Anthologies & Short Stories

Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles is a classic work of 20th-century literature whose extraordinary power and imagination remain undimmed by time's passage....

H. G. Wells wrote dozens of novels and short stories and is often called the 'father of science fiction'. Here we collect together the works of H. G. Wells as broadcast on BBC Radio....

This book contains 26 of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America....

Words have power. Some words have more power than others. So when a group of monks seek to enlist modern technology in their quest to list all nine billion names of god....

You define life or it defines you. In Shawn Speakman’s case, it was both....

Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where "Fun is Guaranteed!" But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast, the employees find it anything but fun....

For some, it’s the end of the world. For others, it’s just the beginning. With brilliant imagination, today’s most visionary writers point to the future in a collection curated by bestselling author Blake Crouch....

This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964, containing 11 great classics....

This last volume in the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964 contains 11 great classics. No anthology better captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field....

thrilling collection of 21 original stories by an all-star list of contributors - including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin....

Arthur Darvill, Olivia Colman, James Albrecht and Nicholas Briggs read these four original stories featuring the Eleventh Doctor....

From Ellison to Clarke to Merrill, hear a dozen unabridged science-fiction short stories, considered the best...

Ready for your next audiobook? How about almost 40 hours of non-stop action, brought to life by award-winning narrator Kevin Pierce? A corrupt president...A world without power...A handful of survivors battle impossible odds in the madness....

The anthology Songs of the Dying Earth has assembled one of the most distinguished casts of authors ever....

The stories in The Dying Earth introduce dozens of seekers of wisom and beauty - lovely lost women, wizards of every shade of eccentricity with their runic amulets and spells....

It is a time of treachery, terrorism, and tyranny in the Star Kingdom. The king cannot be trusted, the galaxy is on the brink of war, and a notorious mercenary is destroying everything - and everyone - in his path on his quest for vengeance....

There was a time when the woods near Duva ate girls - or so the story goes. But it's just possible that the danger may be a little bit closer to home....

Originally published in 1895, Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow is a marvel of supernatural fiction that has influenced a number of writers in the genre....

In the aftermath of WWII, an alien virus struck the Earth, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers....

Galactic North imparts the centuries-spanning events that have produced the dark and turbulent world of Revelation Space....

Everyone loves a well-catered event, and the supernatural community is no exception. Enter Sin du Jour, the expert caterers to demons, goblins, faeries, and everything in between....

Rob, a professional debunker, is watching yet another performance by a supposed psychic....

Martin loved his job, believing he truly changed the world for the better. As a researcher at Replica Imagination, he was a small cog in the goliath's wheel. The mega-corp helped reunite cloned pets with their loving families....

Prepare to meet the wicked progeny of the master of modern horror....

You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death....

Ветеран флота умирает в наше время, но возвращается на свой эсминец "Яков Свердлов" за несколько недель перед войной. Понимая, что ему выпал шанс прожить жизнь заново, он пытается повлиять на развитие событий. Используя родственные связи, он предоставляет информацию о планах нападения Германии на Советский Союз, которые ему известны, разведке Краснознаменного Балтийского флота. Эта важная информация, вовремя отправленная руководству СССР, позволяет изменить очень многое. И война начинается по-другому.

Seven tales of conflict set among the stars, driven by the very roots of humankind’s Earth-bound strife. Yet even in the face of the vast void of space, these brave souls fight to hold on to their humanity.

Will true artificial intelligences be able to appreciate or even create art? Explore dystopian societies, where AI generates most of the content and human artists must eke out an existence, and utopias where artificial minds help unlock and enhance human creativity.

Grimly Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian city—with every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt. Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran, hungering for that magic jewel—ahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creatures—at his side stalked the whispering specter of Ban Cruach, urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!

From an encounter between Calandra and some mischievous Fae in the time of the Old World, before magic was destroyed; to the harrowing hardships faced by Felicia and Lowell as children; and the never-before-seen first meeting between Kieran and Dmitri—you’ll see why Rook never got to hear about that disastrous evening. This book gives Broken Gears fans more of what they love about the series: hijinks and heart. Thank you for listening.

Tradotti per la prima volta in italiano da Raul Ciannella, questi nove racconti rappresentano una selezione della migliore fantascienza contemporanea spagnola e latino-americana. Il tema che unisce le storie di quest’antologia è il corpo: corpo biopolitico e artificiale, umano e animale, desiderato e rifiutato. María Angulo Ardoy descrive le vicende di due scienziati giapponesi in pensione, ridotti a esuberi in un paese che non si cura più degli anziani. César Mallorquí intreccia le storie parallele di un cane pastore e un sistema di sorveglianza satellitare costretto a infrangere i limiti della sua stessa programmazione.

Dopo il successo di Nebula, questa seconda antologia di racconti di fantascienza cinese dal titolo Sinosfera raccoglie altre cinque storie di autori e autrici che in Cina rappresentano le migliori voci della narrativa di genere.

Leggere le nuvole è una formidabile riscrittura dei miti biblici in chiave futura. Se la nostra genesi, l’intera mitologia religiosa e la realtà stessa non fossero altro che immense simulazioni dentro altre simulazioni, prodigiose scatole cinesi virtuali create da esseri talmente evoluti che, dall’alto della loro potenza tecnologica, si divertono a guardare le civiltà nascere, crescere e morire?

Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America and winner of countless awards—including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker—Harlan Ellison proved once more that he was both unpredictable and irrepressible in this second collection of innovative science fiction. Again, Dangerous Visions—the middle installment in a planned three anthology series—includes award-winning stories from incomparable writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Piers Anthony, Dean Koontz, and James Tiptree, among many others.

Set in the adrenaline-fueled timeline between the novels Threshold and Ragnarok, this compilation is an electrifying journey through time and danger. Embark on a globe-trotting adventure that spans continents and eras, from the radioactive wastelands of Chernobyl to the menacing depths of the Superstition Mountains. Witness as each member of the Chess Team—King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight, and Deep Blue—faces their own harrowing challenges, encounters unimaginable horrors, and battles against the clock to save not just themselves but the very fabric of the world.