This incomparable annual compilation of the best short fiction & novellas features an unmatched variety of the quietly weird the merely eerie high fantasy modern Lovecraftian horror nightmarish near-future scenarios the darkly humorous the supernatural & the monstrously mundane from the brightest new talent legendary authors like Joe R Lansdale Tanith Lee & Gene Wolfe & bestsellers such as Holly Black Neil Gaiman & Sarah Langan

Includes:: a 36000 word novella by George RR Martin set in his A Song of Fire & Ice universe

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Darkness surrounds us We can find darkness anywhere in a strange green stone etched with mysterious symbols; at a small town's annual picnic; in a ghostly house that is easy to enter but not so easy to leave; behind the dumpster in the alley where a harpy lives; in The Nowhere a place where car keys toys people disappear to; among Polar explorers; & most definitely within ourselves Darkness flies from mysterious crates; surrounds children whose nightlights have vanished; & flickers between us at the movie theater Darkness crawls from the past & is waiting in our future; & there's always a chance that Halloween really is a door opening directly into endless shadow Welcome to the dark You may never want to leave This inaugural volume of the year's best dark fantasy & horror features more than 500 pages of dark tales from some of today's finest writers of the fantastique Chosen from a variety of sources these stories are as eclectic & varied as the genre itself ...

The darkness creeps upon us & we shudder or it suddenly startles & we scream There need be no monsters for us to be terrified in the dark but if there are they are just as often human & supernatural Join us in this outstanding annual exploration of the year's best dark fiction that

Includes:: stories of quiet fear the utterly fantastic the weirdly surreal atmospheric noir mysterious hauntings seductive nightmares & frighteningly plausible futures Featuring thirty-five tales from masterful authors & talented new writers sure to make you reconsider walking in the shadows alone

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The Year&s Best Military & Adventure SF series continues! Selected from the top print & online markets these stories represent the best in modern military sf space opera & adventure sf Tales of brave military men & women thrilling derring-do & edge-of-your-seat suspense Selected from the top markets both print & digital The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF Volume 3 offers up the cream of the crop in short science fiction today Stories to get your blood racing your heart pounding & your fingers turning the pages Stories to challenge provoke thrill & entertain Stories that prove the new Golden Age is now! Plus you be the judge! INTERACTIVE READER VOTING One story from this anthology will be chosen via proctored online voting for The Best Military & Adventure Science Fiction Reader&s Choice Award presented at Dragon Con in Summer 2017 ...

The year’s best military SF space opera & adventure SF stories The second of a new series featuring the best stories of the year from the top magazines & online venues with a military & adventure science fiction theme The new Golden Age of short science fiction has arrived! Selected from the premier print & online markets in the field here are stories to challenge provoke thrill & entertain Stories of future military men & women space opera on a grand scale & edge-of-your-seat adventure science fiction in the grand pulp tradition The second volume in an on-going series The Year’s Best Military & Adventure Science Fiction features stories by giants of the genre & the hottest new voices ...

The Year’s Best of Military SF & Space Opera Stories Book One of a new Series featuring the best stories of the year from the top magazine & online venues with a military & adventure science fiction theme PLUS Interactive Reader Voting for Best Story in Collection! Award presented at Dragon Con in Summer 2015 With an introduction by best-selling military science fiction author David Drake & selected by editor David Afsharirad from the top short story markets in the field here are the most thrilling pulse-pounding & thought-provoking stories of the past year Stories of future military men & women space opera on a grand scale & edge-of-your-seat adventure tales in the pulp tradition from giants of the genre to brilliant up-&-comers Plus you be the judge! INTERACTIVE READER VOTING One story from this collection will be chosen via proctored on-line voting as Year&s Best Military SF & Space Opera with the award to be presented at Dragon Con in September 2015 For more information go to Baen About The Year&s Best Military SF & Space Opera" This intriguing anthology explores the human race’s violent potential but also bends toward exploration & the triumph of the human spirit with brave tales that take the reader on a fascinating thought-provoking enjoyable journey "— Publishers Weekly (starred review) Contributors Brad R Torgersen Michael Z Williamson Charlie Jane Anders Linda Nagata Seth Dickinson William Ledbetter Eric Leif Davin David D Levine Stephen Gaskell Michael Barretta Derek Kunsken Holly Black Robert R Chase Matthew Johnson Meet the Author Editor David Afsharirad lives in Austin Texas He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas & North Carolina State University where he earned an MFA in creative writing A life-long reader & writer of short fiction his stories have appeared in various magazines & journals He is also an editor of the online lit magazine PINBALL ...

This fifth volume of the year's best science fiction & fantasy features thirty-three stories by some of the genre's greatest authors including Elizabeth Bear Aliette de Bodard Ursula K Le Guin Jay Lake Kelly Link Robert Reed Lavie Tidhar Catherynne M Valente Genevieve Valentine & many others Selecting the best fiction from Analog Asimov's Clarkesworld F&SF Strange Horizons & other top venues The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy is your guide to magical realms & worlds beyond tomorrow ...

This sixth volume of the year's best science fiction & fantasy features over thirty stories by some of the genre's greatest authors including Yoon Ha Lee James Patrick Kelly Ken Liu Robert Reed Lavie Tidhar Carrie Vaughn & many others Selecting the best fiction from Asimov's Clarkesworld F&SF & other top venues The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy is your guide to magical realms & worlds beyond tomorrow ...

This seventh volume of the year&s best science fiction & fantasy features over thirty stories by some of the genre&s greatest author Selecting the best fiction from Asimov&s Clarkesworld F&SF & other top venues The Year&s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy is your guide to magical realms & worlds beyond tomorrow by Rich Horton More from this Author The Year&s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2014 Edition Space Opera War & Space Recent Combat Superheroes The Year&s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2009 ...

Covering all 55 UEFA member countries this is a statistical yearbook of both domestic & International football during the 2018-19 season In addition to full line-ups & stats for International games it contains detailed information of games played in the top divisions of each country final tables & much more ...