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? Award-winning...

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...

Macabre meetings, sinister excursions, and deadly relationships; uncanny encounters; a classic ghost story featuring an American god; a historical murderer revived in a frightening new iteration; innovative Lovecraftian turns; shadowy fairy tales and weird myths; strange children, the unexpected, the supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real . . . tales of the dark. Such stories have always fascinated us, and modern authors carry on the disquieting...

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,...

Revisit many of the exciting places you visited in Volume One. Whether it is the meddling of the Gods in their endless games, a magical Imperial Rome, or adventures in the desert, the mountains, and the forest, the tales continue with new heroes returned and rebels emerging.

Alien's Mail Order Queen When 30-year-old yoga instructor Freya Reece finds herself buried in debt, she did not have any choice but to sell her mother's old studio and move to a strange planet for a hard-to-resist job offer. But upon arriving at Planet Tryptin, she is shocked to discover that she was actually attending her own wedding-to become the new queen! Not only was she supposed to pretend to be a queen, but she had to be a wife to King Zaino...

The one question no one is asking in the current climate crisis is, "how does this affect the vampire population?"Scoring an exclusive interview with Peter and Ursula, the now internet-famous influencers and #vanlifers, our narrator details their evening in Yosemite National Park with a pair of vampires.In this satirical short story, we will learn about Peter and Ursula's experience as vampires, their unique risks as the climate continues to change,...

She's on the run... He's the only one who can catch her. To Katie life was simple. She wanted a little house in upper Boston, and four kids fathered by her best friend Jason, who she's been infatuated with since she was eight. After a devastating family secret is exposed, all she wants now is to escape the media hype that follows her everywhere she turns. Leaving her family, friends, and Jason behind, she travels to places she's only read about,...

Uncover the dark secrets of a reclusive mystery author on a private island. Mystery writer JT has hidden away from the world on his private island since he published his first novel. Many fans believe it's because he's strange or eccentric, but the truth is much darker than everyone knows. After Emma's very public, very nasty breakup with one of Hollywood's hottest actors, she needs a friend to lean on. After hitting it off with JT while filming...

AN ANTHOLOGY edited by Stephen Jones & Ramsey CampbellCATEGORY HorrorPUBLICATION DATE September 2014COVER ILLUSTRATION Lee EliasCOVER DESIGN Smith & Jones A 25th Anniversary edition of the longest running anthology series of the very best in horror fiction. Introduction: Horror in 1989 - The EditorsPin - Robert R. McCammonThe House on Cemetery Street - Cherry WilderThe Horn - Stephen GallagherBreaking Up - Alex QuirobaIt Helps if You Sing - Ramsey...