Category: Fiction

Unfettered II — Anthology

By 5t4n5

Unfettered II -- AnthologyAll stories copyright 2016 unless stated.

Standalones

Castle Coeurlieu — Naomi Novik
A Slow Kill – 2014 — Peter Orullian
And Men Will Mine the Mountain for Our Souls — Seanan McGuire
Day One — Jim Butcher
Brightwine in the Garden of Tsitsian Village – 2015 — Bradley P. Beaulieu
Aokigahara – 2015 — John A. Pitts
The Decoy — Janny Wurts
The King’s Despatcher – 2015 — David Farland
Figures – 2015 — Rachel Caine
The Red-Rimmed Eyes of Tóu Mǎ — Aidan Moher
Magic Beans – 2015 — Django Wexler
The Hedgewitch — Sarah Beth Durst
Victim with a Capital V — Scott Sigler
A Duel of Evils – 2015 — Anthony Ryan
The Raven — Erin Lindsey
Bulletproof – 2015– Mark Lawrence
The Gunnie – 2015 — Charlaine Harris
Little Wren and the Big Forest — Michael J. Sullivan
The Thrill — Brandon Sanderson
The Last Flowers of the Spring Witch — Shawn Speakman

#fantasy #naominovik #seananmcguire #jannywurts #marklawrence

Unfettered III — Anthology

By 5t4n5

Unfettered III -- AnthologyAll stories copyright 2019 unless stated.

Standalones

The Heart Box — Callie Bates
Everybody Said It Would Hurt • [Fillory] — Lev Grossman
A Thousand Years — Mark Lawrence
Among a Throng of Bilious Octogenarians — Delilah S. Dawson
Blood of the Sardaukar — Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert
Allanon’s Quest • [Paladins of Shannara • 1] – 2012 — Terry Brooks
Kneeling Before Jupiter — David Anthony Durham
Stripes in the Sunset — Seanan McGuire
All That Glitters — Marc Turner
The Heir Apparent • [The Faithful and the Fallen] — John Gwynne
Dancing on the Edge • [The Dragon’s Legacy] — Deborah A. Wolf
Prologue: Second Book of The Evertide • [The Evertide] — Todd Lockwood
Thasha’s Cure for Cabin Fever • [Chathrand Voyage] — Robert V. S. Redick
How Not to Invade a Country • [Godblind] — Anna Stephens
The Paper Man — Peter Orullian
Merchants Have Maxims • [Tabat Short Fiction] — Cat Rambo
Of Anchor Chains and Slow Refrains and Light Long Lost in Darkness • [The Psalms of Isaak] — Ken Scholes
Second Chances — Robin Hobb
The Hidden • [The Last King of Osten Ard] — Tad Williams
Throwdown • [Victim with a Capital V] — Scott Sigler
Sidekick — Carrie Vaughn
Hawkeye — Patrick J. Swenson
The Spectral Sword • [Legend of Takashaniel] — R. J. Terrell
Gold Light • [Empires of Dust] — Anna Smith Spark
The Stone Golem of Qual’Jom — Jason Denzel
A Fire Within the Ways • [Wheel of Time] — Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Seven — Naomi Novik
The Fire-Risen Ash • [The Annwn Cycle] — Shawn Speakman

#fantasy #marklawrence #delilahsdawson #brianherbert #kevinjanderson #seananmcguire #robinhobb #naominovik

Zombies vs. Unicorns — Anthology

By 5t4n5

Zombies vs. Unicorns -- AnthologyAll stories copyright 2010.

Standalones

The Highest Justice — Garth Nix
Love Will Tear Us Apart — Alaya Dawn Johnson
Purity Test — Naomi Novik
Bougainvillea — Carrie Ryan
A Thousand Flowers — Margo Lanagan
The Children of the Revolution — Maureen Johnson
The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn — Diana Peterfreund
Inoculata — Scott Westerfeld
Princess Prettypants — Meg Cabot
Cold Hands — Cassandra Claire
The Third Virgin — Kathleen Duey
Prom Night — Libba Bray

Naomi’s Page

#fantasy #naominovik

Naked City — Anthology

By 5t4n5

Naked City -- AnthologyAll stories copyright 2011.

Standalones

Curses — Jim Butcher
How the Pooka Came to New York City — Delia Sherman
On the Slide — Richard Bowes
The Duke of Riverside — Ellen Kushner
Oblivion by Calvin Klein — Christopher Fowler
Fairy Gifts — Patricia Briggs
Picking Up the Pieces — Pat Cadigan
Underbridge — Peter S. Beagle
Priced to Sell — Naomi Novik
The Bricks of Gelecek — Matthew Kressel
Weston Walks — Kit Reed
The Projected Girl — Lavie Tidhar
The Way Station — Nathan Ballingrud
Guns for the Dead — Melissa Marr
And Go Like This — John Crowley
Noble Rot — Holly Black
Daddy Longlegs of the Evening — Jeffrey Ford
The Skinny Girl — Lucius Shepard
The Colliers’ Venus (1893) — Caitlín R. Kiernan
King Pole, Gallows Pole, Bottle Tree — Elizabeth Bear

#fantasy #patcadigan #naominovik #luciusshepard

The Currents of Space — Isaac Asimov

By 5t4n5

The Currents of Space -- Isaac AsimovThe second of three novels that bridge from the robot stories into the Foundation stories. This one has the early days of Trantor as a fledgling galactic empire.

This story concerns a planet, Florina, that is being held in slavery to farm a fibre known as kyrt.   Kyrt cannot be grown on any other planet, even when the soil and lighting is matched, and so Sark, the slaver planet, is the sole supplier of this super fibre to the rest of the galaxy.

One day, a scientist, working for Trantor, discovers that Florina is going to be destroyed, but the scientist vanishes before anyone finds out.   Thus begins the search by Trantor, Sark and others to find this scientist.

Meanwhile the scientist has had his brain wiped with a psychic probe and is being forced to work as a slave on Florina, but his memories are slowly returning.

A really fun search, chase, escape, run away and back again, ensues.

Will all be revealed before the end?

Another brilliant piece of writing by Isaac.

Next up is Pebble in the Sky.

Isaac’s Page

#scifi #isaacasimov