Adam-Troy Castro

Fernie What, an adventurous young horror fan, moves into the house across the street from the dark mansion of a mysterious boy whose residence is haunted by evil shadows.

Gustav Gloom and the People Taker

Two murders have occurred on One One One, an artificial ecosystem created by the universe's dominant AIs to house several engineered species, including a violent, sentient race of sloth-like creatures. Under order from the Diplomatic Corps, Counselor Andrea Cort has come to this cylinder world where an indentured human community hangs suspended high above a poisoned, acid atmosphere. Her assignment is to choose a suitable homicide suspect from among those who have sold their futures to escape existences even worse than this one. And no matter where the trail leads her she must do nothing to implicate the hosts, who hold the power to obliterate humankind in an instant. But Andrea Cort is not about to hold back in her hunt for a killer. For she has nothing to lose and harbors no love for her masters or fellow indentures. And she herself has felt the terrible exhilaration of taking life . . . .

An Andrea Cort Novel

Emissaries from the Dead

Gene Wolfe

Elizabeth Bear

Kathryn Cramer

Michael Swanwick

Rachel Swirsky

Charles Stross

Pat Murphy

Paul Cornell

Brit Mandelo

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition: A Tor.Com Original

The Amazing Race is a reality show like no other and it has the best set around. Best-selling novelist, Adam-Troy Castro, explores The Amazing Race in My Ox is Broken! one of the first books ever published about one of the best reality television programs around. From Thailand to Greenland, this show has consistently gone where no other show has gone before, and Castro continues the excitement of the Race in a book that is funny, entertaining, and unique—just like the show itself. The Amazing Race has hooked viewers for all the right reasons and it doesn’t show any signs of stopping. My Ox is Broken! is the best reading companion for any fan of this hit show or for any fan of reality television at its best.

Roadblocks, Detours, Fast Forwards and Other Great Moments from Tv's 'the Amazing Race'

My Ox Is Broken!

"A stunningly illustrated and hilarious A-to-Z guide that bears witness to the zombie horde as it slowly overruns us."--Back cover.

an illustrated guide to the end of the world

Z is for zombie

Glimpses in Amber

As Fernie and Gustav battle the Shadow Eater, who seeks The Nightmare Vault for his master, the evil Lord Obsidian, Fernie learns about Gustav's mysterious past and just what happened to his missing parents.

Gustav Gloom and The Nightmare Vault

"Everything you ever wanted to know about the Harry Potter series but didn't think to ask is here in this giggle-inducing and thought provoking book. Join Adam-Troy Castro as he explores the many mysteries of Harry Potter's world. Along the way he investigates such questions as : What's up with Snape ; Why would anybody follow Voldemort? ; Has Dumbledore ever once been right about anything? ; Why don't we see Hermione's parents? ; How likely is it that Neville will turn out to be the real Chosen One? ; And will we still be reading Harry Potter one hundred years from now?" - taken from cover.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Harry Potter Series

The Unauthorized Harry Potter

Two stories from the early years of Andrea Cort, later the heroine of the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel, Emissaries from the Dead. "The Coward's Option": On the hostile home-world of the Caith, Andrea Cort has been assigned the case of a murderer who's been condemned to a horrible death. All legal options have been exhausted, but the Caith offer a rarely-used alternative to execution, one that purports to ensure that the accused will never break the law again. Alas, it's not so much another chance at life, but deliverance into a hell far worse than mere death... "Tasha's Fail-Safe": Once, she and Andrea Cort hated each other. Now, the victim of a savage assassination attempt by a traitor to the Confederacy, she lies in an unresponsive state, the identity of her assailant locked inside her head. Can Andrea penetrate a vital secret she never even knew existed? Other Andrea Cort stories available from JABberwocky: With Unclean Hands Unseen Demons

also includes Tasha's Fail-Safe

The Coward's Option

Ken Liu

Charles Yu

Seanan McGuire

John Adams

Sofia Samatar

Theodora Goss

Sam Miller

Lightspeed Magazine

Maria Headley

Carrie Vaughn

Charlie Anders

A. Merc Rustad

In the pages of Lightspeed Magazine, you will find the finest science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF-and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.Issue #1 was launched in June 2010, and now eight years later, we've reached a milestone: Issue 100. To celebrate, we decided to publish a super-sized issue, with ten original stories-more than twice the amount of original fiction than usual-plus ten reprints and some special nonfiction to boot. And to make things even more commemorative, the vast majority of our fiction in this issue, both original and reprint, comes from our most frequently published fiction contributors-the Lightspeediest writers to ever Lightspeed. It's a distillation of what we're made of, and we're beyond excited to share it with all of you.Featuring work by Vylar Kaftan, Carrie Vaughn, Adam-Troy Castro, A. Merc Rustad, Ken Liu, Sofia Samatar, Charles Yu, Caroline M. Yoachim, An Owomoyela, Seanan McGuire, David Barr Kirtley, Genevieve Valentine, Cadwell Turnbull, Yoon Ha Lee, Maria Dahvana Headley, Sam J. Miller, Kat Howard, Theodora Goss, Charlie Jane Anders, Jeremiah Tolbert, and more.

Lightspeed Magazine, September 2018

Stanley Schmidt

Jerry Oltion

To understand Alexander, you must first understand his time. It was an age when the universe had been opened for us. We knew how to look at objects a thousand light years away, and map the molecules that gave them form; we knew how things were put together and how they could be taken apart; we knew how the universe began and how it was likely to end. We knew how to reason, and how to discover, and how to add new pages to our increasing store of information. It was also an age when ignorance was enshrined over knowledge. . . .

With Stars in Their Eyes

Benjamin Rosenbaum

André Ourednik

David Calvo

Le collectif Angle Mort est composé d’éditeurs, d’écrivains, de traducteurs et de scientifiques partageant une même conception de la science-fiction ; celle d’une méthode d’exploration de soi et de notre environnement. La revue numérique Angle Mort publie des nouvelles contemporaines, françaises ou traduites de l’anglais, qui font la science-fiction d’aujourd’hui, offrent un nouveau regard sur le monde et – c'est notre conviction – nous permet de mieux préparer demain. Pour ce numéro 2, retrouvez 4 récits de science-fiction inédits écrits par des auteurs contemporains ainsi que les interviews des contributeurs.

Angle Mort numéro 2

The Minor Superhero, at Home after His Series Ends

Counselor Andrea Cort answers a cryptic summons to the home world of the powerful Bettelhines, but a murder attempt greets her arrival at Xana's orbital entry port, and far graver peril awaits aboard the elevator transport meant to carry Andrea to the planet's surface. Trapped miles above Xana with a corpse liquefied by a 15000-year-old weapon, Andrea must unmask an assassin or die an equally hideous death.

an Andrea Cort novel

The third claw of God

Alors qu'elle était enfant, Andrea Cort a été témoin du massacre de ses parents. L'instant d'après, dans la folie d'un génocide incompréhensible, car frappant deux espèces qui vivaient jusque-là en parfaite harmonie, elle a rendu coup pour coup. Reconnue coupable de crime de guerre, elle est devenue la propriété perpétuelle du Corps Diplomatique où, très vite, elle s'est révélée être une enquêtrice particulièrement douée. En effet, qui pourrait mieux comprendre les monstres qu'une des leurs ? « Avec du sang du les mains » est la première enquête d'Andrea Cort. Elle débute à un moment où, complètement déboussolée, Andrea ne tient le coup qu'à la seule force de sa volonté.

Avec du sang sur les mains

En choisissant ses nouveaux maîtres, Andrea Cort a été bien récompensée : elle est devenue Procureure extraordinaire pour le Corps diplomatique de la Confédération homsap. Enfin libérée de la plupart des liens hiérarchiques, elle n'a plus à rendre compte de ses déplacements. Invitée par la famille Bettelhine - des marchands d'armes qui sont moralement complices de nombreux massacres et génocides -, elle se rend sur Xana. Andrea méprise les Bettelhines, mais la curiosité est plus forte : elle aimerait savoir ce qu'ils lui veulent. A peine arrivée au port orbital, des assassins tentent de l'éliminer avec une arme extraterrestre vieille de 15 000 ans : la troisième griffe de Dieu. Une arme aux effets effroyables. Piégée dans un ascenseur spatial, Andrea va devoir mener l'enquête la plus périlleuse de sa carrière. Adam-Troy Castro est l'auteur d'une vingtaine de romans et de cinq recueils de nouvelles. La trilogie Andrea Cort (Emissaires des morts, La Troisième griffe de Dieu, La Guerre des Marionnettes) est son oeuvre la plus connue. Le premier roman, Emissaire des morts a reçu le prix Philip K. Dick.

Andrea Cort - tome 2

La Troisième Griffe de dieu

Nicholas Holt

Elizabeth Hutcheson

Frank Sibila

Fakealibi.com founder Nicholas Holt tells dozens of true stories about his one-of-a-kind business selling lies and alibis, located in Manchester. Whether or not readers agree with the ethics of his company, they can't deny its success. With more than 7000 clients and 700 undercover agents worldwide, fakealibi.com has 10,000 users and 20,000 visitors a month and is becoming increasingly popular in the US and Europe. Positive proof that reality can, at times, be far more interesting than fiction.

One Man, One Company, 10,000 Alibis

Fake Alibis

Caren Kennedy

When Keith wants to keep his wife from finding out about a beautiful 20-something redhead, he calls the only person he knows who can find the perfect cover for him—Frank Sibila, a man whose clientele ranges from cheating housewives to diplomats. Holed up in the men's room, a panicked Keith explains to Frank that his wife has just shown up at the restaurant where he and the redhead are dining. Frank assures him he will be there in 10 minutes. What Frank doesn't know is that 10 minutes from now, his already drama-packed life will get even more interesting. Keith's case should be business as usual ... nothing out of the ordinary for the owner and operator of FakeAlibi.com, the real-life Internet service that vouches for your "perfectly innocent" whereabouts. Frank twists believable tales to exonerate clients around the world, which he fortifies with agent testimony, receipts, fake news stories, and whatever else is needed. Caught in a Chicago hotel room with four hookers and a donkey? Frank can place you having a slice of pizza in Truth or Consequences, facing neither truth nor consequence. In this hilarious all-new novel inspired by his real-life exploits, Frank finds himself trapped between a hapless husband who has run into big trouble in Sin City and an implacable wronged woman determined to cause Frank grief. It's all just another day at the office for Frank and his slick operatives ... until he misplaces his client.

An Almost True Novel

This collection includes the authors favorite short stories, including the Bram Stoker Award Nominee "Baby Girl Diamond," and the Hugo and Nebula Award Nominee "The Funeral March of the Marionettes," plus "The Last Robot," "The Batman and Robin Murder Mystery--Solved!," and the brand-new "Woo-Woo Vengeance."

Adam-Troy Castro

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