What connects these twenty-four stories is an exploration of place. It can be a location nearby like in Boardwalk Oracle where a clanging candy dispensing machine plays matchmaker in a story that flirts with magical realism. Or the depth of a glacier on a faraway planet in Icebound, where science fiction turns into crime fiction. Or a tourist destination with dark ancient roots in Where the Gods Live.The collection opens with A Book to Live By, a...

NOVELSHunter at Large, by Thomas B. DeweyDetective Mickey Phillips seeks revenge after a deadly attack leaves his world in ruins. A classic noir crime novel.That Worlds May Live, by Nelson S. BondScientists race to save Earth from mysterious cosmic rays. An interplanetary adventure filled with bold heroes, alien civilizations, and stunning revelations.SERIAL ...

"For Ella and all the innocents slain by soulless men."It's the dedication of the book on the Salvadoran civil war retired reporter Carlton Marsh was writing before he committed suicide.A shocking death. Marsh had asked Declan Shaw to come to Old Mapleton, Connecticut to help him with research. He looked forward to Declan's visit: "See you at cocktail time, a fine whiskey's waiting." They talked on the phone a few hours before the man blew his head off.Now Declan st...

NOVELSHunter at Large, by Thomas B. DeweyDetective Mickey Phillips seeks revenge after a deadly attack leaves his world in ruins. A classic noir crime novel. That Worlds May Live, by Nelson S. BondScientists race to save Earth from mysterious cosmic rays. An interplanetary adventure filled with bold heroes, alien civilizations, and stunning revelations.SERIAL NOVEL

We have three original stories this issue—mysteries by Charlie Kondek (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and M. E. Proctor, plus a science fiction tale by Glenn Dungan.Other mysteries include a great modern tale by Michael Mallory (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) and our mystery novel is a classic by Isabel Ostrander. Of course, there’s also a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles. On the science fiction front, we have another supernatural tale by John S. Gl...

This issue we are headlining the appearance of Norman Spinrad’s masterful short novel, Riding the Torch—one of my favorites of his, and a work that surely deserved more attention than it’s received. (But in a career that has produced such classics as Bug Jack Baron, The Iron Dream, and The Void Captain’s Tale, perhaps it’s understandable that one of Spinrad’s short novels hasn’t received the attention it deserved.) We also have a trio of original mysteries, four Golden Age science fiction ...

Our 85th issue is quite the treat—three original tales by three top authors, a time-travel story, a fantasy bar story, two novels, and more! I leave it to you to explore this issue and find out what’s what, which is whose, and whodunit. (Or did they?) It’s a fun issue and one of our best.Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman is still on leave (she’ll be back in May), so again Michael Bracken is filling in for her. And we hope to have a new selection from Acquiring Editor Cynthia Ward short...

Scratch the surface of North Texas and the stereotypes of wide-open Western spaces with lots of football disappear, replaced by an endless series of contrasting images. Gleaming glass towers rise over stockyards redolent with the smell of livestock. Suburbs full of families sit just a few blocks from neon-lit nightlife districts. In any given neighborhood, you might hear conjunto music competing with country and western tunes. There are grimy bars and gleaming churches, funky stores and ne...

He's a hot high school chemistry teacher living in a small town. She's a globetrotting journalist running from her past. They used to be best friends. Then one kiss changes everything.Kate Fletcher is my kryptonite.She's also my best friend. Former best friend? I'm not sure what you call it when we grew up attached at the hip and then she left Silver Creek (and me) to travel the world.The important thing is: Kate is back. (Temporarily.) And I'm stil...

In the struggle for a better world, setbacks are inevitable. Defeat can feel overwhelming at times, but it has to be endured. How then do the people on the front line keep going? To answer that question, Hannah Proctor draws on historical resources to find out how revolutionaries and activists of the past kept a grip on hope.Burnout considers despairing former Communards exiled to a penal colony in the South Pacific; exhausted Bolsheviks recuperating in sanatoria in the af...

Do you know how the wealthy look at the world? Where are their priorities? What are their spending and investing habits? How do they feel about opportunity, poverty, charity, and employment? The answers just might surprise you. But acquiring the mindset of a millionaire takes more than a focus on money. In fact, to the very rich, money is a byproduct of value given. This is just one crucial piece of the entire picture, revealed here in this program.These and other fascinating topic...

Stimulating and developing the creative potential of all members of an organisation is widely seen as contributing to performance and results. This prestigious textbook provides a complete overview of the creative problem-solving process and its relevance to modern managers in the private and public sectors. It introduces ideas, skills and models to help students understand how creative thinking can aid problem solving, and how different techniques may help people who have different thinki...