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A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2015. Includes stories by Nino Cipri, Seth Dickinson, Jeffrey Ford, Yoon Ha Lee, Maria Dahvana Headley, David Herter, Kameron Hurley, Noah Keller, David D. Levine, Michael Livingston, Usman T. Malik, Haralambi Markov, Daniel José Older, Malka Older, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kelley Robson, Veronica Schanoes, Priya Sharma, Brian Staveley, Sabrina Vourvoulias, and Ray Wood. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

After beholding the destruction of the Well-Built City, physiognomist Cley is now a simple healer seeking peace and atonement in the happy village of survivors. When the town falls into a deadly sleeping sickness, Cley must make a dangerous trip to the ruins of City - now beset by mechanical birds and werewolves - to seek out an antidote. The evil Master Below is still alive, but an accidental exposure to the sickness that he created has put him into a coma. With the help of Below''s adopted demon son, found in the wreckage of the laboratory, Cley ventures into the mind and intricate memories of Below to search for a cure. Cley will encounter wonders and dangers undreamed of in the second installment of this classic trilogy.

Dark Moon Books and editor Eric J. Guignard present this introduction to the work of Jeffrey Ford, #4 in a series of scholarly primers exploring modern masters of literary dark short fiction. With commentary by Michael Arnzen, PhD, and beautifully illustrated by artist Michelle Prebich, discover the vast and fantastic writing of Jeffrey Ford.

The ruins of the Well-Built City and the village of Wenau are not all the world has to offer-there is also the Beyond, a dark land between life and death, populated by flying demons, restless ghosts, invisible terrors, and ravenous trees. Cast out by the people of Wenau after finding a cure for their sickness, former physiognomist Cley sets out to brave the dark mountains and seas of the Beyond in order to find the woman he doomed on his quest to destroy the Well-Built City. As Cley journeys deeper into the unknown, he is accompanied by an invisible companion-the demon Misrix, who is searching for his own humanity.

The multiple Bram Stoker Award(R) nominated Horror Library anthology series is back! Shepherded by new editor Eric J. Guignard -- himself a past Stoker winner -- Horror Library Volume 6 is imbued with a new level of literary energy and purpose. It features 27 brand new horror short stories, written by 27 different authors, including well-known pros and up-and-coming new talents. As always, if you''d like a snapshot of where modern literary horror fiction is headed, you''ve found the right book. Don''t miss Horror Library Volume 6! The Librarian wants to see YOU.

Prayers Before Meals offers the reader 365 different and thoughtful short prayers that are suitable for all ages and perfect for family mealtimes. Each prayer is unique in its simplicity and its relation to our daily life. There are also additional prayers for special occasions.

anthology of fine art images from Laura Christensen, and fiction and poetry from numerous authors

From the legends of Atlantis, El Dorado, and Shangri-La to classic novels such as King Solomon''s Mine, The Land That Time Forgot, and The Lost World, readers have long been fascinated by the idea of lost worlds and mythical kingdoms. Read short stories featuring the discovery of such worlds or kingdoms--stories where scientists explore unknown places, stories where the discovery of such turns the world on its head, stories where we''re struck with the sense of wonder at realizing that we don''t know our world quite as well as we''d thought. Featuring new tales by today''s masters of SF&F: Tobias S. Buckell James L. Cambias Becky Chambers Kate Elliott C.C. Finlay Jeffrey Ford Theodora Goss Darcie Little Badger Jonathan Maberry Seanan McGuire An Owomoyela Dexter Palmer Cadwell Turnbull Genevieve Valentine Carrie Vaughn Charles Yu E. Lily Yu

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." So begins H. P. Lovecraft s essay Supernatural Horror in Literature, arguably the most important analysis of horror ever written. Yet while hordes of writers have created works based on Lovecraft s fiction, never before has an anthology taken its inspiration directly from the literary manifesto behind his entire mythos . . . until now. Like cultists poring over a forbidden tome, 18 modern masters of horror have gathered here to engage with Lovecraft s treatise. Rather than responding with articles of their own, these authors have written new short stories inspired by intriguing quotes from the essay, offering their own whispers to the darkness. They tell of monsters and madmen, of our strange past and our weirder future, of terrors stalking the winter woods, the broiling desert, and eeriest of all, our bustling cities and our family homes. This collection is a unique contribution to the booming Lovecraft/Cthulhu craze that will stand out from the pack due to its one-of-a-kind premise."

Anamasobie est une petite ville étrange où des créatures mi-hommes, mi-machines travaillent à l''extraction de la spire bleue, un dangereux combustible dont la poussière les paralyse peu à peu. Cley, qui a le pouvoir de connaître le caractère et les actions futures d''un individu à la simple lecture de son visage, y est chargé de retrouver l''auteur d''un crime invraisemblable - sur l''autel de l''église a été volé le fruit sacré censé apporter la clef du paradis terrestre... A sa grande surprise, il découvre que le coupable n''est autre qu''Arla, la jeune femme qui enquête à ses côtés, et dont il est tombé profondément amoureux. Après l''avoir emprisonnée et tenté de changer son caractère en modifiant son visage par la chirurgie, il s''apprête à fuir la ville, conscient de s''exposer aux terribles représailles de ses omnipotents commanditaires. Mais pour sauver deux vies, peut-on mettre en péril toute une population ? Ce roman déroutant n''est pas sans rappeler les ambiances oppressantes de Kafka ou l''univers paranoïaque de 1984, de George Orwell.

A fable, a nightmare, a vision, a mystery -- superbly rich imaginative fiction at its best. New York, 1893, and society portrait painter Piero Piambo feels his artistic ambition waning, even while he immortalizes the city''s nouveaux riches in oil paints. But then he receives a bizarre and lucrative commission, to paint the mysterious Mrs Charbuque. The catch is that he is not allowed to see her, and so Piambo sits before a screen as his sitter tells him of her life, dreams, and fears -- clues from which he must divine her visage. As he works, a series of murders plagues the city -- deaths that at first seem accidental. And, as Piambo''s masterpiece takes shape, his relationship with Mrs Charbuque grows ever more tangled...while her deranged husband becomes hellbent on some inexplicable vengeance.