Of all the crime scenes in all the timelines in all the multiverse, Detective O’Harren walks into the basement on West 21st. In every possible universe, Johnny Rivers is dead. But the questions that need answering—who killed him and why—are still a matter of uncertainty.

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Eight days to planetfall, and I’m being transferred to Gunner. My tentacles slime in disgust.Or is it fear?If this is the last planet we ever conquer, I’ll be glad. Be nice to settle down somewhere, get off this ship, own a square of land, learn to love all that open sky.Eight more days before planetfall. Eight days before we reach planet Earth.

A short post-apocalyptic story about one woman’s separation and search for her loved ones after awakening from cryogenic sleep.

Carboldt guided yacht-borne Brade and his restless bride to the gem-laden cave of Shan — where waited the...

You all know how husbands act at stand-up suppers. That’s why.

Shukshin may be an ordinary truck driver, but his delivery route demands all the poise and determination of a ship’s captain in the vice-grip of a storm. He travels a highway buried in the depths of the Siberian taiga to bring vital supplies to towns before winter swallows the roads and makes them impassable. His task is one of dire necessity and certain peril, confronting the thorny side of both men and nature.Fortunately, Shukshin is not alone. In his copilot’s seat, Dusha, his faithful dog, joins Shukshin in his adventures through the taiga. But, when a blizzard rages through Siberia, Shukshin finds himself in a desperate scramble for survival. Even Dusha may not be able to save him from the dangers that lie in wait behind ice and darkness.Shipwrecked in Siberia is a 7,100 word, 29-page story of survival, following a man and his dog as they struggle, side by side, for a chance at life in the unforgiving ocean of the Siberian taiga.

A short story, with a little idea, handled ok. What if flies are able to spot an imminent attempt on their lives with a fly swatter?

There are two things people like to do with a new phenomenon; understand it and use it. Sometimes it’s not wise to be too particular about the order….

Collected short stories by Andy Weir.

There’s been a public disaster, and someone wants to sweep it under the rug. A journalist is asking questions, and she stumbles across another story, from several years ago. Any connection seems like pure speculation – but then her family is threatened. A short thriller playing on two historical events.

Journalist Laura Schreiner faces a painful decision. She has asked too many questions, and now the lives of her children are in danger.

A catastrophe has taken place, and a curiously large number of people care remarkably little about investigating it. The ambitious young journalist isn’t going to take it lying down. During her research, she meets someone who tries to convince her that there is a connection to another unresolved drama. It might just be wild speculation – but her children have been kidnapped. Whoever is behind it is powerful and ruthless.

This short thriller draws the pieces of its puzzle from the mix of clues and theories surrounding a plane crash more than 30 years ago. This is a work of fiction. Although it is set against a backdrop of historical events, the plot is entirely the product of the author’s imagination.

In a village on the distant colony of Kiruna, the outcast Aino has worked hard to created a life for herself. The fragile status quo is upset when the offworlder Petr arrives and insists on becoming a part of her life. But he has no idea what it will cost him, and has cost Aino, to belong to the people who sing with inhuman voices, in Sing by Karin Tidbeck.“Characters from science fiction, fantasy, and folklore rebel against being colonized, observed, categorized. They speak for themselves, refusing when others (especially colonizers) want to speak for them. Perhaps one of the strongest examples of this is Karin Tidbeck’s ‘Sing.’”—LocusAt the Publisher’s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

With their backs to coffin corner and a hundred impossible yards to go, a team without a heart found its fight — an echo of a conflict bigger than—

The slingshot was, I believe, one of the few weapons of history that wasn’t used in the last war. That doesn’t mean it won’t be used in the next!

Jimmie Ratchelder wasn’t out merely to win this tournament. His main purpose was to see that Tommy Suragachi lost, and his reason wasn't the most honorable.

Nabbed midheist, Dortmunder has to do some fast thinking.