From outer space to inner space, from realms of magic to the here-and-now, from the distant past to the far future, the twenty-one stories and poems in this third collection of science fiction and fantasy by authors featured on the Aurora Award-winning podcast The Worldshapers will take you on incredible adventures in the company of unforgettable characters.
A pampered, overweight cat from the present saves the world from alien invasion in Ancient Egypt. A musician whose special horn helped bring down the walls of Jericho is fated to bring down walls again and again throughout history. A house ghost is troubled by a new owner who proves unhauntable. Robots programmed to love humanity take the only action they can to save us from ourselves. A CDC agent is prepared to do whatever it takes to prevent a novel pathogen from spreading . . .
Shapers of Worlds Volume IIIfeatures new fiction from Griffin Barber, Gerald Brandt, Miles Cameron, Sebastien de Castell, Kristi Charish, David Ebenbach, Mark Everglade and Joseph Hurtgen, Frank J. Fleming, Violette Malan, Anna Mocikat, James Morrow, Jess E. Owen, Robert Penner, Cat Rambo, K.M. Rice, and Edward Willett, new poetry by Jane Yolen, and previously published stories by Cory Doctorow, K. Eason, Walter Jon Williams, and F. Paul Wilson.
Among these authors are established, international bestsellers and winners of every major award in science fiction and fantasy as well as writers still at the start of what promises to be stellar careers. All of them have crafted stories and verse hat will excite, enchant, enlighten, and entertain.
Enter their fantastical worlds, and enjoy!
Tabela de Conteúdo
‘The Writer Speaks to the New World’ by Jane Yolen
‘And the Walls Came Tumbling Down’ by James Morrow
‘Thresholds’ by Kristi Charish
‘Court Day in Shelocta County’ by Robert Penner
‘Limbo’ by David Ebenbach
‘Offshore’ by F. Paul Wilson
‘How A World Dies’ by Jane Yolen
‘Car Wars’ by Cory Doctorow
‘Tribes of the Sun’ by K.M. Rice
‘The Metamorphosis of Thomas Darrow’ by Gerald Brandt
‘Fairy Invention’ by Jane Yolen
‘The Key’ by Griffin Barber
‘Choices’ by Miles Cameron
‘Mister Farnsworth Versus the Alien Demons of Ancient Egypt’ by Sebastien de Castell
‘How to Create Language for a New-Made World’ by Jane Yolen
‘Together As One’ by Jess E. Owen
‘Ghostwind’ by Violette Malan
‘The Thing in the Play’ by Edward Willett
‘Joseph Campbell Misses the Mark’ by Jane Yolen
‘A Single Breath, Heard Only in My Dreams’ by Cat Rambo
‘The Desert of the Real’ by Mark Everglade and Joseph Hurtgen
‘We Love You’ by Anna Mocikat
”It’s Coming” by Frank J. Fleming
‘The New Planet’ by Jane Yolen
‘Hostile Universe’ by K. Eason
‘Send Them Flowers’ by Walter Jon Williams
Sobre o autor
EDWARD WILLETT is the Aurora Award-winning author of more than sixty books of science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction for readers of all ages, including twelve novels for DAW Books, the latest of which is The Tangled Stars, a humorous far-future space-opera heist novel featuring a talking genetically modified AI-uplifted cat who becomes a starship captain. Ed owns and operates Shadowpaw Press, which publishes new work by established and emerging authors and new editions of notable, previously published work. A past president of SF Canada, he is currently vice-president of Sask Books, the professional association of publishers in Saskatchewan. He has a university-age daughter, Alice, and lives in Regina, Saskatchewan, with his wife, Margaret Anne Hodges, P.Eng., and their black Siberian cat, Shadowpaw.Mais ebooks do mesmo autor(es) / Editor
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