Fantastic Hope
A mixed-genre anthology of 16 new speculative stories, each aimed at delivering hope, twists, and standout series tie-ins.
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The Seeds of Time
A varied mid-century SF collection of ten idea-driven stories exploring time, Mars, identity, robots, and human nature.
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Tailored Realities
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Your Utopia
Eight Korean sci-fi stories explore AI, immortality, grief, and social injustice in bleak, wry near-future worlds.
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Eleven dark, twisty short stories probe human cruelty, grief, and uncanny survival with horror, mystery, and sci-fi edges.
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A satirical short-story collection uses surreal, SF-tinged fables to skewer modern Russia’s power, corruption, and myths.
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Ten Philip K. Dick short stories collected as the source material for Electric Dreams, built around reality, tech, and human anxiety.
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Six near-future sci-fi stories explore AI, apocalypse, genetics, memory, and quantum tech as tomorrow arrives too soon.
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Jewel Box
A 22-story speculative collection of fairy-tale, fable, sci-fi, and horror tales exploring power, grief, and hope.
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Expedition to Earth
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藤本タツキ短編集 17-21 [Fujimoto Tatsuki Tanpenshū 17-21]
Four early Fujimoto one-shots mix aliens, school romance, and vampires into bizarre, darkly funny short manga.
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Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairytales
Fifteen classic fairy tales are retold with Doctor Who monsters, companions, and time-travel twists.
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New Teeth: Stories
Absurd, heart-tugging short stories about parents, children, and outsiders trying to make sense of a weird world.
R is for Rocket
Seventeen Ray Bradbury stories of rockets, time travel, and strange worlds, centered on wonder, yearning, and loss.
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The Egg and Other Stories
Nine ultra-short speculative tales use wit and surprise endings to flip ordinary situations into mind-bending reveals.
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2: We Can Remember it for You Wholesale
A 27-story Philip K. Dick collection of early SF tales about warped reality, postwar dread, robots, and what makes us human.
Blue World
A short-story collection of macabre, uncanny tales that culminates in a forbidden attraction between a priest and a porn star.
Button, Button: Uncanny Stories
A short-story collection of uncanny, twist-driven tales about moral dilemmas, strange encounters, and unsettling human behavior.
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The Mystery Boxes
Seven short graphic stories by different creators explore the surprises, dangers, and wonders hidden inside mysterious boxes.
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Five eerie Stephen King tales turn ordinary situations into quick, grotesque, and sometimes darkly funny horror.
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Twelve authors each write a standalone Doctor Who adventure for a different Doctor, spanning time, space, and mystery.
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