Toby Daye—a half-human, half-fae changeling—has been an outsider from birth. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the fae world, retreating to a "normal" life. Unfortunately for her, the Faerie world had other ideas... Now her liege, the Duke of the Shadowed Hills, has asked Toby to go to the Country of Tamed Lightening to make sure all is well with his niece, Countess January O'Leary. It seems like a simple enough assignment—until Toby discovers that someone has begun murdering people close to January, and that if the killer isn't stopped, January may be the next victim

Things are looking up. For the first time in what feels like years, October "Toby" Daye has been able to pause long enough to take a breath and look at her life - and she likes what she sees. She has friends. She has allies. She has a squire to train and a King of Cats to love, and maybe, just maybe, she can let her guard down for a change. Or not. When Queen Windermere's seneschal is elf-shot and thrown into an enchanted sleep by agents from the neighboring Kingdom of Silences, Toby finds herself in a role she never expected to play: that of a diplomat. She must travel to Portland, Oregon, to convince King Rhys of Silences not to go to war against the Mists. But nothing is that simple, and what October finds in Silences is worse than she would ever have imagined. How far will Toby go when lives are on the line and when allies both old and new are threatened by a force she had never expected to face again? How much is October willing to give up, and how much is she willing to change? In Faerie, what's past is never really gone. It's just waiting for an opportunity to pounce. A Red-Rose Chain is the ninth installment in Seanan McGuire's urban fantasy October "Toby" Daye series. 

October "Toby" Daye is a changeling-half human and half fae—and the only one who has earned knighthood. Now she must take on a nightmarish new challenge. Someone is stealing the children of the fae as well as mortal children, and all signs point to Blind Michael. Toby has no choice but to track the villain down—even when there are only three magical roads by which to reach Blind Michael's realm, home of the Wild Hunt—and no road may be taken more than once. If Toby cannot escape with the children, she will fall prey to the Wild Hunt and Blind Michael's inescapable power

It's been almost a year since October 'Toby' Daye averted a war, gave up a county, and suffered personal losses that have left her wishing for a good day's sleep. She's tried to focus on her responsibilities — training Quentin, upholding her position as Sylvester's knight, and paying the bills — but she can't help feeling like her world is crumbling around her, and her increasingly reckless behavior is beginning to worry even her staunchest supporters.  To make matters worse, Toby's just been asked to find another missing child... only this time it's the changeling daughter of her fellow knight, Etienne, who didn't even know he was a father until the girl went missing. Her name is Chelsea. She's a teleporter, like her father. She's also the kind of changeling the old stories warn about, the ones with all the strength and none of the control. She's opening doors that were never meant to be opened, releasing dangers that were sealed away centuries before — and there's a good chance she could destroy Faerie if she isn't stopped.  Now Toby must find Chelsea before time runs out, racing against an unknown deadline and through unknown worlds as she and her allies try to avert disaster. But danger is also stirring in the Court of Cats, and Tybalt may need Toby's help with the biggest challenge he's ever faced.  Toby thought the last year was bad. She has no idea

Things are starting to look up for October "Toby" Daye. She's training her squire, doing her job, and has finally allowed herself to grow closer to the local King of Cats. It seems like her life may finally be settling down...at least until dead changelings start appearing in the alleys of San Francisco, killed by an overdose of goblin fruit. Toby's efforts to take the problem to the Queen of the Mists are met with harsh reprisals, leaving her under sentence of exile from her home and everyone she loves. Now Toby must find a way to reverse the Queens decree, get the goblin fruit off the streets—and, oh, yes, save her own life, since more than a few of her problems have once again followed her home. And then there's the question of the Queen herself, who seems increasingly unlikely to have a valid claim to the throne.... To find the answers, October and her friends will have to travel from the legendary Library of Stars into the hidden depths of the Kingdom of the Mists—and they'll have to do it fast, because time is running out. In faerie, some fates are worse than death. October Daye is about to find out what they are. 

Ghoulies. Ghosties. Long-legged beasties. Things that go bump in the night... The Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity-and humanity from them. Enter Verity Price. Despite being trained from birth as a cryptozoologist, she'd rather dance a tango than tangle with a demon, and is spending a year in Manhattan while she pursues her career in professional ballroom dance. Sounds pretty simple, right? It would be, if it weren't for the talking mice, the telepathic mathematicians, the asbestos supermodels, and the trained monster-hunter sent by the Price family's old enemies, the Covenant of St. George. When a Price girl meets a Covenant boy, high stakes, high heels, and a lot of collateral damage are almost guaranteed. To complicate matters further, local cryptids are disappearing, strange lizard-men are appearing in the sewers, and someone's spreading rumors about a dragon sleeping underneath the city

This book is an anthology of original stories inspired by science and scientists. The authors—some of the best and most decorated in the field—each visited Microsoft Research and met with top researchers in areas such as machine learning, computer vision, speech recognition, programming languages, and operating systems. They were given a unique opportunity to see new technologies under development and understand how researchers think and work. The stories that came out of this process are the kind of science fiction that excited me as boy. They draw upon, highlight, and extrapolate current science. A number of them put scientists and engineers front and center in the narrative

When Alex Price agreed to go to Ohio to oversee a basilisk breeding program and assist in the recovery of his psychic cousin, he didn't expect people to start dropping dead. But bodies are cropping up at the zoo where he works, and his girlfriend—Shelby Tanner, an Australian zoologist with a fondness for big cats—is starting to get suspicious. Worse yet, the bodies have all been turned partially to stone... The third book in the InCryptid series takes us to a new location and a new member of the family, as Alex tries to balance life, work, and the strong desire not to become a piece of garden statuary. Old friends and new are on the scene, and danger lurks around every corner. Of course, so do the talking mice

The editors of the New York Times bestselling Death's Excellent Vacation bring home a new collection...with a never-before-published Sookie Stackhouse story!  There's nothing like home renovation for finding skeletons in the closet or otherwordly portals in the attic. Now, for any homeowner who's ever wondered, "What's that creaking sound?" or fans of "how to" television who'd like a little unreality mixed in with their reality shows, editors Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner return with an all-new collection of the paranormal perils of Do-It-Yourself.  Sookie Stackhouse resides in these pages, in a never-before-published story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. And New York Times bestselling authors Patricia Briggs, James Grady, Heather Graham, Melissa Marr, and nine other outstanding writers have constructed more frightening and funny fixer-upper tales guaranteed to shake foundations and rattle readers' pipes

Danger. Evil. Death. Heroes can face it all, but they cannot do it alone. Throughout history, creatures both big and small have stood alongside heroes and helped them through trying times, whether on the battlefield or in their laps. In these brand-new stories, seventeen bestselling authors regale us with adventures of animal companions and how they often are the ones rescuing the rescuer. New stories by / in the world of * Jim Butcher — from The Dresden Files * Faith Hunter — from Jane Yellowrock * Patricia Briggs — from Mercy Thompson * Seanan McGuire — standalone * L. E. Modesitt — from Archform: Beauty and Flash * Kelley Armstrong — from Cainsville * L. J. Hachmeister — from the Triorion Universe/Laws of Attraction * Sam Knight — from The Abandoned Lands * Eliza Eveland — from Talons and Tethers * Hailey Edwards — from The Beginner’s Guide to Necromancy * D. J. Butler — from Abbott in Darkness * Lucienne Diver — from The Latter-Day Olympians * A. J. Hartley — from The Bowescroft Series * Alex Erickson — from Furever Pets * John Hartness — from Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter * R.R. Virdi — from Tales of Tremaine * Jennifer Blackstream — from Blood Trails. Purchasing this book saves a puppy’s life! Book sale profits are donated to: Lifeline Puppy Rescue

October "Toby" Daye is half-human, half-fae—the only changeling who's earned knighthood. But when someone begins targeting her nearest and dearest, it becomes clear that Toby is being set up to take the fall for everything that's happening

Cryptid, noun: 1. Any creature whose existence has been suggested but not proven scientifically. Term officially coined by cryptozoologist John E. Wall in 1983. 2. That thing that's getting ready to eat your head. 3. See also: "monster." The Price family has spent generations studying the monsters of the world, working to protect them from humanity—and humanity from them. Enter Verity Price. Despite being trained from birth as a cryptozoologist, she'd rather dance a tango than tangle with a demon, and when her work with the cryptid community took her to Manhattan, she thought she would finally be free to pursue competition-level dance in earnest. It didn't quite work out that way... But now, with the snake cult that was killing virgins all over Manhattan finally taken care of, Verity is ready to settle down for some serious ballroom dancing—until her on-again, off-again, semi-boyfriend Dominic De Luca, a member of the monster-hunting Covenant of St. George, informs her that the Covenant is on their way to assess the city's readiness for a cryptid purge. With everything and everyone she loves on the line, there's no way Verity can take that lying down. Alliances will be tested, allies will be questioned, lives will be lost, and the talking mice in Verity's apartment will immortalize everything as holy writ—assuming there's anyone left standing when all is said and done. It's a midnight blue-light special, and the sale of the day is on betrayal, deceit...and carnage

The latest volume of the prestigious anthology series, published annually across six decades! The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated stories of the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). The editor, selected by SFWA’s anthology Committee (chaired by Mike Resnick), is Jane Yolen, an author of children’s books, fantasy, and science fiction. This year’s Nebula Award winners are Charlie Jane Anders, Seanan McGuire, William Ledbetter, Amal El-Mohtar, and Eric Heisserer, with David D. Levine winning the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Book

Politics have never been October "Toby" Daye's strong suit. When she traveled to the Kingdom of Silences to prevent them from going to war with her home, the Kingdom of the Mists, she wasn't expecting to return with a cure for elf-shot and a whole new set of political headaches. Now the events she unwittingly set in motion could change the balance of modern Faerie forever, and she has been ordered to appear before a historic convocation of monarchs, hosted by Queen Windermere in the Mists and overseen by the High King and Queen themselves. Naturally, things have barely gotten underway when the first dead body shows up. As the only changeling in attendance, Toby is already the target of suspicion and hostility. Now she needs to find a killer before they can strike again - and with the doors locked to keep the guilty from escaping, no one is safe. As danger draws ever closer to her allies and the people she loves best, Toby will have to race against time to prevent the total political destabilization of the West Coast and to get the convocation back on track...and if she fails, the cure for elf-shot may be buried forever, along with the victims she was too slow to save. Because there are worse fates than sleeping for 100 years. 

October "Toby" Daye is settling into her new role as Countess of Goldengreen. She's actually dating again, and she's taken on Quentin as her squire. So, of course, it's time for things to take a turn for the worse. Someone has kidnapped the sons of the regent of the Undersea Duchy of Saltmist. To prevent a war between land and sea, Toby must find the missing boys and prove the Queen of the Mists was not behind their abduction. Toby's search will take her from the streets of San Francisco to the lands beneath the waves, and her deadline is firm: she must find the boys in three days' time, or all of the Mists will pay the price. But someone is determined to stop her—and whoever it is isn't playing by Oberon's Laws

What if you could not only travel any location in the world, but to any possible world? We can all imagine such “other worlds”—be they worlds just slightly different than our own or worlds full of magic and wonder—but it is only in fiction that we can travel to them. From The Wizard of Oz to The Dark Tower, from Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass to C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a rich tradition of this kind of fiction, but never before have the best parallel world stories and portal fantasies been collected in a single volume—until now. “Anthologist Adams presents readers with a wide variety of alternate Earths, some only slightly askew and others completely unfamiliar. […] Adams’s selections are mirrors reflecting one other with the best images of alternate realities. Readers will greatly enjoy this exploration of our world's foremost and ascendant speculative authors.” “Reminds longtime readers of fantasy and sci-fi what we love about the genre, while also and aptly demonstrating to newcomers that these stories are about so much more than dragons and multitentacled monsters. It comes highly recommended to both and all.”

October 'Toby' Daye, a changeling who is half human and half fae, has been an outsider from birth. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the Faerie world, retreating to a 'normal' life. Unfortunately for her, the Faerie world has other ideas. The murder of Countess Evening Winterrose pulls Toby back into the fae world. Unable to resist Evening's dying curse, which binds her to investigate, Toby must resume her former position as knight errant and renew old alliances. As she steps back into fae society, dealing with a cast of characters not entirely good or evil, she realizes that more than her own life will be forfeited if she cannot find Evening's killer

This omnivorous selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and World Fantasy Award finalist Carmen Maria Machado is a display of the most boundary-pushing, genre-blurring, stylistically singular science fiction and fantasy stories published in the last year. By sending us to alternate universes and chronicling ordinary magic, introducing us to mythical beasts and talking animals, and engaging with a wide spectrum of emotion from tenderness to fear, each of these stories challenge the way we see our place in the cosmos. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 represents a wide range of the most accomplished voices working in science fiction and fantasy, in fiction, today -- each story dazzles with ambition, striking prose, and the promise of the other and the unencountered

Stranded on a desert island, a young man yearns for objects from his past. A local from a small coastal town in England is found dead as the tide goes out. A Norwegian whaling ship is stranded in the Arctic, its crew threatened by mysterious forces. In the nineteenth century, a ship drifts in becalmed waters in the Indian Ocean, those on it haunted by their evil deeds. A surfer turned diver discovers there are things worse than drowning under the sea. Something from the sea is creating monsters on land. In The Devil and the Deep, award-winning editor Ellen Datlow shares an all-original anthology of horror that covers the depths of the deep blue sea, with brand new stories from New York Times bestsellers and award-winning authors such as Seanan McGuire, Christopher Golden, Stephen Graham Jones, and more

Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm. But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild. THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH tells their stories. Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME focuses on life after the apocalypse. THE END HAS COME features all-new, never-before-published works by Hugh Howey, Seanan McGuire, Ken Liu, Carrie Vaughn, Mira Grant, Jamie Ford, Tananarive Due, Jonathan Maberry, Robin Wasserman, Nancy Kress, Charlie Jane Anders, Elizabeth Bear, Ben H. Winters, Scott Sigler, and many others. THE END IS NIGH is about the match. THE END IS NOW is about the conflagration. THE END HAS COME is about what will rise from the ashes

Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm. But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild. THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH will tell their stories. Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME focuses on life after the apocalypse

Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm.  But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild. THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH will tell their stories.  Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME focuses on life after the apocalypse.  Volume one of The Apocalypse Triptych, THE END IS NIGH, features all-new, never-before-published works by Hugh Howey, Paolo Bacigalupi, Jamie Ford, Seanan McGuire, Tananarive Due, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Sigler, Robin Wasserman, Nancy Kress, Charlie Jane Anders, Ken Liu, and many others.  Post-apocalyptic fiction is about worlds that have already burned. Apocalyptic fiction is about worlds that are burning. THE END IS NIGH is about the match

Famine. Death. War. Pestilence. These are the harbingers of the biblical apocalypse, of the End of the World. In science fiction, the end is triggered by less figurative means: nuclear holocaust, biological warfare/pandemic, ecological disaster, or cosmological cataclysm. But before any catastrophe, there are people who see it coming. During, there are heroes who fight against it. And after, there are the survivors who persevere and try to rebuild. THE APOCALYPSE TRIPTYCH will tell their stories. Edited by acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams and bestselling author Hugh Howey, The Apocalypse Triptych is a series of three anthologies of apocalyptic fiction. THE END IS NIGH focuses on life before the apocalypse. THE END IS NOW turns its attention to life during the apocalypse. And THE END HAS COME explores life after the apocalypse. THE END IS NIGH is about the match. THE END HAS COME is about what will rise from the ashes. THE END IS NOW is about the conflagration

Toby thought she understood her own past; she thought she knew the score. She was wrong. It's time to learn the truth

IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT… For decades, the apocalypse and its aftermath have yielded some of the most exciting short stories of all time. From David Brin’s seminal “The Postman” to Hugh Howey’s “Deep Blood Kettle” and Tananarive Due’s prescient “Patient Zero,” the end of the world continues to thrill. This companion volume to the critically acclaimed WASTELANDS offers thirty of the finest examples of post-apocalyptic short fiction, with works by: Ann Aguirre Megan Arkenberg Paolo Bacigalupi Christopher Barzak Lauren Beukes David Brin Orson Scott Card Junot Díaz Cory Doctorow Tananarive Due Toiya Kristen Finley Milo James Fowler Maria Dahvana Headley Hugh Howey Keffy R. M. Kehrli Jake Kerr Nancy Kress Joe R. Lansdale George R. R. Martin Jack McDevitt Seanan McGuire Maureen F. McHugh D. Thomas Minton Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling Ramsey Shehadeh Robert Silverberg Rachel Swirsky Genevieve Valentine James Van Pelt Christie Yant Award-winning editor John Joseph Adams has once again assembled a who’s who of short fiction, and the result is nothing short of mind-blowing

The new post-apocalyptic collection by master anthologist John Joseph Adams, featuring never-before-published stories and curated reprints by some of the genre’s most popular and critically-acclaimed authors. In WASTELANDS: THE NEW APOCALYPSE, veteran anthology editor John Joseph Adams is once again our guide through the wastelands using his genre and editorial expertise to curate his finest collection of post-apocalyptic short fiction yet. Whether the end comes via nuclear war, pandemic, climate change, or cosmological disaster, these stories explore the extraordinary trials and tribulations of those who survive. Featuring never-before-published tales by: Veronica Roth, Hugh Howey, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Tananarive Due, Richard Kadrey, Scott Sigler, Elizabeth Bear, Tobias S. Buckell, Meg Elison, Greg van Eekhout, Wendy N. Wagner, Jeremiah Tolbert, and Violet Allen—plus, recent reprints by: Carmen Maria Machado, Carrie Vaughn, Ken Liu, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kami Garcia, Charlie Jane Anders, Catherynne M. Valente, Jack Skillingstead, Sofia Samatar, Maureen F. McHugh, Nisi Shawl, Adam-Troy Castro, Dale Bailey, Susan Jane Bigelow, Corinne Duyvis, Shaenon K. Garrity, Nicole Kornher-Stace, Darcie Little Badger, Timothy Mudie, and Emma Osborne

«Боги Лавкрафта» – антология, включающая двенадцать эксклюзивно написанных историй мастеров темного жанра. Ктулху, Азатот, Шаб-Ниггурат и Адам Нэвилл, Лэрд Баррон, Бентли Литтл, Джо Лансдейл, Дуглас Уин. Каждый рассказ посвящен одному из божеств «Мифов Ктулху» и снабжен комментарием современного автора «Некрономикона», писателя и демонолога Дональда Тайсона

В дебрях глухих лесов расположена частная школа Элеанор Уэст для трудных подростков. Вот только их «трудности» далеки от привычных проблем: каждый воспитанник побывал в ином мире, который считает своим подлинным домом и мечтает туда вернуться. Главное – успеть отыскать свою «дверь» до того, как станешь слишком взрослым… или сойдешь с ума

ЧТО БУДЕТ, ЕСЛИ МАГИЯ ВАС ОТВЕРГНЕТ? В пансионате Элеанор Уэст живут изгои, которые не могут найти себе места в реальности и только и мечтают о том, чтобы вернуться в свои странные и восхитительные волшебные миры. Когда Нэнси вернулась из Царства мертвых, пансионат стал ее домом. Но там начинают происходить жуткие убийства, и Нэнси вместе с друзьями надо срочно найти маньяка. У каждого обитателя здесь – своя история. Например, сестры Джек и Джилл в детстве были очаровательными малышками, а теперь наводят ужас на окружающих. Это все Пустоши. Безжалостные и прекрасные. Как же сестры туда попали? И что с ними там произошло?

Октобер «Тоби» Дей, получеловек-полуфэйри, единственная из Подменышей, кто получил рыцарский титул. Теперь она сталкивается с новым кошмаром. Кто-то крадет детей фэйри, равно как и смертных младенцев, и все улики указывают на Слепого Майкла. Тоби придется поймать злодея. Лишь три волшебных дороги ведут к его жилищу, родине Дикой Охоты, и все они могут быть пройдены лишь один раз. Если Тоби не удастся бежать с детьми, она падет жертвой Дикой Охоты, и неизбежно окажется во власти Слепого Майкла

Легенды о драконах существуют по всему миру – от Китая до Европы, от Африки до Северной Америки – много веков. Одни повествуют о кровожадных огнедышащих созданиях и бросивших им вызов благородных рыцарях. Другие – о мудрых и древних существах, которые могут многому научить человечество. Но истории о драконах, самых очаровательных и опасных волшебных существах, всегда неразрывно связаны с магией, героями и приключениями, поэтому они так полюбились людям всех времен и национальностей

Октобер Дэй - дитя фэйри и человека. А еще больше - дитя улиц Сан-Франциско. Подменыш, полукровка и не шибко удачливый частный детектив. Еще подростком она сбежала из Летних земель фэйри, потому что из-за своего происхождения обречена была оставаться там чужой. Но и в бренном мире жизнь подменыша не назовешь простой, а Тоби, похоже, вдобавок ко всему обладает талантом притягивать проблемы. Она умудрилась ввязаться в интриги самых влиятельных и опасных чистокровных фэйри и в результате провела четырнадцать лет под водой, потеряв все, что сумела обрести в мире людей. После таких испытаний наиболее разумным было решение держаться подальше от своих сверхъестественных сородичей, и Тоби всеми силами старалась избегать даже малейших контактов с ними, но жестокое убийство и предсмертное проклятие аристократки-фэйри не позволят Октобер Дэй ускользнуть от судьбы

«Эта история никогда не была про добро и зло. Она про силу и власть». Знакомьтесь – Роджер, прирожденный лингвист и талантливый рассказчик. Ему с самого детства легко даются языки, и мир он воспринимает на уровне слов. А это Доджер – одержимая числами девочка, которая видит мир уравнениями и делает все с помощью математики. Роджер и Доджер связаны на особом уровне, который зовут квантовой запутанностью, но они еще не знают, что их появление – результат работы могущественного темного алхимика Рида. А Рид и его последователи хотят лишь одного – обладать властью над миром. Роджера и Доджер ждет долгий и трудный путь до Невозможного города, через время, пространство и невероятные события, и пройти его они смогут только рука об руку

В 1968 году мир испытал совершенно новый вид ужаса: на киноэкраны вышел знаменитый фильм «Ночь живых мертвецов». С тех пор зомби уверенно вторглись во все аспекты популярной культуры. И вот теперь отмеенный наградами составитель антологий Джонатан Мэйберри вместе с самим «крестным отцом» жанра Джорджем Э. Ромеро и целой плеядой самых талантливых мастеров современного хоррора представляют вам коллекцию совершенно новых историй, произошедших в течение сорока восьми часов той легендарной вспышки. Приготовьтесь! Эти ночи будут очень долгими… и очень страшными!

Мы привыкли, что Хэллоуин – костюмированный праздник страшилок. Но его корни уходят в темную старину, полную мрачных ритуалов и поверий, к которым современность относится слишком легкомысленно. В канун праздника всех святых граница между миром живых и потусторонним становится тонкой, поэтому не стоит пренебрегать мерами предосторожности, особенно если слышите шаги за спиной – не оборачивайтесь. Жуткие истории в темноте у камина не всегда ужастики для малышей, но реальные истории о тех, кто не соблюдал правила. Не желайте запретного, не берите фонарь из рук Джека…

Те времена, когда люди слагали о волшебном народе красивые сказки и жутковатые легенды, давно миновали, но фейри по-прежнему живут среди нас, прячась под иллюзией человеческой внешности. Октобер Дэй не повезло родиться полукровкой-подменышем, чужой для людей, нежеланной для фейри. Но зато она владеет тем, чему за тысячелетия так и не пожелали научиться бессмертные: способности использовать опыт и умения людей. Это приводит ее на рыцарскую службу к Сильвестру Торквилю, герцогу Тенистых Холмов. Впрочем, после того как Октобер попадает в центр интриги бесконечно более могущественного, чем она сама, Саймона Торквиля, брата-близнеца ее сеньора, и оказывается на четырнадцать лет заточена в тело рыбы, она приобретает не только устойчивую неприязнь к воде, но и категорическое нежелание иметь дело с магическим миром вообще. Ее прежняя любовь, Коннор О’Делл, заключил политический брак с Рейзелин Торквиль, наследницей Сильвестра, а смертный муж Октобер и родившаяся от брака с ним дочь после четырнадцати лет отсутствия стали чужими людьми. Октобер живет одна, не считая общества пары кошек, и работает частным детективом в мире людей

Кто круче – роботы или феи? Гигантские уничтожители миров, способные сметать с лица земли целые города, или повелители магии, невидимые кукловоды, дергающие людей за ниточки страстей и иллюзий? С одной стороны, роботы продолжают оставаться классическим научно-фантастическим явлением в литературе и средствах массовой информации, от рассказов и романов Айзека Азимова до ВАЛЛ-И, от миров Филипа К. Дика до Терминатора. С другой стороны, феи – обожаемые иконы и бесспорные правители Страны фантазии, от Динь-Динь до Там Лин, от «Настоящей крови» до «Когда-то, давным-давно…». Эти два – народа, явления, феномена? – бесконечно забавные, неоднозначные и сложные. Когда мы противопоставим их друг другу, какая из сторон станет величайшим символом жанра всех времен?

Загадочный и замкнутый молодой человек, владеющий телекинезом, становится величайшим супергероем Нью-Йорка… Любовь вспыхивает между небоскрёбами Эмпайр-стейт и Крайслер-билдинг… Под Нью-Йорком находят туннели, не отмеченные ни на одной карте… Торговля недвижимостью для сверхъестественных существ оказывается невероятно сложным занятием… Прославленный редактор-составитель Пола Гуран собрала коллекцию удивительных и разнообразных историй, которые происходят в «Большом Яблоке». Среди авторов – лидеры рейтингов «Нью-Йорк таймс» и лауреаты премий «Хьюго» и «Небьюла»: Джордж Р. Р. Мартин, Питер Страуб, Наоми Новик, Мария Дэвана Хэдли, Питер Бигл, Холли Блэк и многие другие. Любой, кто хоть раз был в Нью-Йорке, знает, что это поистине волшебное место. И собранные в этой книге рассказы лишний раз демонстрируют, каким невероятным, загадочным, странным и иногда жутким может быть этот фантастический город

Созданный под редакцией Джона Джозефа Адамса и Хью Хауи – опытнейших составителей фантастических антологий, Триптих Апокалипсиса представляет собой серию из трех сборников апокалиптической фантастики. «Хаос на пороге» фокусируется на событиях, предшествующих массовой катастрофе, когда лишь единицы предчувствовали грядущий коллапс. «Царствие хаоса» обрушивает на человечество мощные удары, практически не оставляющие выбора ни странам, ни отдельным людям. «Хаос: отступление?» изображает участь человечества после Апокалипсиса. В этом сборнике вашему вниманию представлены 22 новые, ранее не публиковавшиеся истории, вышедшие из-под пера Паоло Бачигалупи, Тананарив Дью, Ненси Кресс, Кена Лю и многих других мастеров современной фантастической прозы

Созданный под редакцией Джона Джозефа Адамса и Хью Хауи – опытнейших составителей фантастических антологий, Триптих Апокалипсиса представляет собой серию из трех сборников апокалиптической фантастики. «Хаос на пороге» фокусируется на событиях, предшествующих массовой катастрофе, когда лишь единицы предчувствовали грядущий коллапс. «Царствие хаоса» обрушивает на человечество мощные удары, практически не оставляющие выбора ни странам, ни отдельным людям. «Хаос: отступление?» изображает участь человечества после Апокалипсиса. В этом сборнике вашему вниманию представлены 22 новые, ранее не публиковавшиеся истории, вышедшие из-под пера Тананарив Дью, Нэнси Кресс, Кена Лю и многих других мастеров современной фантастической прозы

Многие века они совершенствуют мастерство охоты, превратив выслеживание и умерщвление добычи в высшую форму искусства. Они называют себя яуджа, но Галактика знает их под другим именем – ХИЩНИКИ. Долгое время они не имели себе равных… пока не столкнулись с людьми. Ведь упрямым землянам все равно, насколько превосходит их противник. Важно лишь одно: если его можно ранить, то его можно и убить!

Созданный под редакцией Джона Джозефа Адамса и Хью Хауи — опытнейших составителей фантастических антологий, Триптих Апокалипсиса представляет собой серию из трех сборников апокалиптической фантастики. «Хаос на пороге» фокусируется на событиях, предшествующих массовой катастрофе, когда лишь единицы предчувствовали грядущий коллапс. «Царствие хаоса» обрушивает на человечество мощные удары, практически не оставляющие выбора ни странам, ни отдельным людям. «Хаос: отступление?» изображает участь человечества после Апокалипсиса. В этом сборнике вашему вниманию представлены 20 новых, ранее не публиковавшихся историй, вышедших из-под пера Тананарив Дью, Нэнси Кресс, Кена Лю, Дэвида Веллингтона, Джейми Форда и многих других мастеров современной фантастической прозы