STORY: Hermiod’s Last Mission (SCI-FI)
SYNOPSIS: Hermiod is sent on a mission to determine the worthiness of humans.
ANTHOLOGY: STARGATE – POINTS OF ORIGIN
PUBLISHER: Fandemonium Books
From Ronon’s pre-culling days on Sateda to Colonel Carter’s first weeks in command of Atlantis, from the fallout of George Hammond’s encounter with SG-1 in 1969 to strange goings-on in Minnesota, Stargate: Points of Origins brings you another fantastic collection of stories from across the Pegasus and Milky Way galaxies.
So come step through the gate with ten of our fantastic Stargate authors in our second anthology of Travelers’ Tales…
With contributions from: Karen Miller • Jo Graham • Laura Harper •Peter J. Evans • Amy Griswold • Suzanne Wood • Aaron Rosenberg • Geonn Cannon • T. Fox Dunham • Sally Malcolm
STORY: The Children’s Crusade (SCI-FI)
SYNOPSIS: Technology creates a gestalt as children turn against their parents.
ANTHOLOGY: CRASH CODE – AN ANTHOLOGY
PUBLISHER: Blood Bound Books
The pinnacle of technology meets the depths of depravity… We build new technology—artificial limbs, neural interfaces, artificially intelligent sex dolls—and what do we get? Glitches. Malfunctions. Corruption. Crash Code is an anthology of cyberpunk horror, exploring 27 stories where human life depends on every single line of code running perfectly. A virtual reality game that refuses to be shut off. A time travel drug that drives its users mad. New tech that lets you look like anyone—even your neighbors. End-of-life care that lets its users live their best days on loop and much more.
STORY: Ragtime Ascension (STEAMPUNK)
SYNOPSIS: In a dark future, a drug called Ragtime twists your soul.
ANTHOLOGY: A CLOCKWORK ORCHARD RIVETS AND RAIN
PUBLISHER: May December Press
Step inside the laboratory… Alternate realities where science and technology come alive has been the trademark of the genre known as steampunk. Tales of mechanical creatures and skies filled with airships sweep you up and take the reader to worlds that are just a bit different from our own…yet, somehow, they seem strangely familiar. Steampunk is more than clockwork creatures and mad scientists. It is an elegant tale told with a deft touch by some of the most creative minds in fiction. Suspend your boundaries of belief and enter: A Clockwork Orchard.
STORY: Whisper Mother Shadow (SCI-FI)
SYNOPSIS: A family survives in a world invaded by shadows.
ANTHOLOGY: ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YESTERDAY
PUBLISHER: Opus Press
Aliens, biblical second comings, technological meltdowns, ecological disasters, and global warfare are just a few of the backdrops for apocalyptic fiction, the scattered elements of humanity rising from the digital safe haven into a new world void of rules and social conformity. But what is the lure of apocalyptic fiction? Is it a need to strip ourselves of the material and technical garbage and restore our moral compass? Or is it a need to get back to the simplicity of life, and make our existence and the lives of those around us more meaningful? There is no great consensus of conclusion, just a wealth of stories to contemplate.
STORY: Dreaming of Dragon Wings (FANTASY)
SYNOPSIS: A young hero bonds with a dragon to fight technological demons after civilization falls.
ANTHOLOGY: FROM THE DRAGON LORD’S LIBRARY
PUBLISHER: 18th Wall Productions
You can tell a lot about a dragon by their hoard.
Not the shiny one, the other one. The one where they keep their favorite things. Some dragons keep a private stash of dwarven-wrought artifices, and others tapestries that run from wall-to-wall and corner-to-corner. The Dragon Lord himself has a library. A library that devours halls and caves, filling them with every kind of book and codex and scroll.
STORY: Song of Seth-7 (SCIFI)
SYNOPSIS: A retired warrior android strives to find a role in peace.
ANTHOLOGY: BULLET POINTS VOLUME 2
PUBLISHER: Bullet Points
Read stories that capture the complexity, tragedy, and hope of warfare and violence in human (and nonhuman) society. The Bullet Points anthology offers classic stories alongside stories from up-and-coming authors, including: Joe Haldeman, “Time Piece”, Shannon Fay, “Fight for the Stars”, Eric Fomley, “Input: Memories”, Gerry Huntman, “Fred Has a Productive Day”, Ian R. MacLeod, “Selkie”, and T. Fox Dunham, “Song of Seth-7”
STORY: God who Sleeps Below in a World of Pipes (STEAMPUNK)
SYNOPSIS: Hawk, a warrior in a steampunk world, is sent into the pipes below the city to find god.
ANTHOLOGY: Gears, Gadgets & Steam
PUBLISHER: Harren Press
Gears turn. Gadgets whir. Steam rises. When the smoke clears, a story was left behind. One full of adventure and intrigue. In all, it takes the ingenuity of sixteen tinkerers to engineer this tale where airships fight dragons for control of the skies, robots discover the fountain of youth, and outlaws search for a source of power. Be as brave as a girl named Hawk and delve into this book. It’s no time for caution.
STORY: Chrysalis (SCI-FI)
SYNOPSIS: Two heroes fight heartless corporations in an alternate earth.
ANTHOLOGY: THE BLACKHAND SUPREMACY
PUBLISHER: Rogue Planet Press
In an alternative 1919, the very air is toxic and the world lies in ruins. Zenith City, dominated by the corporation Illusion Inc., has seized control of the global economy. The Great War ended after the corporation invented Synthetic Men who defeated the enemy but went on to wipe out most of the population.
After their creations murder his wife, one man swears revenge on the corporation and its CEO Ronald Pryor. With the aid of a small band of operators, including Spider Nelson and Glory McBride, Alastor—a Magician whose real name is Talbot Carruthers—wages a personal vendetta against the corporation, battling Pryor and his right-hand man Gavril Princip, while searching for the missing pages of the Book of Magik in a perilous world of flying cars and ancient sorcery.
STORY: Something for Something (SCI-FI)
SYNOPSIS: After the end of the world, two petitioners seek Mr. Five and Dime to beg for their survival.
ANTHOLOGY: ABERRANT GOSPELS
PUBLISHER: Deadman’s Tome
Psychotic Massiahs, a typewriter as God, Legless men in a Rickshaw race have religious testimonials, God punishes the east Coast of America with sand-storms for being too evil. These are just some of the stories in this strange and haunting collection about fringe religions and bizarre revelations in ABERRANT GOSPELS.
STORY: Ragtime: What Rough Beast (SCI-FI)
SYNOPSIS: Set in a dark future where the ragtime drug has changed humanity, a detective solves a mystery
ANTHOLOGY: TALES OF THE TALISMAN – VOL 10 – ISSUE 2
PUBLISHER: Hadrosaur Press
Explore the worlds of Mad Science with Tales of the Talisman. The Large Hadron Collider provides scientists an opportunity to test predictions made by particle and high-energy physics. Lee Clark Zumpe shows us what could happen if an elder god chose to use it as a gateway. Charles Chapman and David Van Houten imagine scientists building an artificial heart in the nineteenth century to pulse-pounding and maddening effect. In the future, the wealthy might have the ability to reenact the space flights of the 60s. Mike Wilson shows us that such games are not without peril. Erin K. Wagner asks what would have happened if Thomas Edison had used his inventions to summon the dead. Indulge your weird scientific curiosity with these and other stories in this edition of Tales of the Talisman!
STORY: Larry the Troll (FANTASY)
SYNOPSIS: Larry the troll gives up the monster lifestyle to go to work in the human world.
ANTHOLOGY: SPARKS
PUBLISHER: Earthbound Fiction
The combined talents of today’s hottest new fantasy writers are now on display in one incredible collection. These stories will transport you to a world of spellbinding fantasy, adventure, humor and heartbreak – where the wondrous and what-if are common fare and myths and fables of old are alive and well.
These glittering tales of the strange and fantastic are the perfect length for our busy modern lives. Let your mind be enveloped in the warm glow of the truly original but be careful – you never know what might ignite when you play with Sparks.
STORY: Fire Beneath the Heart of Dresden (FANTASY)
SYNOPSIS: Witches defend the city of Dresden during World War II
ANTHOLOGY: JAKE’S MONTHLY: RECOLLECTIONS
PUBLISHER: Jake’s Monthly
This collection contains reprinted stories by a variety of talented authors from around the web, spanning a myriad of strange and wonderful genres. It was edited by Jake Johnson.
STORY: Below the Sea (EROTICA FANTASY)
SYNOPSIS: A lonely fisherman finds passionate love with an ancient fey creature of the sea.
ANTHOLOGY: THE SEXY LIBRARIAN DIRTY 30
PUBLISHER: Stupid Fish Productions
The Sexy Librarian is at it again! This time it’s after hours. Forget the card catalog just for tonight. Come to the back of the library, peruse The Sexy Librarian’s private stacks. Still smart and edgy, with just the right amount of moxie, these stories illustrate the limitless imagination of some of the best erotica authors today. Allow The Sexy Librarian to introduce you to some of her favorite and most trusted Erotica authors, who understand that sometimes you like it hot, intelligent, and occasionally, very, very… dirty!
STORY: The Unhappy Accident or Feelin’ Fine (SCI-FI)
SYNOPSIS: A man travels back in time using the LSD chemicals in mulberries as he explores his past mistakes.
ANTHOLOGY: SO IT GOES: A TRIBUTE TO KURT VONNEGUT (OUT OF PRINT)
PUBLISHER: Perpetual Motion Machine Press
Kurt Vonnegut was a man who pushed his imagination off a cliff and followed it for the whole drop; a man who was able to write the most cynical material, yet make you die of laughter at the same time. We have been enjoying his brilliance for over 50 years now, and it’s time we showed how he’s affected us.
