St. Aldhelm's Church, Redcliffe, was deconsecrated in 2019 and converted into residential flats. The developer called it sympathetic conversion. The planning documents called it adaptive reuse. The building, apparently, had other ideas.

The fire begins as a small column of smoke over the Canfield drainage.Within hours it becomes something far more dangerous.As record heat grips the region and winds begin to shift, a wildfire ignites the dry chaparral outside the small community of Ridder. What begins as a routine incident quickly escalates into a crisis that threatens thousands of lives.County Fire Chief Dana Morales sees the danger before anyone else.Volunteer firefighter

A coastal town enjoys the calmest season in living memory.No storms. No waves. No wind.At first, it feels like a gift.Meteorologist Lena Ortega returns home to Harbor Point expecting a quiet visit with her estranged father. Instead, she finds an ocean that has stopped moving - and a town that doesn't want to ask why.The deeper she looks, the worse it gets.Dead deep-sea creatures wash ashore. Navigation systems fail offshore. Entire sections of ocean ...

Dr. Hana Tūhoe has spent ten years building a career in London - marine ecology publications, a position at UCL, a flat in Hackney, a life that is professionally successful and personally managed. When the Waitematā Harbour Ecological Restoration Initiative offers her the lead ecologist role, she tells herself it's a career opportunity. Twelve months. A properly resourced, co-governed, mātauranga-integrated project. The kind of work she's been training for.She doesn't mention that ...

WPaD presents: Strange Adventures in a Deviant Universe…- A scientist struggles to find a cure for Alzheimer's before the disease takes his mind…- Dolphins and whales work with their human trainers to terraform a new planet…- Artificial intelligence backfires on humanity when sex robots become sentient and demand rights…- A lost reptilian tries to find her way home…- Random items are disappearing in a small town and cats may be responsible…- ...

The warped minds of WPaD are proud to present this tribute to the bizarre:- People who eat Tide Pods turn into detergent-craving zombies- A gift of a fishing bobber turns deadly- A woman lost in the desert makes friends with an ancient creature- A hole inside a closet holds unknown mysteries- A grieving father consults a psychic to solve his daughter's murder- Two friends embark on a fantastic adventure during a game of Dungeons and Dragons

A bloodthirsty refrigerator…A murderous pothole…Legends of mysterious monsters…Ghosts and magic…And much more!Chilling stories from the twisted minds of Writers, Poets and Deviants:Volume 3 of WPaD's popular Creepies series.

Harlan Ellison, Richard Christian Matheson, Connie Willis, and many more contribute to a compelling psychological exploration of the many shades of love.World Fantasy Award–Winning EditorAn incubus disguised as a high school girl puts a disturbing spin on the teacher/student fantasy. An engineer creates a robot with unexpected consequences during the end of the world. A man becomes the pet of alien invaders. From stories of aliens in other ...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF—and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month, we present our special anniversary issue, Women Destroy Science Fiction!, an all-science fiction extravaganza entirely written—and edited!—by women.Gu...

Everything's going to work out. Time away always makes things better . . .That's what FBI Special Agent Raleigh Harmon believes as she boards a cruise to Alaska. A land of mountains and gems and minerals, the Last Frontier is a dream destination for this forensic geologist who's hoping to leave behind a hectic work schedule and an engagement drained of romance.But when a passenger goes missing and winds up dead, Raleigh's vacation suddenly gets los...

Joe Ledger Fans Rejoice!Everyone’s favorite snarky, dangerous, idealistic, relentless covert operative is back, and this time he’s brought friends. Joe Ledger: Unstoppable presents original short stories about Joe Ledger and the Department of Military Sciences by some of New York Times bestseller Jonathan Maberry’s "friends in the industry." Buckle up for powerful, exciting, and nail-biting adventures by Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler, Larry Correia, Weston Ochse, S...

LIGHTSPEED is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.This month, we have original science fiction by Jeremiah Tolbert ("In the Dying Light, We Saw a Shape") and Anaea Lay ("Salamander Patterns"), along with SF reprints by ...