"Impish and delightful-a hilarious Zagat's Guide to Heaven!"-Ray Bradbury"A fantastical, profound, hilarious and rollicking good ride through the heavens and hells of the afterlife! A wonderful book."-Margaret Cho"The Guide to the Afterlife is a mixture of fact and fiction, faith and mysticism at its best." -The New York Journal of BooksHell's too full, so the Devil hires ad man Dirk Quigby to pen a travel guide enticing travelers to different afterlives: Hindu, Cat...

We have two great novels this issue: William Le Queux’s The Rat Trap and Achmed Abdullah’s The Man on Horseback. Le Queux—often called the “Master of Mystery”—excels in this 1928 thriller. The story follows Frank Aylmer as he is drawn into a high-stakes web of international swindlers and murder—classic vintage espionage and suspense. And I cannot say enough great things about Achmed Abdullah, who is one of my favorite pul...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our November 2018 issue (#146) contains:Original fiction by Rich Larson ("Octo-Heist in Progress"), H. Pueyo ("What the South Wind Whispers"), E.E. King ("Ghost Island"), Nina Allan ("The Gift of Angels: an introduction"), Peng Simeng ("The Love ...

This issue, we have 11 tales instead of our usual 10. Why? Because we felt like it! Or it’s a Mother’s Day special bonus. Whatever…just enjoy!This is another issue jam-packed with original stories. Tom Larsen and Anna Scotti (thanks to Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman), as well as Hal Charles and Robert Lopresti, lead off the pack with new mysteries. And Grigory Lukin, Eric Rutter, E.E. King, and Andrew Akers contribute new science fiction and fantasy. Classic rep...

Terror comes in many forms and faces...A poverty-stricken girl develops a strange ability that makes her family rich, but at a terrible price. A grieving attorney teams up with a terrifying mythological force to prove that justice reaches beyond the grave. And a police officer discovers that a quiet little antique store is ground zero for an invasion of horrific creatures, hiding in plain sight…Scare Street is proud to present thirteen terrifying n...

What does the future hold for us? This anthology of nineteen diverse stories from authors around the world shows us a future full of adventure, intrigue, fun, heart-ache, and wonder.A imprisoned space pirate from Phobos is given a last chance for freedom, but only if he's willing to kill his younger brother. Again.In post-climate change Italy, a deaf African-American woman and her native partner struggle to build a communal farm that can survive the new environment, a lasting...

Deep, mysterious, beautiful . . . dangerous . . .Women and the sea have been tied together in myth and story from the beginning of time. Tales of women being drawn to the sea or being left on the shore, waiting for their men’s return, have been passed down through the ages.But what mysteries lie beneath the sparkling placid waters? What power drives the wind and waves crashing against the shore? There is transformation and exaltation—magic—in the ocean and women al...

**MICHAEL L. PRINTZ MEDAL WINNTER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors comes an anthology of stories about remarkable people and their strange and surprising collections.“An eclectic, poignant, and introspective treasure trove.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review“Masterfully collected and worth slowing down to absorb.”—School Library Journal, starred review**From David Levithan’s story about a non-binary kid colle...

The Legend Continues…Twenty-four heart-rending tales with elements of terror, mystery, and a nightmarish darkness that knows no end.Welcome to my lake. Welcome to where dreams and hope are illusions…and pain is God.This anthology begins with Joe R. Lansdale's The Folding Man, one of his darkest stories ever written.Kealan Patrick Burke's Go Warily After Dark pulls us into a desolate...

Fantasy Scroll Magazine is an online, bi-monthly publication featuring science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal short-fiction. The magazine’s mission is to publish high-quality, entertaining, and thought-provoking speculative fiction. With a mixture of short stories, flash fiction, and micro-fiction, Fantasy Scroll Magazine aims to appeal to a wide audience.Issue #10 includes 9 short stories and one graphic story:"The Genie and the Inquisitor" - Johnny Compton...

Terror comes in many forms and faces...A poverty-stricken girl develops a strange ability that makes her family rich, but at a terrible price. A grieving attorney teams up with a terrifying mythological force to prove that justice reaches beyond the grave. And a police officer discovers that a quiet little antique store is ground zero for an invasion of horrific creatures, hiding in plain sight…Scare Street is proud to present thirteen terrifying...

Forty-one enthralling stories from the most talented new science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers.MetaStellar is an online publication focusing on science fiction, fantasy, and horror launched in September 2020, founded by a dozen speculative fiction writers, editors, and artists from around the world.Since then, it's published hundreds of short stories by hundreds of writers, both original fiction, reprints, and excerpts. The proceeds from this antholo...