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Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearingDoubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before . . .Merely this, and nothing more."...from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

When a serial killer murders his own daughter, Corsair Heir Neil is determined to find the girl's twin sister before she suffers the same fate. To do so, he must enter Neo-Mecca, an American military base disguised as a Japanese city of the future, and warn teenage Kaori before her father kills her. Kaori refuses to believe she's in danger. Corsairs steal possessions and people to protect them from harm, but Neil is new to the job. Matters wor...

When a university patron takes interest in her past, conductor Renee Zingany shies away from the intrusion. Renee hasn't performed any magic or faced a demon in years, and she wants her life to remain that way. She prefers writing symphonies and conducting orchestra students to reading Tarot. Then the Pied Piper, a demon from her past, comes to steal her students, and only Renee knows how to stop him. Conscience and fear for her seven-year old...

We are taking Arthur to a place of safety, to care for him and give him rest."Where? We would like to honor him. We will bring tribute to his grave."The old woman shook her head sadly. "You do not understand. Arthur will never die. When he is needed, he will return. We will care for him until then."Parcival indicated the battlefield around him. "He is needed now! If you have the power to heal him, please send him back soon."Your need is not ye...

Richard Martz, a broken mage cursed by his former colleagues, has removed himself from the world of magic. He lives anonymously until he encounters Holly Ellefson. She is not the human woman everyone sees, but a half-blood dark fey, who recognizes Richard as a mage. Holly's mother, a powerful human mage, placed a spell on Holly, hiding her from the local mages and fey courts, as Holly is both part-fey and a potential mage, a bloodline that is ...

The Comfort of Screams is the latest collection of dark poetry from G. O. Clark. Within its pages you'll encounter ghosts, witches, Nature run amuck, The Old Ones, and, Death. Add to these the coroner's daughter, a mortician, a rock star and a few Japanese Airline hosteses, and the mix becomes complete. Bizarre humor and sinister visions abound, and the comfort you may take from the screams of others, more unfortunate than yourself, is tempora...

After falling ill from a fever, Susan's parents put her in their car to go to the doctor. Along the way, a blowout causes the car to crash, killing the parents, who are unaware that their daughter had already died back at the house.Every morning after the accident, Susan awakens in her upstairs bedroom to await the return of her parents. Time passes, and the house gains a spooky reputation that makes it almost impossible to sell. Prospective c...

Reinhart burst on the speculative poetry scene fairly recently, and what an explosion of talent! Herein you'll find a fine mix of sf/f/h and speculative poems. It's the stuff that makes you squirm or smile or pause to think. His is a mind that takes on all kinds of challenges and serves up some exceptional work such as:rebootingnothing like a tunnelI do see the lightit's flashing

Students at the Galileo Interplanetary School explore new-found caves on Titan, where they encounter the Cenote People and learn to get along with them-and with each other, as they continue to grow and learn in a diverse student body. Still, there are conflicts to resolve... and some of them might put an end to the school!

Kenric, the telepathic Dragon Master, must once again confront the evil sorcerer Kemshah. This time the Black Magician has abducted Kenric's true love, holding her in exchange for the Orb of Orcas-a device of which Kenric knows only that the dragons have it. Kenric has three days to deliver the Orb. But first, he has to find out who has it, and somehow gain possession of it. And the dragons don't want Kemshah to have it.

In old Brigstowe, capital of Wessex, King Tobrytan has fallen under the influence of the evil sorcerer Kemshah and no one is safe. Rich and poor alike suffer heavy taxation and anyone who protests is a traitor. The dragons who protect the city are helpless because Kemshah has stolen their eggs and they dare not defy him.Kenric is a telepath who works in the dragon caves. His father Alden, once a friend of the king, has been arrested on trumped...

In a kingdom haunted by witches, where vampires hunt in the night, when there are murders but not witnesses, when the method of murder reveals the how but not the who, one calls upon the eye-man to help solve crimes. The eye-man has the answer. It can be found in a bag full of eyes, along with things one does not seek. Thus the tale of Royal Inspector Sir Gordon.

In the time before the sinking of Atlantis, the government of the southernmost island, Adylonis, is fractured among eight great Houses. Each is a sovereign entity jealous of its power and eager to exercise its ambitions over the rest of the island. However, the greatest city, Moorkai, is ruled by a neutral faction called the University, and the Atlantean Emperor's presence on the island, represented by the priestly order of the Tialsar, mainta...

Aliens rule Earth. Humans are required to provide a tribute of workers. They'll take Kiri Malik's brother unless she volunteers in his place. She's told she need serve only a year-a lie. Kiri is taken to a compound on another planet. The aliens, Centrarqs, treat their prisoners as slaves. Many die under harsh conditions. None ever leave. Escape is impossible because the atmosphere outside the camp is unbreathable.But Kiri discovers there is no...

Alan Ira Gordon is an urban planner and urban studies professor at Worcester State University and writer of science fiction/fantasy short stories and poetry. He's a three-time Rhysling Award nominee and a Dwarf Star Award nominee. He's contributed to several Alban Lake publications, is a frequent contributor to Star*Line and guest-edited Issue #24 of Eye To The Telescope, the on-line publication of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Associat...

In "Trail of Tears, " we want to examine the nature of the relationships between native inhabitants and the human settlers who come to live on their world. The title, obviously, is taken from the story of the forced resettlement of Native Americans by the U. S. Government.History repeats-and the idea here is that it will also repeat on other worlds, if given the chance. And yes, we would regard something like the Holocaust as suitable for Trai...

The night is filled with sounds - whispers in the dark, mysterious sobs, creaking and cracking. The stories and poetry within these pages may just have an explanation for these noises.whip-poor-will lonely song echoing behind me my night-time soul departure chaperon-Kimberly Nugent

From the imagination of the prolific and talented K.S. Hardy, comes a series of science fiction tales for all ages. Join us on a journey through space, time, and humanity as we explore the boundaries of this universe and others. See what happens when a dog encounters an alien species. See an astronaut ascend to godhood. Imagine what would happen if technology was wiped out in a second. All this and more await you within the pages of The Day th...

But that's a . . ." "Myth? Tell me about the myth of Leonidas Maquari, a young man who loses his mother and goes into the Underworld to save her."Set in the near distant future, 21-year-old Leo Maquari is a skeptic living in a nation that now accepts Prometheus as its major deity. His mother's death leads him to blame the very deity he doesn't believe in, and thrusts him into a world he's not even sure is real.With the help of his dead grandfa...