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Bring the Jubilee – Ward Moore

2017-07-02

An alternate history that posits a Southern victory in the American Civil War, leading to a reconstructed North living in the shadow of a Southern empire.

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“Lot” and “Lot’s Daughter” – Ward Moore

2017-06-20

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…

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Ride the Pink Horse – Dorothy B. Hughes

2017-05-07

Pursued by a homicide detective, a Chicago hood heads to a small desert town to extort money from his crooked ex-boss. Amid the town’s festivities, the three form a deadly dance of death.

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A Case of Conscience – James Blish

2017-01-21

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.

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Wylding Hall – Elizabeth Hand

2016-11-05

The surviving members of a ’70s acid-folk band relive their strange days at Wylding Hall for a modern-day documentary, retelling the strange disappearance of their lead singer.

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Tower of Glass – Robert Silverberg

2016-10-23

Industrialist Simeon Krug’s dream is to contact the source of an alien code broadcast to Earth, building his communications tower on the backs of android servitors yearning for their freedom.

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Even the Wicked – Ed McBain

2016-10-15

Zach Blake and his daughter Penny return to Martha’s Vineyard, seeking the truth behind the “accidental” death of their wife/mother Mary.

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Grotto of the Dancing Deer – The Complete Clifford D. Simak, Vol. 4

2016-09-17

In the span of his fifty-five year career, Clifford Simak penned some of the most iconic science fiction ever written: …

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Arson Plus and Other Stories – Dashiell Hammett

2016-09-10

Three of Hammett’s early Continental Op stories from October, 1923 issues of the Black Mask pulp: “Arson Plus,” “Crooked Souls,” and “Slippery Fingers.”

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Rogue Moon – Algis Budrys

2016-03-13

The investigation of a deadly alien artifact on the Moon leaves its investigators shattered, broken men—until the perfect man is found to plumb its mysteries.

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I Am Crying All Inside – The Complete Clifford D. Simak, Vol. 1

2015-09-12

By the time he was named the third Science Fiction Grand Master in 1977, Clifford D. Simak had already been …

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