed into grotesque shapes, and the people go insane or die one by one.

La acción tiene lugar en esa zona creada por Lovecraft y venerada por la cultura popular: Arkham, una ficticia área rural de Massachusetts. Como maestro indiscutible de la literatura fantástica, Lovecraft quiso crear un nuevo arquetipo de monstruo y lo hizo: convirtió un color indefinido en objeto de un terror incomprensible. Además, sabe meternos en la piel de esa casta de puritanos subdesarrollados y hace que percibamos el hedor que rodea esos bosques que jamás han sentido el hacha del hombre.

An unnamed narrator pieces together the story of an area known by the locals as the "blasted heath" in the wild hills west of Arkham, Massachusetts. The narrator discovers that many years ago, a meteorite crashed there, poisoning every living being nearby. Vegetation grows large but foul-tasting, animals are driven mad and deformed into grotesque shapes, and the people go insane or die, one by one.

"The Colour out of Space." Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) is a novelist famous for his horror stories, fantasy and science fiction. Although he was not famous during his lifetime, his work is now considered a classic of literature. Lovecraft's work has influenced many authors, including Stephen King, who considers him "the greatest craftsman of the classic horror story of the 20th century."

This short story first appeared in science fiction magazine Amazing Stories and tells of a meteorite crash in rural Massachusetts...and of the horrific results. It was one of HP Lovecraft's most popular works for its combination of science fiction and horror, and it was the author's personal favorite short story.

This 34th issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of four sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - each from a different featured master of speculative fiction. Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction, horror, and slipstream magazine we've been working on since 2015.