Best Selling Books by Jay Lake

Walk with us." -Jay LakeWalk with us as we explore the world of cancer as seen through a speculative lens. Hold our hands while we venture into the world of what ifs. Take a journey at our side as we experience the full spectrum of what cancer has to offer. The light, the darkness.Within these pages you''ll meet a woman who adores her cancer as a lover, another who sees it as her ticket to immortality. We''ll meet a boy willing to do anything to save his mother and another with superpowers. There''s a witch who uses magic to fight against the beast ravaging her friend''s body, a cat whose capacity for love is unparalleled, a damaged musician, aliens, a goddess butterfly and so much more.Cancer scares us. There is so much we don''t know about it, but it''s out there, waiting to strike. This anthology attempts to strike back. To support research that will develop new treatments and, eventually, a cure.

This is the trade paperback version of Jay Lake''s novelette. The story, although fiction, parallels Jay Lake''s own battle with cancer. Fifty percent of proceeds will be donated to the Clayton Memorial Medial Fund.

A collection of short fiction showcasing Lake''s reach in fantasy, science fiction, and the ambiguous territory in between.

More than five-hundred pages, over one-quarter of a million words... Space Opera spans a vast range of epic interstellar adventure stories told against a limitless cosmos filled with exotic aliens, heroic characters, and incredible settings. A truly stellar compilation of tales from one of the defining streams of science fiction, old and new, written by a supernova of genre talent.

Weird Tales is the original storytelling magazine of the dark and fantastic. This issue: our Spring Steampunk Spectacular features Cherie Priest on her airships-and-zombies epic Boneshaker; an exclusive excerpt from Boilerplate, the biography of a 19th-century robot soldier; an unforgettable novelette from Lisa Mantchev & James L. Grant; awesome cover art by Molly Crabapple; and much more! FICTION: "Love, Must" by Kurt Kirchmeier -- "Hungry Ghosts" by Jay Lake -- "The Gingerbread House" by Kater Cheek -- "Dedalus and the Labyrinth" by J.M. McDermott -- "As Recorded on Brass Cylinders: Adagio for Two Dancers" by James L. Grant & Lisa Mantchev FEATURES: "Book of the Century" -- Cherie Priest breaks down the whys and wherefores of a Civil War-era steampunk Seattle. "The Secret Mechanical Man" - Meet Boilerplate, the robot who rode with Teddy Roosevelt! Creators Paul Guinan & Anina Bennett give us the scoop in this exclusive from their new book.

In a distant future in which the empire of humanity has spread throughout the stars, the Xenic Bureau of the Grand Ekumenical Security Directorate investigates any hint of aliens, strange disappearances, or other anomalous events. When rumors spread of the mysterious reappearance of a long-lost battleship, a priest, an alien-killer, and a cashiered starship engineer find themselves caught up in a chase across the empire and into secrets better left forgotten.

"Almost All the Way Home From the Stars" contains seven science fiction short stories by award winning writers Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold. The settings range from distant worlds, to the near future, to an alternate US where slavery was never abolished. Here a sampling:"Rivers of Eden": In a world transformed by a virus affecting faith, one lone scientist wants to set loose a cure for fanaticism."The Big Ice": On Hutchinson''s World, Vega and Mox are trying to unravel the mystery of the Big Ice -- until the family responsibilities Vega has been trying to escape come back to haunt her."The Canadian Who Came Almost All the Way Home From the Stars": An NSA agent is assigned to look after a Canadian scientist whose husband has left Earth to visit the stars -- and the strange dimple in the lake that she is watching, while waiting for his return.Five of the stories have been previously published elsewhere, in various online and print markets, including Gardner Dozois'' Year''s Best Science Fiction. Two stories are new with this collection.