A direct sequel to Aliens and Alien 3—Weyland-Yutani, the Colonial Marines, and Bishop’s creator all pursue the android for the deadly Xenomorph data contained in his brain. Written by T. R. Napper, author of the acclaimed 36 Streets, whose explosive work explores the artificial intelligence and what it is to be human.Massively damaged in Aliens and Alien 3, the synthetic Bishop asked to be shut down forever. His creator...

Altered Carbon and The Wind-Up Girl meet Apocalypse Now in this Ditmar and Aurealis award-winning, fast-paced, intelligent, action-driven cyberpunk, probing questions of memory, identity and the power of narratives.Lin 'The Silent One' Vu is a gangster in Chinese-occupied Hanoi, living in the steaming, paranoid alleyways of the 36 Streets. Born in Vietnam, raised in Australia, everywhere she is an outsider.Through grit and courage...

From the author of 36 Streets**, the thrilling, Aurealis and Ditmar Award–winning story of escape as a small-time crook goes on the run across Australia with a stolen secret that will change the world. Perfect for fans of William Gibson's** All Tomorrow's Parties**, Richard Morgan, and** Ghost in the Shell**.**Jackson Nguyen is a petty crook living slim on the mean streets of Melbourne. W...

Billionaires start dying in bizarre accidents, sending shockwaves through the markets and the media. But for philosopher Izanami (Izzy) Jones, it's just a vaguely amusing, if disturbing, item in the news. Izzy is the reluctant employee of a Silicon Valley tsar. She’s been tasked by him to give moral instruction to the world's first Artificial General Intelligence, Huldo. Izzy knows it is merely a box-ticking exercise, required by government regulation before her boss is granted full...

One man peels back the layers of implanted memories to save his family in this gritty, action-packed cyberpunk novel. Perfect for fans of William Gibson's The Peripheral, Richard Morgan, and Temi Oh's More Perfect.Endel 'Endgame' Ebbinghaus is a violent man, a street-level enforcer for a drug cartel. Or is he? In The Escher Man, nothing is as it seems. Friends, enemies, the past and the present, all become blurred in a world where memory manipulation has b...

Forever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Each issue will feature a novella, two short stories, and cover art by Ron Guyatt. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke. Our March 2017 issue features a novella by Ian McDonald ("The Little Goddess"), a novelette by T.R. Napper ("A Strange Loop"), and a novelette by Ken Liu ("The Waves").

Forever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke. Our March 2023 issue features "A Vast Silence" by T. R. Napper, "No Stone Unturned" by Nick Wolven, "The Plus One" by Marie Vibbert, and "Año Nuevo" by Ray Nayler. Cover art by Ron Guyatt.

Young Jim Stone and his adolescent friends are growing up and coming of age in a working-class neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee in the early 1960’s. Their personal triumphs, trials, and tragedies are painted against the larger canvas of the turbulent national and international events of the time.

Mervyn LeRoy Comes to Town is the first book devoted to the career of one of the director/producers who in the early years of sound cinema was instrumental in establishing the Hollywood model of production that would endure for more than half a century. As a director and producer, LeRoy was responsible for turning out more than sixty feature films in a career that spanned five decades; as a studio executive, he contributed substantially to the success of the industry during the ch...

This anthology includes three erotic fantasies. This work is intended for adults only.The Date (In Diapers)Despite the age difference and her lack of experience, Darcy thinks she can control her boyfriend. She wants to move in with him, so she drops an ultimatum in his lap. Unless he agrees, she's going to dump him.Darcy doesn't realize it, but Michael knows exactly how to read her. He isn't at all surprised by her little trick. In fact, he has his own plan…A...

Bridget has been a very bad girl, putting off her work projects until the last minute. Her husband is sick of it, especially when she lies to him. He worries about her, so he isn't willing to tolerate this bad behavior, not anymore.After another last-minute project, Bridget comes home to find her husband waiting for her. He takes her, he lays her out on the bed, he strips her down, and then he takes out a very special package of diapers. He holds it up for her, explaining that she'...

Since the spectacular success of The Artist (2011) there has been a resurgence of interest in silent cinema, and particularly in the lush and passionate screen dramas of the 1920s. This book offers an introduction to the cinema of this extraordinary period, outlining the development of the form between the end of the First World War and the introduction of synchronized sound at the end of the 1920s. Lawrence Napper addresses the relationship between film aesthetics and the industr...