A new story by Laurie Penny.     The King was bored. For five hundred years he had been King of the country of Myth … Read More

A suspenseful near-future story about what happens during the vetting process of a researcher from the Middle East, who is trying to enter the US … Read More

For millions of years, life on Earth has taken its cues from the rising and setting of the sun, and for most of human history … Read More

The planet of Quányuán is arid to the point of being uninhabitable. Wetness is a concept left back on Earth. That doesn’t stop one elderly … Read More

The Wild Cards universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years. “Naked, Stones and Stabbed” is an fantastic new tale from acclaimed sci-fi writer … Read More

An alternate history short story looking at decisions and consequences, and what it takes to pull the trigger.   A growing crowd of protesters trudged … Read More

FOR the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be … Read More

In The Menace from Farside, Ian McDonald returns to his elegantly wound solar system of the twenty-second century, full of political intrigue and complicated families – and … Read More

Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. But despite her incredible abilities, she’s … Read More