MR3971XJKA-also known as Mary-is the Grays' scout, liaison, diplomat, and translator. Along with her boyfriend DuckBob and their friends Tall and Ned she has saved the universe from invasion by beings from another reality. Twice.DuckBob loves her and trusts her without question. Still, he doesn't actually know anything about her past. Which is why, when Mary asks him to accompany her to her college reunion, he jumps at the chance.That tense reunion is interrupted by a distress call-from the Grays themselves. It seems the invaders are back, and this time they're determined to finish the job.Mary and DuckBob quickly find themselves overwhelmed. To pull this one off, they're going to need help. A lot of it.Can they get their disparate allies to work together, though? Or will rivalries, dissension, and distrust do the invaders' work for them, once and for all?

OTHER EARTHS ".....One of the novas of the SF cosmos." The New Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction Almost a thousand years from now a new empire, governed by the immortals Joaquin Smith and his beautiful, but evil, sister Black Margot, has arisen on Earth after a planet wide holocaust. In the gigantic city of Urbs every aspect of life is monitored around the clock by security services, the inhabitants seem happy.....but in the wider world discontent is growing. This colourful vision of the future, in the novella "Dawn of Flame" and its sequel novel The Black Flame, is just one of the of the Other Earths in this remarkable book.

Algorithmic Shapeshifting is the first poetry collection of Bogi Takács, winner of the Lambda award for editing Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction, and finalist for the Hugo and Locus awards. The collection includes poems from the past decade and previously unpublished work. The scope of pieces extends from the present and past of Jewish life in Hungary and the United States to the far-future, outer-space reaches of the speculative—always with a sense of curiosity and wonder. “Bogi Takács is a poet of visceral exuberance and Talmudic invention. Moving as dazzlingly between genres as languages, e makes the reader eir kaleidoscope where ancient traditions, unenvisioned technologies, and children's toys tumble with ordinary, transcendent precision, imagining new ways of being and observing others signally extant. These poems draw blood and spark synapses, make dauntingly familiar and tenderly strange. You should let them change you.” Sonya Taaffe, author of Forget the Sleepless Shores “Bogi Takács's poetry is gleefully and unabashedly itself, pulling the reader through surreal worlds of visceral magic, body modification, political wit, and interpersonal devotion. Whether looking back into Talmudic history, forward into a science fictional psychic war, or sinking into the earth and growing flowers from its own eye sockets, "Algorithmic Shapeshifting" presents a voice that is consistently fresh, startling, and sincere.” Ada Hoffmann, author of The Outside

Backwards Day, set on the planet Tenalp, introduces us to a world where there are seventeen seasons, including one where bubblegum falls from the sky for three days and a single day when everything--everything everywhere--is backwards. Andrea looks eagerly forward to Backwards Day every year, so she can turn into a boy for the day. But one year she doesn't turn along with everyone else. She's miserable. The very next day, however, she turns into a boy--and stays that way! He's delighted, but his parents are distressed, and take him to the big city to consult with Backwardsologists. When they finally figure out what's happened, the miracles of Backwards Day are fully revealed.

'Islands - The Epidemic' is the first in the Islands series. Six months into an experiment to prove self-sufficiency is possible at the bottom of the sea, a war breaks out and, soon after, the five hundred specialists lose contact with the surface.****Palov Kilchinski stared the length of the room, his eyes fixed on the top of the stairs.Seconds earlier the whole world had seemed to momentarily jump and, as his senses tingled painfully on high-alert, an explosion followed by a rolling roar impacted the twin doors leading into the basement. Triggered by a sharp shot of adrenaline, his blinkered, tunnelled vision focused on the timber. As the wood visibly billowed, swelling and straining against the lock and hinges, Palov instinctively stepped away - but it did not crack and the frame held. Fine dust escaped the base as the doors shuddered back into their seating, ballooning down the stairs to amass in a slow moving eddy until a dense shard-filled fog blocked the exit.Escape was not Palov's concern; nor were the alarms which warned the building was ablaze, or the screams of survivors from the floor above.He scanned the basement for structural damage. At the far end of the room two wide cracks had appeared. One snaked down the wall to almost floor level; the other ran the length of the concrete ceiling, splitting the basement in two. He turned to his colleague. "Check the seals are intact." Mikile Brunev - the only other in the building who was privy to the true nature of the facility - crossed to a touch screen on the right of a heavily fortified metal door and studied the readings. Positioned at eye level it was equipped with a line of LEDs, all of which were mute - bar one. This single red light, glowing like a ripe autumn berry, indicated that the internal pressure within the chambers had fluctuated slightly. It happened from time to time and was not an automatic alert that something was faulty, since even a minuscule change would be registered. The noise upstairs intensified as the search for survivors began. Muffled calls, stifled by the basement's extraordinarily thick walls, intermingled with screams when limbs were released and the injured moved. Equipment, upended then dropped, loosened more dust from the ceiling and widened the fracture further. The two men, focusing on their task, were oblivious to the chaos above. Mikile entered a string of commands on the screen. He hoped to balance the pressure and extinguish the LED, but instead it seemed to have an adverse effect when a second diode began to glow, followed immediately by a third. He looked over his shoulder. "There are three lights on," he gasped. "It's all right," Palov replied, the calmness in his voice hiding a barely-controlled terror. "Anything less than five means the chambers remain hermetically sealed."When Mikile returned his attention to the screen he found a further LED had sprung to life. "There's now..." he stopped as another lit. "No!" then a sixth and a seventh, "Please God! No!"By now Palov could see for himself the string of pulsating red beads that adorned the safety panel and, as his self-preservation shut down, his thoughts went immediately to his family and loved ones. He knew what had to be done and it had to be done fast. Prompted into action, he crossed the room to the phone."Go and see what's happening upstairs," he instructed as he dialled an outside line, but when his colleague never moved, he screamed: "Mikile!. No-one must be allowed to leave; you know what you must do!"Mikile was also ex-army and it was only discipline that kept him going now. Tearing his eyes away from the safety panel, he grabbed an Uzi and two spare clips from a cupboard then hurriedtowards the stairs.****Also by Patricia Smith: Time Split, Time Split-Briggs Distant Suns, Distant Suns-The Journey Home, Distant Suns-The Silexous, Distant Suns-Mettle and Nebathan.

Murder In the Void by Edmond Hamilton The Dual World by Arthur K. Barnes Terror In Utopia by Paul Ernst The Reinmuth Rider by John Victor Peterson The Man Who Looked Like Steinmetz by Robert Moore Williams Wings Across the Cosmos by Polton Cross The Year of Unreason by J. Harvey Haggard The Great Illusion by Will Garth Time On My Hands by Mort Weisinger 130 pages 7x10 Cover Artist: Howard Brown ISBN: 1-59798-580-5 ISBN-13: 978-1-59798-580-2

The book concerns recently demobbed and down on his luck Major Owston, who becomes the bodyguard of the deformed amoral art collector Martin Hews, Hews is plunged into a bitter rivalry with a gang leader simply known as "Joseph."

A love story wrapped in a modern noir that takes our hero down the conspiracy rabbit hole where he starts to question his own sanity. FishKill is a love story wrapped in a modern noir that takes our hero, Detective Bart Fishkill, so far down the conspiracy rabbit hole that he starts to question his own sanity even to the point of wondering whether if he isn’t the villain in the first place.

Aboard the former HMES Remora, now the pirate ship Dread Remora, Captain Nate Demming struggles to keep his crew focused on their mission. Tensions run high as they are forced to attack other ships to maintain their new identity, and a disgraced former officer's grumbling begins to border on mutinous-and to gain support. When the Dread Remora earns the attention of a peacekeeping force-ships performing the same job the HMES Remora might have under other circumstances-can Demming keep his ship safe from dangers without and within and find a way to salvage his honor and that of his crew? The Honor of the Dread Remora is part of the epic Scattered Earth saga, and the second novel in the exciting space-opera saga of The Dread Remora!

Nathaniel Demming is a midshipman aboard the HMES Remora, the very first ship to go beyond their world's waters and out into the ether. He and the rest of the crew are ready for adventure, eager to explore the unknown and chart a new course for the rest of their world to follow. But what they find out there will change their lives, and their perspective, forever. The ether is not empty at all, but teeming with life--including vicious marauders waiting to prey upon the hapless Remora. Can Demming help his friends and fellow officers through the crises that await? Can they survive the dangers all around them? And can he convince them to transform their ship and themselves into the antithesis of everything they trained for, while still holding true to everything they believe in? Birth of the Dread Remora is the first tale of the epic Scattered Earth saga, and the first in a series of swashbuckling adventures about the space-pirate ship the Dread Remora!

A replica of the August 1936 issue of THRILLING WONDER STORIES pulp magazine featuring INTRODUCING THE NEW THRILLING WONDER STORIES by the Editors. "Here it is! THRILLING WONDER STORIES--and under new ownership! Bound to no tradition but the high standard of quality in imaginative fiction set by Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Lord Dunsany and other masters. Dedicated to the exploration of unknown worlds, the prophecy of things to come." BLOOD OF THE MOON by Ray Cummings, THE HORMONE MENACE by Eando Binder, THE CIRCLE OF ZERO by Stanley G. Weinbaum, THE LAND WHERE TIME STOOD STILL by Arthur Leo Zagat, DEATH DIVES DEEP by Paul Ernst, THE DRONE MAN by A. Merritt, THE Nth DEGREE by Mort Weisinger, REVENGE OF THE ROBOT by Otis Adelbert Kline, and ZARNAK by Max Plaisted.

Space and Time magazine #148 offers an immersive journey into the captivating world of speculative fiction, poetry, and visionary artwork. Explore extraordinary narratives across the intriguing genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, each expertly crafted to push boundaries and spark your imagination. Discover chilling tales that stay with you, mesmerizing poetry that blurs reality, and evocative artwork designed to stimulate creative thought. Ideal for fans of speculative literature seeking fresh and compelling stories, Space and Time #148 is a must-have addition to your collection. Unlock endless adventures and unforgettable experiences today. Includes work from Linda D. Addison, Danny Robb, JJ de Melo, Sarah Walker, Lesley Hart Gunn, R Mac Jones, Larina Warnock, John C. Mannone, Adan Jerreat-Poole, Angela Yuriko Smith, Corey Niles, Valerie B. Williams, Mark A. Fisher, C.S. Magnuson, Richard Dansky, Matthew Roy, Frances Lu Pai Ippolito, Michael Getty, Nancy Taylor, Scot Noel, Darius Jones, Osmani Alcaraz-Ochoa, Scott J. Couturier, A J Dalton, Daniel M. Kimmel, Lee Murray, Sara Castaneda, Mark Guyer, Mark Dougherty, Nikki Dekeuster, Anthony R. Rhodes, Douglas Draper, Arthur Haywood, Thomas Nackid, Brad W. Foster, Mark Lavine, Al Sirois, Alfred Klosterman, Shikar Dixit and Anthony R. Rhodes. Interior design by Anthony R. Rhodes. Cover art from Arthur Haywood. Special thanks goes to the Space and Time Team that helped to bring this together: EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Angela Yuriko Smith, MANAGING EDITOR Ken Hueler, EDITOR FICTION EDITOR Gerard Houarner, POETRY EDITOR Linda D. Addison, ART EDITOR Diane Weinstein, TRANSLATIONS Luiz F. Peters, EDITORS EMERITUS Gordon Linzner and Hildy Silverman, FEATURE WRITERS Linda D. Addison, Daniel M. Kimmel, and Michael Wyatt, EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Kyra Starr, J.W. Donley and Nikki DeKeuster.

The Passionate Quest

"An AI child discovers Jewish mysticism. A student can give no more blood to their semi-sentient apartment and plans their escape. A candidate is rigorously evaluated for their ability to be a liaison to alien newcomers. A young magician gains perspective from her time as a plant. A neurodivergent woman tries to survive on a planetoid where thoughts shape reality..." --

In this major survey of theoretical aspects and contemporary authors of science fiction, one of its foremost investigators argues for a radically new approach. For Darko Suvin, science fiction writings are neither prophecy nor the folklore of technology, but at their best parables for our times. Suvin lays the foundations for understanding their narrative logic and ideological horizons, and then examines a crucial group of modern authors. These comprise the diverging stances of Asimov, Le Guin, and Dick in the USA, Yefremov and the Strugatskys in the USSR, and Lem and the Brauns in Central Europe. The book culminates in a discussion of science fiction as metaphor, applied to a text by Cordwainer Smith as the bad conscience of Reaganism.

A nuclear accident ravages a small town outside of Chicago, resulting in a government quarantine isolating it from the rest of the world. A generation later, with the quarantine still in place, strange mutations have affected the minds of the town's children -- mutations which could either spell the next stage in human evolution, or something far more sinister. As the children's psychic powers begin to manifest themselves in more demented and destructive forms, the kids escape their compound. Now it is up to Shandy Johnson and her friends to track down the runaways. Possessing similar powers, Sandy and her friends find themselves facing increasingly frightening confrontations with their escaped peers. First published in 1964, Sunburst has lost neither its edge nor its relevance. Predating the near-misses and disasters at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, Gotlieb reminds us of the tremendous forces we have at our fingertips -- powers that humans use daily but do not fully comprehend.

An illustrated collection of poems about various aspects of outer space.

Charlie Sarris is a "fix-it" man in Binghamton, New York, with a younger wife and a child and no prospects. John Stone is an alcoholic Indian medicine man on the road. In some unlikely manner they have discovered a bond between themselves. And they are on the biggest binge ever recorded-a joyous, wild, tender, heart-stopping quest to find the very meaning of life. They steal cars, rob stores, drink whiskey, smoke dope, seduce girls; and discover the frightening magic and old powers that are still alive and working in the modern world of highways and electric heating.