Smith, a former assassin, desperately seeks to put an end to his past and start a new life. Trying to escape cruel revenge, he undertakes to accompany a cara...

A delightful mixture of exciting battles and mysticism on the pages of the new anthology “Pirate Fantasy”! For the first time in Russian! World-famous master...

The official name of this procedure was: “Pre-sociological assessment of vocational guidance,” but it all boiled down to the fact that Alec Checkerfield, lik...

His name is John James—at least, that’s the name he gives to anyone asking. He’s a former pirate just back in Port Royal from the sack of Panama, and he h...

Kage Baker, celebrated creator of the Company novels and the standout collection Mother Aegypt now brings together pirates, primates, eldritch horrors, ma...

More than half a century ago, Jack Vance created the amazing, mysterious world of the Dying Earth, which captivated readers and had a huge influence on the w...

The very best short SF fiction of any given year as recommended and nominated by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America: the be...

An anthology of storiesThe Devil is known by many names: Serpent, Tempter, Beast, Adversary, Wanderer, Dragon, Rebel. His traps and machinations are the s...

A fantasy debut by the author ofIn the Garden of Idenfinds former assassin Smith of the Children of the Sun people looking forward to his retirement and o...

Kage Baker’s first novel, In the Garden of Iden, a Novel of the Company, has just been published by Harcourt Brace. Her next company book, Sky Coyote, wil...

Worlds where animals and robots are endowed with intelligence. Worlds where mythical creatures rule over people. Worlds in which virtual reality has complete...

The annual collections “The Year's Best”, published in the USA for more than fifteen years, publish stories, short stories, essays selected from around the w...