When gnolls attack a caravan of humans heading toward the Sielwode Forest, only young Cald Dasheft survives. Perhaps a worse fate awaits him, though. He is found by the dreaded Sielwode elves, who intend to slay him. They know that even a single...
As the city that produces the most selium - that precious gas that elevates
airships and powers strange magic - Hond Steading is a jewel worth stealing.
To shore up the city’s defenses, Detan promises his aunt that he’ll recover
Nouli, the...
Detan Honding, a wanted conman of noble birth and ignoble tongue, has found
himself in the oasis city of Aransa. He and his trusted companion Tibs may
have pulled off one too many cons against the city’s elite and need to make a
quick escape. They...
In his 30th year, Penric fell in love with light.
Learned Penric, a sorcerer and divine of the Bastard's Order, travels across the sea to sunlit Cedonia on his first covert diplomatic mission, to attempt to secure the services of a disaffected...
This acclaimed series, winner of numerous World Fantasy Awards, continues its tradition of excellence with scores of short stories from such writers as K. W. Jeter, Karl Edward Wagner, Terry Bisson, S. P. Somtow, Charles de Lint, Kobo Abe, Jane...
These people will save the Galaxy...
LUNZIE - who has discovered that the one good heavyworlder she ever met isn't so good after all...
FORDELITON - who has been sent to investigate the connection between the super-rich and the planet...
Admiral Slovo was a man of his time, but of more than one dimension..In his
sixteenth century, a pirate might be followed by the corpse of his victim,
walking across the ocean, until putrescence claimed it. Or an interview with
the Pope might be...
Baron Frankenstein fashioned just one creature from the remnants of the dead,
but the Governments who have hijacked his discoveries see the advantage of
resurrection on an industrial scale. What better way to fight their
never-ending wars than with...
Our Fourth Collection of Deep Magic fantasy and science fiction stories remains one of the most cost-effective ways to access larger collections of the short fiction we feature. As will previous collections, this one does not include the novel...