From the Hugo Award-winning hosts of the Writing Excuses writing advice show comes a collection of all-new stories of the fantastic, with beautiful illustrations and a behind-the-scenes look at each story’s creation. Brandon Sanderson’s “Sixth of the Dusk,” set in his Cosmere universe shared by the Mistborn books and the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive, showcases a society on the brink of technological change. On the deadly island of Patji, where predators can sense the thoughts of their prey, a lone trapper discovers that the island is not the only thing out to kill him. Mary Robinette Kowal’s “A Fire in the Heavens” is a powerful tale of a refugee seeking to the near-mythical homeland her oppressed people left centuries ago. When Katin discovers the role the “eternal moon” occupies in the Center Kingdom, and the nature of the society under its constant light, she may find enemies and friends in unexpected places. Dan Wells’s “I.E.Demon” features an Afghanistan field test of a piece of technology that is supposed to handle improvised explosive devices. Or so the engineers have told the EOD team that will be testing it; exactly what it does and how it does it are need-to-know, and the grunts don’t need to know. Until suddenly the need arises. Howard Tayler’s “An Honest Death” stars the security team for the CEO of a biotech firm about to release the cure for old age. When an intruder appears and then vanishes from the CEO’s office, the bodyguards must discover why he is lying to them about his reason for pressing the panic button. For years the hosts of Writing Excuses have been offering tips on brainstorming, drafting, workshopping, and revision, and now they offer an exhaustive look at the entire process. Not only does Shadows Beneath have four beautifully illustrated fantastic works of fiction, but it also includes transcripts of brainstorming and workshopping sessions, early drafts of the stories, essays about the stories’ creation, and details of all the edits made between the first and final drafts. Come for the stories by award-winning authors; stay for the peek behind the creative curtain.
Welcome to Tagon's Toughs, a mercenary company whose newest recruit is almost as much trouble as the new owners. They want to revolutionize space travel. Schlock just wants to hurt people and break things. This 240-page volume takes the reader back to the very start of Schlock Mercenary, and then some. It opens with nine pages of all-new strips telling the story of how Schlock came to enlist, and then forges onward chronologically from the very first strip. It also includes concept sketches, commentary, excellent guest art, deck plans for the Kitesfear. --From http://store.schlockmercenary.com.
Science fiction goes occult in SPACE ELDRITCH, a volume of seven original novelettes and novellas of Lovecraftian pulp space opera. Featuring work by Brad R. Torgersen (Hugo/ Nebula/Campbell nominee), Howard Tayler (multiple Hugo nominee), and Michael R. Collings (author of over 100 books), plus a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Larry Correia, SPACE ELDRITCH inhabits the intersection between the eternal adventure of the final frontier and the inhuman darkness between the stars.
The cold of interstellar space is again closer than you think as eleven authors -- including New York Times bestseller Larry Correia, Nebula winner Eric James Stone, Amazon #1 bestseller Michaelbrent Collings, and multiple Hugo nominee Howard Tayler -- explore what happens when space opera meets Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Contents: A Darklight Call'd on the Long Last Night of the Soul - Michaelbrent Collings Dead Waits Dreaming - Larry Correia The Implant - Robert J Defendi Plague Ship - Steven L. Peck From Within the Walls - Steven Diamond Space "Opera": Episode Two-The Great Old One Strikes Back - Michael R. Collings The Queen in Shadow - David J. West The Humans in the Walls - Eric James Stone Seed - D.J. Butler Full Dark - Nathan Shumate Fall of the Runewrought - Howard Tayler
Sergeant Schlock has lost his eyes. However, through a quirk of amorph biology, he needs to steal new ones. While looking for new eyes, Schlock and his companions find themselves involved in a battle for galactic domination.
Captain, I found some numbers that don't add up. They don't do this in a very scary way."Captain Tagon, Sergeant Schlock, and the rest of Tagon's band of mercenaries have finally caught up with their quarry. Now all they need to do is convince them to come along quietly. It may not matter, though, because something ancient, invisible, and very, very powerful has noticed these noisy interlopers.This is the second print collection of Schlock Mercenary, and it is chock-full of new footnotes and sketches, plus 8 pages of never-before-seen bonus story explaining how Schlock got rich escaping from the circus.Order it today, and get access to the exclusive The Blackness Between desktop backgrounds, featuring the full wrap-around cover art!
Commander Kevyn Andreyasn invented the Teraport, so when something huge goes horribly wrong and starts interfering with every teraport in the galaxy, Kevyn may be the only person who can set it right"--Page 4 of cover.
Captain Tagon and Admiral Andreyasn need payroll and parts before their little fleet falls apart. But when they finally do locate honest work and military surplus equipment it may all prove to be far, far more trouble than it was worth"--Page 4 of cover.
Commander Kevyn Andreysn has gone primitive, along with Elf, Brad, Nick, Pronto, and Schlock, but Kevyn is missing some memories. 'What you don't know can't hurt you' doesn't hold true here, because what Kevyn doesn't know has already killed him at least once, and it's about to happen again ..."--P. [4] of cover.
Tagon's Toughs are on shore leave indefinitely: no ships, no payroll, and no prospects. The godlike A.I. they accidentally installed in the Galactic Core isn't hiring, and has plans they're better off staying out of regardless. Then a ship becomes available at a price that's just too low to pass up, even if it does mean that there might possibly be some strings attached--long, invisible ones trailing right back to the Galactic Core ..."--P. [4] of cover.
There is something old-fashioned and sage-like in Walter Howard's poetic voice. I can imagine him reading from a mountaintop-- with the raging elements a backdrop to his words. Howard is a learned man-- and has been an academic for many years-- but his poetry is in the tradition of a true romantic. He uses nature and emotion to find spiritual truth. He embraces beauty-- with all its allure, but is not afraid to reveal its frightening and dark side as well. Howard uses ample doses of levity to pull the fly down on our most cherished traditions and notions, but in the same token he shows a deep respect and affinity for all the things this world has to offer." - Doug Holder, Publisher of Ibbetson Street Press
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