Astro City, Vol. 1: Life in the Big City
An anthology of short superhero stories revealing how a city of capes changes the lives of heroes and ordinary people.
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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 Starlit Wood
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Blue World
A short-story collection of macabre, uncanny tales that culminates in a forbidden attraction between a priest and a porn star.
Born of Rage
A fugitive royal heir is hunted by a powerful regime and pulled into a high-stakes rescue where trust, family, and survival collide.
Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories
A mixed-genre story collection of humane, humorous speculative tales about AI, magic, family, and survival.
B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs, Vol. 1
A paranormal agency rebuilds after Hellboy leaves, as a misfit team uncovers occult secrets and a rising frog menace.
Entropy in Bloom
A wildly unsettling short-story collection where body horror, apocalypse, grief, and dark humor keep mutating shape.
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Unnatural Creatures
A Neil Gaiman-curated anthology of 16 strange creature stories, ranging from whimsical fables to eerie horror.
B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs, Vol. 2
A paranormally equipped team faces a rising frog plague, buried secrets, and a looming apocalypse without Hellboy.
The X-Files: Stolen Lives
Mulder and Scully return to untangle a new conspiracy that blends monsters, hallucinations, and a looming mytharc threat.
Drinking from Graveyard Wells: Stories
A Zimbabwe-centered short story collection where Black women, folklore, and speculative forms confront power, memory, and survival.