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Excerpts
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons: Prologue and Chapter 1
Epic Fantasy || Jenn Lyons begins the Chorus of Dragons series with The Ruin of Kings, an epic fantasy novel about a man who discovers his fate is tied to the future of an empire.
In the Vanishers’ Palace
When failed scholar Yên is sold to Vu Côn, one of the last dragons walking the earth, she expects to be tortured or killed for Vu Côn's amusement. But Vu Côn, it turns out, has a use for Yên: she needs a scholar to tutor her two unruly children.
Read the First Two Chapters of In An Absent Dream, Seanan McGuire’s New Wayward Children Novella
Bedfellow
Horror || When the… thing first insinuated itself into the Lund family household, they were bemused. Vaguely human-shaped, its constantly-changing cravings seemed disturbing, at first, but time and pressure have a way of normalizing the extreme. Wasn’t it always part of their lives?
Brush Up on Ancient Warfare in Myke Cole’s Legion versus Phalanx
Non-Fiction || Drawing on original primary sources, Myke Cole presents a highly detailed but lively history of this defining clash of military formations.
Re-open the X-Files with Monsters of the Week
Read a Selection from Jane Yolen’s How to Fracture a Fairy Tale
Collection and Anthologies, Fairy Tales and Folklore || Author Jane Yolen breaks open fairy tale classics to reveal their crystalline secrets: a philosophical bridge that misses its troll, a spinner of straw as a falsely accused moneylender, the villainous wolf adjusting poorly to retirement.
Read an Excerpt from The Monster Baru Cormorant
Fantasy || Book 2 in The Masquerade. Hunted by a mutinous admiral, haunted by the wound which has split her mind in two, Baru leads her dearest foes on an expedition for the secret of immortality. It's her chance to trigger a war that will consume the Masquerade.
Alice Payne Arrives
Science Fiction, Time Travel || A disillusioned major, a highwaywoman, and a war raging across time...
On A Sunbeam
Graphic Novel, Science Fiction || Two timelines. Second chances. One love.
Read the Introduction to Thomas Ligotti’s The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
Non-Fiction || An examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life through an insightful, unsparing argument that proves the greatest horrors are not the products of our imagination but instead are found in reality.
Read an Excerpt from The Labyrinth Index, a New Laundry Files Novel from Charles Stross
Lovecraftian, Urban Fantasy || The Lovecraftian Singularity has descended upon the world in an exciting new story arc in Charles Stross' Hugo Award-winning Laundry Files series!
Read John Scalzi’s The Consuming Fire: Chapter Two
Science Fiction, Space Opera || The Interdependency, humanity’s interstellar empire, is on the verge of collapse. The Flow, the extra-dimensional conduit that makes travel between the stars possible, is disappearing, leaving entire star systems stranded. When it goes, human civilization may go with it—unless desperate measures can be taken.
Read John Scalzi’s The Consuming Fire: Chapter One
Science Fiction, Space Opera || The Interdependency, humanity’s interstellar empire, is on the verge of collapse. The Flow, the extra-dimensional conduit that makes travel between the stars possible, is disappearing, leaving entire star systems stranded. When it goes, human civilization may go with it—unless desperate measures can be taken.
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