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Stories with depth, strong protagonists, and high tension are told while pulling at your heartstrings or making you smile with understanding. Go on adventures with heroes old and young, and visit many new worlds.

In a galaxy on the edge of war, the line between survival and destruction is razor-thin. Humanity's fledgling spacefaring civilization faces its most terrifying enemy—an alien species with devastating technology and a thirst for domination. Against impossible odds, Earth must uncover a way to fight back or risk total annihilation. When a young scientist stumbles upon a revolutionary breakthrough, it becomes clear that humanity's survival hinges on a single, unprecedented invention.

Genesis Ascending is a gripping collection of character-driven science fiction short stories that explores the rise, triumph, and tragic fall of a utopian human civilization. At humanity's technological peak, the global AI network BABEL helps unify society, promising paradise, but when a mysterious extraterrestrial signal arrives, temptation for forbidden knowledge leads to devastating consequences. Each story unravels new layers of mystery, follows richly drawn characters, and challenges the boundary between ambition and hubris.

Genesis Ascending is a gripping collection of character-driven science fiction short stories that explores the rise, triumph, and tragic fall of a utopian human civilization. At humanity's technological peak, the global AI network BABEL helps unify society, promising paradise, but when a mysterious extraterrestrial signal arrives, temptation for forbidden knowledge leads to devastating consequences. Each story unravels new layers of mystery, follows richly drawn characters, and challenges the boundary between ambition and hubris.

A father spends years chasing a mysterious funhouse where his son vanished. A man discovers the terrifying reality that humans are considered cattle for an ancient, malevolent race. A trip to the voting booth turns into a nightmarish responsibility when the outcome decides mankind’s apocalyptic fate. In an abandoned radio station, a couple fights for survival against sinister forces that can only be kept at bay by the power of rock-n-roll. A teen girl stumbles upon a supernatural convenience store that offers her a chance to alter her destiny.

Seed Psychologist Jonah Singer has his own issues. He has obsessive-compulsive disorder, chain smokes, and is haunted by a blurry past. Enter Tate, a mental-health counselor with a wicked laugh and uncanny ability to get inside Jonah’s head. Tate shows him the path to the most horrific depths of the human psyche. Inside his mind, Jonah will find much more than the tools to heal. He’ll engage in a battle, with ramifications for the entire planet. The Coma Lights An Oklahoma tornado drops from the sky to sweep up Sully Jacobson and his car.

Do you fit in? Me neither. I wrote these stories for weirdos like you and me. A messed up kid keeps a mightily upset alien prisoner in his barn. Carnage ensues. A hunter pairs up with a mysterious girl to track down a terrifying humanoid predator. Carnage ensues. Aliens commandeer the body of the wrong Taylor Swift. Carnage ensues. A marshmallow toasting fork turns out to be a sacred relic of an alien empire. Carnage ensues. You get the idea. One of these short stories isn’t very short, but I included it anyway.

The Minder Project could change the world, but at what cost? As the first Minder, Naidine would like nothing more than to quietly help people, but the government has different plans.

In a career spanning from the Golden Age of science fiction and fantasy to the modern age, Andre Norton's brilliant mind and inimitable talents forged an unforgettable legacy in literature. From all-encompassing world-building sagas to charming short stories, her works remain fascinating and compelling for lovers of the strange, the surprising, and the wondrous possibilities of human imagination.

Ember: The last man on Earth navigates a dangerous landscape, being hunted at every step, as he tries to find the last woman alive. Scareplane: He’s supposed to save the world, but he just woke up in another dimension. Things in the Water: A science experiment goes terribly wrong, transforming a peaceful beachfront home into the most dangerous place on Earth. As the shadows grow darker, evil lurks beneath the surface.

London's Maxwell Towers have long been under the control of Max—an all-seeing AI intent on punishing wrongdoers and wicked tenants by sending them to the Thirteenth Floor, where unspeakable horrors come to life. Now, Max's coding has been embedded in computer systems all over the world, and there is no escape from his nightmarish reign.

In When The Clouds Darken, Jody T. Pratt masterfully curates a collection of New Black Horror and science fiction stories that will drag you down into the abyss where no one can hear you scream. This anthology is a descent into madness, where the darkness that lurks within every soul threatens to consume everything. As the clouds gather and the shadows deepen, the boundaries between reality and nightmare are shattered, plunging you into a world of unrelenting dread.

Boundless Skies explores classic sci-fi themes through a contemporary lens. Continuing the legacy of decades gone by, these fast-paced standalone stories offer wondrous settings, philosophical sci-fi questions, and twists that pack a punch.

El recopilatorio de relatos no Cosmere, por el gran autor de fantasía del siglo XXI: Brandon Sanderson.

Sharp Ends is the ultimate collection of award winning tales and exclusive new short stories from the master of grimdark fantasy, Joe Abercrombie. Violence explodes, treachery abounds, and the words are as deadly as the weapons in this rogue's gallery of side-shows, back-stories, and sharp...

In Honor Harrington’s day, the Star Kingdom of Manticore is the wealthiest star nation on a per capita basis in the entire galaxy. It is home to magnificent cities. Its planets’ oceans and seas—and skies—are open to its people, yet they have maintained the beauty and the magnificence of their natural habitats. But that was not always true. Pioneers, especially interstellar pioneers, must be tough, smart, and self-reliant, and the people who built the Star Kingdom knew that.

The introduction to the story, The Science Fiction Wall, is my writing contained in articles I penned over the last half dozen years, becoming a glossary of my thoughts, from poetry to science fiction notes. Science fiction and poetry have a platform of their own that I have joined like two saplings to bloom and brighten the listeners and followers into my novel.

Es sind Klassiker der Science-Fiction- und Horror-Literatur, geschrieben von den Großmeistern H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft und Alexei K. Tolstoi. In dieser Anthologie werden fünf ausgewählte Geschichten in ihrer Originalfassung lebendig - aufwendig und filmästhetisch inszeniert mit Musik und Sounds und dargeboten von bekannten Synchronschauspielern. Ein Leckerbissen für alle Freunde des Phantastischen.

It was supposed to be a simple rescue mission: secure the doctor and exfil to the surface. A task that Nade Wilhelm and Pip Damon of A.L.P.H.A Team could be forgiven for considering beneath them. But there are things thriving in the underground facility that would have been better off undiscovered.

A meteor crashes to earth, revealing a map to the stars. Project Icarus is formed to send a team of astronauts back to the source of the message. Join the crew of the Icarus as they land on a mysterious desert planet. What are the strange plants that grow in the caves? Who built the massive, long-abandoned pyramid? Fans of Alien and Event Horizon are sure to love Nathan Sommers's new sci-fi thriller, The Gate.