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The AUDACIOUS WOMEN anthology highlights creative work that embraces the concept of women fully occupying their space, having agency, and trailblazing the roads for more powerful futures. Smart and celebratory, these works of poetry, fiction, plays, and creative non-fiction showcase work that makes us laugh, cry, and think deeply about the ways women come to the world, embracing women with three-dimensionality and diversity in literature. A blend...
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From "editor extraordinaire" (Publishers Weekly) David G. Hartwell and World Fantasy Award-winning editor Kathryn Cramer comes the best-ever anthology of one of science fiction's most vigorous subgenres: the space opera.
"Space opera", once a derisive term for cheap pulp adventure, has come to mean something more in modern SF: compelling adventure stories told against a broad canvas, and written to the highest level of skill. Indeed, it can be argued...
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Pebbles on the Strand is an international collection of contemporary short stories which follows on from our 2022 volume, Making Marks in the Sand.
The stories in this collection explore a vast range of human emotion and experience: humour, loss, grief, alienation, revenge, exploration, drama, and myth.
No two stories are alike. A veritable Cornucopia for readers.
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Will the United States last for three hundred years? Julian West has his doubts, but after waking up in 2076, he finds the nation has been reborn like a phoenix. Idabee Leete, daughter of the doctor who revived Julian, serves as his guide within the American Union, the organization that used the lessons of Martin Luther King Jr. and game theory to take control of Washington.
Julian soon learns that the cyclical forces of history that allowed...
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À travers douze nouvelles et une narration atypique qui permet la lecture à plusieurs niveaux, Biodiversité:no(s) futur(s) nous invite à retracer l'incroyable trajectoire des vivants et à enrichir nos imaginaires sur la Nature ainsi que sur notre manière d'habiter le monde.
Fondées sur des constats scientifiques authentiques se mêlant à la fiction pour les ancrer dans le réel, écrites par des auteur.es travaillant dans le domaine de la...
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A Collection of Horror, Suspense, and Mystery Short Stories This horror book is a journey into the unknown. Each story is a door that creaks open to mystery, an invitation to explore the darkest corners of the imagination. With immersive narratives, you'll plunge into a world where the unexpected and the sinister intertwine, sending shivers down your spine. Will you dare to open your ears to the secrets that the night has reserved for you?
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From Russia's Anna Karenina to Vietnam's Lady Trieu, from Cio-Cio-San to Frankenstein's second creature, suffering, madness, or death is the fate of far too many women in classic literature. Anna Karenina Isn't Dead undoes that.
In this anthology of literary women, these women live. Do they have a happily ever after? You'll see. Do they have a happy-right-now? Oh yes.
These are the reimagined tales of the famous, the infamous, the barely mentioned...
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Lose yourself in more than 1,000 pages of love, magic, adventure, and hope - all to help Ukrainian refugees affected by the recent tragedy. The Fierce Hearts charity anthology features 46 romantic fantasy novellas, novelettes, short stories, and exclusive sneak-peek chapters from more than 40 authors, including New York Times and USA Today bestsellers. Stories range from mild to scorching in heat level. Most importantly, all proceeds (100%) will be...
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Be careful what you wish for... We' ve all heard childhood fairy tales and hearthside stories passed from generation to generation warning us of unseen dangers lurking in the dark forest, the glimpse of a future in watery reflections and to be wary of objects and people offering impossible gifts. The Fae are ageless beings dwelling between light and shadow, stalking the moonlit nights and wielding powerful gifts and curses....
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Relive the timeless classic, Alice in Wonderland, with this beautifully illustrated retelling of one of Walt Disney's most loved films. When Alice follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole one sleepy afternoon, she finds herself in the strange and bizarre world of Wonderland! But when Alice loses sight of the White Rabbit, she meets all sorts of characters-and not everyone is friendly. Will Alice be able to return to her world, or will be she stuck...
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Read along with Disney! Henry and Summer are excited to sled down Mount Roarsmore. There's just one problem: Summer is afraid of the big, scary Snow-Grrr who supposedly lives on top of the moutain! Henry says that there is no such thing, but who is right? Follow along with word-for-word narration in this brrr-illiant winter adventure!
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This volume, Tales from the Hakawati, is the second in a set of collections covering indigenous tales from the broader Arabic diaspora.
In putting this small collection of tales together I've found the process to be particularly rewarding. Arabic folklore and fairy tales reflect the deep cultural roots and diverse traditions of the Arab world.
I've also been impressed by the diversity of the narratives. Arabic storytelling encompasses a wide range...
20) Goofy at Bat
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Read along with Disney! It's baseball season, and Goofy can't wait to try out for the team. If only he knew how to play baseball! Join in the fun as Goofy's friends teach him how to bat, run the bases, and catch in this rhyming level 1 reader with word-for-word narration.
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