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Das gesellschaftliche Leben in einer kleinen Gemeinde in West Virginia ändert sich schlagartig, als ein inländischer Terrorakt viele Opfer fordert. Christian Turner, Anwalt einer Versicherungsgesellschaft und Ehemann, seine Ehefrau Jennifer, die 15-jährige Tochter Natalie und der 12-jährige Sohn Gregory müssen sich mit dem plötzlichen Zerfall ihrer privilegierten Reihenhaus-Existenz auseinandersetzen, als der amerikanische Traum zum Albtraum w...

Für den Hightechmanager Parker Saturn beginnt der sonnige Septembertag in New York etwas ungewöhnlich. Der ihm bis dato unbekannte Kollege Ivan Rubleski aus der Dependance an der Westküste hat ihn zu einer Besprechung in ein Hotel in Manhattan bestellt. Trotz einer quälenden Migräne fühlt Parker sich fit für einen langen Arbeitstag mit anschließendem Geschäftsessen und einer Tour durch die Nachtlokale. Doch es kommt alles ganz anders: Rubleski...

Die Powerball-Lotterie verspricht gigantische Jackpots und auch Ex-Musiker und Zimmermann Danny kann mit seiner Busenfreundin Daisy dem Drang nicht widerstehen, an der nächsten Ziehung teilzunehmen. Ganz langsam dämmert ihnen, dass das Kasinoprinzip auch im Bereich der Woh­nungs­­spekulation einen Großteil der Bevölkerung aus San Francisco verdrängt. Wo der Plot ist, fragen Sie? Es gibt kein Verbrechen. Au contraire, ma soeur. Das Komplott ist...

This is The Completionist's Edition of the work of H.P. Lovecraft! Literally every weird-fiction story he wrote, revised, or collaborated on -- to the best of our knowledge -- is in this one enormous tome. The stories are arranged chronologically and contextualized with a brief running biography of the life of this fascinating author. If you're new to Lovecraft, reading or listening to this book will make you enough of an expert on the life an...

Join us as we step into the blossoming spring with Superbloom, by cover artist Weiwei Xu, and disappear into future past with feature author Robert Silverberg's 'Chip Runner' and Leo X Robertson's 'Bar Hopping for Astronauts'. Take a deep breath and let the aroma of the blossoms permeate your senses because taste and scents infuse Michelle Goddard's 'Bhut', 'The Shepherdess: Merveilles' by JM Landels, and 'The Smell of Screaming' by SiWC runne...

With A Foundations of Lies by cover artist Kris Sayer, we emerge from the dark woods with Tatterhood's loyal goat Bokki. Sword in hand (or mouth!), and fierce battle won, we are ready to take on the varied landscapes of this issue, no passport required.In 'The Library Giant' by feature author Shashi Bhat, the struggle with nature - human nature - rages deep within. Meanwhile, in British Columbia and Iceland, ghosts of grief wander with the liv...

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Allaigna has discovered that her family has lied to her about her parentage all her life. Fuelled by anger and spurred by her betrothal to a neighbouring lord, Allaigna has packed her saddlebags and stolen away in the night. The perils of the road test her illicit ability to sing music into magic to its limit. Unlikely allies, subterfuge, captivity, and assault conspire to change Allaigna's status from mere runaway to fugitive. While Allaigna ...

Our journey begins under the gaze of The Faery Godmother by cover artist Ashley Rose Goentoro. We step into a ghost story 'Man with Golden Helmet' by feature author Renée Sarojini Saklikar. Dawn Lo in 'Little Snowflake Girls' and Weiwei Xu in 'Chimera' introduce us to young people exploring meaningful questions of identity and belonging. Like trailside inukshuks, memories pile up and tumble away in 'Moons of Saturn' by James Dorr, 'Practising ...

The most notorious "Penny Dreadful":Pulp-Lit Productions is proud to present this new edition of Varney the Vampire*, the most scandalous example of the Victorian Age's most notorious style of popular literature - laid out properly like the original 1840s booklets, with the original woodcut illustrations, but freshly typeset in big, readable, modern type. This is Volume Two of a two-volume set, including chapters 93-237 (all of Parts Two throu...

The most notorious "Penny Dreadful": Pulp-Lit Productions is proud to present this new edition of Varney the Vampire*, the most scandalous example of the Victorian Age's most notorious style of popular literature - laid out properly like the original 1840s booklets, with the original woodcut illustrations, but freshly typeset in big, readable, modern type. This is Volume One of a two-volume set, including chapters 1-92 (all of Part One of the ...

In this issueSavoury short fiction from Tomson Highway, Jakob Drud, Kim Harbridge, Hannah Van Didden, Dave Gregory, NRM Roshak and R Daniel Lester. Poetry from Erin Kirsh and Peter Norman. Further adventures of Frankie Ray in The Extra from Mel Anastasiou and a brand new Allaigna novella from JM Landels. Plus the winners of the Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest and the SiWC runner up, capped off with a chilling tale from Kris Sayer.

We were in no way insane. We told ourselves we would adjust and only those of weak mind would question the real. We thought this would be better. We were wrong." When the aliens came, everything we thought we knew was wrong. This is the motif that runs through Michael Kamakana's refreshingly different take on alien invasion. It's not War of the Worlds or even Childhood's End. It's a far more subtle and quiet takeover, which unfolds in the peri...

In this issue: The stunning Queen of Swords by cover artist Tais Teng guards the gates to this issue's brave new worlds and words. In 'The Bicolour Spiral' by Matthew Hughes, the ever-popular Erm Kaslo explores hostile planets, tracks treasure hunters, and seeks stolen fortune. Matt's futuristic Sam Spade leaves no bloodstained stone unturned in this space opera of mystery and murder. Life itself spirals with being and absence in 'Watershakers...

With the beautiful red pointe shoe of On Thin Ice, cover artist Ann-Marie Brown offers this issue's poignant opening act. Just as a dancer en pointe appears weightless, suspended in a moment of grace, so too do our authors, balancing the weight of beauty and sorrow.Blood and booze set the stage in 'Wrap Party' as featured author AM Dellamonica takes us behind the scenes of community theatre.It's turtles all the way down as Frances Rowat explor...

In this issue: Experience the motley horrors of World War II, as featured author JJ Lee reunites us with his man of mystery and monsters in 'The Man in the Long Black Coat: Bekker', and Robin Malcolm unearths long-buried secrets in 'The Bumblebee's Daughter'. The secrets continue in field and forest on Canada's west coast with Chuck Lim's 'The Red Tiger' and KT Wagner's 'Cabin Fever'. Meanwhile, appearances intrigue and deceive in Adam Fout's ...

In the mid-1500s, African slaves, shipwrecked on the jungle coast of Ecuador, melded with the indigenous peoples to form a mixed society that outfought and out-thought the conquistadors of Quito, and won their independence.What the Wind Brings is a Spartacus story, set in the mysterious, deadly rainforests of 16th Century Ecuador. Against all odds, a reluctant young hero rises to lead fellow escaped slaves and indigenous tribes against the mig...

Out of the fires of Caribbean revolution, shipwrecked onto the shores and jungles of Ecuador, a slave, a captive, and a shaman fight Inquisition-era Spain for freedom. In times like these, when power spends blood like pennies, what chance do these disparate underdogs have to create an independent nation?Chance, no. Intelligence, daring, tactics, and magic, yes.

Featured author Kelly Robson shows us that wine making is a labour of love, and sometimes hate, in 'Good for Grapes'.Matthew Hughes's magnum opus, What the Wind Brings, debuts aboard the Spanish galleon La Virgen, with an epic struggle brewing on the horizon.Stella Ryman is ready for new adventures in Stella Ryman and the Locked Room Mystery by Mel Anastasiou, while Allaigna must make hasty goodbyes in the final chapter of Allaigna's Song: Ari...

Im Süden Alabama war es einst üppig und grün.Doch der alte Süden liegt in den letzten Atemzügen, während der neue, moderne Süden das Leben dereinfachen Leute in die Hand nimmt. Der Kampf um die Vorherrschaft und das ruhige, selbstbestimmteDasein sind längst vorbei, doch die alten Wundenmüssen erst noch heilen. Sie sprechen von einer Welt der Jagd und des Fischfangs, des Glücksspielsund der Niederlage, des Trinkens und Wilderns.Männer sind hier...