The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up ten fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction.No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high-quality fiction equals Pulphouse.“This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading.” —Tangent Online on Pulpho...

He told his story to a hawk on Achill Island. He variously transformed into the birdlike creatures of hawk and eagle. He also assumed the shape of a one-eyed salmon.Satan offers Shaun enough leather to make shoes for thirteen years provided he goes with him after that.Satan has horns on his head, flames coming from his nostrils and his nails are bent and twisted.Shauns story took place long after ancient times and long before modern times.

Black Hole with a Heart of Gold is a metaphor that operates on several levels: Burma is a country that has been hermetically sealed to the outside world for many decades, as if it were a black hole on the map. But despite the many years of political and economic turmoil, the Burmese people seem to have found the antidote to the suffering caused by fear, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem, in other words, the Black Hole of the human condition. Black Hole with a Heart of Gold will take...

In a vast interstellar empire, a young girl from a desolate planet dreams of honing her incredible skills and making her fortune. Song Chunshi's amazing marksmanship and martial arts prowess earn her a coveted spot at the Imperial Military Academy, despite her humble origins.Targeted by arrogant aristocratic rivals who underestimate her, the "Passerby Girl" must navigate the Academy's cutthroat competitions and grueling training regimen alongside loyal friends and frustrating foes....

Viking Gormlaith is married to Brian Boru and she has two sons from her previous marriage Sitric, King of the Dublin Danes and Olaf. Niamh falls in love with Olaf. He, however, becomes a Christian, then states he wishes to become a priest so he will have direct access to the sacristy, which contains a chalice ornamented with priceless jewels and which he wants to steal at his mothers behest. His mother is politically devious and wants one of her sons to become High King. Maelmorda, her bro...

Have you ever been in a conversation that went sideways on you and you didn't know why. Sure you have, we all have, and it doesn't matter whether it was with your spouse, children, friends, client, boss or employee. You found yourself at a loss because you didn't know what caused the sudden shift in direction.That is what this book is about. "Adult conversations" will give you the tools to redirect the conversation where it belongs or signal you that it is time to shut it down....

**Who Gets to Adapt?The Environmental Elite and the Climate Divide**Climate change is no longer a distant threat—it is a sorting mechanism. Centuries of rigid social institutions have prevented environmental elite decisionmakers and organizations from incorporating blue collar communities in the rapidly evolving growth of climate adaptation. It is not that these groups don't want to, but the social structures do not allow for the recognition of need fo...

An isolated community ruled by women captures a young man. Later his lover is taken in. The daughter of the ruler of the community makes friends with the young woman. That friendship will make her take another look at the assumptions her community has lived under.

By the end of the 1980s, the "malaise" that had once pervaded American society was replaced by a renewed sense of confidence and national purpose. However, beneath this veneer of optimism was a nation confronting the effects of massive federal deficits, a reckless foreign policy, AIDS, homelessness, and a growing "cultural war."In Transforming America, renowned historian Robert Collins examines the decade's critical and controversial developments and the unmistakable influ...

Oria is the youngest daughter of the famed magus Hilia of Bacaria. A rough end to a relationship and a message from one of her mother’s friends sends Oria to the great city of Nuvus.Someone is selling scrolls with false tales written on them, including ones about Hilia. Is this a scheme to get coins? An effort to undermine Luthgenicca? Oria is tasked to investigate. Will trying to solve the mystery take Oria’s life in a startling new direction?

Climate adaptation is often framed as a challenge of the future. In Who Gets to Adapt? Environmental Elites, Blue-Collar Communities, and the Climate Divide, Robert W. Collin demonstrates that its outcomes are rooted in history.This book offers a rigorous historical analysis of how protection, risk, and inequality have been structured over time in the United States. Drawing on environmental law, land-use planning, and public policy, Collin traces how decades of decisions-r...

Felice is the daughter of a town scribe who works too hard and spends too little. She falls for the son of the local miller. Her father wants her to marry a much older man out of greed. Fortunately the young couple are friends with the son of the local Duke. He resolves to learn the truth of her father’s foul proposal, and also determine what gold might have to do with the situation.