Every society and every generation has its version of the apocalypse: swine flu, genetic mutation, global warming, nuclear fallout, the second coming, peak oil, mass extinction, giant irradiated ants, zombies… Apocalypse Now: Poems and Prose from the En
The only thing worse than being a witch is living with one.Camellia’s adopted mother wants Cam to grow up to be just like her. Problem is, Mom’s a seriously wicked witch.Cam’s used to stopping the witch’s crazy schemes for world domination. But wh
Lightspeed is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF—and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary u
The final book in this series will jump forward 18 years and feature Dorie, Jane's young charge from Ironskin.18 years later . . .Dorie Rochart has been hiding her fey side for a long time. Now, finished with University, she plans to study magical creatur
It could be said that women invented science fiction; after all, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is considered by many to be the first science fiction novel. Yet some readers seem to have this funny idea that women don’t, or can’t, write science fiction.
A collection of some of the best original short fiction published on Tor.com in 2013.Contents:“A Rumor of Angels” by Dale Bailey“The Too-Clever Fox” by Leigh Bardugo“Thief of War” by Beth Bernobich“A Window or a Small Box” by Jedediah Berr
The fourth volume of the annual Unidentified Funny Objects series features the theme of dark humor.What happens when you ask some of the genre's masters to interpret this theme? The enclosed twenty-three darkly humorous tales range from black comedy to bi
