Crime is running rampant in New Megatropolis and someone has taken all the super heroes offline.Who do you call?The most unlikely team of not so super heroes ever assembled.Enter Rex Bannon, unofficial leader and mild mannered scientist. Mutated by a research experiment gone horribly wrong, when danger strikes, he can curl up in a ball like an armadillo, roll away fast, and jump really high.Emma Doherty, TV news reporter, a freak accident fused a cell phone in h...

All over the world powerful forces are gathering, the pastor of a mega church, the head of the now defunct German mafia, the CEO of a multinational food conglomerate, and a secret militant society that goes all the way back to the time of Christ.What do they have in common?They all want to live forever.Join archaeologist Elijah Brooks and his granddaughter April as they find themselves in a race to discover the fabled "Tree of life" in order to save his dying wife, a r...

Okrachokee Beach, northeast Florida's best kept secret. The tiny coastal town boasts more senior citizen communities per capita than any other in the US. It has no airport, seaport, or train station, but hosts three national parks and countless nature preserves. Mangroves are a common sight as are manatees and alligators, mainly because the majority of the real estate in Okrachokee Beach was created by decades of draining and filling in their habitat.Unlike many coastal cities, Okra...

Take the sleepy little town of Fenton, West Virginia, where little has changed in the last 150 years. Add an aging over-endowed diva, fireball wielding senior citizens, an ex hippie conservative republican warlock and a somewhat misguided "epic battle" between good and evil. Sprinkle liberally (pun intended) with gnomes, zombies, vampires, gremlins, winged horses and a whole host of other strange creatures, including a super intelligent were-maraner. Shake well, (literally) and you get a r...

Aliens have landed in the tiny town of Paradise, Alaska. It is their intent to bestow upon humanity great wisdom and god like powers. In an effort to understand the humans better, the aliens take on human form.What could possibly go wrong?Several things.A major failure to communicate.An annual Peace and Love Festival that draws hundreds of tourists to Paradise for the weekend.A freak spring storm that wipes out the power and the only road in or out....

The environment that we construct affects both humans and our natural world in myriad ways. There is a pressing need to create healthy places and to reduce the health threats inherent in places already built. However, there has been little awareness of the adverse effects of what we have constructed-or the positive benefits of well designed built environments.This book provides a far-reaching follow-up to the pathbreaking Urban Sprawl and Public Health, published in 2004. That book...

From the Author of "Dragons Don't Grow On Trees."Book two of the "Fenton Dragon" series:People all over the "dragon-magical" town of Fenton, West Virginia are losing the ability to lie, even politicians and criminals.This has Sheriff Bud Wilson worried. With all the unprecedented honesty and a few unexplained disappearances, he's afraid that it's the work of the ten-thousand-year-old dragon that's sleeping under the town, but that might not explain all the other strang...

Decades ago, when bands like the Everly Brothers rode the airwaves and vacancy signs shone like beacons in the night, a young man gets his first taste of love, loss, and the ethereal satisfaction that comes with knowing that the world is turning and life is being lived.

Set in modern-day Charleston. When a prominent man and his wife die suddenly, a cursed gift appears to be the culprit. Cassidy, Teag and Sorren must hunt a supernatural killer before it strikes again.This series of adventures spans over 500 years, from the 1500s to modern day as a small cabal of vampires and their human helpers battle supernatural enemies to find and destroy dangerous magical items and keep the world safe from dark forces.

After years of living in a dream of ghosts, a homeless man finds his salvation on a cold Christmas Eve. In the underpass of a busy highway he settles in to his usual nightly accomodations and celebrates Christmas with his lost family.

Everyone loves their grandma but these three are just a little...different. They have certain skills in war and strategy developed over forty years through military training and discipline. They are the definition of "never judge a book by its cover." They now work as contractors for the extra money. Follow the hapless Clem as he is hired to drive the three on their latest mission of destruction.

A mutant baby goes on a rampage through Central Park. An immigrant reveals secrets in the folds of a perfect gift. Lucky Cats extend their virtual paws to salute a generous revolution. The Internet invades a third-world village.The premier speculative-fiction magazine Fantasy & Science Fiction continues to discover and showcase many of the most inventive authors writing in any genre. Now drawing even more deeply upon F&SF's impressive history, this extraordinary c...