Imagine that some people have the power to affect your thoughts and feelings when you read, or they read a book to you. They can seduce you with amazing stories, conjure up vividly imagined worlds, but also manipulate you into thinking exactly...
In *Gateways*, Jack heads south to Florida when he learns his estranged father is in a coma after a car accident. In the hospital Jack meets weird old Anya, one of his father's neighbors, who seems to know an awful lot about his family.
In an...
Regina and her bee-ladies, bored members of the elite, while away the idle hours by playing at conjuring the Devil - a game which leads to horrifying consequences. Alfred Bester's other novels include "Tiger, Tiger", "Extro" and "The Demolished...
Everyone thinks their cats are
special—but Owen and Hercules
have powers that go far beyond
an adorable look or an
irresistible purr. Along with
their owner, librarian Kathleen Paulson, they have an uncanny
instinct for solving crimes...
It's been...
Close Encounters
Is it a space odyssey or a spaced-out hoax? The answer isn't clear, but this much is certain: a stranger from a strange land has come to earth and recruited a squadron of space cadets to launch a campaign against America's...
Not So Jolly Roger . . .
Complete with skull and crossbones fluttering in the wind, "Captain" Thomas Kidd is the new scourge of the Caribbean, raiding unsuspecting pleasure craft and pursuing the great piratical tradition of looting,...
Demons in a feeding frenzy drive the world-weary Markhat to the brink…A Markhat story.Quiet, hard-working seamstresses aren’t the kind that normally go missing, even in a tough town like Rannit. Martha Hoobin’s disappearance, though, quickly...
ANARCHAOS — “Start to say anarchy, and midway switch and say chaos.” Anarchaos was a planet, a planet colonized by humans, and revolving around a red sun the natives called Hell. But it was the planet that deserved the name. For Rolf Malone,...