Before you is a collection compiled by Gardner Dozois, the most recognized expert on English-language science fiction, editor-in-chief of Asimov's SF...

The Chronos River flows inexorably from the Past to the Future... But not everyone considers this axiom to be fair! We believe that the day will come when hu...

Do you think it's easy to be a prospector? Do you think this is a boring activity? Look for valuable resources, sell them and that’s it... But no. Valuable r...

Murray Leinster (more precisely, William Fitzgerald Jenkins) is the “patriarch” of the Golden Age of American science fiction, who entered the canonical “mag...

Murray Leinster (more precisely, William Fitzgerald Jenkins) is the “patriarch” of the Golden Age of American science fiction, who entered the canonical “mag...

The situation is becoming clearer, but this does not make it any easier. The question of survival becomes the most pressing. Will the heroes, declared outcas...

The works of the famous Chinese writer Han Shaogong (b. 1953), included in the collection, are dedicated to the fate of people who found themselves in the ma...

We have all encountered lost letters and packages that have disappeared into postal purgatory and will never find their recipients. Declarations of love will...

Gormlaith, Queen of Ireland (10th century), was a strong woman and an outstanding poetess. In poetry she captured her dramatic fate and passionate soul. This...

If you don’t have money, then you will vegetate on your planet until the end of your days. Well, or you can try your luck - go to war with strangers. Maybe y...

The crunch is about to turn into a real battlefield. But is it possible to withstand the forces of a corporation that wants to take over the planet, and cons...

The world is sick and dying. The dead roam the streets of empty cities, hungry for living flesh, the remnants of humanity are trying to survive, adapt to new...