Product Description: Imagine the moment when the present ends, and the future begins — when the world we knew is no more and a brave new world is thrust upon us. Gathering stories by nine of today's most incisive minds, Seeds of Change confronts the pivotal issues facing our society today: racism, global warming, peak oil, technological advancement, and political revolution...read more

Product Description: Edited by John Joseph Adams, editor of Wastelands and The Living Dead. From Star Trek to Star Wars, from Dune to Foundation, science fiction has a rich history of exploring the idea of vast intergalactic societies, and the challenges facing those living in or trying to manage such societies...read more

Product Description: From Dracula to Buffy the Vampire Slayer; from Castlevania to Tru Blood, the romance between popular culture and vampires hearkens back to humanity's darkest, deepest fears, flowing through our very blood, fears of death, and life, and insatiable hunger...read more

Product Description: The game is afoot! Night Shade Books is proud to present the fantastic adventures of the world's greatest detective — mystery, fantasy, science fiction, horror, no genre can escape the esteemed detective's needle-sharp intellect and intuition...read more

“A Sherlockiana Primer” by Christopher Roden. © 2009 Christopher Roden. “The Horror of the Many Faces” by Tim Lebbon. © 2003 Tim Lebbon. “The Case of the Bloodless Sock” by Anne Perry. © 2001 Anne Perry. “The Adventure of the Other Detective” by Bradley H. Sinor. © 2003 Bradley H. Sinor. “A Scandal in Montreal” by Edward D. Hoch. © 2008 Edward D. Hoch. ”The Adventure of the Field Theorems” by Vonda N. McIntyre. © 1995 Vonda N. McIntyre. “The Adventure of the Death-Fetch” by Darrell Schweitzer. © 1994 Darrell Schweitzer. “The Shocking Affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland” by Mary Robinette Kowal. © 2005 Mary Robinette Kowal. “The Adventure of the Mummy’s Curse” by H. Paul Jeffers. © 2006 H. Paul Jeffers. “The Things That Shall Come Upon Them” by Barbara Roden. © 2008 Barbara Roden. “Murder to Music” by Anthony Burgesss. © 1989 Anthony Burgess. “The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor” by Stephen Baxter. © 1997 Stephen Baxter. “Mrs. Hudson’s Case” by Laurie R. King. © 1997 Laurie R. King. “The Singular Habits of Wasps” by Geoffrey A. Landis. © 1994 Geoffrey A. Landis. “The Affair of the 46th Birthday” by Amy Myers. © 2009 Amy Myers. “The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey” by Peter Tremayne. © 2001 Peter Tremayne. “The Vale of the White Horse” by Sharyn McCrumb. © 2003 Sharyn McCrumb. “The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger” by Michael Moorcock. © 1993 Michael Moorcock. “The Adventure of the Lost World” by Dominic Green. © 2004 Dominic Green. “The Adventure of the Antiquarian’s Niece” by Barbara Hambly. © 2003 Barbara Hambly. “Dynamics of a Hanging” by Tony Pi. © 2005 Tony Pi. “Merridew of Abominable Memory” by Chris Roberson. © 2008 Monkeybrain, Inc. “Commonplaces” by Naomi Novik. © 2008-2009 Naomi Novik. “The Adventure of the Pirates of Devil’s Cape” by Rob Rogers. © 2009 Rob Rogers. “The Adventure of the Green Skull” by Mark Valentine. © 2008 Mark Valentine. “The Human Mystery” by Tanith Lee. © 1999 Tanith Lee. “A Study in Emerald” by Neil Gaiman. © 2003 Neil Gaiman. “You See But You Do Not Observe” by Robert J. Sawyer. © 1995 Robert J. Sawyer.

Product Description: SUIT UP. POWER ON. LOCK & LOAD. Decades ago, Starship Troopers captivated readers with its vision of a future war in which power armored soldiers battled giant insects on hostile alien planets. Today, with the success of Iron Man, Halo, and Mechwarrior--and with real robotic exoskeletons just around the corner--the idea of super-powered combat armor and giant mecha has never been more exciting and relevant...read more

Product Description: What if you could not only travel any location in the world, but to any possible world?We can all imagine such “other worlds”—be they worlds just slightly different than our own or worlds full of magic and wonder—but it is only in fiction that we can travel to them...read more

Product Description: There is a sickness in the land. Prophets tell of the fall of empires, the rise of champions. Great beasts stir in vaults beneath the hills, beneath the waves. Armies mass. Gods walk. The world will be torn asunder.Epic fantasy is storytelling at its biggest and best...read more

Product Description: Mad scientists have never had it so tough. In super-hero comics, graphic novels, films, TV series, video games, and even works of what may be fiction, they are besieged by those who stand against them, devoid of sympathy for their irrational, megalomaniacal impulses to rule, destroy, or otherwise dominate the world as we know it...read more

Product Description: An anthology of original horror tales featuring "evil genius" archetype characters intent on ruling the world features contributions by such best-selling authors as Diana Gabaldon, Daniel Wilson and Austin Grossman. By the editor of the best-selling Wastelands...read more

HOW THE WEST WAS WEIRD!  From a kill-or-be-killed gunfight with a vampire to an encounter in a steampunk bordello, the weird western is a dark, gritty tale where the protagonist might be playing poker with a sorcerous deck of cards, or facing an alien on the streets of a dusty frontier town.Here are twenty-three original tales—stories of the Old West infused with elements of the fantastic—produced specifically for this volume by many of today’s finest writers. Included are Orson Scott Card’s first “Alvin Maker” story in a decade, and an original adventure by Fred Van Lente, writer of Cowboys & Aliens.Other contributors include:Tobias S. Buckell * David Farland * Alan Dean Foster * Jeffrey Ford * Laura Anne Gilman * Rajan Khanna * Mike Resnick * Beth Revis * Fred Van Lente * Walter Jon Williams * Ben H. Winters * Christie Yant * Charles Yu *

Product Description: AFTER THE APOCALYPSEPrescient tales of Armageddon and its aftermath, by twenty-two of today’s finest writers, including:Paolo BacigalupiNeal Barrett, Jr.Tobias S. BuckellCory DoctorowDavid GriggNancy KressJack McDevittMary RickertDale Bailey Elizabeth Bear Orson Scott Card Carol EmshwillerRichard KadreyJohn LanganJerry OltionJames Van PeltCatherine WellsTogether they reveal what it will mean to survive and remain human after the end of the world… An anthology of the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today’s most renowned authors of speculative fiction...read more