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From independent publisher Dagan Books, IN SITU is a new anthology of science fiction stories featuring alien archeology, hidden mysteries, and things that are better off left buried... Edited by Carrie Cuinn, this intriguing collection contains original fiction and art.

The Best of Deep Magic: Volume Three- fantastical worlds, gripping magic, immortal prisoners, and missing husbands are here for you to devour - stories with depth, strong protagonists, high tension, all told while pulling at your heart strings, or making you smile with understanding. In this anthology, you''ll find fifteen stories, including many novelettes. Go on adventures with heroes old and young, a couple of war pigs, and visit many new fantasy worlds. Watch out for the dragons! The stories included in this anthology are: THE ECHOING SIEGE by WSJ bestselling author Jeff Wheeler, SPRING BREAK by WSJ bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg, A WHISPER OF BLUE by Hugo & Nebula winning author Ken Liu, THE DRUID by A.C. Cobble, THE MODERN MYSTIC by NYT Bestselling author Maria V. Snyder, THE SONG OF DISSONANCE by NYT & USA Today Bestselling author D.K. Holmberg, The Misadventures of the Peacock Sapphire Un-Heist by K.J. Dawson, THE KNIGHT''S SONG by Allison Anderson, COUNTING IN THE DARK by Brendon Taylor, THE TAILOR by Realm Award winning author Carrie Anne Noble, THE HEALER''S APPRENTICE by Operation Literacy founder Jennifer Jenkins, A SILENT SONG by Elijah Lewis, THE NEW PLAN by J.A. Andrews, SONG AND STORM by Jeanna Mason Stay, and FIRE WINGS by NYT bestselling author Anthony Ryan. Deep Magic''s Anthology Three has stories that will satisfy your hunger to escape. All of these stories have a noblebright thread of honor, compassion, or selflessness. So jump in and learn about how one returns a stolen magical artifact, a fortune reader who uses e-mail spam to see the future, a special kind of metal that can quell magic, and an intrepid tailor who must do the impossible. Explore these stories by bestselling authors today, and experience new adventures of sacrifice, love, family, loss, and triumph.

Tales of guardian spirits and divine powers by Seanan McGuire, Ken Liu, Alethea Kontis, Laura Anne Gilman, Scott Edelman and more. Guardian spirits. Divine presences. Demonic powers. Ghosts. The concept of "genius loci" is indeed an ancient one, found in nearly every human mythology. Genius Loci is a huge anthology of 31 all-new fantasy and science fiction stories drawing on the rich tradition of place-as-person. Within its pages, the authors present stories of sentient deserts, beneficent forests, lonely shrubs, and protective planetary spirits, highlighted by the fantastic art of Lisa A. Grabenstetter and Evan M. Jensen., and edited by Jaym Gates.

"The idea of time travel has been with us since ancient times. Now, the concept of time travel seems ... almost ... plausible. Today, tales of chrononauts are more imaginative and thought-provoking than ever before: new views, cutting-edge concepts, radical notions of paradox and possibility -- state-of-the-art speculative stories collected from those written in the twenty-first century. Forward to the past, back to the future -- get ready for a fascinating trip!"--Page 4 of cover.

Kuni Garu, l''ancien voleur, est désormais empereur et gouverne les îles de Dara. Les temps de paix ne sont cependant pas aussi calmes qu''il le pensait, et les intrigues de cour se révèlent parfois plus cruelles que les champs de bataille. D''autant plus que le royaume est en pleine effervescence : l''Examen qui permet de recruter les meilleurs serviteurs de l''État va bientôt avoir lieu. C''est l''occasion pour Kuni de mettre à l''épreuve ses idées novatrices sur la société et d''enseigner à ses enfants les subtilités de l''exercice du pouvoir. Mais de l''autre côté de la mer, derrière le Mur de tempêtes, un nouvel ennemi attend son heure...

Après de multiples épreuves, Luan Zya est enfin parvenu à franchir le Mur de Tempêtes, mais ce n''est là que le début de son odyssée. Pendant plusieurs mois, il dérive sur un océan sans fin, à bord des restes de son cerf-volant, devenu radeau de fortune. Alors qu''il commence à perdre tout espoir – et la raison –, les fabuleuses crubènes viennent à son secours et lui indiquent la terre des Lyucu. Ces derniers ont pris le contrôle des îles de Dara, grâce à leurs prodigieux garinafins et à la cruauté de leur chef. Si l''empereur Kuni apparaît désormais désemparé depuis que son fils Timu s''est constitué prisonnier afin de sauver son peuple – en vain –, sa fille, la princesse Théra, et l''ingénieuse Zomi, refusent de courber l''échine. Et c''est en secret qu''elles vont mettre leurs compétences et savoirs en commun afin de percer les failles des Lyucu, à commencer par celles de leur fantastiques créatures, les garinafins.

Le dernier homme sur Terre ignorait qu’il était le dernier. Et il s’en serait fichu s’il l’avait su. Il n’avait rencontré que de rares humains au cours de sa vie, aucun depuis que sa femme avait cessé de tousser pour se taire à jamais. Quand était-ce arrivé, cela aussi il l’ignorait. Il ne tenait pas le compte des années,...

The Hugo Award is one of the most prestigious speculative fiction literary awards. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much attention (and contention) across fandom.But there are more stories loved by the Hugo voters, stories on the longer nomination list that WSFS publishes after the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon. The Long List Anthology collects 21 tales from that nomination list, totaling about 180.000 words of fiction by writers from all corners of the world.Within these pages you will find a mix of science fiction and fantasy, the dramatic and the lighthearted, from near future android stories to steampunk heists, too-plausible dystopias to contemporary vampire stories.There is something here for everyone.

Timeshift: Tales of Time is an anthology of 38 short stories of time and time travel by 36 incredible authors of speculative fiction. From time travel to time dilation, time manipulation, time zones, futures, alternate realities, and many other variations on the theme of time, these stories represent some of the strongest stories on time in recent memory.Stories include:"All the Wealth in the World" by Alan Baxter, "Ravages of Time" and "Letting Go" by Alex Shvartsman, "An Old-Time Girl" by Barbara Krasnoff, "The Day the Future Invaded" by Beth Powers,"Moments" by Brandon Crilly, "A Murder of Crows" by Brenda Anderson, "Where There''s a Will" by Brian K. Lowe, "Futures" and "Aardvark Says Moo" by Cat Rambo, "Again" by David Afsharirad, "Sibyl" by Deborah Walker, "What Does a Time Machine Cost?" by Elliotte Rusty Harold, "Twins Again" by Éric Picholle, "You Can Always Change the Past" by George Nikolopoulos, "Afternoon Break" by Gregg Chamberlain, "Grandma Was a Time Machine" by H.L. Fullerton, "1-9-4-Blue-3-7-2-6-Gamma-Tetrahedron" by Ian Randal Strock, "Going Back for Seconds" by Jez Patterson, "Long Lines of Communication are Easily Tangled" by John Dromey, "Memories of My Mother" by Ken Liu, "The Last of Time" by Ken Poyner, "Time Zone" by Kevin J. Anderson, "Now Open" by KJ Kabza, "In Defense of the End of the World" by Leah Cypess, "Repeat Performance" by Liam Hogan, "The Vitruvian Farmer" by Marcelina Vizcarra, "My Ribs a Cage" by Marissa Harwood, "Isaac Intrepid''s Paradox" by Mike Resnick, "They Have Been at a Great Feast of Languages, and Stol''n the Scraps" by Robert Bagnall, "Tempus Fugitive" by Robert Jeschonek, "The Assassin" by Robert Silverberg, "Unveiled" by Ron Friedman, "A Time for Peace" by S.R. Algernon, "When the World Stopped" by Siri Paulson, "The First Time they Murder Billy" by Stephen S. Power, "Proceedings from the First and Only Sixteenth Annual One-Woman Symposium on Time Manipulation" by Stewart Baker, "One Year Later" by Wendy Nikel