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Leah Rossi hasn't had an easy upbringing and is looking to start fresh when she leaves for college. Being abandoned by her mom and ignored by her grandma, shes basically on her own dealing with life's everyday struggles and added into the mix is a three year old. But as soon as she locks eyes with...

The lowland conquerers have taken everything from him, or so the composer Amet Emendexte-ilye was taught: prestige, autonomy, wealth, and most importantly, magic. But when one of them steals his fiancee, Amet avenges himself on them all by writing music and giving it away in defiance of the lowland...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our October 2015 issue (#109) contains: Original Fiction by A.C. Wise ("And If the...

Addictions come in many forms, Jessie Moore learns—including relationships. Working at the fledgling Philly Times newspaper with reporter Matt Cleary proves draining after their breakup. When a longtime friend dies of AIDS, she reconnects with her first love, Billy Black, who becomes a bridge back...

To the Byrne children, constellations were more than stick figures in the night sky. At their father’s telling, their myths became tales of adventure and romance for Percy, Allie, Mary and Aurie, whose names seem to imbue celestial royalty upon them. When the Orion River floods in 1965, the Byrne...

Clyde Travis inherited Frank's place - a general store in the heart of the Texas Hill Country - from his father. Life seems to have passed him by, and now his wife is seriously ill. Late one evening, after closing the store, a white Ford Fusion pulls into the store parking lot. Having drank far too...

Keith Anderson believes he's caught in gay hell - almost forty and too old for love. Bobby Michaels disagrees and thinks Keith is just right for him. Keith Anderson is in love with Bobby Michaels. Unfortunately, Keith with their fifteen year age difference thinks he's too old for Bobby. The...

This brilliant collection of satirical short stories explores the evolving corporate construction of reality in the media and information age.

We are each the kings of our own lives, but even kings can and will be wrangled into their rightful place. Enjoy this collection of short stories that explore the spirituality, hopes, romances, and inspirations of the human soul. This e-book includes a Bonus Story from C.A.Avila's next collection of short stories.

Enter the Abyss at the moment of the Apocalypse. Meet the seven headed dragon. Be there as the moments count down to the end of all things. As Above, So Below... For more books by this author, visit her author page here on smashwords!

In editing the present edition I have carefully preserved all Mr. Johns' delightful personal stories and his descriptions of the birds and their daily life in their haunts, but I have brought the scientific arrangement of the species up to date, as well as altered the nomenclature, in accordance with...

C. A. Higgins’s acclaimed novel Lightless fused suspenseful storytelling, high-caliber scientific speculation, and richly developed characters into a stunning science fiction epic. Now the dazzling Supernova heightens the thrills and deepens the haunting exploration of technology and humanity—and...

Vasiht'h always thought himself lucky to have befriended one of the rare and fascinating Eldritch, so when Jahir invites him home for a cousin's wedding, he's eager for the chance to find out more about these enigmatic aliens. Naturally, he gets more than he bargains for; by the end of his...

Restored to a working body, Morgan Locke has returned to Troth to seek the legendary athenaeum at Vigil in the hopes it will produce a solution to the enchantment binding the elves. But elves are not the only creatures now stepping out of folklore: the demons are coming, and they bring with them the...