Janek, Grand Vizir of Kushar, has done the unthinkable, kidnapping the last known weather witches – the twin daughters of the Gerlachi king – in an effort to claim the gift of their bloodline magic for...

For centuries, the weather witches have ruled Nizam, protecting the oasis city from the devastating sandstorms that threaten its existence.But the aging queen is dying, and Yolara, the heir to the throne,...

Hide in plain sight: that's master thief Misha Kif's strategy for survival. Keeping her true identity as a genetically altered Synth secret with a bounty on her head from everyone in the Hundred Worlds...

A collection of oddly food-centric science fiction & fantasy short stories.Includes: Stone Soup To feed her family, Trishla is willing to pay the price for her magic. Hard Times Tara sees aliens...

A collection of science fiction short storiesIncludes: RUMORS OF MY DEATH - Kim Taylor never expected to read his own obituary in the newspaper - or that he would have trouble proving he was still very...

Tour guide, emissary, diplomat, thief -- and a long-lived, genetically engineered Synth -- Brianna Rei travels the Hundred Worlds, hiding in plain sight. She knows her survival depends on staying one...

Cats roam everywhere on the planet. Everywhere. Their breed names often betray their place of origin—or their strange origin story in some now-lost land.This collection honors that feline diversity in...

Blue Popcorn means sadness and loss and love. In the pages of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, it also means very weird and entertaining sadness and loss and love.The ten stories in this volume range from...

Alchemy changes more than dross into gold. It changes steampunk stories into stories of magical transformation. These thirteen stories combine science and magic into do-not-miss alternate history stories...

Webster defines "obsession" as an "a persistent disturbing abnormal preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling." Obsessions sometimes include a hobby or collection that has gotten out of...

In this latest volume of Fiction River, editor Dean Wesley Smith pulls together an eclectic but cohesive group of stories filled with difficult decisions. From a man who must question the line between...

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up twenty-one fantastic stories by some of the best writers working...

Cats distract us. Cats make us think of things outside of ourselves. And cats love to involve themselves in human affairs.In this omnibus volume of WMG Publishing's notable series, The Year of the Cat,...