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"Anthony Horowitz selects and introduces the best mystery stories from the past year, under the auspices of the world’s oldest mystery fiction specialty bookshop. From a pool of over 3,000 considered stories published last yea--anything that touched on crime, mystery, and suspense, from venues as disparate as The Strand Magazine, Dark Yonder, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, The Bellevue Literary Review, and more--these are the very best, selected...
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A collection of twelve stories by award-winning author Christine Sneed
The stories in Direct Sunlight , award-winning author Christine Sneed’s latest, are inspired by the memorable strangeness of everyday life. The characters in these topically diverse tales experience events that bring the terms of their day-to-day lives and their relationships into focus in a way hitherto foreign to them.
The title story features two adult children learning...
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"A half-remembered children's TV show. A hotel that shouldn't exist. A mysterious ballad. A living flag. A group of girls goes camping. Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author Sarah Pinsker's second collection brings together her touchstones of music and memory, secret subversions and hidden messages."--
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In print and on-line, science fiction and fantasy is thriving as never before. A multitude of astonishingly creative and gifted writers are boldly exploring the mythic past, the paranormal present, and the promises and perils of myriad alternate worlds and futures. There are almost too many new and intriguing stories published every year for any reader to be able to experience them all. So how to make sure you haven't missed any future classics?
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Unfaithful Together is a series of connected, steamy, romance, short stories following one couple, as they pursue their sexual desires together. They are intended to be read in order. Olivia Van der Mol is conservative, and sweet. The kind of woman to take home to meet the family. Jake Johnson is thoughtful, and kind, but with a sexually adventurous side. A chance encounter leads Olivia to believe they were destined to be together. As they grow, Jake...
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A SorcereR and Swordsman find themselves in a pitched battle for their lives… an aging protector questions his legacy… assassins in the same family try to find a common ground… a young woman finds herself in a strange world, fighting to protect her brother… a pirate captain slowly loses his boat to a mysterious fate… the power of the elements flow through a woman searching for her place in the world…An anthology of short stories by Quicksylver...
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Lilith Mendez is the Cupid of the city and owner of The Billionaire Matchmaking Agency. She's known for her professionalism, attention to detail, and discretion. But her dating life is abysmal until an alluring stranger enters her life.Despite the warning bells, she considers opening herself up to the possibility of romance…until things go awry. She's found herself in the wrong situation with a powerful and dangerous man. Rescued by Cristo, her...
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This eighth volume of the year's best science fiction and fantasy features over thirty stories by some of the genre's greatest authors, including John Barnes, Elizabeth Bear, C.C. Finlay, Yoon Ha Lee, Kelly Link, Ian McDonald, Seanan McGuire, Vonda N. McIntyre, Geoff Ryman, Catherynne M. Valente, Genevieve Valentine, and many others. Selecting the best fiction from Analog, Asimov's, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, Meeting Infinity, and other top venues,...
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Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #20 features the best in contemporary and classic mystery fiction, with a great linup of crimes and columns. This is a special All Sherlock Holmes Fiction issue! Here are:
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From Watson's Notebook, by John H. Watson, M. D.
Ask Mrs Hudson, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson
Non Fiction:
Screen of the Crime, by Kim Newman
Sherlock Holmes for Crown and Country, by Dan Andriacco
Fiction:
The Case of the Burnt Song,...
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A group of mountain climbers, caught in the dark, fights to survive their descent; An American band finds more than they bargained for in Mexico while scouting remote locations for a photo shoot; A young student's exploration into the origins of a mysterious song leads him on a winding, dangerous path through the US's deep south; A group of kids scaring each other with ghost stories discovers alarming consequences.
The Best Horror of the Year...
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"A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game--and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant...
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While on an antiquarian tour of New England, young historian Robert Olmstead happens upon the run-down seaside town of Innsmouth where strangers are entirely unwelcome. The town is inhabited by queer people who seem to adhere to a religious cult and who, Olmstead's investigation threatens to uncover, seem to be hiding a terrible secret from the deep. First published in 1936, “The Shadow over Innsmouth” is a horror novella by American author H....
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Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince and Other Stories(1888) is an inscrutable, magical fairy tale collection that has filled readers of all ages with joy and wonder. Each story explores profound truths of love, morality, and suffering; yet there is a poignant beauty that shines through each of these remarkable and timeless tales.
The opening story, "The Happy Prince" is set in a town full of suffering, where a little sparrow who had been abandoned by...
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In our latest issue, NOW #13, cartoonist Kayla E. (USA) returns with an all-new "Precious Rubbish" strip exploring childhood trauma through her darkly humorous lens; she also contributes this issue's cover. Nathan Gelgud (USA) makes his NOW debut with two strips adapting dialogue from interviews with filmmaker Paul Schrader, while indie humor phenom Josh Pettinger (UK) also appears for the first time. Anchoring the issue is Caitlin Skaalrud's (USA)...
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Nothing pleases Gunther Grizzwell like a good meal. Accompanied by his porcupine pal, the always-perplexing Pierpoint, Gunther roams the hills and campsites of the forest forever on the lookout for a tasty morsel of any shape or size. In this e-book only collection of Grizzwells comics, the duo ponders life's most important questions, such as: When it comes to road kill, is white or dark meat best? How important is presentation when serving up a delicious...
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Ten abandoned cats live in an old warehouse where they are looked after by a young girl named Annie. They include Chesney, the ringleader, Jack, his sidekick, and Oliver -a wide-eyed kitten. The warehouse contains a boardroom on the very top floor, where, unbeknownst to Annie the kitties conduct the world's business through the eyes of a cat.
In the e-book original Annie and the Cats, the cast is introduced with all their feline quirks.
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Gunther Grizzwell is your average family bear, with a wife and kids, a day job, and a bottomless appetite for anything from roadkill to the occasional forest hiker. This e-book only collection of Grizzwells comics follows Gunther, his wife, Flora, and his kids, Tucker and Fauna, on their daily exploits both in and out of the home. We see Gunther's well-intentioned attempts at imparting fatherly wisdom, Tucker and Fauna's clever schemes for avoiding...
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The Eisner-nominated best anthology — and best deal — in comics continues! 128 full-color pages featuring entirely self-contained short stories from the best cartoonists around the globe. Now #8 features new work from E.S. Glenn, Walt Holcomb, Henry McCausland, Zuzu, Theo Elsworth, Veronika Muchitsch, Nick Thorburn, Tara Booth, Sami Alwani, Maggie Umber, and Noah Van Sciver.
19) Invincible Days
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This collection of short stories forms a singular narrative that reveals the tiny moments when you realize you are at the precious end-days of youth. Calling on memories from his own childhood as well as those gathered from friends and family, author and artist Patrick Atangan's work blends stories with strong psychological elements and insight with simple artwork evocative of youth. Bittersweet, joyful and reflective, these are the type of marking...
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Ten abandoned cats live in an old warehouse where they are looked after by a young girl named Annie. They include Chesney, the ringleader, Jack, his sidekick, and Oliver -a wide-eyed kitten. The warehouse contains a boardroom on the very top floor, where, unbeknownst to Annie the kitties conduct the world's business through the eyes of a cat.
In the e-book original Ten Cats Enterprises, the cats hilariously take their turns at the board room table,...
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