Human cloning.Technology evolves faster than we do.The law shields us from our worst temptations.But the opportunity is there, dangling just out of reach—perfection and ascension… or delusion and destruction.In this collection of clone-themed stories, ten of today’s top speculative fiction writers explore our morality, our built-in societal restraints, and reflect upon our state of grace.Similar is not necessarily the same.“CLONES: The Antholog...

“It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears.We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or to watch it--we are going back from whence we came.”- John F. KennedyUnderwater cities, lost civilizations, crops, climate change, and dead zones.In this collection of o...

A new job. A new threat. A new chance to die.Dr. Greg Schorn is now working with the Department of Extraterrestrial and Alien Defense (D.E.A.D.). And no one is more surprised than him. After the events in Norway, Greg was sure he would never go back into government work. Yet just a few months later, he is back in the United States working at the new D.E.A.D. headquarters in upstate New York.But it's not the same D.E.A.D. that existed under Martin Drummond's...

Reports of strange creatures began to be reported in the western half of the United States after the explosive incident at Area 51. In response, the U.S. government created the Department of Extraterrestrial and Alien Defense—D.E.A.D. for short. And with a name like that, what could possibly go wrong?When Dr. Maeve Leander escaped Area 51 with her unusual family, she knew the safety net provided by the President of the United States would only be short lived.

The alien experiment is alive . . . and it wants out.In a world where UFO sightings have become alarmingly frequent, the US government's top-secret A.L.I.V.E. Project was created to prepare for an impending alien threat.Dr. Maeve Leander, raised in the shadow of this covert operation, now leads the research on Alvie, the project's first alien subject. To Maeve, Alvie isn't just an experiment; he's family. But when a mysterious new agency seizes control of A...

Martin Drummond will stop at nothing to find Maeve Leander and her family.But the threat Martin offers pales in comparison to the world ending cataclysm that is now on the horizon . . .Maeve Leader and her group has found a safe haven thanks to Adam Watson. But they all know its temporary. Martin Drummond has redoubled his efforts to find them.Despite the tranquility of their surroundings, there's no peace to be found for Maeve. She...

A heart-shattering loss leads to a reality-shattering discovery . . .Every bureaucracy has a rhythm, even the Department of Extraterrestrial and Alien Defense (D.E.A.D.). Dr. Greg Schorn has gotten used to that rhythm: go on assignment, take down a government-created alien hybrid, write up a report, rinse, and repeat.Not that there's no danger. Rounding up the escapees comes with more than a little risk. But Greg trusts the people around him, especially Mit...

Where do you hide when the world is searching for you?Dr. Maeve Leander and Captain Chris Garrigan are trusting Tilda Watson to keep Alvie, the triplets, and their expanding circle of fugitives safe. Not that they have much choice.With dangerous forces within the U.S. government chasing them down, their list of safe harbors is down to one: an island long thought to be only myth.But this new hiding spot is not as secure as it seems. For a new threat ...

This is the second annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much attention (and contention) across fandom. But there are more stories loved by the Hugo voters, stories on the longer...

Months into a war with the Mitasterites, sniper captain June Vereeth and fellow T.U. soldiers find themselves on the frozen wastes of P-75 to defend a fuel dump. Disaster strikes when a cave-in saves Vereeth and four soldiers from a cataclysmic blast. Now they have little food, no radio, no map and no way off the planet.P-75 is winter world of mysteries and dangerous wildlife--and a tomb for many lost souls. As the hell-bent Mitasterites return to the surface, will this unforgiving...

Schneider Wrack Was Dead.Until he wasn't. Convicted of a crime he's almost completely sure he didn't commit, executed, reanimated, then pressed into service aboard a vast trawler on the terrible world of Ocean, he was set to spend his afterlife working until his mindless corpse fell apart. But now he's woken up, trapped in a rotting body, arm-deep in the stinking meat and blubber of a sea monster, and he's not happy. It's time for the dead to rise up. From the sten...

When machine murders man, one detective is the world’s only hope of preventing an all-out-war…Dhata Mays has become used to living on the fringes. Unlike most of humanity, the detective treats the synth population with the respect they deserve. But when a gruesome murder points to a synth as the perpetrator, Dhata must do everything in his power to discover an explanation before the case goes public.In a race against time, Dhata discovers a scheme involving...