Category Archives: speculative fiction

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne

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"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two" Special Rehearsal Edition Script cover.

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two” Special Rehearsal Edition Script cover.


Title: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two
Series: Harry Potter universe
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany
Cover Artist: unknown
Language: English
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic
Published: July 2016
ISBN-10: 1338099132
ISBN-13: 9781338099133
Notes: Special Rehearsal Edition Script

Galactic Games – edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

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"Galactic Games" edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.

“Galactic Games” edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.


Title: Galactic Games
Editor(s): Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Cover Artist: Domic Harman
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: June 2016
ISBN-10: 1476781583
ISBN-13: 9781476781587
Contents:
   “With Fones” by Todd McCaffrey
   “Little Games” by Mercedes Lackey
   “Regulation” by Seanan McGuire
   “Earth, Corner Pocket” by Lezli Robyn
   “The Great Kladnar Race” by Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg
   “Advantages” by Louise Marley
   “Louisville Slugger” by Jack C. Haldeman II
   “For the Sake of the Game” by Gray Rinehart
   “Shooter Ready” by Larry Correia ✓
   “Minor Hockey Gods of Barstow Station” by Beth Cato
   “Pompoms and Circumstance” by Esther M. Friesner
   “The Olympian” by Mike Resnick
   “Petra and the Blue Goo” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
   “Green Moss River” by David Farland
   “The On-Deck Circle” by Gene Wolfe
   “Stress Cracks” by Anthony R. Cardno
   “Run to Starlight” by George R.R. Martin
   “Mars Court Rules” by Brad R. Torgersen ✓
   “Last Shot, First Shot” by Dean Wesley Smith
   “The Great Ignorant Race” by Robert Reed

The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF 2015 – edited by David Afsharirad

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"The Years Best Military and Adventure SF 2015" edited by David Afsharirad.

“The Years Best Military and Adventure SF 2015” edited by David Afsharirad.


Title: The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF 2015
Series: The Year’s Best Military SF, Space Opera and Adventure SF
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Editor(s): David Afsharirad
Cover Artist: Kurt Miller
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: June 2016
ISBN-10: 147678177X
ISBN-13: 9781476781778
Contents:
   “The Siege of Denver” by Brendan DuBois
   “Save What You Can” (Hammer’s Slammers) by David Drake
   “For the Love of Sylvia City” by Andrea M. Pawley
   “The Wizard of the Trees” by Joe R. Lansdale
   “Helping Hand” by Claudine Griggs
   “Morrigan in Shadow” by Seth Dickinson
   “Remember Day” by Sarah Pinsker
   “Gyre” (Sargasso Containment) by Brad R. Torgersen ✓
   “Twilight on Olympus” by Eric Leif Davin
   “The Trouble with Telepaths” by Hank Davis
   “This Is the Way the Universe Ends: with a Bang” by Brian Dolton
   “The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss” by David Brin

2nd and Starlight, edited by Dustin Adams

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Title: 2nd and Starlight
Series: Starlight Anthologies
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Editor(s): Dustin Adams
Cover Artist: Lou Harper
Language: English
Publisher: Future Finalists Publishing
Published: May 2016
ISBN-10: 1533674841
ISBN-13: 9781533674845
Contents:
   “Kindle My Heart” by Rebecca Birch
   “Shore Leave” by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks
   “One Wicked Day” (Oz universe) by Frank Dutkiewicz
   “Riding the Tubeworm” by Sean Monaghan
   “Reticence” by Scott R. Parkin
   “Doorways” by Nick T. Chan
   “Residual Humanity” by Dustin Adams
   “The Cow & the Beanstalk” by Julie Frost
   “Birds of Paradise” by Sky McKinnon
   “And the Ends of the Earth for Thy Possession” by Robert B. Finegold
   “Ghosts to My Fingertips” by Rachelle Harp

The Immortal Crown by Kieth Merrill

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"The Immortal Crown" by Kieth Merrill.

“The Immortal Crown” by Kieth Merrill.


Title: The Immortal Crown
Series: Saga of Kings
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Kieth Merrill ✓
Cover Artist: Jay Bryant Ward
Interior Artist(s): Isaac Stewart
Language: English
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Published: May 2016
ISBN-10: 1629720259
ISBN-13: 9781629720258
Notes: Yes, the author’s name is spelled correctly

Redneck Eldritch – edited by Nathan Shumate

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"Redneck Eldritch" edited by Nathan Shumate.

“Redneck Eldritch” edited by Nathan Shumate.


Title: Redneck Eldritch
Series: Eldritch Anthologies
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): see below
Editor(s): Nathan Shumate
Cover Artist: Carter Reid
Language: English
Publisher: Cold Fusion Media
Published: April 2016
ISBN-10: 0692692916
ISBN-13: 9780692692912
Contents:
   “A Hole in the World” by Ian Welke
   “Recording Devices” by D. J. Butler
   “Mine of the Damned Gods” by Sarah E. Seeley
   “Blood” by Steve Diamond
   “Ostler Wallow” by Nathan Shumate
   “Nightmare Fuel” by David Dunwoody
   “The Swimming Hole” by Theric Jepson
   “It Came From the Woods” by Jason A. Anderson
   “Lake Town” by Garrett Calcaterra
   “Taxed” by Scott William Taylor
   “The Gears Turn Below” by S. M. Williams
   “Slicker” by Robert J Defendi
   “A Brown and Dismal Horror” by Jaleta Clegg
   “The People of the Other Book” by Robert Masterson
   “The Diddley Bow Horror” by Brad R. Torgerson
   “At the Highways of Madness” by David J. West

Decision Points – edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

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"Decision Points" edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.

“Decision Points” edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.


Title: Decision Points
Editor(s): Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Language: English
Publisher: WordFire Press
Published: April 2016
ISBN-10: 1614754241
ISBN-13: 9781614754244
Contents:
   “Sisters” (Rot and Ruin) by Jonathan Maberry
   “Sankofa” by Nnedi Okorafor
   “The Prince of Artemis V” by Jennifer Brozek
   “Aftermaths” (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold
   “Driving a Bargain” by Robert J. Sawyer
   “My Father’s Eyes” by E.C. Myers
   “Like a Thief in the Light” by Alethea Kontis
   “Clockwork Fagin” by Cory Doctorow
   “Postcards” by Rebecca Moesta
   “The Outbreeders” by Robert Silverberg
   “Rivalry on the Sky Course” (Davi Rhii) by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
   “An Echo in the Shell” by Beth L. Cato
   “The Milky Way Dance Hall” by Lou Antonelli
   “Blood and Water” (Spark) by Kate Corcino
   “The Boy Who Yelled ‘Dragon'” by Mike Resnick
   “Newts” by Kevin J. Anderson
   “Babydoll” (Lightbringer) by K.D. McEntire
   “Shade” (Jumper) by Steven Gould
   “Granted” by Jody Lynn Nye
   “A War of Gifts” (Ender Universe) by Orson Scott Card

2113 – Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush – edited by Kevin J. Anderson and John McFetridge

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"2113 - Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush" edited by Kevin J Anderson and John McFetridge.

“2113 – Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush” edited by Kevin J Anderson and John McFetridge.


Title: 2113 – Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush
Author(s): see below
Editor(s): Kevin J. Anderson, John McFetridge
Cover Artist: Michael Vrana
Language: English
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: April 2016
ISBN-10: 1770412921
ISBN-13: 9781770412927
Contents:
   “Introduction: Imaginations on Fire” by Kevin J. Anderson and John McFetridge
   “On the Fringes of the Fractal” by Greg van Eekhout
   “A Patch of Blue” by Ron Collins
   “The Burning Times v2.0” by Brian Hodge
   “The Digital Kid” by Michael Z. Williamson
   “A Nice Morning Drive” by Richard S. Foster
   “Players” by David Farland
   “Some Are Born to Save the World” by Mark Leslie
   “Random Access Memory” by John McFetridge
   “Race Human” by Larry Dixon
   “Hollywood Dreams of Death” by Tim Lasiuta
   “A Prayer for ‘0443’” by David Niall Wilson
   “Gonna Roll the Bones” by Fritz Leiber
   “Spirits with Visions” by Brad R. Torgersen
   “Into the Night” (Secret World Chronicles) by Mercedes Lackey
   “Day to Day” by Dayton Ward
   “Our Possible Pasts” by David Mack
   “Last Night” by Steven Savile
   “2113” by Kevin J. Anderson