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. Fr...

Contents: 1. Awakened, sleepless 2. In 'Ijiroth 3. Scroll of Marlok 4. Xurhn 5. Face in the alcove 6. Call of blood 7. Dark awakening 8. Evening shadows 9. G...

Gardner Dozois's annual anthology traditionally collects under one cover the best examples of the genre - novels and short stories that have won prestigious ...

A few days in the life of an Indian film director in a future in which Western civilization has almost died. And the reason for this death is simple.

A masterpiece of alternative history, the cornerstone of the steampunk subculture (“steam punk”), the only example of full-fledged co-creation of two genre r...

The story of a hyper-cyberized Japan of the future. Natural “technogenic” development of the ideas of flash mobs and raising Tamagotchi virtual pets.

In the story “The Bicycle Master,” the reader meets a certain Lyle, a great specialist in repairing and modernizing bicycles. Lyle lives in a place where nor...

The main character is tasked with delivering a certain “package” to a mysterious gentleman. First, the successful hero falls in love with the girl assigned t...

Pete Spider and Katrinko are on their next mission in the Taklamakan desert. And although in general they have already completed their mission, curiosity pus...

Tag Mesoglia, a “mathematics-obsessed programmer and aquarium fanatic,” creates artificial jellyfish for the oil field. His acquaintance and companion is Rev...

Leggie Sterlitz meets in Helsinki with Bulat Khokhlov, a former KGB officer who now represents the Russian mafia. They are going to open an offshore bank on ...

An anthology of stories edited by Jonathan Strahan