“Lot” and “Lot’s Daughter” – Ward Moore
In the aftermath of nuclear war, a man named Jimmon sees all his built-up middle-class resentment explode in civilization’s twilight. Yet Jimmon reaps what he sows…
Category Archives: Science Fiction
The Cosmic Rape – Theodore Sturgeon
An alien spore infects a homeless alcoholic, first steps towards infecting and dominating the world… but it expected to face a hive-mind, not a species of individuals.
The Book of Etta – Meg Elison
Etta always felt more at home on the road, taking the guise and persona of “Eddy” instead. But when slavers seize her friends and raid her home, Etta vows to avenge them.
Ubo – Steve Rasnic Tem
Abducted by roach-like aliens, Daniel is forced to undergo experiments where he re-lives history through the eyes of humanity’s most infamous murderers.
Rosewater – Tade Thompson
In a near-future Nigeria, beneath the emergence of a strange alien dome, a psychic working for the government sets out to find why others of his kind are dying.
The Female Man – Joanna Russ
Unknown events bring together four women from four alternate timelines; the results are startling, outrageous, radical, and subversive.
Burning Chrome – William Gibson
Collecting ten of William Gibson’s early cyberpunk short stories from the late 1970s and early 1980s, dark visions of a globalized, high-tech, and deadly future.
A Case of Conscience – James Blish
Father Ruiz-Sanchez, biologist and Jesuit priest, struggles with a moral and ethical dilemma: a planet whose inhabitants are innately peaceful, moral, and without God.
Dark Universe – Daniel F. Galouye
A post-apocalyptic society built in the darkness of underground caverns finds its world-view tested when strange monsters emerge, bringing with them a terrible screaming silence.
Walk to the End of the World – Suzy McKee Charnas
A post-apocalyptic dystopia set in a hyper-masculine society, where a trio of male anti-heroes and their female slave set out on a journey to the far ends of the world.
The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe – D.G. Compton
In a future where death has become all but extinct, the last days of those with terminal illnesses are televised before a pain-starved public. But one terminal woman, Katherine Mortenhoe, resists.
