Publishers Weekly Top 10 Best of the YearIn her new collection, Story Prize finalist Maureen F. McHugh delves into the dark heart of contemporary life and life five minutes from now and how easy it is
Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards."An exuberant celebration of excess set in a resource-poor but defiantly energetic twenty-first century."?The New York Times"A richl
“This just absolutely rocks.”—Audrey Niffenegger“Raunchy, funny, and disturbing.”—Chicago Reader“Deeply charming.”—The Washington PostA tender, joyful, raunchy, radiant novel. Imagine The Metamorphose
“If this is your first taste of Howard, I envy you.”—From the Introduction by George R.R. MartinAcclaimed cult author Waldrop's stories are sophisticated, magical recombinations of the stuff our pop-c
Jevick, the pepper merchant's son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land where books are as common as they are rare in his home. When his father dies and Jevick takes his place on the
“Among the stories collected in this omnibus, are some of the very first Joan Aiken stories that I ever fell in love with, starting with the title story ‘The People in the Castle,’ which is a variatio
These two short novels bookend Poppy Z. Brite's cheerfully chaotic series starring two chefs in New Orleans. The Value of X introduces G-man and Rickey, who grew up in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward an
In a world where humans are enslaved by alien invaders called Hoots, Charlie, a human "mount", dreams of being a runner like his father, of seeing his long-lost parents again, and of the day when huma
