Spark – A Creative Anthology – Volume IV – edited by Brian Lewis

"Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume IV" edited by Brian Lewis.

“Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume IV” edited by Brian Lewis.


Title: Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume IV, January-February 2014
Series: Spark (anthology series)
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Kevin J. Anderson, John Arkwright, Stewart C Baker, Joe Baumann, Annie Bellet, Melinda Brasher, Sadie Bruce, Kaitlyn M.M. Caul, Laura Redden Erturk, JC Hemphill, Michael Hodges, Chip Houser, Tom Howard, Alex Kane, Brianne M. Kohl, Samantha Kymmell-Harvey, Hannah Lackoff, A.E. Marlowe, Will Mayer, Florence Major, Peter Medeiros, Julia Patt, Ace Pilkington, Alex Shvartsman, Su J. Sokol, Hannah Streett, Natalia Theodoridou, Brad R. Torgersen, Terri Wallace, George Wells, Anna Yeatts
Editor(s): Brian Lewis
Cover Artist: Paul Pederson
Interior Artist(s): Paul Pederson
Language: English
Publisher: Empire & Great Jones Little Press
Published: January 2014
ISBN-10: 0988807297
ISBN-13: 9780988807297
ISSN: 2326-4772
Contents:
   “Foreword” by Kevin J. Anderson
   “The Hideki Line” by Brad R. Torgersen
   “Nootropic Software Blues” by Alex Kane
   “Whose Music Is the Gladness of the World” by George Wells
   “Real Plastic Trees” by Erica L. Satifka
   “From Here to Gehenna” by Julia Patt
   “Saint Joan the Two-Headed Llama” by Tom Howard
   “Just One More Sin” by Alexis A. Hunter
   “The Infinite Tide” poem by Marisa Crane
   “Silence Like a Falling Chandelier” by
   “Fire Marks” poem by Ace Pilkington
   “Temple of the Yak” by John Arkwright
   “Icarus Circulates Through the Universe” poem by Laura Redden Erturk
   “String Theory” by Joe Baumann
   “Quicksilver” by Brianne M. Kohl
   “Butterflies” by Stewart C Baker
   “Innocence, Rearranged” by Annie Bellet
   “The Vandalists” by Natalia Theodoridou
   “Sand and Fire” by Melinda Brasher
   “Happy Birthday” by Kaitlyn M.M. Caul
   “Slip Back, Move Forward” by Su J. Sokol
   “9 Steps from Door 9” by Michael Hodges
   “Dead Dog” by JC Hemphill
   “A Sort of Homecoming” by Terri Wallace
   “After the World Ended” by Hannah Lackoff
   “A Trans-Atlantic Occurrence” by A.E. Marlowe
   “Half-Hanged” by Will Mayer
   “Rising Hawk” poem by Florence Major
   “Warp and Weft” by Samantha Kymmell-Harvey
   “Outside In” by Anna Yeatts
   “Scarlet, Crimson, Red” by Sadie Bruce
   “Well Done” by Hannah Streett
   “Mouses” by Chip Houser
   “Bedtime Story on Christmas Eve, 1,000,000 AD” by Alex Shvartsman

Raygun Chronicles – Space Opera for a New Age – edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

"Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera for a New Age" edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.

“Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera for a New Age” edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.


Title: Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera for a New Age
Editor(s): Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Cover Artist: Paul Pederson
Language: English
Publisher: Every Day Publishing
Published: December 2013
ISBN-10: 0988125765
ISBN-13: 9780988125766
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
   “Essay: Taking Back the Sky” by Johne Cook
   “Frontier ABCs: The Life and Times of Charity Smith, Schoolteacher” by Seanan McGuire
   “Rick the Robber Baron” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
   “To the Shores of Triple, Lee!” by A.M. Stickel
   “The Silver Dollar Saucer” by Lou Antonelli
   “Around the Bend” by Sarah A. Hoyt
   “Sword of Saladin” by Michael S. Roberts
   “Malfunction” by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks
   “Catastrophe Baker and the Ship Who Purred” by Mike Resnick
   “Holly Defiant” by Brenda Cooper
   “Shooting the Devil’s Eye” by Keanan Brand
   “Last, Full Measure” by A.M. Roelke
   “Spider on a Sidewalk” by Paula R. Stiles
   “King of the Galaxy Knights” by Robin Wayne Bailey
   “The Slavers of Ruhn” by Rob Mancebo
   “Can Giraffes Change Their Spots?” by Jenny Schwartz
   “Captain Quasar and the Insurmountable Barrier of Space Junk” by Milo James Fowler
   “Conversion” by Shaun Farrell
   “Twilight World” by A.C. Crispin
   “Catastrophe Baker in the Hall of the Neptunian Kings” by Mike Resnick
   “Ever Dark” by T.M. Hunter
   “Nor to the Strong” by Michael Merriam
   “Space Opera” by Peter J. Wacks
   “The Heiress of Air” by Allen M. Steele
   “Saint Orick” (The Golden Queen) by David Farland
   “The Legend of Rae Raygun” poem by Kaolin Fire

Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show – Big Book of SF Novelettes – edited by Orson Scott Card and Edmund R. Schubert

"Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show Big Book of SF Novelettes" edited by Orson Scott Card and Edmund R. Schubert.

“Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show Big Book of SF Novelettes” edited by Orson Scott Card and Edmund R. Schubert.


Title: Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show – Big Book of SF Novelettes
Series: Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Aliette de Bodard, Orson Scott Card, Jackie Gamber, Stephen Kotowych, Mary Robinette Kowal, Marina J. Lostetter, Jamie Todd Rubin, Edmund R. Schubert, Greg Siewert, Eric James Stone, Brad R. Torgersen, Wayne Wightman
Editor(s): Orson Scott Card, Edmund R. Schubert
Cover Artist: Howard Lyon
Language: English
Publisher: Hatrack River
Published: December 2013
ISBN-10: 1494390957
ISBN-13: 9781494390952
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Edmund R. Schubert
   “Sojourn for Ephah” by Marina J. Lostetter
   “Brutal Interlude” by Wayne Wightman
   “Under the Shield” by Stephen Kotowych
   “Hologram Bride” by Jackie Gamber
   “The Curse of Sally Tincakes” by Brad R. Torgersen
   “The Absence of Stars” by Greg Siewert
   “Making Ender Smart” by Orson Scott Card
   “Mazer in Prison” (Ender Universe) by Orson Scott Card
   “When I Kissed the Learned Astronomer” by Jamie Todd Rubin
   “Body Language” by Mary Robinette Kowal
   “Tabloid Reporter to the Stars” by Eric James Stone
   “On Horizon’s Shores” by Aliette de Bodard

Crecheling by D.J. Butler

Title: Crecheling
Series: Buza System
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): D.J. Butler
Cover Artist: Janet McDonald
Language: English
Original Publisher: self
Originally Published: November 2013
Publisher: WordFire Press
Published: February 2015
ISBN-10: 1614754268
ISBN-13: 9781614753032

Space Eldritch II – The Haunted Stars – edited by Nathan Shumate

"Space Eldritch II: The Haunted Stars" edited by Nathan Shumate.

“Space Eldritch II: The Haunted Stars” edited by Nathan Shumate.


Title: Space Eldritch II: The Haunted Stars
Series: Space Eldritch
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): D.J. Butler, Michael R. Collings, Michaelbrent Collings, Larry Correia, Robert J Defendi, Steven Diamond, Steven L. Peck, Nathan Shumate, Eric James Stone, Howard Tayler, David J. West
Editor(s): Nathan Shumate
Cover Artist: Carter Reid
Language: English
Publisher: Cold Fusion Media
Published: November 2013
ISBN-10: 061591859X
ISBN-13: 9780615918594
Contents:
   “Darklight Call’d on the Long Last Night of the Soul” by Michaelbrent Collings
   “Dead Waits Dreaming” by Larry Correia
   “The Implant” by Robert J Defendi
   “Plague Ship” by Steven L. Peck
   “From Within the Walls” by Steven Diamond
   “Space Opera: Episode Two—The Great Old One Strikes Back” by Michael R. Collings
   “The Queen in Shadow” by David J. West
   “The Humans in the Walls” by Eric James Stone
   “Seed” by D.J. Butler
   “Full Dark” by Nathan Shumate
   “Fall of the Runewrought” by Howard Tayler

Swords of Exodus by Larry Correia and Mike Kupari

"Swords of Exodus" by Larry Correia and Mike Kupari.

“Swords of Exodus” by Larry Correia and Mike Kupari.


Title: Swords of Exodus
Series: Dead Six
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author: Larry Correia, Mike Kupari
Cover Artist: Kurt Miller
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: October 2013
ISBN-10: 1476736111
ISBN-13: 9781476736112

Ever After High – The Storybook of Legends by Shannon Hale

"Ever After High - The Storybook of Legends" by Shannon Hale.

“Ever After High – The Storybook of Legends” by Shannon Hale.


Title: Ever After High – The Storybook of Legends
Series: Ever After High
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Shannon Hale
Cover Artist: Antonio Javier Caparo
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: October 2013
ISBN-10: 0316401226
ISBN-13: 9780316401227
Notes: Based on the Mattel toys

A Fantastic Holiday Season – edited by Kevin J. Anderson

"A Fantastical Holiday Season" edited by Kevin J. Anderson.

“A Fantastical Holiday Season” edited by Kevin J. Anderson.


Title: A Fantastic Holiday Season
Author(s): Kevin J. Anderson, Kim Antieau, Larry Correia, Debra Gray De Noux, O’Neil De Noux, David Farland, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Rebecca Moesta, Jerry Oltion, Kathy Oltion, Kent Patterson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith, Ray Vukcevich
Editor(s): Kevin J. Anderson
Cover Artist: Miles Pinkney
Language: English
Publisher: WordFire Press
Published: October 2013
ISBN-10: 1614750939
ISBN-13: 9781614750932
Contents:
   “Introduction: A Gift of Stories” by Kevin J. Anderson
   “A Christmas Caroler” by Kim Antieau
   “Jukebox Gifts” by Dean Wesley Smith
   “Santa Claus is Coming to Get You!” by Kevin J. Anderson
   “Foreign Exchange” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
   “The Wereyam” by Kent Patterson
   “Nutball Season” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
   “These Halls” by Kathy Oltion
   “My Favorite Christmas” by David Farland
   “One Last Gift” by Jerry Oltion
   “Popcorn for Christmas” by Debra Gray De Noux and O’Neil De Noux
   “Christopher’s Crummy Christmas” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
   “Dead Snow” by Kent Patterson
   “Inquiring Minds Want to Snow” by Kevin J. Anderson
   “The Jolly Old Boyfriend” by Jerry Oltion
   “Cold Comfort” by Ray Vukcevich
   “LaZelle Family Christmas” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
   “The Christmas Noun” by Larry Correia
   “The Ghost of Christmas Always” by Kevin J. Anderson

The Diamond and the Rough by Jason A. Anderson

Title: The Diamond and the Rough
Series: Jean Archer, SoulChaser Universe
Number in Series: 1 (one), n/a
Author(s): Jason A. Anderson
Cover Artist: Carter Reid
Interior Artist(s):
Language: English
Publisher: SEG Books
Published: October 2013
ISBN-10: 1493661124
ISBN-13: 9781493661121

Treecat Wars by David Weber and Jane Lindskold

"Treecat Wars" by David Weber and Jane Lindskold.

“Treecat Wars” by David Weber and Jane Lindskold.


Title: Treecat Wars
Series: Star Kingdom, Honorverse
Number in Series: 3 (three), n/a
Author(s): Jane Lindskold, David Weber
Cover Artist: Daniel dos Santos
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: October 2013
ISBN-10: 1451639333
ISBN-13: 9781451639339