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The Unidentified Funny Objects series serves an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! Our sixth volume features a Mad Amos story by Alan Dean Foster, a Harry the Book tale by Mike Resnick, and an Alexander Outland short by Gini Koch.

Russ Tabor is one of the top security specialists in the galaxy. Much against his will, he finds himself assigned to provide protection for Rupert Medawar Narayan Shenoy - "Lord Shenoy", as he likes to style himself - who is probably the human race's most brilliant savant. Shenoy has become convinced that the race of ancient aliens known as the Old Ones possessed powers unknown to any modern intelligent species.

By the 22nd century in the African nation of Kenya, polluted cities sprawl up the flanks of sacred Mount Kirinyaga. Great animal herds are but distant memories. European crops now grow on the sweeping savannas. But Koriba, a distinguished, educated man of Kikuyu ancestry, knows that life was different for his people centuries ago - and he is determined to build a utopian colony, not on Earth, but on the terraformed planetoid he proudly names Kirinyaga.

Thirty original stories - each inspired by a Janis Ian song - from some of the biggest names in science fiction and fantasy, including: Tad Williams, Harry Turtledove, Orson Scott Card, Joe Haldeman, John Varley, Mercedes Lackey, Judith Tarr, Janis Ian, and others.

In Rip-Off!, 13 of today’s best and most honored writers of speculative fiction face a challenge even they would be hard-pressed to conceive: Pick your favorite opening line from a classic piece of fiction (or even non-fiction) - then use it as the first sentence of an entirely original short story.

The date is 1968 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now. The Republic, dominated by the human race, is in the midst of an all-out war with the Teroni Federation.

Almost a year has passed since the events of Starship: Mercenary. Captain Wilson Cole now commands a fleet of almost 50 ships, and he has become the single greatest military force on the Inner Frontier.

It's Valentine's Day and private detective John Justin Mallory is planning on closing up the office early and taking his partner, Col. Winnifred Carruthers, out to dinner, since he's sure no one else will do so. But before he can turn off the lights and lock the door, a panic-stricken Buffalo Bill Brody visits them. It seems that the Eastminster pet show is being held the next day, and his dragon, Fluffy, the heavy favorite, has been kidnapped.

The date is 1966 of the Galactic Era, almost three thousand years from now, and the Republic, created by the human race - but not yet dominated by it - finds itself in an all-out war. They stand against the Teroni Federation, an alliance of races that resent Man's growing military and economic power. The main battles are taking place in the Spiral Arm and toward the Core. But far out on the Rim, the Theodore Roosevelt is one of three ships charged with protecting the Phoenix Cluster.

It's Halloween, and John Justin Mallory's partner, Winnifred Carruthers, has been so busy preparing for the biggest holiday of the year (in his Manhattan, anyway) that she seems short of energy and pale. Mallory is worried that she's been working too hard. Then he notices the two puncture marks on her neck....

Seeking to find a new life for themselves, Cole and comrades remake the Teddy R. as a pirate ship and set sail for the lawless Inner Frontier. There, powerful warlords, cut-throat pirates, and struggling colonies compete for survival in a game where you rarely get a second chance to learn the rules. But military discipline is poor preparation for a life of pillaging and plundering.

The life of a mercenary is not always predictable. Circumstance now pits Captain Wilson Cole and the Teddy R. against the former Pirate Queen, Valkyrie. Soon the fragile trust that has grown between these two legends is put to the test as they find themselves on opposite sides of a job.

It's New Year's Eve and the elf perched on John Justin Mallory's desk wants his missing unicorn back. And that's the easy part. Mallory's wife has run off with his partner, his detective business is in ruins, and the mob's out to get him. With so many wonderful things happening, Mallory decides that a case involving a trip from reality might not be so bad. After all, what more can he lose?

Galaxy's Edge is a Hugo-nominated bimonthly magazine published by Phoenix Pick, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor, an award-winning independent press based in Maryland. Each issue of the magazine has a mix of new and old stories, a serialization of a novel, columns by Barry Malzberg and Gregory Benford, book reviews by Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett, and an interview conducted by Joy Ward.

Bandit, murderer, known to all, seen by none...has he killed a thousand men? Has he saved a dozen worlds? His legend is as large as the Rim itself, his trail as elusive as a wisp of starlight in the empty realms of space. The reward for him is the largest in history.

Thousands of years after mankind has become extinct, a party of alien archaeologists try to learn the mysteries of mankind as they excavate in a gorge on Earth. This Hugo and Nebula Award winning novella by Mike Resnick is a gripping exploration of human origins and motivations.

The date is 1970 of the Galactic Era, almost 3,000 from now, and the Republic, created by the human race but not yet dominated by it, finds itself in an all-out war against the Teroni Federation, an alliance of races that resent Man's growing military and economic power. The rebel starship, the Theodore Roosevelt, under the command of Wilson Cole, is preparing to lead Cole's ragtag armada into the Republic, even though he is outnumbered thousands to one.

Manhattan, Nowy York. Winnifreda Carruthers, partnerka detektywa Johna Justina Mallory’ego, tak się przejęła przygotowaniami do Halloween, najważniejszego (w każdym razie na TYM Manhattanie) święta, że jest blada i słania się na nogach. Mallory obawia się, że pracowała zbyt ciężko, ale potem zauważa dwie ranki na jej szyi... W noc, gdy świętują duchy i gobliny, Mallory podążyć musi tropem wampira-zabójcy.

Manhattan, Nowy York. W sylwestrowy wieczór w biurze prywatnego detektywa, Johna Justina Mallory’ego zjawia się tajemniczy elf, który twierdzi, że skradziono mu jednorożca. Elf twierdzi, że musi odnaleźć mitycznego rumaka przed upływem nocy, gdyż zostanie on ukarany przez swój Cech. Początkowo Mallory myśli, że zielone stworzenie jest tylko wytworem jego wyobraźni i spożytego wcześniej alkoholu. Jednak, gdy przywidziany, jak myśli detektyw, Elf uporczywie nie chce zniknąć z jego biura, postanawia się zająć tą sprawą.

Trwa wojna pomiędzy Republiką, a Federacją Teroni. Wilson Cole, dowódca zbuntowanego okrętu wojennego "Teodor Roosevelt" przygotowuje się do obalenia skorumpowanego rządu Republiki. I nie jest ważne, że przeciwnik ma druzgocącą przewagę. Sztuka polega na tym, by osiągnąć sukces bez konfrontacji z liczącą ponad trzy miliony okrętów, flotą przeciwnika. Jednak taktyka "uderz i uciekaj" to za mało, by zrzucić z piedestału polityków i rozgromić największą potęgę militarną w historii galaktyki.

Trwa wojna pomiędzy Republiką, a Federacją Teroni. Okręty Republiki najeżdżają przygraniczne tereny, przemocą rekrutując ludzi, rabując i zbierając podatki. Rząd nadal ściga Wilsona Cole’a, który dowodzi najpotężniejszą siłą militarną na Wewnętrznej Granicy. Wciąż jednak skutecznie unika konfrontacji. Jedno niefortunne wydarzenie wszystko zmienia. Cole musi wypowiedzieć wojnę Flocie. To z góry przegrana sprawa... ale właśnie w takich kapitan Wilson Cole i jego "Teddy R." są najlepsi.