What if the most compelling evidence for the existence of psychic phenomena came not from shadowy mystics or carnival fortune-tellers, but from judges, scientists, physicians, military officers, and heads of state? What if the witnesses who refused to dismiss the unexplained were among the most educated, most respected, and most rigorously logical minds of their era? That is precisely the astonishing premise at the heart of this remarkable volume, compiled by Walter Franklin Prince and Gar...

Forever is a monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Each issue will feature a novella,  author, two short stories, and cover art by Ron Guyatt. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke. Our fifteenth issue features a novella by John P. Murphy ("Claudius Rex"), a short story by Cat Rambo ("Memories of Moments, Bright as Falling Stars"), and a no...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our June 2022 issue (#189) contains:Original fiction by Aimee Ogden ("Company Town"), Nika Murphy ("The Art of Navigating an Affair in a Time Rift"), Anna Martino ("Manjar dos Deuses"), Chris Willrich ("The Odyssey Problem"), Chen Qian ("Inhuman Lovers"), Marie Vibbert ("We Built This City"), and Adele Gardner ("M...

Richard Wilson (1920-1987) was a Nebula Award winning American science fiction writer and fan. He was a member of the Futurians, and was at his most prolific in the 1950s -- though he continued writing throughout his entire life. This volume focuses on his science fiction (24 stories) from the 1950s, but also includes a "non fiction" ghost story and a brief autobiography written in the 1980s. Included are:MURDER FROM MARSSTEPSONS OF MARSDATELINE: MARSVISITOR FR...

The Time Traveller's Almanac is the largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, here is over a century's worth of literary travels into past and the future. The anthology covers millions of years of Earth's history – from the age of the dinosaurs to strange and fascinating futures, through to the end of Time itself. The Time Traveller's Alman...

Edward Paul Wellen (1919-2011) wrote primarily short stories throughout his long career, primarily in both the mystery field, but also (especially early in his career) in science fiction magazines. This is the second collection of his science fiction stories we have published, and it’s another good one. Included are:ORIGINS OF GALACTIC LAWTHE BIG CHEESEROOT OF EVILTHE VOICESTHE WORLD IN THE JUKE BOXTHE SUPERSTITION SEEDERSTHE ENGRAMMAR AGE

In a house on a suburban street in Nagasaki, meteorologist Shimura Kobo lives quietly on his own. Or so he believes.Food begins to go missing. Perturbed by this threat to his orderly life, Shimura sets up a webcam to monitor his home.But though eager to identify his intruder, is Shimura really prepared for what the camera will reveal?Based on real-life events, this prize-winning novel is a moving tale of alienation in the modern world.

A new Mike Hammer story from the archives of Mickey Spillane.On the death of crime boss Don Giraldi, a rumour begins to spread about the existence of a very dangerous book. A ledger that lists every deal made during his career.The rumored is that the book is in the possession of person he trusted most. But who can a crime boss trust? Hired by the local police to find the ledger, Mike Hammer soon finds himself in the firing line of everyone from the cops, the local politicia...

Horton's elegiac anthology of 15 mostly hard SF stories illuminates a broad spectrum of grief over love thwarted through time, space, human frailty or alien intervention, from the gentle melancholy of Michael Swanwick's "Triceratops Summer," which posits tame Technicolored time-warped dinosaurs in Vermont, to newcomer Leah Bobet's "Bliss," an agonizing riff on near-future drug addiction. Several selections address current political-social issues, like Mary Rosenblum's "Search Engine," whic...

Drawn from the five volumes of his complete short stories (also published by Gollancz) this volume represents the very cream of Philip K. Dick's output.It serves both as a celebration of his work, in the 25th year since his death, and as the ideal introduction to his unique take on the world for new readers.As our culture becomes ever more fluid, as fact is fictionalised, as documentary gives way to reality-TV, as our identities are digitised, as globalism runs wild, as dru...

The Mafia is making a power play on US soil, smuggling in four shipping containers full of the finest Turkish heroin right under the Feds' noses. It's a shipment large enough to turn a generation into addicts and elevate the Cosa Nostra to new heights. This is a clear and present danger to the future of the nation - the only course for the President is to pick up a very special phone and to ask CURE to send in The Destroyer.The Destroyer is Remo Williams, an ex-cop who should be de...

From the SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes an ideal sample introduction to the compelling work of Pat Cadigan, two-times winner of the ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD.Pat Cadigan has been dubbed 'the Queen of Cyberpunk' but her novels defy such narrow categorisation. In addition to winning two ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARDs and a WORLD FANTASY AWARD, she has been nominated for the HUGO, NEBULA and PHILIP K. DICK AWARDs and garnered prais...