Nine days after Earth died, Susie wakes up, surrounded by alien spiders who claim to be here to help. Her home is gone, and she has no choice but to rely on these strange aliens, to learn their language, and to navigate a universe more alive, and more deadly, than her ancestors could have imagined. Sailing through space in a hollowed-out moon, Susie and spider-alien 'Michael' must find a way to defeat the world-eater, or at least, somewhere they can hide until something bigger kills it.

Understanding the mechanical behavior of solids and contacts (interfaces and joints) is vital for the analysis, design, and maintenance of engineering systems. Materials may simultaneously experience the effects of many factors such as elastic, plastic, and creep strains; different loading (stress) paths; volume change under shear stress; and microcracking leading to fracture and failure, strain softening, or degradation. Typically, the available models account for only one factor at a tim...

Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #46.This is one of our longest issues to date, thanks to no less than 3 novels! Not only is there a Nick Carter mystery novel, but we also have a classic time-travel novel from Edmond Hamilton, plus We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin—one of the most important dystopian novels of all time, influential on generations of writers, including Ursula K. Le Guin and Kurt Vonnegut. Not to mention George Orwell!Of course, our acquiring editors have also sele...

Become a better Horror writer with these 52 human-written prompts, plus monthly writing challenges. 52 Weeks Of Horror is a classroom you can take with you on your adventures, a book that does not merely instruct, but challenges you to reflect and rebuild your stories from the ground up. Every prompt, task, and idea is meticulously human-written, and split across an entire year of content so you can deftly avoid artistic burnout.Here you will be shown not just how, but WHY you shou...

In some dark corner of the universe, eight human brains are salvaged from the ruins of a broken starship, their last memories absorbed into a vast alien intellect. In their final moments, these humans were dreaming.Five of them were imagining new Science Fiction Horror stories, two of them were creating art, and one of them was somehow astral projecting, nudging each of these twisted visions toward a shared goal.The result of this merging of human minds is Macabre Multivers...

In the heart of war-torn London, a solitary man emerges from the shadows, carrying a mysterious bale. As he navigates the desolate streets, his presence stirs both curiosity and unease among the weary populace. Harold Monro's "Man Carrying Bale" is a haunting and enigmatic tale that explores the complexities of human nature amidst the chaos of conflict. Through lyrical prose and vivid imagery, Monro paints a poignant portrait of a man burdened by secrets and the weight of a world gone awry...